Anachronist58 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Anvil. Robert Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Anvil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel h Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I’ve been given a piston pin that I may use as an extra anvil, it’s 20 inches tall 8 inches in diameter and hardened steel , it rings great with good rebound. I haven’t decided how to mount it yet. What’s your thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Depends on your hight, for me about 10" of stump either natural or fabricated or a tripod of steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 since it is round id put it on a stump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 If that's a piston pin, how big is the piston?!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel h Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I think the piston is about 30 or so inches . I didn't get real close to where the engines were, but looked about that size. They were going to give me several more ,but I don't know what I would do with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 If that hole is in, or near, the middle (assuming it goes striaght through or has a corresponding hole on the far side) I'd be tempted to mount it on an axle pin and turn it into a rotatable swage block with the hole near the edge serving for a locking pin location. You can fashion sections into different shapes as you find a need for them. There is a fine example of such posted somewhere on these threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Trade them to other smiths for hammers and tongs; special alloys, books, $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Power hammer ram.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 I would use it for the anvil and the price of 3” I have as the anvil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachNiedjalski Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 So I posted the other day in "Show me your anvil", and got some pretty helpful feedback. Just so happens I have stumbled upon another improvised anvil. Its been laying around at work for years apparently. It is extremely heavy, I believe the base is made from a chunk of telephone pole. But I am curious what everyone thinks about it, I am new to this, so before i try to take this thing home (it will be difficult, I cant even lift it an inch off the ground) id like your feedback again on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stephens Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hi Zach, I say man up and take it home. It might be kinda loud, but would be something to work on. You might also want to radius the "horn" a little bit. Good Luck Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Again most of that has no steel between the face and the bottom. I beams make poor anvils. Look at a solid cube of steel. Look at an I-beam do you see the difference? Anvils made from I beams tend to be made by people who really don't have a clue about anvils and so think their ideas are great! Would you go to a mechanic that doesn't know how an engine works? However that would be a useful thing in the shop as a hardy holder to go along with a solid chunk of steel anvil. As mentioned it will be loud! It will also be better than the previous version in that the face is thicker and the web is thicker. Get it if you can and use it and make things to fund the purchase of a better one.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I believe it would work better than the RR track anvil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Slap some magnets on the underside of the top to help kill the ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 What I would do if that's all I could find would to cut the top flange off 75% of it. Use the cut offs to support around the hardy and Pritchett hole. You only need a surface as wide as your hammer face to work steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I'd not waste the effort and use it as is and keep looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 1” plate is better than nothing, but only just Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 11 hours ago, ZachNiedjalski said: Just so happens I have stumbled upon another improvised anvil. It matters not whether that steel is utilized as an Anvil, or becomes something else - it is free beautiful steel. You do not wish to awaken in the future nights with new uses for that raw material, only to howl in anguish that you deigned to let it go. The worst that could happen (Safety First!) Is some day you might give it to someone with a special project on hand. Notwithstanding any space limitations imposed by your "Inventory" constraints; no less, the aesthetic sensibilities of a significant other: "Git that junk out of my living room!!" Robert Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachNiedjalski Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 All really good feedback thank you. I am definitely trying to get approval to take it home. Definitely going to keep looking for something better, but ill work with what I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Look around the shops that repair track hoes, dozers, train cars and boat/ships. Broken or warn heavy pins and axles make very good anvils as to the worn parts from the local gravel pits stone crushers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 On 12/2/2017 at 9:46 PM, Lionel h said: piston pin What was that a piston pin to? Man that is BIG!!! Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel h Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 The piston pin was from a engine that pumps gas in a high pressure pipeline. I’m supposed get several more in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Good find but I would expect some neat things like that in Louisiana with the oil production. I hope you make good use of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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