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    Hi All,

    I had family duties this weekend, so was a bit moody.

    On the way home we stopped for a coffee for the missus where the local markets where held.

    I picked up this anvil and 75mm Dawn vice for $50.00. Put a smile on my dial. I think I'll try my luck there next month. I don't know much about the anvil, its a rude casting but it'll do. Weighs about 20kg (I could be wrong but it felt like it when I was carrying it back to the car 50mtrs away).

    Anyway pretty happy.

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    A very fortunate coffee stop then, eh what; don't forget to thank the missus. So in future you are going to suggest going for coffee.
    Good buy for both items. Me thinks all bench vices should have the jaws retained with bolts that come in from the outside, beats the screws from the inside any day.

    I like the big flat surface on that anvil, that would come in real handy on a welding bench.

    Cheers.

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    Looks like a good buy to me, should be handy accessories.

    Dave

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    Wow, anvils always seem so expensive, you got a great deal

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    The bloke who ran the store had a 3" Joplin as well, but I didn't have enough dough. He also had a massive Dawn vice, not sure of the size I think maybe 30cm, for $75. I may go back next weekend and have another look.

    The vice is a bit beat up but it will do for the little workbench I have. I'm not really sure what I'll do with the anvil but am sure it will come in handy.

    Ben.

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    Hi Ben,
    Nice score The vice alone would be worth that. I'm sure the "anvil" will be useful for you, just don't hit it with anything too big, it really is an ASO. (sorry, i don't know how to tell you that gently) Although it could be cast steel, i do doubt it.

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    A good way to test an anvil is to give it a good belt and listen to the ring. A less than average anvil makes a short clang whereas a decent one makes a long ping. Now that I think about it they sound like vietnamese dishes.

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    Nothing against your anvil Ben and I reckon you got a bargain but if ever anyone can proclaim "I bought an anvil" it's whoever got this one:

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    Of course they had to part with a lot more coin but what an anvil.
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    Which markets?

    Or is that a secret until you've had a second look...
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    Hi,

    The markets are in Toukley on the Central Coast, in the Coles or Woolies carpark. I'm not if they are weekly or monthly on Sunday's. Its just a community market.

    Ewan, not sure what ASO means (ie piece of crap anvil or type of anvil). But when I seen it I wasn't expecting much.

    I will in future keep my eyes open for flea/community markets. You never know what you may find.

    Cheers Ben

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    Quote Originally Posted by bwal74 View Post
    Hi,

    The markets are in Toukley on the Central Coast, in the Coles or Woolies carpark. I'm not if they are weekly or monthly on Sunday's. Its just a community market.

    Ewan, not sure what ASO means (ie piece of crap anvil or type of anvil). But when I seen it I wasn't expecting much.

    I will in future keep my eyes open for flea/community markets. You never know what you may find.

    Cheers Ben
    Hi Ben,
    An ASO is an anvil shaped object. Most of these that you will see are the cheap cast iron ones and ones made from railway track. Actually the railway ones can be pretty good, i think railway is 4140? You just need to get the BIG track for them. The cast iron ones are useful, but being cast iron they will break if you hit them too hard.
    The market for second hand anvils has gone crazy, i paid $1300 (?) for my mint 350lbs 10 years ago, now even the crap ones are getting sold for good money.
    Just to add to the ASO point, even a real anvil can become one after a long period of too much hard work.

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    I had the opportunity to pick up an ASO but decide to hang out for a real anvil. It took me about 5 years and had to pay 3.5 times as much but I'm really glad I waited. I'm really battling to understand the design of those squat wide ASO. They have way too much overhang and so cannot take a decent beating on that overhang.Like most things it depends what you ultimately want to do with it but the Dawn vice alone is worth way more than what you paid for the pair so either way you are still in frony

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    I had the opportunity to pick up an ASO but decide to hang out for a real anvil. It took me about 5 years and had to pay 3.5 times as much but I'm really glad I waited. I'm really battling to understand the design of those squat wide ASO. They have way too much overhang and so cannot take a decent beating on that overhang.Like most things it depends what you ultimately want to do with it but the Dawn vice alone is worth way more than what you paid for the pair so either way you are still in frony
    Hi Bob,
    Just for the sake of it do you have a pic and some details of your anvil? My big one is here: http://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/sh...ml#post1463132 and some close ups of her in use here http://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/da...er-etc-150699/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ueee View Post
    Hi Bob,
    Just for the sake of it do you have a pic and some details of your anvil? My big one is here: http://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/sh...ml#post1463132 and some close ups of her in use here http://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/da...er-etc-150699/

    Ewan
    Yeah I have seen yours - It's an absolute beauty.
    Mine is a puny 112 lbs but it's fine for what I do and has a nice ping to it. I can belt it as hard as I like and I know it will stand up to whatever I throw at it.

    My purchasing details are here. It belonged to a farmer/farrier in the South west of WA who purchased it from the Bunbury Railway yards in teh early 1950s.

    Since the purchase I have spruced it up a bit so now it looks like this.

    It has been much more useful than I though it would be.

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    Hi Bob,
    You may call it puny but i have read that anvils around the 100lb mark where pretty standard for most shops, hence they are easier to find than the big ones. Its good to see you don't have bolts in her base as they will stop the ringing. I just got lucky with mine, it was in the trading post and i was at an age when i could spend that sort of money at the drop of a hat, and could go for a drive to Bathurst just to have a look. I'll always know when i got her as i picked her up the weekend after the world trade center attacks. I have never considered even cleaning mine, certainly paint is not a good idea with hot metal in close contact, but i find if a bit of surface rust appears it is gone with the first hot bit of steel that goes on her. You are right, until you have an anvil you don't really realize how useful they are, from straitening the odd bar, punching, knocking out pins to forging. I have even used mine to press some veneer work.......

    Ewan

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