clinton Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 found this a few years back it is cast and about 11 inches log by 7'' wide 9'' tall weighs about 80 lbs maybe someone knows what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRobb Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I've never seen one, but it looks like it would make a nice little anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 In all respects save one, it looks like what Richard Postman calls a bridge anvil. It is quite small compared to the larger ones used in the railroad shops and oil fields. ref: "Anvils in America" pages 406-407. http://www.turleyforge.com Granddaddy of blacksmith schools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerironworks84 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Yeah it definately looks like an anvil to me. Sweet find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 Thanks Frank- I need to get that book, this guy had a lot of neat stuff I also picked up an anchor there about 3 ft long bronze probably weighs about 60 lbs I think I gave him $40.00 for the anchor and $30.00 for the anvil, its been laying in my back yard for the last ten years, I knew this was the place to come for answers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyassforge Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I have seen a few of these at farm auctions and been told that they are a counterweight for the header on old grain combines. I can't confirm that, but two different old men have said the same thing. That is all the information I have! Bill Davis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I think that is my Aunt Opal's milk stool, she weighed in at 450 pounds. The traditional wooden ones kept breraking under her massive weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Thompson Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 My grandmother had something similar on the end of a stick for 'dollying' the washing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 counter weight, press die or . . . I like the Aunt Opal's milking stool theory myself. Who cares what it used to be? I'd use it for a portable anvil or whatever I needed it for at any given moment. Nice score. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortdog Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Congratulations! Whatever it is, they are rare and you have one of them! Aunt Opal's milking stool is the best explanation I have heard so far. Think I'd go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chyancarrek Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Nice hunk of metal there - whatever it is, it looks like it needs to get into the shop and be put to work! Let us know what you end up doing with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukellos Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I think that is my Aunt Opal's milk stool, she weighed in at 450 pounds. The traditional wooden ones kept breraking under her massive weight Aunt Opal! Are we related? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I know what that is. That's a standvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder19 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I was gonna say it looked like a cast iron step stool, like the little wooden ones you see for kids to brush their teeth and such, no worries about that one tipping over. But kidding aside I'm also gonna say bridge anvil, are there any markings or words of any type? Great find by the way. welder19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hammer Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Paul Bunyan's key fob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 It's a "boot" in case you park your tirehammer in the wrong spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Alaskan fishing weight if you have a couple and the grip to close the split shot on the line. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironstein Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Hey Clinton, Brian, i wonder if it's made of un-obtainium! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Hey, Ironstein. I think it is unobtainium now. I'd sure like to have that piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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