Spears Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 My anvils were made by myself from 3”X 4” bar stock and contain no hardy hole. (There wasn’t a good way to put that in at the time of construction.) Having an extra anvil led me to construct a “hold down” that can stay mounted on. I purchased two pieces of 5/8”Acme threaded rod with nuts and welded them to a ½” X 1.5 piece of flat bar for a clamp bar. This is used with two die springs 8” long with 5/8” clearance holes. I rigged up and welded a pry bar that can lift this clamp for work holding on the face of the anvil. I cut a small ditch in the middle to stabilize round stock. This seems to have very good holding power and was relatively cheap to make. Spears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourne101 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 thats really cool man thanks for the input spears. i might actually make a copy of that seeings how i need a good anvil hold down. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Somebody machine that anvil? Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Wow, crazy amount of work in that anvil. Great Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spears Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 Thanks for the comments gentlemen. It isn't always so easy to shop for all this stuff and I find my artwork hobby to be very "tool driven" when it comes to the forging. Here's a description with a few more pictures. A fixture was constructed to straddle the anvil having a plate that can be slipped under the new anvil hold down clamp for a more solid mount. All my power hammer dies both upper and lower can be mounted to this fixture. One corner of the die plate is placed over a ½” pin and two or three screws added for a solid mount to the fixture. Utilizing the mount for my power hammer tooling, I have a few more hand forging capabilities. It may not be the fastest thing as far as change-over, but it beats having nothing at all. Until I can get a swage block, I'm going to use this. The artwork is yet to come from all these homemade tooling ideas. Enjoy, Spears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spears Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 Somebody machine that anvil? Very interesting. I was a machine shop teacher for three years in a high school vocational center that had a CNC mill. A professional heat treat company gave my anvils a 1/8" case hardening. It has worked out fine and holding up well considering I miss the workpiece now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I was a machine shop teacher for three years in a high school vocational center that had a CNC mill. A professional heat treat company gave my anvils a 1/8" case hardening. It has worked out fine and holding up well considering I miss the workpiece now and again. I only thought I was impressed by the anvil pics.Then I saw the die holder pics and was REALLY impressed. That is one incredibly fine idea and I can see where it would be at least near as handy as a swage block. Got any other cool pics hanging around?How about just standing in the middle of the shop and shooting with a wide lens video camera.We`ll tell you when to stop and zoom in. Thanks for posting the pics and we don`t mind looking at more.Right guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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