blacksmith-450 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 This one is for sale, looks perfect ! What is the purpose of that anvil ? I did some searchs without clear answer. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanglediver Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Well, maybe you found a unicorn. If you ask Jerry Fisk, he'll tell you a bridge anvil is the way to go. Nice looker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Good Morning, So you can work on Sundays!!!! While at Church!!!!!!!! Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 The big downside to anvils this shape is that there is no mass under it in the middle. You want mass under where you are striking with hammer blows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HojPoj Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I'd be curious to know what the use case is for this design, as well. Were I venture a guess, it's probably good for spindly items that need to wrap around the anvil (on the underside) in order for the portions that need to be worked to sit atop the face. Originally I thought it'd be for assembling things that had to be riveted of that type of geometry, but couldn't the horn of a London pattern anvil be used for that sort of thing anyways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 The other question would be what is it made Of? Looks like a cast line on the top of the horn. Very curious looking anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 HojPoj; you might look up: cable tool bit dressing Which is done on a different type of Bridge anvil---with sledgehammers! I have one of those bridge anvils; it's made from cast iron and was considered a consumable in the oil patch way back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Geist Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 They were primarily used in railroad shops. Plenty of heavy work done there. If I were to take a SWAG at the usefulness of the shape I'd figure it to be for bending track or other long sections of stock. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HojPoj Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 22 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: HojPoj; you might look up: cable tool bit dressing Which is done on a different type of Bridge anvil---with sledgehammers! From what content I could find on that, most of the guys appeared to be using those short bridge anvils as a heavy sawhorse! Most of the content seemed to be them striking along the axis of the bit. Are there finishing steps along the way that would make the anvil the main reaction mass (i.e., striking perpendicular to the axis)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Geist Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I know most of you guys have probably seen this old vid from the Westinghouse works but for those who haven't it shows a bridge anvil in use at about the 4:20 mark: George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacksmith-450 Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 Thanks George ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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