Cast steel anvil 65lb

SlowBlues · Mar 16, 2023

New 65lb cast steel anvil from harbor freight (always try to wait for coupons):

https://www.harborfreight.com/merchandising-promotions/new/65-lb-cast-steel-anvil-58924.html

check out their new ductile cast iron vises as well, couple of examples:

Hitch vise: https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-hitch-vise-58880.html

6 in vise: https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-swivel-vise-with-anvil-and-pipe-jaws-57738.html

52 Ford · Mar 17, 2023

SlowBlues said:
New 65lb cast steel anvil from harbor freight (always try to wait for coupons):

https://www.harborfreight.com/merchandising-promotions/new/65-lb-cast-steel-anvil-58924.html

check out their new ductile cast iron vises as well, couple of examples:

Hitch vise: https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-hitch-vise-58880.html

6 in vise: https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-swivel-vise-with-anvil-and-pipe-jaws-57738.html

If that anvil is half decent, I bet it's going to be an enormous success with knife makers and hobby guys.

cwby · Mar 17, 2023

Yeah, looks better than the 55lb cast iron one they sell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_gbDJQrdg

whtbaron · Mar 17, 2023

Somebody should take a 1" steel ball into the store and measure the rebound. Pretty sure they'll have tape measures there...

Lis2323 · Mar 17, 2023

whtbaron said:
Somebody should take a 1" steel ball into the store and measure the rebound. Pretty sure they'll have tape measures there...

use your phone to video it so you can play back in slo mo for an accurate measurement.

52 Ford · Mar 17, 2023

Lis2323 said:
use your phone to video it so you can play back in slo mo for an accurate measurement.

I see what you're getting at, but if you drop your phone on the anvil, it isn't going to rebound like a steel ball....... plus, the screen is prolly gonna break.

Trust me - I'm an expert on breaking phones.

(Edit: I tend to forget that sarcasm doesn't really come across in text...)

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whtbaron · Mar 18, 2023

Does the quota for the required number of broken vises in a day affect the quota for broken phones?

52 Ford · Mar 18, 2023

whtbaron said:
Does the quota for the required number of broken vises in a day affect the quota for broken phones?

I took phones off the list. Gets expensive fast and I've never been good at stick welding glass.

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52 Ford · Mar 18, 2023

whtbaron said:
Does the quota for the required number of broken vises in a day affect the quota for broken phones?

I ran over my first touch screen phone with a tractor.... fell out my pocket when I was pulling a tree over. LOL

I don't think I've had a phone that I've "retired". They've all died tragic deaths.

My S7 ended up getting 3 screen and at least one digitizer (the actual display behind the glass), a few back panels, etc. Same with the S7 Active (the tougher version)

I stopped keeping track.

I got pretty good at fixing phones, though.

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whtbaron · Mar 18, 2023

Touch wood, but I haven't broken a phone since I went to the heavy duty Otterbox covers. Dropping it in the camp fire didn't make it any prettier though...

Lis2323 · Mar 18, 2023

whtbaron said:
Dropping it in the camp fire didn't make it any prettier though...

next time try these……

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bigb · Mar 19, 2023

Dropping one from the top of your ladder and having it land on it's edge will pretty much do it.

52 Ford · Mar 19, 2023

bigb said:
Dropping one from the top of your ladder and having it land on it's edge will pretty much do it.

Ya know, thinking about it.... there's NO WAY that new HF anvil has 80% rebound.

Doesn't matter what height you drop it from.

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Lis2323 · Mar 19, 2023

52 Ford said:
Ya know, thinking about it.... there's NO WAY that new HF anvil has 80% rebound.

Doesn't matter what height you drop it from.

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it would depend on what surface you are dropping the anvil on

For instance, dropping it on a coyote would probably net a 0% rebound..

whereas a trampoline would be better.

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52 Ford · Mar 19, 2023

Lis2323 said:
it would depend on what surface you are dropping the anvil on

For instance, dropping it on a coyote would probably net a 0% rebound..

whereas a trampoline would be better.

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You must not have watched much America's Funniest Home Videos (or whatever that show was called). If a 250 pound person and fall through a trampoline, I'm thinking the anvil is going through.... NOW, if you dropped it on another anvil..........

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52 Ford · Mar 19, 2023

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smithdoor · Mar 19, 2023

Ok Acme makes best just ask the Willy C

Dave

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bead-boy · Mar 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOVOsWczD4Q

Daniel-S · Apr 7, 2023

I'm going to buy at least one for teaching classes. I've forged on good, bad, and ugly anvils. The light weight is the biggest downside. Bolted to a heavy stand, I believe that it will work out fine for a beginner. You would never be able to forge large material or all day on an anvil that small. It will probably be too hot to touch in an hour or two.

52 Ford · Apr 7, 2023

Daniel-S said:
I'm going to buy at least one for teaching classes. I've forged on good, bad, and ugly anvils. The light weight is the biggest downside. Bolted to a heavy stand, I believe that it will work out fine for a beginner. You would never be able to forge large material or all day on an anvil that small. It will probably be too hot to touch in an hour or two.

I saw a video on that Doyle anvil yesterday evening. The guy said to check the anvil face before you buy it. Apparently they plug weld the faces... not sure what he meant. Whether the anvil face is a separate piece of steel welded on OR if he meant they plugged "handling holes" left over from the forging process. Either way, the anvil he had did have some small weld defects in those plugs.

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