ReplyLooks sweet. I have a piece of track waiting to be turned into an anvil
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This is my most recent pic from last night. I cleaned up the bottom of the legs and replaced the temporary brace for some hammered square rod. I added the leg boosters because I felt myself leaning over without them. I still need a forge, and a place for it would be awesome, so...... we'll see.
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Looks sweet. I have a piece of track waiting to be turned into an anvil
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Nice!Good luck with that.
City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."
Job 28:1,2
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Danny
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Nice, good idea having the single leg at anvil horn.
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awesome stand and anvil. it looks very sturdy.
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Nice work.
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Does the anvil ring more from hits now, sense the stand is metal? It looks awesome!
Last edited by Jess; 03-25-2017 at 08:54 AM.
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I was wondering the same thing...Originally Posted by Jess
coulda filled the legs with sand and welded em up....
but it looks heavy enough as is...
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Looks good.
How did you make the square hole?
Is hole called a hardee or something like that?
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Actually, I haven't used it yet.I don't know if I'll need to quiet it down or not, but that will sort itself out. I can always drill holes at the top of the legs for oil and sand. I might add some mudflap rubber between them and see what that does. Lots of other projects need attention as well.
I still need a forge.
Oh, the hardy hole was made by drilling 5 pilot holes @ 1/8" diameter and then stepping up the center hole to 1/2". After that it was just a matter of using the Dremel and a carbide cutter to get it close enough. You can see after drilling and before the Dremel how the hole came about here.
Last edited by tanglediver; 03-25-2017 at 08:44 PM.
City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."
Job 28:1,2
Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV Bible
Danny
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The square hole in an anvil is called a "hardie hole". The bottom tool that fits in the hole is call the "hardie", an upright bladed tool for cutting off hot steel. Spelling is either "hardie" or "hardy", but I believe the "ie" is the proper spelling. Other bottom tools that fit into the hardie hole that have other functions besides cutting are called hardie tools.
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Awsome!....How many hours do you have invested in this project and are the triangular gussets added in or were part of the RR track before you started? I have RR track candidates but don't those gussets like yours. Chris
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No, the gussets, or buttresses were not there, I added them last. This rail is small gauge, like a cart rail from a mine or something. And it was retired a bit wonky to one side. I figured more is more. I did the same for the H beam that is under it to lend some rigidity.
Hours?Not sure.
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City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."
Job 28:1,2
Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV Bible
Danny
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And the British call the cutoff tools for the hardy hole "butchers". Because that is exactly what they can do to your fingers if you try using your anvil with it in the hardie hole.
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Also, a distinction on this side of the pond. The hardies (cut off) over here generally have a double bevel and the butchers have one bevel, one straight side. YES!! Make it a habit of taking the hardie out of the anvil as soon as you finish using it!
Last edited by shortfuse; 03-26-2017 at 10:44 PM.
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Awesome looking stand, looks to be stout as a bull.
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I've been eyeballing rail anvils for the last couple of weeks (after being prompted by a guy here at work), and I have to say your anvil is by far the cleanest one I've seen to date, love it! Can you share any details on how you made it? Looks like the top is ground/milled flat?
Nevermind, found your youtube video!
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