Craigredfield Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 I recently purchased a 485 # Trenton anvil from a neighbor. It is built in two pieces with a dovetail joint in the center and a drift pin to hold it together. I haven’t been able to find another one like it online. Hoping one of you can share some information. is it ok to remove rust with a wire wheel and flap wheel on a grinder as long as I’m not too aggressive? Or is that frowned upon? I will be its caretaker for the next five decades or so, I don’t want to mess it up. thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 I've never seen one attached that way. Wire wheel is fine. I wouldn't go with anything more aggressive than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 What are the face dimensions? I don't thik it was manufactured that way; I think that was a fix done after the waist weld failed. If it had been manufactured that way I'd think that the top would match the base instead of being slightly off. Weigh it and see how close to the stamped weight it is! It's still a great anvil though and large enough that the repair will have no effect on it for most folks type of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigredfield Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 I will measure it this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Welcome aboard Craig, glad to have you. If you put your general location in the header you'll have a better chance of hooking up with members living within visiting distance. It looks like a repair to me too. Wire brushing and some BLO or wax then some hot steel hammering to put a shine on her face will spruce that old beauty right up. Sweet score. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 And so much easier to load! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 There’s a 500 pound Trenton for sale in location removed that I’ve seen pictures of but it’s just a single piece. I’m gonna vote with everyone else that it’s been repaired. But It looks very nice though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelonian Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 That is one impressive repair job. Looks like a great anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 OK; I ran out last night and grabbed a few fast measurements of my Trenton. Unfortunately none of the stampings are readable on it and I have never weighed it. Mine Width of face: 5 3/4", length of face: 23 1/2", total length: 38 3/4" (slightly mushroomed point), height: 15 1/4". Craig's Width of face: 6", length of face: 23", total length: 38 1/2" height: 13 1/2" I think we have identical twins, only one had issues resulting in a height loss due to surgical repairs! Looks like mine might be heavier than I thought. Some day I'll take it down to the feed store and get it weighed. Knowing the exact weight won't change how it acts as an anvil though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Thomas, do you have a picture of yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 39" on the tape measure, caplet indentation in the base Fisher for a Blacker power hammer; 2' scale on the face, stamped 469# IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Thomas, That’s a pretty slick lookin Trenton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 That is after a Gunther/Schuler repair done by Pep Gomez previously it had been used at a copper mine where the maintenance crew had used it to prop stuff on for air arc gouging. OUCH! Made in Columbus OH; used in AZ, sold off when the mine shut down and brought back to Columbus OH, bartered to me and I hauled it to NM! Got a bunch of miles on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Have anvil will travel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I got it cheap as the owner was tired of moving it every time he changed rental houses/apartments. Traded him a 125# PW, a screw/screwbox from a postvise and US$100 boot; so I had about 50USCents a pound in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Travels a lot eh? A Chypsy anvil? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Beware The chypsy anvils curse!!! It was cursed long ago, to forever wander from place to place in search of an unsuspecting blacksmith who would unwittingly invite it into his unsuspecting smithy! where it waits quietly in silence to one day Bite you in the leg with the point of its horn when you least expect it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 "where it waits quietly in silence to one day Bite you in the leg with the point of its horn when you least expect it!" IF you are *lucky*! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 It’s surprising how big of a bruise those horns can leave! i highly recommend looking into acquiring talisman of protection to keep the chypsy anvils curse at bay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Isn't that from a country western song? Don't it make your brown legs blue? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Nah… it’s from a 1941 film, now we just gotta find that old lady to get a talisman to protect us from the curse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Harry Belefonte---"Come Mr Talisman..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Come Mr talisman… tali me anvilnana… Highly deadly black hardyantula! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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