March 11, 201313 yr This anvil is 24" long and 117 pounds. It has a 1" hardee hole right through the middle, and four "sides" each with a different radius profile. Anyone ever seen anything like this?
March 11, 201313 yr The french use a tool like this for forming sheet metal. I don't know much else about them or how they were used.
March 11, 201313 yr Author The french use a tool like this for forming sheet metal. I don't know much else about them or how they were used. Thanks, Timothy. The guy I bought it from (for $60) said that it had been used to shape sheet metal at a freezer fabricator. I can see many good uses for it forging. I need to rig up a stand that lets me rotate it and lock it into place for each of the profiles.
March 12, 201313 yr Lots of sheet metal forming stuff is just cast iron and won't hold up to heavy smithing hammering.
March 13, 201313 yr Greetings, It looks to me like the intended use was in a vertical position... The square mounting hole is in the end... It does not look like it has had much hammering or use.. Many factory tools are made for a single use and than discarded... It looks to be cast iron and if it was mine I would test it before much use... Have you ever seen a stove pipe anvil ? Jim
March 13, 201313 yr Author I was a bit wary buying it. I bounced some steel on it before I picked it up, and it seemed to ring clear, but I'm just a novice. I don't think it is cast iron.
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