Anvil

[Hdonly]

Making my son-in-law an anvil for his knife making hobby. Started with a piece of old RR iron. So far this is a couple of days work. Still have to drill mounting holes, mill a good flat surface on the back potion and do a lot more polishing. My first anvil project and maybe my last- haha

 

[timcasbolt]

There's a youtube video of a guy doing the same thing. He's got some skills with an angle grinder.

 

[gtractorfan]

That's some tough drilling. I used a piece of railroad iron for a weight, used a carbide drill.

 

[jCarroll]

That's work you can be proud of.

The anvil I used as a kid had notches in the edge of the base for spikes to hold it down on the chunk of
tree trunk.

 

[greenmech]

Good work! Here is mine. Ron MN

 

[Hdonly]

(quoted from post at 22:24:21 12/19/23) Good work! Here is mine. Ron MN
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Nice. I like that.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Fun project and it looks good.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Have been just using an old piece of rail since I was a kid for pounding on to straighten things or bend them much like using an anvil just none of the fancyness to it. One piece is about 2-3 feet long and another is around 6or 8 feet long.

 

[Stroby]

Very nice work. Thanks for sharing.

 

[wjytexas]

Very nice and if you deduct labor costs much cheaper than buying one. If you add back the labor cost for skill craftsman work at what it should be worth, hum?

 

[Hoofer B]

Here is a little Brass anvil our local tractor club had a foundry pour for us back in 1997. It is
my paper weight at the office. Bill

 

[Hdonly]

(quoted from post at 10:29:27 12/20/23) Very nice and if you deduct labor costs much cheaper than buying one. If you add back the labor cost for skill craftsman work at what it should be worth, hum?

Don't think I would build these to sell even though I have lots of track left. Making these to sell would be too much like a job that doesn't pay enough. Besides, I don't want no JOB!

 

[Butch(OH)]

Make labor cost what ever you desire, even use real money if you wish. Where did it go? What did it cost? it went nowhere and cost nothing. It went right back in your pocket, net cost zero. Time yes, cost NO

 

[Butch(OH)]

Wow, thats a lot nicer than another track
anvil Ive seen, nice work

 

[Hdonly]

It was in the high 40's when I went outside this morning. I'm in Florida--what the heck! Anyway, I finished the anvil. I think it turned out pretty good. I think I will build another one!

 

[cushman]

That anvil looks great!
You did a fantastic job.

 

[wingnuttx]

Hdonly. What did you use to cut out the slots for hold down bolts? Thanks and I think the anvil is perfect. I use just a 2 foot lenght of RR track.
Wingnut

 

[Hdonly]

(quoted from post at 20:06:09 12/20/23) Hdonly. What did you use to cut out the slots for hold down bolts? Thanks and I think the anvil is perfect. I use just a 2 foot lenght of RR track.
Wingnut

I used a zip wheel on my small grinder. Cut srtaight in, then a cut on each side at an angle. Then just used a rounded off wore out grinding wheel to finish it off. Thanks for the compliment.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Nice! gm