Robert Mayo Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I finaly got around to setting up my old cast steel post anvil. It might be a little overkill but i figured the barrel was just the perfect height. There's about 300lbs of concrete and a hundred pounds of steel all welded together in the grease barrel. Then add the 40 lb anvil and 15 lbs of dropped wagon axle for the horn it's about 450 lbs now i just have to move it into the shop. The horn still needs to be tapered and the face of the anvil cleaned a little. And the anvil pops out of it's tapered socket so i can make more tools to use in the socket. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 that ought to do it,let us know how it works out,and be careful moving it, jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Looks to be a very nice set up for knife work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I like that set up, should work great. I wish that you had my old round cast steel stake now instead of that other fellow, I think it would have fit just fine in that stake holder, Oh well, what's done is done. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking-sword Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I'm planning an anvil build myself when time permits. I have this solid iron post30 inches long and 5.5 inches square, weighs 190pds, and I have a block of annealed D2 that I will mill for a tougher face for forging on. I initially wanted to weld the block on the iron and set it up vertically as a post anvil but I am told welding D2 is iffy and looks out of my scope of experienc and I;ve never brazed. So I believe I will clean up the iron surface and bolt the D2 face down as shown in the photo's, then build a base of 2x12's and if this works out I believe I could actually get more D2 blocks(or some other tool steel) and fashion modified forging faces and they could be changable. Any Idea's? Wes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Thanks for the comments folks. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 When you say iron do you mean cast iron or low carbon steel? You would sure get a lot more out of it if you could mount the iron vertically. If it is a low carbon steel think of welding heavy duty angle iron to it on the sides and bolt to that. If it is cast iron I would probably still think of bolting some heavy duty angle iron pieces to the sides and then bolting to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Falzone Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I finaly got around to setting up my old cast steel post anvil. It might be a little overkill but i figured the barrel was just the perfect height. There's about 300lbs of concrete and a hundred pounds of steel all welded together in the grease barrel. Then add the 40 lb anvil and 15 lbs of dropped wagon axle for the horn it's about 450 lbs now i just have to move it into the shop. The horn still needs to be tapered and the face of the anvil cleaned a little. And the anvil pops out of it's tapered socket so i can make more tools to use in the socket. Bob I dub thee ... HERNIA-MAKER Nice job Robert. I wonder how the concrete will hold up to the constant pounding and shock-vibrations. Like others said - take care moving that monster. Cheers. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 I dub thee ... HERNIA-MAKER Nice job Robert. I wonder how the concrete will hold up to the constant pounding and shock-vibrations. Like others said - take care moving that monster. Cheers. Sam Thanks Sam I moved it into the shop today and forged a hawk. There is literaly no ring and i can move steel better than on my 150# P.W. i am . Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher M Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 That looks like the hot setup I'm a little jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I took time off a production project this weekend to hot rivet the head of an old long headed sledge onto a shaft to make a medieval style stake anvil. Now I have one with a tapered square head and one with a RR spike driving head (the ends are cylinders of different diameters) I still have one to go---a stubbier one that will have a larger flat for forging on---and I just picked up another spike driver at the fleamarket... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 I took time off a production project this weekend to hot rivet the head of an old long headed sledge onto a shaft to make a medieval style stake anvil. Now I have one with a tapered square head and one with a RR spike driving head (the ends are cylinders of different diameters) I still have one to go---a stubbier one that will have a larger flat for forging on---and I just picked up another spike driver at the fleamarket... They sound pretty cool but we need pictures . Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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