![]() ![]() If you can get them to warm up to you a bit you can possibly come home with a good anvil at a price you can agree on. The face is 5 1/2' wide it stands 14' tall, has a 1 1/4' hardy hole and is 36' long overall. Unfortunately this one is in a storage unit right now several miles from here but I did measure it once. My Mom always told me that I had the gift of gab, and could talk to anyone on many subjects. The dimensions you gave are very close to what the dimensions of this anvil are, IIRC. Anvils made in other places (including many Swedish anvils) are often marked in pounds. American made anvils are marked in pounds. Anvils are marked in a variety of methods but most English anvils were marked using the hundredweight system. It is that set that I have at work now, and I use them everyday. How to determine your anvils weight via markings. I grabbed some of my machine tool supply catalogs, and totaled up $6,200 worth of tools. I got them for $550, and it took both of us to carry the top box to my truck. Scott asked me about machining the sway (1/16' on one side and 1/32' on the other (1.6 and 0.8 mm). While bigger is better it is also nice to be able to move your tools when needed. We chatted for awhile, then he told me that he would rather sell them to me at a lower price because I was going to use them, and not resell them. The 'portability' range where a man can easily move an anvil is 100 to 140 pounds, thus the most common weight anvil. I was the only one interested in all of it, as most wanted to part it out. The box, and riser were chock full of high quality machinist tools, and some he had made too. I have had situations where once I had talked to them awhile they came way down, or gave me a great deal.Įxample I bought a Kennedy top box with a riser from a retired machinist who worked at CalTech making radio telescopes. Let them know that you are starting out in smithing, and that you will actually be using it as it was intended. If it comes out he hasn't had any calls on it, tons of calls but all no shows, or a lot of lookers only, it plays in your favor. If it isn't far from you, go check it out. ![]()
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