Farmweld Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Just saw this one on one of the aussie tat bazaar sites Any idea what it would have been used for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Geist Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Making chain. Chainmakers anvils had holes in them like that. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Greetings Farmweld , Do you use square bullets down under??? I just don't know what it could be used for... Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 It's supposed to have inserts the fit in it, like a removable horn, so you can forge different sizes of chain links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Kinda like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 In the heyday of anvilmaking, one could order a custom anvil for any purpose and configuration. Most chainmaker's anvils had shorter horns. But even FISHER made anvils like the one pictured. It is sitting in my museum. I will try to get a photo of it and post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I have a couple of these one london pattern and one is a strange little anvil on a block. I will post piccies. I would love to see more pictures of the tommy hammers, as I want to remake one someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I saw a bok a while ago about nail and chain making in the black country, in the book they described hammers for chain making with two and three shafts depending on the work Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 wayne, do you have the name of that book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi Basher The book if I remember was 'chain and anchor making in the black country' by Ron Moss Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahoo2 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks for the photos John, that explains the set up quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I saw a bok a while ago about nail and chain making in the black country, in the book they described hammers for chain making with two and three shafts depending on the work Wayne Thanks for the book heads up , It is a great little book and I would recommend it if you have an interest in industrial blacksmithing. Chain and Anchor Making in the Black Country .... thanks Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 More photos of the whole setup. Note that the hammer head has a square hole to accept various top tooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 H-B Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Here you go Josh.. wouldn't we like a hot Sunday like that, about now .. ? ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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