downsfish Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 OK so I'm building my second anvil and I'd like some design input, kinda like you helped Grant with his "Tooling Anvil ?". It started life as a 5 1/2" X 5 1/2" billet 3 feet long and I'd planned on putting feet under it for upsetting like Hofi's anvils. So here's the question, what do you think about making the feet with different bottom dies like a swage block? What do you think would be the most versitile shapes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 It kind of depends on how you are planning on using the anvil/feet. I would put two different sized half rounds, a half sphere for upsetting into, and a 90degree V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpotter Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Nice anvil, did you use a mill. What kind of steel is it. I would defintily put a base on it or a foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downsfish Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 I thought I'd cut some 2" plate about 4" X 12" and weld them under the anvil at 90 deg, one close to the hardy hole and one at the pritchels. That would automatically give me 3 pads with 90 deg V blocks about 4" square two on the near side and only one on the far, because the shelf I welded on at the face would be directly above the one. I guess the far side should be left plain for upsetting and probably 4 different half rounds 2 on each of the near sides? I only used the mill to clean up the face and drill the holes, the tapers and the horn were all torch cut before the heat treat. The steel would've become high grade rebar but it had too much Cr, and Van in it which would make it too hard so it was scrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Form follows function. Which processes are you most likely to want to do on those feet, rounding up a bar or upsetting the end of a bar? Another option is to mill a hardy hole in one of the feet nearest to you and leave the other flat so that you can upset on one foot and use the other foot for hardy tools such as v blocks, half-rounds and bending jigs. That way if your needs change you can simply make another hardy or jig for that foot. Or put hardy holes in all the feet, and make one or more hardies flat for upsetting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I like David's idea of a hardy in a foot. Put a regular upsetting plate (5th foot) on it, and not sure what to do for the other near foot, or the other two feet. Having 4 hardy holders would be handy for keeping tools organized if nothing else. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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