Aral Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Hey guys, just wanted to share a photo of the anvil my dad made me I specifically told my mom, that i will not be coming home for christmas holidays unless he finally makes me the anvil (yea i know its mean, but hey, im desperate ) And after an hour or two, its finished He just sent me this one photo, and it looks pretty decent to me, and he says it weighs around 200 kg btw, this is my sister holding the hammer :) Quote
pkrankow Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 200kg! wow, that's a serious chunk of steel! Phil (440 pounds) Quote
Aral Posted December 12, 2009 Author Posted December 12, 2009 Yea, if it is that heavy, its really good. Though, I personally think it must be lighter, atleast it looks lighter to me. The bottom are two 5x30x50 cm steel plates, im not sure about the top part. Well, maybe it is that heavy, i dont know, whatever the weight is, it seems like a good working tool for me, and i hope i will make something useful on it :) Quote
monstermetal Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 yeah that should be a heck of an anvil... I think fork tines are usually 4340 which is also a steel used a lot for power hammer dies and other tooling... should be great! Quote
country boy Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Nice Anvil. I think you will get years of service out of that one and even hand it down to your offspring:) Quote
Mark Wargo New2bs Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Very nice. Good use of the steel. Looks from the picture that he intends to form a horn as well. Quote
Bentiron1946 Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 You sure know how to leverage mother to get father out of his easy chair to make an anvil for you! Way to go! Looks nice, now all you got to do is get it away from your sister. LOL Merry Christmas Quote
CurlyGeorge Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Nice anvil, Aral. Looks like it should hold up and last for a long time. Congratulations, and tell your father that he did a great job on it. :) Quote
petere76 Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Nice looking job. Should serve you well. If you can get some fork pieces save them as they make excellent hammer stock. happy Holidays to you and yours, Peter Quote
Aral Posted December 13, 2009 Author Posted December 13, 2009 Thanks for the support guys, merry Christmas to you all too .) Quote
EWCTool Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 I like it. Does it preform like an anvil ought to preform? Or at least what you desire from an anvil? Quote
Aral Posted December 13, 2009 Author Posted December 13, 2009 Well, I have no idea yet, it was made 2 days ago, and I'm not coming home 'till around Christmas, but I trust it will perform pretty well .) Quote
Dragons lair Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Aral, Have a few thoughts on your anvil. PM me if you and dad would like to share. Dad has done great for ya I thank you sir. Ken Quote
robphillips00 Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 Holy Cow, I would hate to move that baby! Quote
ThomasPowers Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 5x30x50 = 58.95 kg apiece, so 117.9 kg for the base + top. *NICE ANVIL*! Quote
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 I don't know from Kg's but it sounds a lot like 250 pounds to me. Quote
walkerironworks84 Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Sweet anvil! How did you come across the piece of fork? People around me are hesitant to come off of a nice piece of steel like that Quote
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