CrazyGoatLady Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I hope this is the right place to put this. A friend of mine recently bought this for $ 50 (US). He sent pictures and I don't know what it is. I see what I think is an Arm&Hammer logo. After some studying, I can't come to a conclusion. He hasn't weighed it, but the way he describes it, it sounds like it weighs under a 100lbs. If I need better photos, I'll see if he can get more. Thanks in advance for any help y'all night be able to give. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 My guess would be a Vulcan; a lower grade anvil that shared the arm and hammer logo with Arm and Hammer anvils---except that Vulcans had it cast cast proud of the side in a raised oval while Arm and Hammer had it stamped into the side of the anvil. Vulcans were also known for a low step and "odd" shaped horn. They tend to have smaller hardy holes too. They were made similar to Fisher anvils with a steel face and a cast iron body. However the steel face is much thinner than Fisher used. Anyway a great deal on a usable anvil; it's just a "ford escort" rather than a "shelby cobra". Vulcans were used a lot in school shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 Thank you Thomas. Vulcan was my guess as well. I read elsewhere where you were talking about the logo being cast proud in relation to cast iron anvils and learned quite a bit about the Arm&Hammer logo. But at 50 bucks, I think he did good in the current market. Ithink the stand and hardy tool he has in it came with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 As long as it weighs more than 50 pounds he got a good deal! Just don't use/abuse it like it was a solid steel anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 That's what I told him. I have a Vulcan also. I think it's probably around 70 to 75 lbs. by the description he gave me because that's about what mine would weigh if it weren't missing pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Vulcan's usually have the weight cast in. Mine has a 10 and weighs 110 pounds. It looks like it's under a hundred to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 I told him to look for other markings on it. He works two jobs. Maybe he can get them soon. Thanks for the help guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Chellie: Help him make a stand his height and if he loses the steel plate it will be a more effective anvil. There are lots of other highly desirable things to do with the plate. See if you can get hi to sub to IFI, we'll help him. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 I will do so. And I told him about IFI. He's in the midst of several different projects so I don't know when he'll get started. I think I'm more excited about him to start than he is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Good looking lad is he? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 Hee hee it's not like THAT. He reminds me of my son. Big, bearded and baby faced. Besides all that, I'm married to the best looking man on the planet... why would I need to look at anyone else? ( And I'm not just sayin' that because Tommie might read this either ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 My wife doesn't mind if I look at other women, however if they look back I get slugged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Uh HUH, I may have been born in the morning but not THIS morning. You don't give an extra moment looking at a nicely turned out young man Eh? And how much were you asking for the Golden Gate bridge again? I forget. Just because I still appreciate a young hottie doesn't mean I want a sample, Deb and I'll point them out to each the other. She likes to look at a buff young stud herself. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 Well, I didn't say I DON'T look....I do my share from time to time. Tommie has an old friend from his high school days that he knows I think is pretty to look at. He just laughs and says women have always liked him a lot. I can certainly see why Tommie is allowed to look at other women as long as he doesn't break his neck doing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Now THAT I believe. Nice scenery is nice scenery even if you don't want to climb the peak. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 In general I'm more worried about how to protect the scenery from flying scale/forge fleas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Frosty said: Nice scenery is nice scenery even if you don't want to climb the peak. Yep, my mountain climbing days are over, but nothing wrong with admiring the view from a distance My scenery is mostly goats and chickens trying to get in the shop while I'm working. I don't know why they want in there so bad. I have two doors and the roll up door and we put removable fencing up in front of all of them to keep them out. Every now and then, a chicken will sneak in there and I all can think of is I don't want to smell fried chicken all of a sudden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I don't know much about goats, but I know a thing or two about cats. They want in because they can't get in. I closed the door to a room when I found a stray kitten and she and my other cat decided that perhaps if they rip up the carpet, they can tunnel their way in.... "You can go in there, so there must be something very interesting we are missing out on!" I imagine the same applies with children. Another thing I don't know much about. Perhaps that's why they call goats kids when they're young.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Same thing with our cats; I try to let our indoor cats out at least once a year---while it's raining heavily. They decide that nice dry indoors is a good place to be. I will also allow them to tour the shut off rooms in the house every once in a while---mouse check most likely and then when they come out on their own---food hitting their dish is a great lure---I close off those rooms again. Lately they have been doing a great job catching centipedes---the 5"-6" long ones we get out here and that my wife has a phobia about. Unfortunately I have to take their play toy outside and make "centipede pate" from it. But I assure them they are excellent kitties! (Note my wife has me catch and release scorpions alive outside; but centipedes must die!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 I know young goats act like 3 year olds, so you may be on to something there Frazer Until we put up a fence, I spent half my time chasing everyone out. No cats for me. My dogs aren't very nice to them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 For cooling we use a swamp cooler that dumps cooler air in a hallway and to get it in any room wanted you just open the door and open a window and the cool air heads that way. Well after several middle of the night "cat jumping onto my wife in bed situations"; I was tasked with how to keep the cats out but allow cool air into the bedroom. So the Master Bedroom Suite has it's own screen door to the internal hallway. I took one that went to a patio sliding door and added hinges and built a simple "lock" that can be accessed from either side. Cool bedroom, happy wife---much less likely to die in my sleep now! (Cats avoided my side of the bed as I used a simple ballistic cat removal method...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 See? Cat's can be trained, a kinetic explanation of how the catapult got it's name is an old favorite. When our down stairs cat becomes too pesky I close the kennel door, Damascus then focuses her ire on me locking her out of the kennel. When she's had time to work up a little I open the door, she walks in like the empress she is and I close it behind her. Having won her point she quiets down and goes to sleep in the kennel. She also spends lots of time closed up in the mud room, she dashes in behind you and hides in a corner we keep all the pets closed out of the mud room. Similar ploys worked on the goats too, it's just common ancient goat lore that the BEST stuff is behind a closed or latched gate. About the only critter's I know of that the bait the trap with a closed door trick didn't work were the sheep. One of the best things about raising goats is you can sell or eat your kids without anyone batting an eye. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Or pulling on a back leg when an animal is refusing to load on a trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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