My new homemade anvil.

[Dean O Riordan]

:D This is my new anvil i made the other day, it's made from 2 forklift forks cut up and welded together. The anvil weight is 133 lbs or 60 KG.
here are some pic's of it.













All comments are welcome.

[Bentiron1946]

That should work just fine for you. :P

[rustyshackleford]

Looks stout! You could also add some shims under the curved part, weld it up more solidly and use it on end (mass under the striking area, &such)

[Mark Wargo New2bs]

I like it much. What type of steel is generally used for fork lift forks I wonder?

Mark

[Pat Roy]

Looks like a nice flat table. I would weld some feet on it so it can be secured, but you know that.

[ThomasPowers]

Medium Carbon.

[Mark Wargo New2bs]

Thanks Thomas. I was searching the web and it looked like 4140 was the only steel I saw mentioned. Didn't know if that was rather standard or application specific.

Mark

[ThomasPowers]

If it's a fairly modern tine and you had to guess I'd guess that. *old* tines are probably more a straight carbon medium carbon steel. (The one I dug out of a spoil bank where the forklift was run off the bluff face to dispose of it was about 50 years old I estimate and so I'm guessing it was a 1050---I ought to hack a chunk off and see if I can get a hamon with it!)

[Dean O Riordan]

I like it much. What type of steel is generally used for fork lift forks I wonder?

Mark

Thanks, i read some were they are made from 5160. but i could be wrong.

[Dean O Riordan]

Looks like a nice flat table. I would weld some feet on it so it can be secured, but you know that.

Thanks, and as you guessed i welded on some feet tonight and fixed it too that wooden stand i made.I all so painted it black but not the surfaces that i will be working on :D

[Mark Wargo New2bs]

Nice. I'd like to see pictures of the finished anvil when you get time. I walked by a pile of tines about 4 feet tall at a scrap yard not long back. Was really tempted to pick up some.

[Dean O Riordan]

Nice. I'd like to see pictures of the finished anvil when you get time. I walked by a pile of tines about 4 feet tall at a scrap yard not long back. Was really tempted to pick up some.

Thanks, i will have pic's up tomorrow night

oh you should get some of them tines even if you don't make an anvil out of them you could use the steel for knives or something like that.

[Dean O Riordan]

This is a vid of my new anvil.

[ThomasPowers]

The ones I have had were not 5160. Bad form for knives as well. even if they were 5160---why not just get a good leaf or coil spring and avoid the hassle of working such large stuff down?