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  1. #106
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    Quote Originally Posted by DSEL74 View Post
    The edges are pretty chipped and rounded.
    Make yourself a square block with good edges to go in the hardy hole.
    You can dress the edges on each side from sharp to larger radii.

    Thats about the same as my steel block/anvil/heavy weight/toe kicking block

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    Can see the word LYE stamped there, then a dot, but cant make all the next letters out _ _ _ _E
    unknown letters 2 and three could be A C?

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    free way to rotate a photo is to download it to a windows machine right click it and select "edit" and it will open in Paint. In the top left corner is the control for select (drop it down and "select all"), then right near the select tool is the "rotate" tool.

    once rotated, save the file and reupload.



    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    I downloaded your photos and used a very expensive photography program called Photoshop to correct the rotation and the uploaded them again. For correcting image rotation using Photoshop is a bit like using an elephant gun on a mouse. Others may be able to give some budget level ideas.

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    How about Lye Waste? Does that make sense?

    Made from from the leftovers of bigger anvils...

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    Lye Waste is one of many old names for the town of Lye in the UK

    Lyewasste.jpg

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    Thanks to zSteve and BobL for the info. |The kids have been amazed to learn about the history of this little anvil that was used by their great great grandfather. As was I!

    hammer on!

    Martin

    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    Lye Waste is one of many old names for the town of Lye in the UK

    Lyewasste.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    I thought I should ddd my Anvil to this thread.
    Gets used a lot - not so much for smithing
    Attachment 382932

    And my Swage Block.
    I've used it only a few times
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    Nice swage block Bob. A fairly recent addition?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark F View Post
    Nice swage block Bob. A fairly recent addition?
    I've had it for 3-4 years - it's been buried under crap inside the shed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    I've had it for 3-4 years - it's been buried under crap inside the shed.

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    I don't use my anvil all that often, but went to use it one day and it had disappeared under the mulberry tree, cleared the overgrown branches and there it was laying on it's side. The termites had decided to take away the block of tree trunk it was sitting on.
    Well I thought it was time to do an overhaul and make a new stand for it. Dad was only 5' 2" 157cm and I am 5' 7 "170 cm so it was always too low for me. I got this idea from a traveling blacksmith at our regional show and I made it up to a comfortable height for me.
    There is no name on it, just the number 2.
    It's quite old, dad did his apprenticeship on it before the 2nd world war and when he came home from Bougainville his old employer had closed up shop, so they gave him the anvil, swage block and lots of tools. He went out on his own and ran a very successful business until land developers bought the business for the land in the early 80's.
    I could not follow him in the trade as I am colour blind in the steel tempering range, so I became an electrician.
    I took the opportunity to move it to the front door of my shed and it now gets regular use. The real interesting thing about the steel stand is the anvil no longer has the typical ring anymore, just a dull thud. I can't use the forge anymore as the neighbours complained about the coal smoke, but I am investigating a gas fired one.
    Rgds,
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    Propane heats fast, and seems cleanish, but neighbours can still complain about the smell.


    I would try induction heating. e.g.:

    https://hackaday.com/2012/04/08/buil...-a-metalsmith/

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    Quote Originally Posted by nigelpearson View Post
    Propane heats fast, and seems cleanish, but neighbours can still complain about the smell.
    I would try induction heating. e.g.:

    https://hackaday.com/2012/04/08/buil...-a-metalsmith/
    Turbo charged natural gas is another alternative. Bit scary thought.

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    My propane Forge has no noticeable smell.
    …..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSEL74 View Post
    My propane Forge has no noticeable smell.
    Or mine.
    Unless I pick up the hot end...

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    This is my newest anvil.

    Lenght 16"
    Made from a RR-track with angle grinder.
    Hardened in heat treating oven at my workplace.

    Shaped it for forming sheet metals. Like this: https://www.instagram.com/p/BmOpzN5A...on_share_sheet

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