Couldn't Pass It Up

Man I so hate you right now, saw a similar one on craigslist and they were asking 600. Why cant I be this lucky lol. Nice score wont take much to get it back in action
 
Great score! You SOLE it.
 
Just saying', a while ago',a carefully squared ( chain saw) to your preferred
working height and four railroad spikes. Sorry, tree stump, of course......BLJHB
 
Nice score. But to me it would mean to much work.:pickaxe: My hammer swinging days are over. :laughing:
 
Nice score on the anvil. That's something I'm still waiting to trip over, as it were. Mike
 
Very nice find, Peter Wright anvil is one of the best. I got the same one for free if I would haul it out of a basement. 40 years ago it wasn't too bad, I would have to decline now.

KJ
 
Chip,

Don't worry about rebound. Just try to get a steel anvil. The one you got may do all you need even though it's probably cast iron instead of steel.

A steel anvil will make a ringing sound when hit with a hammer. Cast iron won't.

As far as rebound that would be important if all you hit was the anvil. Hit a piece of iron on an anvil and if you see much rebound it means you haven't heated the iron hot enough.

Remember that the first anvil was a rock and the first hammer was another rock. Some really good work can be done using a chunk of rough granite as an anvil. But if you can get a 100# mild steel cutoff of the right size and shape (4" x 6" rectangular surface for instance) you might spend $30 and have a real winner. You really don't need a surface much bigger than your hammer's face but you do need mass.
 
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That anvil is long gone, got $500.with custom stand
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Didn't feel like moving it to new place
 
Can you show a closeup of the wheel assembly? I'm assuming it levers up/down to use.
 
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