Grizzly anvils?

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Howdy again! Does anyone know much about the industrial anvils Grizzly makes? Are they any good, or are they not worth my time?
 
I tell you what check out eBay for anvils. When I was looking for one a while back I noticed a lot of them showing up on there were up around your area, well in the New England states anyway. It would be a pick up item because of the price of freight. A few I found were such good deals I thought of a road trip at one time. I ended up finding one around here though. Another good place to find them is flea markets, they seem high around here but you could always try to haggle a little. Be patient when looking for an anvil, buy a good one. I started out on a harbor freight cast iron and if the grizzly is cast DO NOT waste your money. You won't learn much on those. Happy hunting.
 
Thanks. I'm guessing cast iron = bad? Also, would a stake anvil be sufficient if all you were forging was blades? I'm trying very hard to keep the cost loooow :D
 
You might be better off finding an old railroad rail. I have no experience on those but I have heard a lot of people start out on those. I've also heard of people making a post type anvil by getting a big sledge hammer (like a 12lb) and and sticking half of the head in a bucket of full of concrete. Maybe someone here will add exactly how they made one.
 
http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=8527

here's a link (from another forum, hope that's ok) of a concrete and steel type anvil that the guy claims he made for $30. If it were me I wouldn't use mild steel maybe use a sledge hammer head. The only drawback would be forging the plunge. It would be hard without the square lines when using a hammer head but you clean that all up on a grinder or files anyway so maybe not a big deal for you. Not saying mine is but when your forging gets more refined you could then think of dropping the extra money on a better setup. Good luck.
 
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If I could find a suitable source of steel I'd definitely attempt that design but the scrapyards around where I live typically don't have much in the ways of bar stock of that width and thickness. I'm considering taking a trip up to NY one of these days where scrap is more plentiful. In NJ it mostly consists of auto parts...
 
I know where a few nice large anvils are locally, that aren't being used(as intended), but the people don't want to sell them, even though something like a railway track would work for what they might want to do(just farmers who straiten bent parts every now and again)
 
I found out where a few more are that aren't available today lol, the local scrap yard owner is a 'collector'.... well I should be happy he saves them from the furnace.
 
I have a nice old Hay-Budden for sale if you can pick it up in NE Ohio. I'm about 30 minutes from the Ohio/PA line off the turnpike.

It's 150# so too heavy to ship Fedex and I don't want to mess with freight.
 
Tis' a shame John... A couple of years down the road they're just gonna end up in a furnace.

Cpirtle, that would be great if I didn't live in NJ :( I've seem so many good deals in the Ohio/Indiana/Michigan area... I need to move :P
 
It's one thing to collect stamps and such, because they're never going to get used again anyhow. But collecting anvils just seems to be some sort of sin. I'm sure it's in the Bible if I look enough.

Heck, I collects tools, but I USE them.

--nathan
 
To get started with, I found a foot long piece of hot rolled 4 x 4 in the remnants at my local metal supply shop. Wasn't QUITE free, but cheap.

Next step will be to mount it in a bucket with some cement...
 
I found a 160lb one today(I work for a local repair shop/ag equiptment dealership and found it in one of the shops), and bought it for $100 canadian(probably could have got it for less) I can't make out any of the markings, but it rings nicely and none of the ball bearing testing was under 50-60% so to me its usable.

On a side note hauling it home I was involved in a roll over at highway speeds(company truck, I was a pasenger, road was icy) So I had to rescue it twice, it was planted in 4 feet of snow lol. Good times.
 
Jeez, man. Glad you're ok!

Also, a damn good reason not to carry such objects inside the cabin of your vehicle... could have been deadly if that anvil were in there with you.

I know a guy that got the crap beat out of him by a box of 1 liter bottles of oil in a roll over.
 
Congrats on the anvil, and thank God you're ok! I hate to think of what that anvil would have done had it gone in the wrong direction. I don't think the back wall of the cab would have slowed it down too much....

--nathan
 
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