I plan to attach my new 70lb anvil to an 80lb+/- piece of mild steel by drilling and tapping the plate and using straps across the anvil feet. Would I gain any advantage by using JB weld between the plate and the anvil?
The anvil stand will be made of 12"X12" MDF stacked and held together with two 1/2" all thread rods running vertically through the pieces. The thought is to be able to adjust the height by adding or removing pieces.

Comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I would forget the JB weld idea as it would mess up the bottom of your anvil for any future use. That stuff is difficult to remove.

Place a piece of wood between your anvil and your stand, as little as 1/4" will do, but 1/2" or 3/4" is better. This will cushion the metal to metal contact and provide some height adjustment.

Putting a 70 pound (35 kilo) anvil on a 12x12x4" steel plate that weighs 160 pounds or (74 kilos) will not add that weight and make it a 230 pound anvil. If that were true, you could place it on the ground and have an anvil effectively weighing the weight of the world plus 70 pounds.

A good stable anvil stand will improve the function of the anvil by being more stable. A better anvil stand will adjust in some fashion to different working heights.


Look at the anvils in the gallery > tools > anvils. There are some clever ways to mount anvils shown that may give you some ideas on how to mount your anvil.

Stacking stuff flat is usually a bad idea for anvil stands as there is always some give between the layer interfaces. If you have to stack stack vertically! though 12x12 MDF won't make the height you need vertically...

Thomas