July 20, 201214 yr i am starting on an anvil stand i have it drawn out in autocad right now waiting to be set up on the plasma table will post pics as it come together it will be a sand filled stand with a floating plate on top of the sand with a small amount of room about an eighth in. and 1 in of extra room between the needed height for the plate and the top none of this will be forged that i know of yet anyway
July 20, 201214 yr Author ok it was a good idea and i will have quite a bit of tweeking to do my welds are terrible right now i think its cause i never welded in a box before so this is a prototype to learn by hope the next one will turn out better
July 21, 201214 yr This sand box was installed recently. It is 90º angle welded all around with a flat bottom. A 3/4" plywood separates the sand from the anvil base. Welded allthread and the two iron straps help to keep the anvil from shifting. I discovered the use of the sandbox anvil stand through Otto Schmirler's book, "Werk und Werkzeug des Kunstschmieds."
July 21, 201214 yr Author as an american i dont know if i can read that book i got the idea from "the backyard blacksmith" by lorilei sims
July 21, 201214 yr Author people in the chat room last night were wondering what kind of welder i was using so i decided to take pics of our shop and let yall see our buisnes the welder i was using is the miller this is the welder the last one here is where i been working the last 3 months its the plasma table
July 21, 201214 yr Author sry bout the different sizes was playing with the resolution on my cell camera
July 21, 201214 yr I had my anvil mounted on sand for about 10 years. It sat in about 18" of sand on plywood. It was not clamped down and it shifted/leaned away for me over time. Could well be the an anchorage system would have solved the leaning problem but there is additional thing that you may consider. If I were to remount my anvil on sand again it would not be deep sand. I would use a clean loam for the majority of depth and maybe 3" of sand of course with the ply wood for the anvil to sit on. One potential problem that I see with the truncated pyramid base form is that the plywood needs to be fitted tight to the sides of the container otherwise the sand will be likely have a tendency to migrate up around the edges of the plywood with use . That base form is going to make a singe layer with tight fitting edges a non starter, however should be easily fixed with pieces screwed around the edges. They could be fitted to the anvil base shape to further stabilize the anvil location . Nice stand.
July 21, 201214 yr What about filling the majority of the stand with reinforced cement and only using sand for the top 6"?
July 21, 201214 yr Author thanks if i would weld some pieces at the lowest i would put the anvil would that combat that tendency
July 22, 201214 yr Author i might mix sand with good ole georgia red clay and mix a little water in it so it hardens good
July 23, 201214 yr Author ok just need someone to help me put the anvil on it then am ready to run again i used 90percent clay and the rest sand on the top hope it wont settle too much i packed it with a hammer first then put the plate on top and beat it till it bent a litle so i dont think it will settle much had water in there too
August 1, 201213 yr Author i did have to add more sand it really packed tight and hasnt settled afterwards so i am happy with it go ahead there PUGHMAN its here for the taking
October 28, 201213 yr That's what she said! Remember this is a Family site keep things Clean . Best Regards Sam
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