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| Joules:
:headbang: I think my anvils needs will be sorted with a big sledgehammer head, or two. Very much like your platform for it. |
| Arbalist:
--- 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 --- Yes, quite right. http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/17562/reader-says-mythbusters-missed-on-hammer-strikes This is why things like chisels, whilst having hard cutting edges, have softer ends where the hammer strikes. Not difficult to work out. :doh: |
| 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 . but i dont know what sledge hammer heads are made from . johno --- End quote --- #1 Funny that , I spent 7 years in the joinery trade when I left school refurbishing old house ,shops and banks and we often used to claw hammers in that way ,to get under nail heads and the likes and not one hammer head shattered , I mean using an Estwing to hit a Stanley not once was there a ding,crack or shattering of the hammer head . Its an old wives tale . #2 Why would he be striking the two heads together anyway ? he is forging so there will be hot/soft steel between the two . And #3 What do you think the working surface of and anvil is ? its hardened tools steel ,,,,,,,,,,,,,oh just like the hammer head . Rob |
| RobWilson:
Nice idea for a post anvil Andrew :thumbup: :med: Rob |
| one_rod:
It'a nice little job, and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised just how much work you can get done on an anvil like that. Hope you don't mind if I make a couple of suggestions though? Here's one that I made a few years ago. This is actually the MkII version. Cutlers anvil by Mick, on FlickrCutlers anvil by Mick, on Flickr MkI was more like yours, but I couldn't live with the noise it made. Not the pleasant, bell-like ring of a proper anvil, it was a horrible clanging from the hollow section. I ended up cutting it apart and welding a piece of 20mm thick plate to the top, cutting the hammer head in half at the eye, and putting a piece of old conveyor belting between it and the thick plate. This acted as an impact absorbing layer, stopped the metal-on-metal noise from the two parts and made the work absorb the energy from the hammer blows better by killing the rebound. When you put the base on it make provision for bolting it solidly to the floor. As heavy as it will be, if you don't it will walk all over the place when you use it. As has been said, if you do fill the hollow section don't use concrete. Sand, shot, or similar "loose" material will be far better. I didn't use anything in mine, and once it was bolted down didn't have a problem. |
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