Shoburn86 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) I found this 5” square stock that’s about 16” long at the scrap yard for $40 I was trying to figure out how to anchor it. I am going in between setting it in concrete or making a wooden stand and welding on some angle iron to secure it. any suggestions would be a great help! Edited February 8, 2020 by Mod30 Resize large photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I prefer wood to concrete. Note you could stand it up on a stump and box in the base with a couple of scrap 4x4" pieces and long lag bolts. I would try two across the narrow sides lagged to the stump and then two across the wide sides lagged through the cross ones and into the stump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Nice Get!! I'd stand it on end and box that end up in wood. You would not need much of a stump to bring the whole thing up to a nice working height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoburn86 Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 Thank you both for the advice it seems to have good revound still don’t know what type of steel it is it has an angle cut on one side I guess I’m going to spend some time with a grinder first to get it flat. i don’t have a lot of tools do grinder is my go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 You have 5 good sides. Why spend the time or effort to make another side. Leave it as is until you wear out the 5 good sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JwLeonard Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 man that beats the hell out of my track ASO it should last for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Place the "worst" side down and work the base to support the bevel. Wood being the most adaptable. Nice find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caotropheus Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Use either wood or metal stand. Metal my preference. You may design a stand that allows you to secure firmly that chunk of steel both on "vertical" position for general forging and "horizontal" position to straighten long pieces. That chunk weighs about 50 kg, you can always add a bit more of weight with a metal stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerHeart Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Cut a 5" wide slot across the top of a stump and then bolt pieces of angle on each side to secure it. Here's a very....rough version of my idea. Sorry about the drawing. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kerr Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 As others have already said... upright, boxed in, and work the wood underneath to make it sit flat! Definately your best option. You want to maximise the amount of mass under your hammer blows, hence putting it on end. Unless you can make a cool stand like caotropheus describes and have both orientations interchangeable (yet also firmly held!)..... Radius the edges with a flap disk slightly- I've found it very useful to have different radii on my anvil face for different jobs. Here's an example of my anvil. Mine is shorter so is only boxed in with 2"x1.5". You would probably want a deeper "socket", 4x2 or 4x4 as TP says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoburn86 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 Thank you all for the feedback! I am going to start on it today and will post up some pictures when i am done thank you all again for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) what I did with mine. I can use all sides depending on how I turn it in the stump: Edited February 8, 2020 by Mod30 Resize large photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerHeart Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Ahhhh ok I see. Very nice. And the variation idea was a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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