![]() The anvil did not mind one bit and is happy to work for me anonymously. The threaded rod actually clamps the anvil in place.-GURU: Steve attached a metal strap to make 'pockets' to hold tools. There are no nails or shims and the anvil sits on a bed of silicone caulking (really helps the ringing). and even when I had paid and hold a receipt for it, I thought that it was wiser to clean the name off the side with a flap disk. If you look at the ends of the anvil stand you will notice the 1/2' threaded rods that hold the thing together. I was thorn between leaving it as you say "history", or removing it.Ĭonsidering that the story and name if believed, hinted to something of dubious origin. Steel is powder-coated and bolted together. See more ideas about anvil, blacksmith tools, blacksmithing. anvil table stand is sturdy and a great height for sitting and hammering. The anvil had a name and surname stick welded to the side in large characters. Explore Joe Edson Custom Straight Razos board 'Anvil Stands' on Pinterest. so he hid it in the family garage, covered it with a tarp, and it remain there till the day I bought it from the guy now in his 60 ties. whatever that meant, no explanation given. He told me that when he was 15 a friend of the family asked him to "get rid of this anvil for me". I bought an anvil once, in a very expensive suburb and asked the owner how he came by this anvil, considering the houses in that area are 5 millions and up and clearly no one is smithing anything. Yeah I still plan on strapping the anvil to the stand and wrapping the stand with 2 straps with some sort of tension system to keep everything tight. Kinda like the hand powered benchtop drill press on the back corner of my assembly table. Interests: Knifes, Firearms and all things metal. I now find it interesting, not how I would have mounted it originally as I don’t like molesting my tools but it’s rock solidly mounted now & the old man once again gets put back to use. I couldn’t make up my mind until the last minute. Then I realized it wasn’t done to an old anvil it was done to a tool, just another piece of equipment in the eyes of the company. You know when I found this for sale & saw it for the first time I was irritated that someone would do this to an old anvil. The Iron Forge Fire Blacksmithing Forum.Pennsylvania Artist Blacksmiths Associationīlacksmith Forums, Resources & Historical Reference ![]()
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