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| Andrew Wildman:
I have been after an anvil for a while but I cannot justify paying the price they seem to fetch for the amount I would use it. so on Saturday I spotted a big old 14lb sledge hammer head for 1 quid at the local autojumble and though that it would make a good anvil substitute for small jobs. I brought it home and had a look around the shed to see how I could mount it. I found a bit of 4" SHS and it fitted nicely inside. so I welded a little platform for it in the SHS and bolted it to the side so that it can be tuned either way. The platform is made from angle and flat bar and I welded it through a window cut in the side of the SHS where I could not access the inside to do a fillet. One side has been polished flat (shown) the other side has a big radius ground onto it. Hammer head in SHS, still waiting for it's base: Showing platform detail from the inside: I will have to make a base for it to increase the height and make it more stable. I am also going to fill it with concrete or something similar to add a bit of mass. |
| texta:
just a thought but i do know that banging 2 hammer heads together is not a good idea . but i dont know what sledge hammer heads are made from . johno |
| PekkaNF:
That actually looks like a good idea, just few thoughts: Mass of the anvil and foot is your friend. I would first think of a wood stump/something as a bottom part of the base. Stable, nice to roll on the rim and does not chip the concrete floor when need to straighten just something fast. I would try to fill the metal column with sand instead of concrete. Concrete shrinks and loose metal skin might ring, sand would absorbe some ringing. How does it sounds when you strike it? Pekka |
| RobWilson:
--- Quote from: texta on June 27, 2016, 11:20:36 PM ---just a thought but i do know that banging 2 hammer heads together is not a good idea . johno --- End quote --- Why ? Rob |
| chipenter:
Iff you bang two claw hammers together realy realy hard one of the claws will break , becaus of the different tempers in the claws to the face , but its got to be a super human blow or cheap hammers . |
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