ThomasPowers Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 So cut the tubes off short and make nested square pipe inserts that slide out when you want the piece stable---may need wedges to hold it tight when extended in position. I'd put stake holes in the ends of the inserts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Here is my anvil. It is double horned, 110 lbs, with no markings. Any experts want to guess who made it? I don't usually see the top of the round horn being flush with the working face. Otherwise, I use all sorts of steel things to shape on/in/around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandoro Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Heres my anvil and a couple pics of my newly made smithy as well. Its behind my shed at my houseIMG_2757.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingIMG_2756.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingIMG_2755.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingIMG_2754.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingIMG_2753.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting I tried looking for marks on the anvil and found none. I dont know anything about it except that it is xxxx heavy. Im 6'8 270 and can squat 350, but I couldn't get this up off the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Here is my anvil. It is double horned, 110 lbs, with no markings. Any experts want to guess who made it? I don't usually see the top of the round horn being flush with the working face. Otherwise, I use all sorts of steel things to shape on/in/around. Maybe a delta tfs double horn?:confused: Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Mandoro, I cannot veiw your pictures without signing up. Maybe it is a Old World Anvils brand?Old World Anvils - Bulgarian Anvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmonds Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Nice anvil! Where did you find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Photos attached.Photos were resized and attached as thumbnails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandoro Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Well Irnsrgn, ya beat me to it. I had just resized my photos and was about to edit my post. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 200kg anvil. Stand is made of 3/8" plate and 1/4"-wall 12" pipe. I don't have to bolt it to the floor or fill the stand with sand (it does have a bottom and it can be done.) Has a piece of 1/2" hard rubber between the anvil and stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Jacob, check out Angele.de and look in their pdf catalog, the anvil is in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_sandy_creek_forge Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 My primary anvil is my great-grandfathers Kirkstall Forge 150 pounder. Apparently alot of these were shipped into Canada and managed to filter down this way. I believe that mine was shipped from a dealer in Chicago. She's a little sway backed and a little battered, but refuses to give up:) -Aaron @ the SCF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Gomez Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 This is a shot of my shop showing my drum set. Starting off.. my primary anvil (the grey one in the middle) which is a 64 KG cast tool steel english anvil with a 1 1/4 hardy on a 5" by 3" legged tripod base that weighed in at 260 pounds after I filled it with 120 pounds of sand and topped with a 1/2' layer of lead between the anvil and base in order to kill the ring. in the foreground is my demo anvil, a + or-130 pound fulton on a simple, easy to transport stump. And last but not least is my 180 pound trenton wrought anvil in the background. I also included some left overs, and an anvil's eye view of the shop just for fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 200kg anvil. Stand is made of 3/8" plate and 1/4"-wall 12" pipe. I don't have to bolt it to the floor or fill the stand with sand (it does have a bottom and it can be done.) Has a piece of 1/2" hard rubber between the anvil and stand. daryl, That is one sweeeeeeet anvil. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasp Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 About 150 kg It is not in use yet, but as soon I can but it on a three legs, like mister Uri Hofer dit. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryCarroll Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 My shop anvil is a 127 lb. Armitage mouse hole mounted on a section of power-line pole set in the floor a couple of feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Here's my 140-lb Fisher. The stand was something I put together a long time ago when I got my first welder. I wanted to make something with all that scrap I got from the yard, back in the day when you could actually buy stuff there. I learned that I-beam is not all that sturdy in the way I was using it. Before I put in those vertical 1-1/2" pipes, the anvil would sway so bad I couldn't hit anything. The pipes stiffened it up fine. I also raised the height with the 4X4's. I originally had it at knuckle height, 'cuz that's what all the forum folks said to do. An extra 3-1/2" is what's comfortable for me. The tray can swing around and is height adjustable. I can raise it to anvil face height and use it as a helper. And that tennis ball is bungee'd around the anvil. I slip that over the horn when not in use to protect my vital parts. --Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevomiller Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 This is one of my anvils. 150lb, made in Oakland, California who knows when. Hope to get my shop back together soon ;-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Marc - great idea with the tennis ball to cover the horn of the anvil, I wish I had a nickel every time I was walking past the anvil and the hammer loop on my carpenter pants caught on the horn and stopped me suddenly - or it got my attention very quick. I have never walked straight toward the horn though - that'd be a no no. - JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Mark, I like the tennis ball idea too! consider it stolen(LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Red rubber clown nose anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip in china Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Marc, That looks a really good setup. How much ring do you get with the anvil on all that steel? I shall also use the tennis ball. In fact will probably patent it so you will owe me ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I get pretty much no ring at all. There is some clanging, depending on what's in the tray, but that's about it. Also, Fishers are known for having no ring. There's a piece of plywood sandwiched between the anvil and the stand, so maybe that helps. Too late on the patent, though. I think Bozo the Clown already has that :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clark-kentski Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 My favorite anvil is my 350# KOHLSWA,its on a built up stack of plywood and on wheels.Shown here with my favorite Hofi hammers and [forgive me Uri] a Tom Clark :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I've wondered if mine is from Old World Anvils. Chances are pretty good. I bought it off the back of a pickup truck. There are lots of nice anvils posted here, but my anvil-envy is for the hornless german anvil posted early on. These london pattern versions are everywhere. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 This is an anvil one of our Association members fabbed up a couple months ago. Buying and shipping an anvil to Alaska is really expensive and he found a piece of decent plate to work with. The body is welded up from two pieces of 1 1/2" plate and the face is T-1. He spent about 30 hrs start to finish, not counting hunting up the plate and driving to my place and back to weld it up. It weighs 235lbs. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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