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11:18 am
March 26, 2010
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I've got a Brooks 4 cwt in reasonable and was recently given a unknown (but looks like a Brooks) 1.25 cwt with a flat top but very ******d out edges (probably from a school)
A lot of guys your side of the pond seem to worship anvils, buff them up, put them on pedastals, spend far too much time repairing them, get hung up on sharp edges, put them in museums, dance naked on a full moon around them..... etc etc etc.
Me? they're just tools. Beast them, use them up, wear them out, get another. They're just tools, tools are used to earn my livelihood ... in the most cost effective way possible. I love tools. Second hand ones over here are plentiful and cheap.
Sooooo .... an hour or two with a 9" grinder and I'd modified one used tool into another more useful tool. Ground a few massive radii on most of the edges. Under cut one of the sides to get a bit of small radius near the table. But most importantly of all ground that "funny" shape near the hardy hole. Yeah yeah yeah I know it's two piece anvil, yeah yeah yeah I know it weakens it .... but no-one really pounds on this area .... do they? ....They don't do they?
It was just going to be an "occasional" anvil but to be honest I use it FAR more than the 4cwt (I've got 3 power hammers). Those big and varying radii are SO useful, much more so than the crisp edge bit. It's also good being only 64kg, I can boot it round the room as needs be. Hey, farriers anvils weigh very little .... and those guys can do serious forging.
That bit on the end is just incredibly useful ...... If I only had one anvil I'd do that to it.
3:34 pm
March 22, 2010
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You Evil Bastard! How could you? That poor anvil didnt have a chance in the hands of a twisted ironmonger who just wants to beat it to death....
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
3:58 pm
April 21, 2010
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I think alot of the problem here in the states is the Collector. ( looks at Larry and Grins ) They horde the things up and force us poor folks to pay outrageous prices for them so when we find one they havent snapped up we cream in our pants and drool like babies and howl at the moon. Then we pat ourselves on the back and have to show off and have others pat us on the back so our EGO's feel huge ( read ego as Pecker ).
But in all honesty finding them in good shape here in the states is hard and takes alot of patience and work. My poor anvil is feeling neglected right now, I've been sick for the past month and unable to work, but I am doing better and soon as larry bring my new toy home I will be back in the shop sick or not.
8:58 pm
March 18, 2010
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SACRILEGE! But I like it! Great way to restore an anvil and with some cool mods too! I'm with you 100%, it's just a tool, make it work for you. I like how you made a sharp corner on one side by grinding on the side. Instead of milling off the top, many could just mill the sides, if ya just gotta have square corners. I dressed mine like the Germans with 3/4 inch radius on the "off" side. Makes a great fuller.
“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot,
but then there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence,
transform a yellow spot into the sun.” ~ Pablo Picasso ~
9:52 pm
March 26, 2010
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Grant;1595 wrote: . I like how you made a sharp corner on one side by grinding on the side. Instead of milling off the top, many could just mill the sides, if ya just gotta have square corners. I dressed mine like the Germans with 3/4 inch radius on the "off" side. Makes a great fuller.
.... and the off side is, horn on left, horn on right?????
Yeah grinding the side is a whole bunch easier than trying to reface the top by grinding or welding. Down side is a very slight loss of weight, hardly noticable if at all, and a narrower table. I kinda find the table on my 4cwt too wide anyway.... it's a no brainer to me.
10:04 pm
March 26, 2010
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Larry L;1592 wrote: You Evil Bastard! How could you? That poor anvil didnt have a chance in the hands of a twisted ironmonger who just wants to beat it to death....
.....and I thought I was giving it a dose of TLC
10:32 pm
March 18, 2010
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That would be the side that is OFFten away from me.
“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot,
but then there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence,
transform a yellow spot into the sun.” ~ Pablo Picasso ~
11:33 pm
May 26, 2010
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My father-in-law gave me his old anvil and the edges are roughed up pretty good. I have been wondering about repair options and thought about milling one of the sides. Do you know where someone could get this done in Western Washington? What are the other repair options?
4:27 am
March 22, 2010
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Hey Frank...
There is a shop in South Park that will take a few passes with a surface grinder for $50... If its worse than that I would say get after it with a grinder... There are plenty of shops capable of doing the machine work... but at $125 an hour I think I would try and do what I could in house.... Id be happy to carve it up for you 😉
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
4:27 am
March 22, 2010
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david hyde;1600 wrote: .....and I thought I was giving it a dose of TLC
Sarcasm? Duh?
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
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