February 28, 201313 yr Stopped by to visit my friend Robert Eggerling, damascus maker extraordinaire. Robert collects alot of cool stuff, a smith through and through hehe. I bought this here round, the smaller of two he has. It's 10 1/4" round and 11 1/2" long, 268 pounds. I will be making a special anvil with it, more photos here as I go along.
February 28, 201313 yr what kind of steel is it sambo? you looking for a square block that size??? if you are i have a 265lb block of fx...
February 28, 201313 yr if you look in the right bottom corner of this pic i have a similar block of steel set up as a striking anvil. it is 10" in diameter and 10" tall with a 3" by 7" lip on the bottom that fits in the hole on top of the stand. it is 260# and is a die block for a gear die from eatons manuf. here in kearney.
March 1, 201313 yr Author Pete, not sure yet, gotta spark it to see if it's mild or something else, warranting a closer look. My idea is, to make different kinds of dies, and mount them to the top front side, then hang a small helve hammer off the far side. Multiple shapes able to be bolted to the front and far sides for different things, cutters, swages, radii. Raise the whole thing up on heavy steel legs/stand, tong racks and stuff underneath.
March 1, 201313 yr Or, make it a rotating anvil so that whatever die you needed could be spun to top-dead-center and the whole thing locked down......
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