John Martin Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 (edited) Well tonight I picked up my newest anvil. Think it could of been 160lb, but it's 80lb because the bottom is not there, instead it's a wood base. What would be it's value? It's still real nice. 27" long 4" wide 1" hardie Excellent rebound used it tonight for a little bit. Pictures attached. I'm thinking it's worth $80-$120 because of the base missing. I paid $40, I nearly hurt myself when I found this anvil, trying to find my phone to call him. What should I do to make the anvil more usable? Because of it not having a bottom/base. You can see in the pictures where the anvil turns into wood. It has a diamond on it, and it looks like it says Columbian across the diamond. Could I weld a base on? Edited August 23, 2008 by m_brothers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nett Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 How in the heck does an anvil fail at that point? If anvils could talk. I wonder if it might be a good candidate for a bolt on base. Seems it might be easy to bore through an anvil base shaped mass of iron (maybe even cast iron) and tap into the remaining portion of anvil. There would be little or no heat involved so you would not affect the hardness of temper of the face. Just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder19 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Maybe once upon a time someone cut it off to make it lighter to move around. They used to do some strange things back in the day, of coarse they will probably be saying that about us 100 yrs from now. welder19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 They are already saying that!And I do ! The anvil looks pretty usable as it is, I would try it for awhile before making a decision what to do with it, you could weld a support frame directly onto it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Well I took the stand for that anvil, and am using it for my anvil. Fits real good. Sometime this week....since hs starts...i wont have a lot of time, but this week im going to be making racks like a U to drive into the stand to use for hammers, and hardie tools. I'm using the tong rack that's on it right now for my three main hammers. It had two, but i pulled the other one out, and am going to pull this one out and replace it with my U racks for hammers and hardie tooling. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 As John mentioned use it for awhile before you do anything. But I agree with nett, when I read your post that was the first solution I came up with. I believe it would be a simple fix and the results would be a unique anvil to say the least. $40...luck dawg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Funny I have a base from an anvil that's missing it's top! It's weight stamped so I know it was once part of a "total anvil". Remember that the tops and the bases were often welded together---either forge welding for the earlier ones or arc welded for the later ones---"Anvils in America" has a discussion on this. If you want to weld a base on I would go ahead---that shouldn't be a cast iron anvil as it has such a thin heel Has the top been hardened? If so you may want to preseve it's heat treat by welding it with the face in a tray of water. Spark test it to see if the top is High C and preheat/post heat if so. Pep; any suggestions on the welding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 I was wondering if I could keep the top in a tub of ice cold water that cycled the whole time to keep it cool. Because I was talking to my welding teacher and he has an extra large rosebud head that you can easily reach forge welding temperatres with, and in theory, he and I could forge weld a base on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry W. Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 m brothers, Check out the link. Could you make a Stake Anvil out of it and set it into a stump or other type of base???Anvils and Anvil Types Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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