Wolf's Den Armoury Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hi all. I'm not sure if this would work or not. I have a home-made anvil (I-Beam with a chunk of forklift welded to the top as a face of sorts, and what passes as a horn welded to the front). It's pretty ugly, but it works for now, and since it was free (got it with my forge and some basic tools and tongs) it will work until I can afford an actual anvil. An idea I've come up with, might be seen as an alternative to those without a hardy hole, but not really sure well it will work in practice. The drawing is just a quick sketch and is not even remotely to scale. Basically (and this is just because I have some of this stock on-hand) it's a piece of 3" x 1/4" x 8" hot rolled steel bent hot over the edges of the anvil. A 3/4" x 3/4" square is cut 1-1/2" up from the bottom edge for attachment of a chain intended to go around the bottom of a legged anvil stand, or in my case through the existing hole in the moddle of the I-Beam that my anvil is made of. Below, I have a photo of my current anvil, with a rough drawing of how this would be implemented. I would love to hear opinions of those more experienced. I plan on going over to a friend's this week to do some welding (making my post-vise that day as well, so we'll be able to see how it looks at least. Thanks for looking. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Looks like you're thinking! Depending on how many tools you'll want to use, you could just make them "saddle tools". What you're showing might be in the way and be hard to remove quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf's Den Armoury Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 well, what I was thinking for the chain, is to have one side more or less permanent, with the opposite side having a single locking caribeaner or a single link and tightened with a small chain binder similar to this (or hand-forged like this) then it would be able to attached or removed in a couple of seconds. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Why not just mount it on the stump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNewman Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 What if you just took some heavier flat bar, say 1/2"x1 and then a piece of 1/2"x 2 weld them together and then weld them on the side of your anvil.hardy hole.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Why not set up a hardy tool holder on another stump in your workshop? Its then always ready for use and you could leave tools mounted while using the anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 JNewman has a good idea there. Just need to make your tools offset like this. Easier to weld too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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