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bladsmth said:
JT, I almost hate to give you new ideas, but since you love to make new things and have so much spare time while healing from injuries......
You might want to make a drawing anvil. It is a post anvil with a curved top. A 2" radius works well. The easy way is to weld a piece of 2" round to a post, but you could mill/grind the radius in the post top. I have a piece of round stock with a saddle that fits on my anvil for this. It speeds up drawing out thick stock by hand. It takes a little practice to get hand drawing down, but goes real fast when the anvil height is right and your eye-hand coordination is good. When you really get it down, use a 4# drawing hammer ( straight peen) to fuller both sides while drawing.

Stacy
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I LOVE THE IDEA, I have been wanting to make like a 3" thick plate that sits on top of my anvil that has a hardy hole in it. now i need to add this to the list. but to be honest i have been trying to slow the projects down and actually make knives :D. I have been making tools now for so long i am kinda burnt out and want to just enjoy them. but you know i well get a bur and make something else in the future but for now I think Stanley will be it for a bit.
 
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