Thanks Thanks:  0
Needs Pictures Needs Pictures:  0
Picture(s) thanks Picture(s) thanks:  0
Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: Anvils

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    Tasmania
    Posts
    1

    Default Anvils

    I notice that some one in Victoria is selling new 10kg anvils on ebay for $85, presumably Chinese. They have no hardy hole.

    Does anyone have any knowlegde of these? Are they cast iron and likely to break?

    Bob

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Location
    Sydney
    Posts
    327

    Default

    G'day Bob,

    I reckon you would be better off taking your $85 to a metal yard and get a piece 2" thick x your fist-to-floor height, and make it stand up.


    See; Brazeal Anvil Rising * 4" Plate Anvil (with pics) - Anvils - I Forge Iron

    good luck,
    AndrewOC
    'Waratah' spring hammer by Hands & Scott c.1911- 20, 'Duffy, Todd & Williams' spring hammer c.1920, Premo lathe- 1953, Premo filing machine.

  3. #3
    BobL is offline Member: Blue and white apron brigade
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Perth
    Posts
    7,182

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob47 View Post
    I notice that some one in Victoria is selling new 10kg anvils on ebay for $85, presumably Chinese. They have no hardy hole.
    If you are after something super cheap maybe take a look at the McJing anvils - at least they have a hardy hole.
    11kg for $59, 33kg for 98 and 25 kg for $149, As usual freight is a problem but maybe get them to bring one down when the woodshow is on?

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    Sydney,Australia
    Posts
    174

    Default

    Almost certainly cast iron of some sort, not suitable for pounding on. The large ones that were on sale a few decades ago, around 100lbs, were OK as tool holders or for setting rivets for leatherwork on, but cracked in half if used for forging. If they didn't crack in half then they were soft as old chewing gum and basically sagged into uselessness. Anything too small doesn't have the mass to stop it bouncing around, and no hardy hole means you can't fit any of the usual tools to it - its basically a boat anchor or decorator item.

    Good anvils are not cheap, even second hand anvils that haven't been abused as hard to find, they have either been turned into scrap by unthinking or caring owners or have been snapped up by interior decorators......or people like US. 'Real' anvils are still being made, but freight is going to kill you.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    Tasmania
    Posts
    1

    Default Anvils

    Thanks for the comments. In response to my question the seller advised that it was cast iron.

    I won't waste my money, scrap steel is the way to go,

    Bob

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    Picton NSW
    Posts
    82

    Default

    I recently picked up some old forklift tines from a dealer for next to nothing. They are great steel for an anvil, though the ones I got are a little thin... Probably I will use them for hammers and tools.

    The point is though ask around and you will be amazed what you can get for very little cash.

  7. #7
    BobL is offline Member: Blue and white apron brigade
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Perth
    Posts
    7,182

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Corin View Post
    I recently picked up some old forklift tines from a dealer for next to nothing. They are great steel for an anvil, though the ones I got are a little thin... Probably I will use them for hammers and tools.

    The point is though ask around and you will be amazed what you can get for very little cash.
    Oh no ! - I stumbled across a bent set of tines on a pile of scrap a few months back - I thought for an instant they might be useful but then did not give them a second thought. I will go back and take a look but I doubt they will be there.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    Picton NSW
    Posts
    82

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    Oh no ! - I stumbled across a bent set of tines on a pile of scrap a few months back - I thought for an instant they might be useful but then did not give them a second thought. I will go back and take a look but I doubt they will be there.
    D'oh, They are normally good carbon steel, 4140 or better. They are normally forged and heat treated. they also come in monster sizes up to about 100mm thick for the real big ones. Definitely worth keeping an eye out for. If you find any and don't want them let me know I will take em if I can get em!

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    mid north coast NSW
    Posts
    92

    Default

    BobL, Have alook at this blokes forklift tine anvil. Lots of other interesting stuff here also!Fred Connell - Blacksmith
    Graeme

Similar Threads

  1. Anvils?
    By Aerohydro in forum THE SMITHY
    Replies: 36
    Last Post: 11th Nov 2012, 11:16 PM
  2. Anvils for sale- SE Qld.
    By Andy Mac in forum METALWORK GENERAL
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 25th Oct 2008, 12:45 PM
  3. Anvils
    By Marc in forum METALWORK GENERAL
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 28th Sep 2007, 06:38 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •