March 11, 201610 yr 1 hour ago, Forging Carver said: What weight is that anvil for a reference? 155 lb. Hay Budden. 1" thick base plate 2" x 4" x 1/4" tube legs with 1" threaded plugs in the feet, legs filled with sand. Two layers of 30# roofing felt between anvil and base plate.
March 12, 201610 yr Hope everybody thinking about building a stand caught 01tundras mention of filling legs with sand. Very good idea!
March 12, 201610 yr Welded up a bunch of 1" square stock. The legs are two bars of 1" square married together. If you don't have access to big plate or the like, welding up a bunch of bars to make a plate certainly gets the job done. According to my calculations, she weighs in around 150#.
March 12, 201610 yr In a few more weeks I will be finally ready to mount my anvil. My luck I welded up a forge, bought an anvil, and a leg vise, and 3 discs in my neck give out. The neck doesn't hurt , but the arm is killing me. Hopefully it will be corrected by next month. Back to my anvil. I have maple and cherry logs big enough to mount my anvil. I also have enough pressure treated 2 x 6's to make a few stands. I also have plenty 2" diameter pipe . I have a 93 lb. anvil, which would make the best stand? Do to back problems it will be mounted so the face is no lower then 30 inches. Any suggestions?
March 12, 201610 yr 2 hours ago, Bud in PA said: In a few more weeks I will be finally ready to mount my anvil. My luck I welded up a forge, bought an anvil, and a leg vise, and 3 discs in my neck give out. The neck doesn't hurt , but the arm is killing me. Hopefully it will be corrected by next month. Back to my anvil. I have maple and cherry logs big enough to mount my anvil. I also have enough pressure treated 2 x 6's to make a few stands. I also have plenty 2" diameter pipe . I have a 93 lb. anvil, which would make the best stand? Do to back problems it will be mounted so the face is no lower then 30 inches. Any suggestions? OWE!!! Another person with blown disks. How are you treating them? Frosty The Lucky.
March 13, 201610 yr Frosty I am looking at surgery for the neck. I have an inversion table and a tens unit for the back. The inversion table does wonders for my back.
March 13, 201610 yr Spanky's starting to overdo now since her neck surgery. I used to hang upside down from a fence rail to help easy tension in my back but can't since the TBI and related broken neck, my inner ear is all screwed up, inversion has me reeling for a couple hours. I'm not griping my back's in surprisingly good condition and my only neck trouble is where it connects with my skull. The occipital condyle is one of the skull fractures and my #1 cervical vertebra(?) got crunched a bit in association. Anyway most of your skull is sinus and mine tends to get stuffed up where it was cracked gives me sinus pressure headaches that start where skull and spine meet and spread all the way around. Hanging upside down is a B-A-D idea. I change sinus meds to avoid building a resistance. Oh GEEZE I'm comparing ailments again! Isn't that something the old folk do? Arghhhhhh! Frosty The Lucky.
March 15, 201610 yr I just finished this for my new Peddinghaus Nr 12. The design was inspired by Kubiak's on the Anvil height thread. Each section of 2x4 is individually glued and screwed so it is very solid. I made mine to the best height for me but it could be built with about 1" total adjustment up or down with packing pieces within then upper and lower surrounds. Time to get smithin'! Cadair
March 15, 201610 yr Very nice stand, Cadair, that everyone could build with simple tools, and accessible materials.
March 15, 201610 yr On 3/12/2016 at 8:54 PM, Frosty said: Spanky's starting to overdo now since her neck surgery. I used to hang upside down from a fence rail to help easy tension in my back but can't since the TBI and related broken neck, my inner ear is all screwed up, inversion has me reeling for a couple hours. I'm not griping my back's in surprisingly good condition and my only neck trouble is where it connects with my skull. The occipital condyle is one of the skull fractures and my #1 cervical vertebra(?) got crunched a bit in association. Anyway most of your skull is sinus and mine tends to get stuffed up where it was cracked gives me sinus pressure headaches that start where skull and spine meet and spread all the way around. Hanging upside down is a B-A-D idea. I change sinus meds to avoid building a resistance. Oh GEEZE I'm comparing ailments again! Isn't that something the old folk do? Arghhhhhh! Frosty The Lucky. Is there a thread for that? lol if so my profile could be changed to say "Youngest old man on the site" herniation at s-1 l-5 with stenosis and "total disc collapse?"Going to have a fusion in the next month or so,the neuro i spoke with told me after all this time of doctors telling me to try this or try that they should have just faced the facts 6 months in and sent me for surgery.....baaaah enough of that.People LIFT WITH YOUR LEGS.
March 15, 201610 yr 42 minutes ago, odblacksmith said: Is there a thread for that? lol if so my profile could be changed to say "Youngest old man on the site" herniation at s-1 l-5 with stenosis and "total disc collapse?"Going to have a fusion in the next month or so,the neuro i spoke with told me after all this time of doctors telling me to try this or try that they should have just faced the facts 6 months in and sent me for surgery.....baaaah enough of that.People LIFT WITH YOUR LEGS. A thread for which? Bad disks or occipital condyl fractures? There are a bunch of folk here who have had disk surgery and vertebra routered for stenosis. I'm not one fortunately but they're here. Frosty The Lucky.
March 15, 201610 yr Either i guess,was just in a kinda jokey mood.We all give each other a lot of advice so why not a "Bad back" section.We could discuss titanium and what kind of "lock-tite" the doctor uses.
March 15, 201610 yr Don't talk too loud about the metal inside you, or you might end up as someone's "It followed me home" post....
March 15, 201610 yr 55, ex airborne, 2 hip replacements, knackered back, knees shot. As my old Regimental Sergeant Major used to say "If you're looking for sympathy, it's in the dictionary, somewhere between s#!t and syphilis"
March 15, 201610 yr Okay, good idea, I won't talk about the Ti pins & strips in me nor the scary barbed SS screws they use so the bone grows into them and they can't back out. Truth is once I'm done with the metal in me Deb can sell it off. Get your bids in early! Frosty The Lucky.
March 15, 201610 yr hmmm I have a friend who promised me his Ti knee; Frosty any interest in a high salt, high fat diet---I hate waiting?...
March 15, 201610 yr Sorry, I'm not a fan of fatty or salty fare. I'll be happy to show you how to fell trees though. Frosty The Lucky.
March 16, 201610 yr That's very kind of you for certain definitions of very and certain definitions of kind...I'll just step out side and squint real hard towards the north and west---you ready?
March 16, 201610 yr Always, for a given value of youbetcha. I'll pick up a fresh sharps container and clear space in the shop to play. Frosty The Lucky.
March 17, 201610 yr #57 330 pound Refflinghaus anvil mounted on 3/8" thick 20" diameter pipe, 1/2" thick top, filled with concrete and buried 6" in the ground. Solid as a rock.
March 17, 201610 yr On 3/15/2016 at 3:42 PM, Frosty said: Okay, good idea, I won't talk about the Ti pins & strips in me nor the scary barbed SS screws they use so the bone grows into them and they can't back out. Truth is once I'm done with the metal in me Deb can sell it off. Get your bids in early! Frosty The Lucky. When I die I am not going to be buried, my wife will scrap me.
March 17, 201610 yr Will52100, I sure hope that thing is where you want it! Concerning all the medical discussion , lets be thankful we are "fearfully and wonderfully made"….. and can be repaired!
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