GNJC Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Hello all, There Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkunkler Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Anytime I try forging wood it always burns before I get it hot enough. What am I doing wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnesBeast Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 So 300 people do not need to do a search (August 2009)blacksmiths anvil made of WOOD on eBay (end time 08-Aug-09 20:00:00 BST) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Thompson Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Anytime I try forging wood it always burns before I get it hot enough. What am I doing wrong ? You're doing it the wrong way; you should keep the wood cool and heat the hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnesBeast Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) NO! NO! NO! That is dangerous! If you heat the hammer, the head will fly off mid-stroke because the metal will expand in the fire but the wood will not... Try soaking the handle in the slack tube before heating. Doug Edited August 4, 2009 by urnesBeast made it funnier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRobb Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 A wooden anvil??? Isn't that called.......a stump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 There was a similar one made of sheet metal at the BAM conference... one guy had a lotta fun riding his bicycle around with it balanced on his handlebars. It was a pretty convincing fake... you'd be quite unlikely to spot it by looking at it (unless of course it was perched where an anvil should never be). Even at close range you needed to touch it to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 There was a similar one made of sheet metal at the BAM conference... one guy had a lotta fun riding his bicycle around with it balanced on his handlebars. It was a pretty convincing fake... you'd be quite unlikely to spot it by looking at it (unless of course it was perched where an anvil should never be). Even at close range you needed to touch it to know. That was probably Roger Degner's "Peter Wrong" anvil. This one perhaps? I didn't post the pic of me picking my nose with it, I wouldn't want to creep anyone out. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Frosty you should really clean out your ears more often just look what was in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Thompson Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 NO! NO! NO! That is dangerous! If you heat the hammer, the head will fly off mid-stroke because the metal will expand in the fire but the wood will not... Try soaking the handle in the slack tube before heating. Doug It's quite safe if you use the heat from a coke fire and NOT propane. The latent cheese in the gas will make the handle shrink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 That looks like the one Frosty! My son and I thought about buying it till we tried the ring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Hmmmm a wooden anvil sounds like a foundry pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNewman Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 It may sound like a pattern but I looked at it and it is not a pattern. If it were a pattern the hardy hole would not go through it there would be a coreprint there. There would also be draft on it which would be visible on the top face as well it should be split if it were a pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Thompson Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 It looks like a a stage prop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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