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2510Paul

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I have an Anvil but it was always on the floor and difficult to move. A friend had a old angle iron table his dad made when he worked at Allis Chalmers. I took that table and cut it down to make it narrower. I put a top and base on it for casters. The casters were on sale at NorthernTool. One day I will sandblast and paint it. I kinda would like it higher and it is very "alive" so I plan to put some 6"x6"'s between the orange table and the top plate. Paul
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Paul, kinda looks like my anvil. Is it a Peter Wright? Gives ma an idea for mine. Mines on a big piece of oak right now. Kind of hard to move around. Good job.
 
Looks good. Several years ago at the Howard County fair in MD there was a person there shoeing a horse and his anvil stand was adjustable in height. It was slick! I should have taken a picture of it!
 
By describing it as "alive", I'll bet that it has a loud ring and the steel table amplifies the sound. We dampen the sound with the circular shaped ceramic magnets from radio speakers. One or 2 magnets near the rear underside will make a big difference. The height most guys like is determined by standing next to it with arm pointing straight down, making a fist and then placing your knuckles on the top of the anvil. Some guys like it a bit higher. I do prefer the old oak "stump" which has been peeled and is still round. When I need to move the anvil, I grab the horn and the tail and tilt it a bit, then roll it to the new location, much like rolling an oxygen cylinder into place. The oak stump deadens the ring and effectively gives the anvil more mass, so less hammering is needed to form your hot iron.

Paul in MN
 
Thanks Paul, that is good input on the height. My son has his on a stump on casters. I considered that but then I had the opportunity to get this table and build a metal bench. I figured less chance of fire also as I weld and grind in that area. But in the end I will likely add some wood 6"x6"'s just under the top. Maybe also baler belt. I will see if it makes the whole assembly "ring" less. Thanks again. Paul
 
NICE looking setup, but I'm gonna guess you don't use the anvil much for it's intended purpose as a flimsy steel stand on casters sure wouldn't stand up to the workout anvils in a working environment are typically exposed to. YAMMV!
 
Yep,

X2 on what Paul said on anvil height. I like mine mounted on a stump as well.
I hadn't heard of the magnet trick, interesting.

Larry
 
Haven't heard of magnets, but I have seen people put some loops of heavy chain around the waist of the anvil, which is also supposed to help deaden the noise. My anvil sets on a chunk of hard maple, and, on the rare occasions it needs to be moved, I do it as you describe. Another problem with a stand that's too mobile is that you'll have trouble doing bending work on the Hardy and Pritchell holes. That's one of the main things I use my anvil for, and it would be useless to me if it slid around whenever I tried to bend something.
 
Yes, I don't use it all the time. Use is infrequent but sure useful when I need it. It took me a long time to find a decent Anvil. The steel is all quarter inch or larger so I think it will serve my needs if I can just take some of the ringing out of it. Thanks. Paul
 
Cut the top table off and jam a tree stump slice down in there. Any blacksmith book I ever had showed how to mount the anvil to a wooden stump. You bones may appreciate the harmonics of the wood over metal.
 
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