Owen Hinsman Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 nice. do you know where in the north yarmouth/cumberland area i might be able to find an anvil or other tools? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Craigslist is where I found my first anvil. There's a 100lb Vulcan on craigslist right now for 425$ and new one's are popping up all the time. Also there are usually lots of anvils at the NEB meets. As for other tools like hammers flee markets and antique barns are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 A Vulcan for $425 is a little steep, unless it's like in new condition, then I would consider it. I like my 110 lb Vulcan because it's quiet but the rebound is not the greatest. Our go to anvil is a 106 lb Hay Budden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hinsman Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 awesome. do you know how to read the hundredweight marking on older anvils? this would be a good skill to fgure out the poundage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Yes. IFC I would never buy a Vulcan at over 4 dollars a pounds. Not when I've had so much good luck with anvils in the past But what I meant was there are always anvils on craigslist within 100 miles of where I live. @Owen Hinsman This is one of the best ways to find anvils: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 hours ago, Owen Hinsman said: awesome. do you know how to read the hundredweight marking on older anvils? this would be a good skill to fgure out the poundage Older blacksmiths' anvils are often stamped with a three-digit number indicating their total weight in hundredweight, quarter-hundredweight (28 lb), and pounds. Thus, an anvil stamped "1.1.8" will weigh 148 lb (112 lb + 28 lb + 8 lb) the first number would be multiples of 112 pounds, the middle number would be multiples of 28 so a 3 would be 84 pounds the last number is actual pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Older ENGLISH anvils; American ones are stamped in pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hinsman Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 confusion between the two sometimes works in your favour and sometimes against you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Thomas, Thanks for clearing that up, I always forget to mention the difference between English & American weight systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I have one were the side was ground clean and I plan to have it officially welded and then weight stamp it in Roman Numerals! Problem is I need a cherry picker to get it loaded to take to the feed store, estimated weight 410 pounds. (I don't do subtractive Roman Numeials so if it weighs out that way then CCXCC will work!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hinsman Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: confusion between the two sometimes works in your favour and sometimes against you. how so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Like this if I had a 150lb anvil I was selling and it was marked in hundredweight 1 0 10. If I thought it was 110lbs and sold for 2 dollars a pound the buyer would actually be paying less than 2 dollars a pound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Or I'm looking to buy an anvil being offered at US$2 a pound and it's stamped 230 and so they tell me to pay 460 dollars when it really weighs 308 pounds which would be $616 and so I save about $150! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hinsman Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 hmm okay that makes more sense now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Exactly. I would take that deal any day!...any day I had the money that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hinsman Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 too true. too true. i just wait until my birthday/christmas for the monies that come from my relatives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Part of buying anvils at a good price is to have the money to hand and close the deal before they start looking at ebay. If it's a good deal, then I want to have the anvil in my possession the same day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warhawk Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 On 12/9/2017 at 12:23 PM, Owen Hinsman said: Thanks mike This is what i have so far that looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hinsman Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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