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Fly Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 Just curious? Fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Could you clarify the question, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 My anvil is a piece of railroad rail on end. I didn't weigh it but I don't struggle to pick it up so I'm guessing around 50#. The main hammering area is 1.5" x 3.5". I also sometimes hammer on the webbing because it has the best rebound, but it's only 3/4" wide and about 4" long. For reference, the bar in this photo is a 3/8" round that I was hammering square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 My anvil is a chunk of steel I picked up many years ago. I.m just wondering if it’s going to work? Fly Some one must be sick, to flag my for this. That is plan WRONG! Fly I may not be back, I must go cool down & give this some thought. Some one here ##### never mind. Fly & by! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 If you post a picture and give the weight it will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 How big is it? Got a picture of it? Typically if it has some mass to it and you can hammer on it it could work. Where you hit the metal is just the size of your hammer face. If the anvil is a little bigger than that with mass under it, it will work. A sledgehammer head stood on end will work for an anvil for smaller work. Size all depends on the needs of what you are forging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 120# 4” wide farriers pattern, 75#, 4” farriers pattern, 30#, 3” horn and heal cut off, 1-1/2” rail anvil. 12” some one can run the weight. I also use a 10# sledge I also have a track anvil I use in coke shoeing, perhaps I will take pictures if you like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Anvils currently "in use" in my shop and on the road teaching/demoing: Y1K style: 25# face: 4"x4" Improvised, rectangular solid: 87# 5.25" x 5.875" Arm and Hammer, (NOT Vulcan!): 91# 13.25" x 3.625" Peter Wright 1: 112# 15" x 3.75" Hay Budden 1: 134# 15.25" x 3.875" PW 2: 163# 15.625" x 4.374" HB 2: 165# 16.25" x 4.125" Currently the "shop anvil" Trenton: 400+#??? 23.5" x 5.75" No markings, caplet depression in the base, never weighed Fisher: 469# 22" x 6" (Blacker power hammer anvil) Second "shop anvil" for heavy work Bridge anvil 250#??? 25" x 6.75" Cable tool bit re-forging anvil from old oilfield use, very worn! Powell 140#? ? x? on loan so no dimensions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLiner Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Sisco 125 lbs 4.5" face Columbian 135 lb 4" face Post anvil 120 lbs 5" face Post anvil 265 lbs + 4" x 8" face Cube anvil 65 lbs 5" face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Kanca 165lbs. 5" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I've never measured either of mine, I just work on them. The only reason I know the age of one is because it's stamped prominently on side opposite it's name, the numbers mean little if anything to me. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Both my 150# Columbian and 128# Peter Wright are 5” wide. (Useful reference dimensions all overall the anvil for quick eyeball measurements while forging.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I have never measured any of my anvils, but this will do anything my London Pattern anvils will do. It is 110 pounds of bulldozer counter weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewoon ik Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Tough paint as well. It is still yellow I have a farewell present at my previous job. A shaft of a drilling machine ( for the frostys a liebherr lr385). It is 85cm long (excact what i need as height). Diameter is 110 mm with a chamfer so the top i use is 100mm. Stuck it in a bucket filled with sand for stability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobtiel1 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 That sounds like a pretty good anvil! total weight of that bar would be around 83 Kilos, that's quite the farewell gift. ~Jobtiel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewoon ik Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 7:58 AM, Jobtiel1 said: That sounds like a pretty good anvil! total weight of that bar would be around 83 Kilos, that's quite the farewell gift. I can lift it (just), didn't calculate the weight. Now i am scared to lift it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgedinfire123 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Columbian 455 pounder 6" wide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Mousehole, 1-1-13 (153#) when new in the 1850's, 5" face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLiner Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 That is a huge Columbian ForgedinFire123. Show us some pics :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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