Recommendation? Anvil Base for NC Knifemaker 70#?

[Diego_B]

Hello everyone! This is my first post in awhile since I've been away from home for seasonal work as a climbing guide and now that I am back home for some time I am using this free time to get some things settled in the shop so that I'm ready to get back in the game when I return in August.

My working area is a inside concreate shop floor that is fairly flat minus a few dips here and there but nothing serious.
The Anvil:
https://www.nctoolco.com/shop/nc-tool-products/nc-anvils/knifemaker-anvil/c/500

With that said I want to better my anvil stand from what I currently have right now which is just a simple tree stump that I stole from the land clearing of my neighbors property. I had never intended this stump to be a long term solution and its definitely showing me that now with the giant crack growing down the middle of the stump. I currently have a NC knifemaker that I believe is 70#. I would like a base that is mobile but I am afraid that by making this compromise I will have the dreaded base that jumps/moves around as you work since my anvil isn't exactly the heaviest guy out there to begin with.

Recommendation? - Anvil Stand (wooden) - Poll

I'm ready to build an appropriate, legitimate anvil stand (mount) for my grandfather's anvil. Grandfather's 105# anvil (got some cleanup/restoration to do on it as well!) I'd like the community's opinion on the optimal wooden stand design that is fairly cheap and easy to construct. Below are...

www.bladeforums.com

I took a look at this thread and I like the ideas here. I specifically like options B and D and in the end it looks like he went with option B and also found a way to make it mobile which I also like. Would something like either of these two options suffice for my anvil? I'm just concerned that a wood base may not be enough weight to keep it from bouncing around and if a tripod stand bolted down to the floor is more appropriate in my situation?

 

[Hubert S.]

I built an anvil stand out of scrap metal tubing (filled with sand), a 1/4" metal plate and some plywood. I had planned to add wheels to be able to move it around, but after I built it, I did not bother because it is fairly easy to move as it is, and I don't use the anvil all that often. I like this setup much better than the wooden stand I had before.

 

[Diego_B]

I built an anvil stand out of scrap metal tubing (filled with sand), a 1/4" metal plate and some plywood. I had planned to add wheels to be able to move it around, but after I built it, I did not bother because it is fairly easy to move as it is, and I don't use the anvil all that often. I like this setup much better than the wooden stand I had before.

Nice stand! I like the idea of the tripod ones like yours. How well does it stay when your hammering on it?

 

[Hubert S.]

Nice stand! I like the idea of the tripod ones like yours. How well does it stay when your hammering on it?

I've never noticed it moving except when I hammer against the side of the anvil. I put the extra tabs on the feet of the anvil in case I would have to bolt it down, but there really has not been any need to.

 

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Three feet, really important for stability