ausfire Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Anyone seen a worse idea for tying down an anvil?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Aus. NO This effort is a prize winner. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Four nails would have taken less time. Yeah, this is interesting to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Looks like someone thought the handling holes were for mounting, tried to make a bracket to suit, and then welded them down when they weren't doing the job. Understandable, but no less wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 In my mind I just designed a hold down using the handling holes that would have worked better than that and NOT used a welder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewayforge Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 It also looks like the anvil is floating. Uneven stump, or is the anvil being held up by the straps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 It's the anvil straining to break free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 It was probably modified after it broke... but you never know. People do weird things. "Rare antique Trenton clip horn anvil farriers knife makers 79 pounds collectible" Funny thing is I remember seeing this a few months ago. Oddly it is still there... Must not be rare enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Been around long enough, thought I'd seen everything. Once again I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Richter Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Wild guess, -the wrong welding adding supplies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Now that's the way to lighten an anvil up! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 One of those ultralight backpacking anvils? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stephens Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Come on everybody! Several things came to mind when I saw this. Poor boys got poor ways. Necessity is the mother of invention. I can still make this work. Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Or one I've used, "Baby, It 's old and broke and needs a good home". Lets celebrate the ingenuity of keeping it somewhat useable. I would have flattened the broken edge and added a big spike to it myself. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 PVF AL, How about, "Necessity is the mother of consumption"? SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 SLAG: Necessity is the mother of invention; Invention is the mother of consumption. PVF Al: Compared to a couple of the "repaired" anvils njanvilman has in the Fisher & Norris Factory Museum, this one ain't nuttin'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 The anvil handling holes could be used with hold fasts that were part of the stand. Insert the hold fast into the hole in the stand, into the handling hole and whack it with a hammer. Anvil secured, and can be easily moved when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Cleaner than silicone for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Mr. JHCC, Said in a post just above, "SLAG: Necessity is the mother of invention; Invention is the mother of consumption. " I had a deep dark feeling that I had it wrong. Thank you for your sage observation. SLAG. p.s. By consumption do you mean tuberculosis? Or the other consumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Perhaps “invention is the mother of consumerism” would have been more accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 On 6/25/2018 at 7:24 AM, ausfire said: Anyone seen a worse idea for tying down an anvil?? I saw one held down with "Bungee Cords" once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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