March 23, 20188 yr Perfectly good starter anvil IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT! I wonder about the weight, any weight stamps? (pounds or CWT). I've found that folks misguess anvil weights a *lot* and usually too high. (CWT weights will often throw off people too, often they will "discard" the lowest number to make it fit if it's a 2 digit one.) I get torqued up by folks wanting to sell badly damaged anvils for "undamaged prices".
March 23, 20188 yr I'd be tempted to believe the weight estimate, that looks like very wide faced anvil which can be a pretty good indicator of a heavy anvil when guesstimating from photos.
March 23, 20188 yr I wish I could find an anvil near me, even one like that. I'd definitely buy that at the right price. Only cleaning up I might do to it is on the horn, but I've been wanting a nice smooth rounded area to work on lately.
March 23, 20188 yr Yup, I think my anvil is on that thread. Just been looking because you can never have enough tools, plus I haven't found anything to make a mandrel from yet. I'm hunting, it's going slow though haha.
March 24, 20188 yr Author Well I picked it up today. Unfortunately I didn’t get home till late. I did get it on a hanging scale it was 380lbs but the chains weighed around 20lbs is my guess. The guy was fair on the price taking that into consideration originally said it was 400-500lbs. I could make out warranty and wrought used some Caulk to help I will get it off the truck tomorrow and get it cleaned up but my guess right now is arm & hammer and around 350+. I will fix it and keep(not sure it’s worth much more then I spent on it even repaired I have been dreaming of the perfect 400+ Hay Budden as my main anvil but this should work till she comes along.
March 24, 20188 yr Author 35” length 5.75 face w 21” length 13” height 12” base 1.5” hardy Sn 18349 weight 345lbs So after a clean up I was able to obtain enough information to figure out it’s an early Hay Budden. I will be doing a proper repair on it once I get a powerful enough welder. I do a lot of long stuff for custom orders so it doesn’t have to be wide but long helps a lot.
March 24, 20188 yr "Anvil Envy" it's common among smiths. I recently found out that my Large Fisher is not 515# like I was told but only 468 pounds and so the urge to find a bigger one is back. I know a couple of people with 750# Wests....
March 24, 20188 yr We often see these beat up anvils turning up on this forum. While they may not look pretty, most of them still have a useful life ahead. We should ask ourselves, "What is it I want to do that this anvil will not handle?" It has a considerable mass, a good flat working surface, plenty of usable edge, two good holes and a horn that will suffice. What more is needed? Ignore the blemishes and give it some work!
March 25, 20188 yr Author I am actually really happy with this I have wanted this size hay budden for a number of years but could never get one either because of price or bad timing but this is perfect it’s not worth the 2500 Price or more the collectors pay even if repaired so I can justify keeping it I don’t need anything bigger “for now”. I will do a proper repair just need a more powerful welder to use the bigger Harding rods 90amp welder just can’t do it.
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