Finished up the new anvil stand. I might add a few reinforcement pieces but its usable. Hey are some pics for the new stand. This first one is the sand mold I created for the lead base. The second one is the lead after pouring.
Here is the anvil on the stand. Notice the lead base underneath.
This final one shows the Russian anvil on the new anvil. Kind of shows the size difference.
So, Finally got to use the anvil a bit. Very happy with it.
7 comments:
Okay, you are seriously impressing me. I am now suffering from "anvil envy".
coooooooool. I am just hoping to set up a forge when jinxmedic returns from deployment
I've spent three years working with fake anvils so its nice to finally have a real one. What kind of forge are you looking to setup? Do you have any experience with it? I can help quite a bit with guiding you to some good resources.
Not in twenty years. We had an air-acetalyne furnace in high school. Currently leaning toward a forced air (old dryer pump) with coal as fuel. I now have a source in state of Motana and Utah coal. First goal is casting lead / aluminum.
I had about three years at the Daniel Boone Homestead in Berks county, Pennsylvania, where I volunteered in the Squire Boone blacksmith shop. It was a really nice charcoal-fired forge with a dual action bellows, a 750lb (if I remember correctly) anvil, with all the free fuel and free mild steel rod stock I could use, as long as I was willing to remain in period and explain things to visitors. I was the principal gunsmith (two of my guns are on permanent display at the homestead, an early 1750's english smoothbore fowler, and a 1770's berks-lehigh county style longrifle), and taught myself blacksmithing (using some halfway decent books) in order to make many of my gunsmithing tools and rifle parts. It got to the point that the blacksmith shop was the only thing keeping me in Pennsylvania...
Very cool, Sounds like both of you have experience (and maybe more than me). If you are looking to set up a shop, make sure you find out who is your local ABANA (http://www.abana.org/) affiliate. Blacksmithing conventions are a great place to pick up used or new equipment. I just purchased a used blower at one. You can always get blowers, forges and anvils at the conventions. Also, if you decided to go the coal route, your local group will often have a supply of coal that you can purchase from. Two good websites to check out are www.anvilfire.com and www.iforgeiron.com. Both websites have a lot of good ideas, suggestions, etc... Anvilfire has a good chat room that is populated most evenings and IForgeIron runs online demos every Tuesday. A good source if you need to cover any of the basics is www.teachingtapes.net. Their Blacksmithing Primer DVDs (companion book by the same title) covers all of the basics. It is a bit pricy and I wish I had a copy of the DVDs when I first started. If you have a few years of experience, not as useful but still has a lot of good info. Still fairly new to this myself. Hopefully haven't insulted either of you by mentioning basics.... :)
Basics are always good! Thanks for the information- ABANA is a great organization, and I hope that anyone else reading these comments takes an interset in your links, as well. Thanks!
Post a Comment