KTB Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I have ordered plans from Clay and I am wondering if anyone in or around Georgia that knows where I might obtain a 6 inch round x 32 in. to 36 in. long solid stock for the anvil ? The best price I have found is in Gainesville GA for 300.00 and that is just too much at the present. Living in Atl you would think I could find an old railroad car axle or carpet roller but I haven't succeeded yet. I even made a pretty fair effort while I was up in Chattanooga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavala Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 If you dont want to shell out the cash then maybe look into a fabricated anvil out of several pieces of plate, they showed a sketch of one over at anvil fire. Dont know if its cheaper but 1 inch plates prolly more abundant than train axle. 1x6x32 six of em sandwiched together gives you 6x6 @ over three hundred pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FieryFurnace Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Come up to KY! Whatever you decide to go with, solid round or sandwiched plate, would cost you 25 cents per pound. I'm also building that hammer and have been browsing around the scrap piles (and they are huge scrap piles) for some 6 inch. Yesterday they had some 7 1/2 inch solid that was 24 inches long. it was 300+ lbs so your talking $75. You could pay gas to get here and still come out WAY cheeper! You could make a run up to my steel supplier up here and get everything you need as far as regular steel. Tubing is 30 cents/pound and everything else is 25 cents/pound. You wouldn't have to worry about selection either! I think they'd have everything you need! Plate, tubing, flat, round, square! EVERYTHING! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Although I was told it wouldn't work, (check my signature ) I stacked several round discs for my anvil. To eliminate as much dead space I put them under pressure in a hydraulic press and welded them together. To make it look pretty, I put a tapered section of light pole shaft over it and welded to the top and base. This didn't turn out as tall as I wanted so I topped that with a 5" x 5" x 10" square cut from 5" plate. It is welded on end and my dies bolt to it. I know not everyone could or even would do it this way. It just happened to be what I had available; all scrap from the place I used to work. My point is, you don't HAVE to use a solid round piece of stock. Improvise, adapt, and overcome :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons lair Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Around here drop prices are 50% of new. Scrap is about $.20 a lb. Scrap is always cheaper. Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTB Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 I have some 6 X 18 X 1/2 in. thick plates. I was thinking of welding them together to make a 24 x 24 x 1 inch thick base. Thanks for the suggestions guys, I may just have to formulate my own method as suggested. Great looking hammer Dodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTB Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 Sam, when I mentioned the 1/2 in. plates I was referring to the very bottom base plate. I'm just not sure welding one 1/2 in. plate on top of another is a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spears Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I had very little luck here in north Alabama when searching for large round or square solids. Down near Birmingham places do have available large solid bars, but they are "for sale" not "on sale". I was rather opposed to having to "stack up" material for my anvil block, but then the local steel fab company here in town treated me very fairly after I told the man what I was trying to do. He had some 2" X 13" solid bar lying around and charged me a reasonable "cut charge" to saw the blanks. This method works extremely well and I now own an air hammer with a 700lb anvil block on a 440lb base plate. On the contrary, it took a tremendous amount of "by myself" labor that I wouldn't wish upon anyone. IMO if you spend the money and buy the post exactly what you need I think a hammer ends up with more of a "store bought" look. If that's anything you care about. Good luck. Spears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I don't believe anyone said that stacking them *won't* work; just that it doesn't work as *well* and if you are going to all the trouble you may as well do it as best you can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkle spike Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I know in wood the laminate structure is superior to solid in most cases. Why would the same not be true in steel? You could weld the edges of course, but you could also Plug Weld at specific grid on the faces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTB Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 I scored a 3/4 in. thick plate for the base and a 6 1/4 in. round for the anvil for free. Yippee ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsideshortleg Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Dodge Is the base to your hammer a solid plate or does it just look like it? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecelticforge Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I have ordered plans from Clay and I am wondering if anyone in or around Georgia that knows where I might obtain a 6 inch round x 32 in. to 36 in. long solid stock for the anvil ? The best price I have found is in Gainesville GA for 300.00 and that is just too much at the present. Living in Atl you would think I could find an old railroad car axle or carpet roller but I haven't succeeded yet. I even made a pretty fair effort while I was up in Chattanooga. Chris Milligan 770-654-9131 He is in Gainesville and can get everything. I am making a Clontz hammer myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTB Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 Thanks Celtic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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