Crow Splat Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I have always been fascinated by blacksmithing and now that I am older and slightly more financially independent, I have decided to take the plunge. I work at a home improvement store and we have racking made of I-beams. I have already worked out a deal where the next time we replace a damaged one, I can have the old piece. These particular pieces are about six inches tall and 4 feet long, and one end has a roughly half inch plate welded to it. This plate is what I would intend to use as a striking surface. My idea was to put this beam with the plate up, in a circular concrete form and bury it in concrete with maybe 4 to 6 inches sticking out still. So how does this sound as a start until I can get a real anvil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Much worse than just getting a hunk of steel from the scrapyard and MUCH louder too. Most of your striking surface has nothing under it than air so the true "thickness" is 1/2" Go to the scrapyard and get a fork lift tine and you have 3-4" and if you use the vertical section you may have 2' of steel under the hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow Splat Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Makes sense. The other idea I had was turning it into a bending jig since it has holes drilled in it all over. I would just need to make some posts to fit in the holes and I can make whatever bend I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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