Hey all,
Just thought i'd put a few photos of my new anvil and my forge up on here

the forge is a little hand cranked farriers forge I'm intending to make a fire pot type one though that that will be made it fit in the space i have there.

the anvils are my "new" 1 3 18 alldays & onions, and the other is a very old one that I've had for quite awhile now since i was about 13 i think (along with the forge)

and the other photos are of the pair of tongs i have been making, they're forged from one of the leaves from an old leaf spring that i took off my land rover when i replaced the suspension.

Edited September 1, 200916 yr by Ragnarok

Very nice. Congratulations. Those anvils are beautiful.

thanks .

Nice anvils
Is that a bicycle pedal on the crank of your blower?
If so, thats not a bad idea. Never seen that before.
From what can be seen, looks like you have a nice shop too.
Tongs are looking good too.

Billy

yeah it is a bicycle pedal and the crank that goes with it, fits on the spindle exactly, it was on there when i got the forge, haha thanks the shop is a bit of a mess at the moment though, it's mostly full of parts for a rover v8 and a morris minor + a load of welders.

:cool: I have anvil envy

haha they're not THAT good are they?... what anvil do you have? I was just lucky that the alldays popped up on ebay not too far away :)

Edited September 1, 200916 yr by Ragnarok
typo

Yes they are THAT GOOD!!! Thanks for the pictures you have a really nice place to forge it looks like to me. Some time I will have to take some pictures of my anvil and shop and post. It may be a few weeks My Son just got back home from Iraq last night and he has a few weeks leave. Boy good to have him home!!!
Gaylan

Gaylan,
Shake his hand for me and you fellows have a good time.

Ragnarok,
I thought a shop was suppose to be kinda messy. You know, that worked in look.

well I guess the worked in look is good but I reckon it can be neat and still look worked in

do you guys reckon the iron anvil bases are better that big oak logs? cause the iron based I have are too low for me, and I have a big oak trunk of a fallen tree that I could make a couple of bases from so I was thinking of just using that, or cutting thiner bits off to lift the bases up a bit, what do you think a bit of wood under the iron base or just a big log and forget the iron base.

Yes, those are that nice. Both anvils are in fine to excellent condition.

A shop should be clean enough to be reasonably safe and messy enough to be worked in. I call it homey myself.

By all means adjust the height of your anvils to suit you, that's FAR more important than using something just because you have it. If you can shim the iron stands and have everything stable that'd be good. However if you can't, then don't use the iron stands.

Ergonomics of anvil height are essential to long term health, you do NOT want elbow and shoulder problems after a couple years. A properly set anvil is a joy to work on, the hammer's face naturally strikes parallel, your wrist, arm and shoulder neither get hyper extended nor absorb uneccessary shocks.

Use them if you can but nothing is worth serious long term damage.

Wear your eye and ear protection too, same thing.

Nice place you have.

Frosty

i would go with the big log , might as well have the base in 1 solid piece for stability , i can imagine it would bounce around just sitting on some wooden raisers.

yeah i think i might as well use one log really seeing as i have a log big enough, and it'll be an easy way out of fixing the alldays to the iron stand haha (seems like whatever fixed it down originally is missing) and i like the look of an anvil on a wooden log with the metal hoops over the feet :)