Frosty Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 She's in her prime Brandon and wants to be used. Her intended purpose is hot steel and hammers, she was born to wear out hammers. What else do you have for kit? I think we have the anvil covered now lets talk about your: forge, hammers, chisels, tongs, etc. Hmmmmm? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Frosty; I can just picture you as the chamberlain of the Skeksis when you say Hmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 1 minute ago, ThomasPowers said: Frosty; I can just picture you as the chamberlain of the Skeksis when you say Hmmmmmmm Is power and privilege involved? Looked it up. . . gee THANKS! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamBamtheboogeyman Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I am not sure if the weight it says 131 I am fairly certain but it sure feels a heck of a lot more when I have to move it back inside my garage when I am done. I appreciate all of the insight you all have shared with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I am not sure if the weight it says 131 I am fairly certain but it sure feels a heck of a lot more when I have to move it back inside my garage when I am done. I appreciate all of the insight you all have shared with me. They always feel heavier than they are, it's an anvil thing, ask Wile E Coyote. Sweep a spot on the garage floor and put it on a bathroom scale is the best way to know within a reasonable amount. My main go to anvil is 125 lbs. and it's plenty for anything I want of it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Seems more like 131 pounds to me. Maybe I need glasses. Still looks like an 8 to me with the bottom loop closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Definitely the middle number is a "3" as the ends are on a tighter Arc and fall short of the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 a bathroom scale will end the debate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 a bathroom scale will end the debate Spoil sport. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I still reckon it's a 3. The bottom loop isn't quite closed. Yep. Time for the scales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamBamtheboogeyman Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 its actually 129 lbs and her face is starting to shine up, spent all day yesterday and part of today forging a campfire tripod with a hook to control the temperature. never thought I would consider such hard work so much fun. forge, hammers, chisels, tongs, etc. Hmmmm? my forge is wood believe it or not, it is a wooden frame that houses about 6 inches of dirt, and it is packed in a cone shape in the center where I have a Stainless Steel shower strainer to cover the hole enough to keep the coal from falling threw. my bellows is a shop vac 3.5 hp and it gets super hot, I know this less than ideal for forging stuff that has to be "clean" of impurities. I am going to get a true coal forge as soon as possible. and my hammers are just cheap harbor freight hammers. my tongs are some that i made out of rebar, i have a set of wolf jaws and a classic C clamp set. I am using "stoker coal" because it was we have in southern Colorado. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Slag you're right, I was only wondering because i didn't want to destroy it. However if everyone thinks it should hold up to a few more blows i will give it a whack. Yet your preservation instinct is good. To best heed it, a few suggestions don't hammer cold steel on your anvil don't use a large sledge hammer on your anvil. if you do use a largehammer, pound over the waist not the heel or horn. don't cold form in your hardy hole. This is how heels break off. Practice hammer control. get good enough that you seldom if ever hit your anvil. lightly radius your edges to prevent chipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I discuss the sweet spot on anvils in my blacksmithing classes, but usually have to draw chalk lines from the waist to the face to get them hammering between the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Salyers Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Just picked up a Hay Budden stamped A31761. Is there anyone with copy of Anvils in America that could look it up for me and tell me when it was born and any other interesting bits about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 131761 would be 1907 +/- 2 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Salyers Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Thanks Thomas Powers. That really looked like an A instead of a 1 to me...the first digit that is. Is there any significant difference if if it is an A? So, would there be a difference in 131761 and A31761? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Looks like A3176 to me. Which would date it around 1918. If there is a one at the end of the number then it would be around 1921. The Hay-Budden stamp makes me thing it’s a later make also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Salyers Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Thanks Ranchmanben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavers Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Question for you all concerning the stamped anvil weights discussed in this thread. I'm reading The Art of Blacksmithing and it says American and English anvils are marked in hundred weight. So the anvil marked "131" would be 197 lbs. 1= 112lbs 3= 3/4 of 112lbs (84lbs) 1= 1lb Is this only the case with very old anvils? Other than weighing the anvil is there a way to tell if its marked in lbs or hundred weight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 American anvils are generally stamped in Pounds not CWT Most really old American anvils were imported from England and so CWT stamped. I'd say that that was an error on Bealer's part. (Found on page 67 of the copy I have, the "revised edition" published in 1995. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavers Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Thanks Thomas That's good to know...pretty big difference between LBS and CWT. If I ever get in the market for an anvil will be nice to know what I'm buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I've had folks sell me CWT marked anvils as stamped in pounds---++ for me and even more folks trying to claim that their american anvil stamped in pounds was stamped in CWT and so worth more---taking the bathroom scale along with you when you go to check out an anvil can depress such pretensions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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