Today I acquired...........

[Mick Annick]

In that case it would be even more important to watch the linked video, because it works better than with chains and much better than this anvil has been screwed down in the past.

Without proper attachment to the base it will ring terribly even with chains wrapped around - and how does that look btw?

I forged some staples out of 6mm square bar as hold downs, and then wedged it all round to level it up / compensate for the uneven base.

As @Seadog says, I just need the chain to reduce the ringing.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I just need the chain to reduce the ringing.

The right attachment to the base is the right way to reduce the noise ...

 

[slim_boy_fat]

and how does that look btw?

Function over form....

 

[Mick Annick]

The right attachment to the base is the right way to reduce the noise ...

I’ve watched the video, will give it a try

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Acquired these today, just in case...........hopefully some play time soon......

Sorry Sako, I'd come and give you a hand if I lived closer...

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Snap.



All sat waiting patiently for something to cut up..

 

[zzr1200]

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What model is the top handle?

 

[KimB]

I needed this a few times with my landy. I know it’s gone but I’m sure I’ll need it again so for £30 it was worth buying also got a 24” bahco adjustable

 

[OJCar]

so for £30 it was worth buying

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Excelent price, where from, do they have any more?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

But you have wood bothering skills, unlike me, who has none

Buy the handles.
Practise and then you will have wood butchery skills.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

What model is the top handle?

The one you can see is a T525, with a T540 MKII behind it.

 

[Blobber]

Our local place was selling all the small Husqvarna chain saws of "cheap" as they seemed to think all the smaller chain saw buyers were going over to battery, I did look but they were still a bit rich for me!

 

[Maker]

Storm Eunuch threw a granite headstone into my workshop and up onto the bench, I know it was windy but bugger me! I thought about starting a seven page thread asking how to move it back to the cemetery but ultimately decided it would make a nice spot to keep my height master.



It's a 630x400mm surface plate, second hand so probably not as flat as it once was but still by far the flattest thing I've got, there's no visible chips, pits or rust marks anyway. I'll need to make a stand for it, is it frowned upon to use wood? I've got some 6x3s in the garden.

The height master has gone back into it's foam lined, desiccated box, it'll rust in no time otherwise, it only came out for demonstration purposes.

 

[DAPPH]

I also got the anvil up on the stump with the help of a mate and some ratchet straps - it’s marked 110kg. I now need to find some chain now to quieten it down a bit.

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I've often thought about that & think you might be better off without the chain so the anvil & worked piece resonates with each hammer blow and does not get a bruising dead blow when it does not . It would be interesting if folks in a friendly not authoritarian way could discus the advantages disadvantages of a chain wrapped anvil . It's only on TV in recent years I've ever seen the fad of chains being used .
I'm 71yrs old and have been around blacksmithing & farrier work for most of it .

Reminder :- Now's a good time to get hold of a couple of decent sections of tree trunk for various workshop uses before it gets cut up for firewood baulks or planks etc.

 

[DAPPH]

It is not clear to me how you are going to attach the anvil with a chain, but it is clear that the connection between the anvil and its base is elementary and non-trivial.

This HERE seems to me to be a pretty good solution - the videos of him are worth watching anyway.

Good luck!

Carsten

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The chain is wrapped round the waist of the anvil base and welded /bolted or otherwise secured . It's supposed to stop the anvil ringing /resonating when the worked piece is struck I've always understood that the Blacksmith used the resonation tone & volume as to how hard they strike the hot work piece, rather than just batter away on a dead anvil & lose the fine tune work . In my army apprenticeship days ( 1966 - 1969 ) our anvils were set on heavy malleable cast iron stands .. I guess the 1,000 or more navy years for the navy's shipwrights & 300 plus years of the army having blacksmiths who have them set like that .... there has to be a reason behind it .

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Of course, for SWMBO - because she is a pretty bright girl - it couldn't remain hidden for long what dangers the combination of rotating machine parts and loose jumper sleeves could pose.

So she went on a quick search and found what she was looking for:
You can still buy sleeve protectors similar to those used by accountants and other office staff in the 60s and earlier.

And while she was at it, she also found some made of suede for welding:

(how selfish some women are, just because she doesn't feel like taking care of the jumpers with burn holes anymore)



And a bit of steel for chopping also came, 11SMn30+C - but I ordered that myself.

Have a nice sunday all

Carsten

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[DAPPH]

Having light cotton canvas or heavy cotton drill / denim sleeve pull on's is the way I've ended up going soft cloth can still get caught & anything nylon melts

 

[Mick Annick]

I've often thought about that & think you might be better off without the chain so the anvil & worked piece resonates with each hammer blow and does not get a bruising dead blow when it does not . It would be interesting if folks in a friendly not authoritarian way could discus the advantages disadvantages of a chain wrapped anvil . It's only on TV in recent years I've ever seen the fad of chains being used .
I'm 71yrs old and have been around blacksmithing & farrier work for most of it .

Reminder :- Now's a good time to get hold of a couple of decent sections of tree trunk for various workshop uses before it gets cut up for firewood baulks or planks etc.

My other anvil is fine, but this one I’ve just acquired is literally deafening in use - I already suffer with tinnitus and don’t want to worsen matters. My first anvil is on a green oak stump and sounds just fine, the new one is on a piece of very dry timber so that may not be helping, I’m currently gently watering it to see if that damps things down, I’m not keen on using chain.

 

[zzr1200]

The one you can see is a T525, with a T540 MKII behind it.

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I have the 338xpt.

 

[DAPPH]

My other anvil is fine, but this one I’ve just acquired is literally deafening in use - I already suffer with tinnitus and don’t want to worsen matters. My first anvil is on a green oak stump and sounds just fine, the new one is on a piece of very dry timber so that may not be helping, I’m currently gently watering it to see if that damps things down, I’m not keen on using chain.

A block of ash shaped like a concrete trig point but cut to height , a few inches bigger at the top than the anvil ,base 1 & 1/2 times the top square is good . Some I've seen have bespoke 35 mm x 5 mm o so thick steel bands made up to the inline of the pyramid and coach screwed to the stand at a bands width below the top , one at the middle and one just above the base to stop any splitting . Easily made by cutting flat bar to size , bolt it in place then weld the corners.
One of my pals who makes Jag K2 & Aston Martin bespoke panels etc has his anvils set on them . The 9 " long ( made from a foot of 3/4 square steel ) j stakes/ rakes over the toes of the foot were set in undersized pre drilled holes , put in dark red hot & hammered home then after a while had water poured around them to start them rusting in . Use ear protector ear muffs in your workshop tinnitus says you've already got damage , hearing any " noise " is only gong to make it worse ( I have two hearing aids .. too much noise for too long then she walked out on me )

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Today I have obtained a set of pictures, of a rather run down Myford Super 7 from about 1954-55, which is for sale.


As disgusting as it looks, I will spare you further pictures here,

but I would like to ask for your interpretation of one in particular -


- WARNING: before I do, I would advise sensitive, easily upset minds not to look at it -


I apologise for the quality of the picture.

Am I the only one for whom it looks as if a family of mice has raised its numerous offspring in this three-jawed chuck and taper with two exits?

All of a sudden I can literally smell the machine - and I don't want to have anything to do with it.


Nice evening to all

Carsten

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