Just a whole lot of work, but a beautiful result.

Ken Cook wrote:           The first thing that pops into my head is Wile E. Coyote.

.........anvils do hurt when dropped from a height. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I would love to make one.

Wonder how many grinder discs he went through

Also kinda wondered why he bothered with the grinder if he had a mill in the shop

Nice project indeed. At the local trades school, the students made an anvil as a demonstration of skills. The first excercise was a flat bar that was to be filed smooth and true, and had some holes drilled, some with thread, chamfer at one end and what not. Later, they would make an anvil like in the video, only smaller. The local board mill used to have a narrow-gauge industrial railroad. At some point they dismantled some of it (quarter mile or so), I guess the school got some of it. A 1/4 mile of railroad makes a lot of 6 inch anvils

I would like to do something like that, but there’s no way I could get the top true and straight with an angle grinder. It would have to be outsourced, but then the cost would be more than a factory-made small anvil.

Would be a fun project definitely.

My anvil.  It came from my fathers workshop, I guess it was about 75 years ago when I first used it.  It has seen a lot of bearings and parts set, (I do not have a press) MGB's mostly but today it's just a weight.  Neglected, point broken off but I did brush it off for these photos.  Could be a casting mark but more likely debris in the mold.  Functional, I would not mind beating on it.  Pretty one would be in a display case.  

The fixing hole on the far end is square not round.  Looking at it makes you appreciate the work that went into making the clone.  

I might sandblast it.  

Wile E. wasn't the only one to experience falling anvils!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqAo_AJHnf4

Is it cast or forged. Might be a stupid question. If forged or even cast you could weld another point on if you wanted.

Kim wrote:Wile E. wasn't the only one to experience falling anvils!

That'd make one heck of a hail storm insurance claim!

Cribbs74 wrote:Is it cast or forged. Might be a stupid question.  If forged or even cast you could weld another point on if you wanted.

I'm pretty sure it's cast Ron, probably sand cast as it's pretty rough and there are cavities. What it needs are base holes so i could bolt it in place.

Looks sand casted. Might just need some brackets at the base to keep from moving, even wood strips. Doesn't have much of a thinner lip at the bottom for drilling screw mount holes. Nice thing about cast is that with some wire brushing to clean the outside, maybe light sanding, Rust-O-Leum spray makes a nice finish on its non-hammering surfaces.

chains. in Xs across the base to a stump.

for mounting

although with smaller ones, holes and bolts are nice.

It would not surprise me that way back then when it was cast, they had special cast brackets for each corner of the anvil, to fasten it to a work bench. If one could find a historic catalogue of this anvil listed, may also show these brackets as well.

Just for fun I looked up "vintage anvils" on the internet and found that mine is called a Jewelers anvil and what I referred to as a point is known as a horn.  

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=vintage+anvils&qpvt=vintage+anvils&form=IQFRML&first=1&cw=1657&ch=934

I weighed it and dusted it off in the sandblaster trying to define the crest.  There is something there but I don't know what.  Looks to be a series of letters  arrainged in a half moon above some character that could be a 6 above the crest.







I found these two for sale on ebay.




Crazy what interest a 100+ year old object can generate.  I'm sure that Dad got it from one of my grandfathers.