February 5, 201412 yr First attempt at posting a photo(without my techie daughter to help!). My stack of 15 thirty pound Fisher anvils in the museum.
February 5, 201412 yr I'm in Oregon. I dream of coming to the museum some day. I have 2 Fishers and they are simply amazing anvils each. I have always longed for pictures of your museum. Makes me all shaky right now. I immediately went to CL and searched for more to buy. What are the date ranges of those? Do they vary much in the pattern or was it consistent through production?
February 5, 201412 yr Author Now that I finally figured out how to post photos, I will attempt to put up some more. But not too many...Got to keep some of the mystery about it. The pattern/shape did not change for the anvils in this stack. I will have to check the date range. I have some earlier Fisher 30 lb anvils that have a different shape.
February 5, 201412 yr Thanks Josh- I'll look forward to whatever pictures you are willing to post. I do have a question, looking at AIA and the fisher ads, I see variations in sizes and shapes for the same weight anvils, from ad to ad (or year to year). Is there a potential way to correlate dates of manufacture to shapes of anvils? I'm still trying to tie down the date of manufacture of my 400lb Fisher which has the date partially obliterated. 193X? Thanks
February 6, 201412 yr Author Fisher made about 4 variations in shape, mostly changing the the early years. By the 1930's, the shapes were pretty standard across their product line. The design any time in the 1930's would have been the same, unless one ordered an anvil with some sort of custom feature. Some of the images in the ads were used although the designs had changed.
February 6, 201412 yr does the museum happen to have some kind of gift shop wherein I could purchase a (real) fisher anvil to use? :ph34r:
February 6, 201412 yr Just curious why have 15 of the same model anvil for the museum? I am all for having a collection of various anvils for display but so many of the same.
February 6, 201412 yr Greetings Josh, I seen your first pic post all the way from Disney Land Great Now your a pro Click on and take beautiful pictures Jim
February 6, 201412 yr Author I do have t-shirts for sale, and occasionally sell or trade some of the iron. Why so many? Why not.
February 9, 201412 yr Its beautifull. If ever i get to the USA , i will visit you . I dont have a fisher anvil in my collection yet , would love to have one
February 11, 201412 yr Author does the museum happen to have some kind of gift shop wherein I could purchase a (real) fisher anvil to use? :ph34r: Everything is for sale, at the right price. Bring enough, and you can own my whole place, inventory included. ;-))
February 11, 201412 yr shouldn't that be 1,1,2,3,5,Good morning allThanks Mr Powers; I wondered what Fibonacci had to do with this stack. -grant
February 11, 201412 yr I studied the Fibb's back when researching spirials as well as in math classes way back when we still had 9 planets in the solar system...
February 11, 201412 yr I studied the Fibb's back when researching spirials as well as in math classes way back when we still had 9 planets in the solar system... what does that have to do with the the subject at hand?
February 11, 201412 yr Good morning allBob, the title of this thread is Fibonacci stack of Fisher anvils. We were subtly suggesting that the Fibonacci sequence does not describe a stack in the form of a pyramid but does describe a spiral. I could, however, be that Mario Fibonacci stacked those anvils for The Anvil Man and in that case it certanilly is a Fibonacci stack of Fisher anvils. -grant
February 12, 201412 yr Author I cannot believe that anyone is arguing over my title. OK, so make believe it is titled "Stack of 15 Anvils" and leave it at that. And I agree with Bob S. Period.
February 12, 201412 yr Greetings , Josh you should have titled it ( a fantastic stack of iron that you all wish you had ) What you do is great and appreciated. Stack on Jim
February 13, 201412 yr Great pic! Now that you are camera to computer savvy i too propose more pictures of the museum, perhaps a members gallery. Is the train in which you are pictured next too in the museum??? p.s. Fibonacci is the only reason i clicked on this one first :D I'm going to add this to my list of random terms in which i like to speak around others who have even less of an idea...
February 13, 201412 yr Author Great pic! Now that you are camera to computer savvy i too propose more pictures of the museum, perhaps a members gallery. Is the train in which you are pictured next too in the museum??? p.s. Fibonacci is the only reason i clicked on this one first :D I'm going to add this to my list of random terms in which i like to speak around others who have even less of an idea... I wish I had that Loco. It is in Duluth, Minnesota. I do have a 125 year old caboose though.
February 13, 201412 yr My caboose is only 57 years old.......wait, you were talking about an actual train car. Never mind. :rolleyes:
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