Dkyoungone Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I recently have gotten into forging and I got my first anvil, a 66 lbs anvil that someone was selling nearby. I still need a base, but I've called around and haven't been able to find anyone that wants to get rid of stumps or is selling/giving them away. I'm not super good with tools s I don't know how I would even make a base on my own either so I'm a little lost because thats the only thing I dont have to really get started. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Talk to someone who is handy. Some 4x4s or 4x6s on end will make a nice stand. Someone around outa be able to cut them and lag bolt them together. Also a possibility is a 3 legged metal stand. Talk to metal fabricators. You dont Need a stump. If you can't, then you need to ask around till you find someone who can. If not then forge low like in the videos of ppl in 3rd world countries. They do it barefoot. Where there is a will there is a way. You think hot steel will be any more generous?. I mean all this in a nice way. Where in the world are you located? Come on by, I'll help you build a metal or wood stand, and if you are so intent on a stump I can help with that too. I'm just in Fallowfield township PA. Right across from ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I used some old sleepers (railroad version), some guy 10 min from my house had about 250 meters laying around and I could get as many pieces as could fit in my car for free. Found the ad on a bidding site, maybe you can get lucky that way. Since your anvil is only 66lbs I think it would at most need two back to back at most(my anvil is about 180/190lbs and fits perfectly on two) All you need to get them to size is a saw, and lets be honest if you cant use a saw, you should stay away from hammers and fire (that was a joke). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Stands don't have to be monolithic wood, I once was gifted with a lot of old oak boards----the floorboards of an old horse trailer that had been scrapped. Abandoned so long you couldn't even smell their previous use! Rough sawn and some of them were pretty ragged. Anyway the scrapyard doesn't like "fluff" and told me just to take them. I sawed them in lengths, set them on an I beam on edge to align them and used pipe clamps to hold them together and an electricians drill bit to drill for bolts sourced at the scrapyard for 20 UScents a pound. I ended up making 3 or four stands that way, including one that used the rattiest boards in the pile. (left the bolts long for handles---the second picture shows where one is going the other way to make a handle on that side as well. Other folks have made nice stands using 4"x4" lumber, common in the USA for many tasks. Some folks have glued them together, others have forged banding to hold them together. Just don't stack them horizontally like cribbing! (Introduces more bounce with all the boundaries between the anvil and the floor.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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