How do you attach your anvil to a stump?

NickWheeler said:
You buy a 450# anvil so it doesn't need anything to hold it down ;)

I'm with Ray!!! When I bought my anvil from Russel Jaqua at Nimba Anvils, I looked over HIS Gladiator very closely. I couldn't see anything mechanical holding it. He told me to use silicone construction adhesive to adhere it to the post, and to deaden the ring.

I used the anvil for three days without doing it, and it had a nearly unbearable ring.

Put the adhesive down, waited three days to use it, and it worked like a charm. Took all the nastiness out of the ring, now it just thumps. AND, it stays put. (not that it would go anywhere anyway ;)
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Nick, I didn't think that 450 you got would ring mainly because of its size. Actually I bought the 120 Nimba that Lonnie Hansen had. Now that one had a ring. Actually I think the sllicone construction adhesive you used may even be better. I just used the cheaper stuff.
 
IG the biker can't help himself when it comes to chains. And we thought he got all the anchor chain from Aldo to make stuff out of it with the wrought iron. Guess again. Suffice it to say, if you ever stay upstairs over there...lock the door! He likes to chain all kinds of stuff up. :eek:
 
Hey Nick I was wanting to ask you about your anvil. It seems from your posts that you really like it. The reason that I'm asking is that I have the chance to buy the 450 pound nimba for what seems a very reasonable price of 1200.00 dollars. it is about ten years or so old but has very little use.
 
I built a stand of pressure treated 4x4s framed w/2x4s and a top made from three thicknesses of 3/4" plywood glued together and screwed down. I used a whole tube of construction adhesive and 2 pieces of chain with 4 7/16" lag bolts. I pulled it down with the lag bolts until you could almost play a tune on them.

Nothing moves, no ring. I don't know if the lag bolts would work with a stump, due to the end grain being liable to split or pull out.
 
Bill- I do like mine a lot! The Nimbas are a touch softer than some. I think mine is about 52 Rc, whereas some of the old big names like Peter Wright were around 56Rc.

But even with that said, I LOVE the huge working area and the fact that the horn is hardened also lets you really wallop on steel out on the horn.

Mine was a second, because it had gotten a little ding in the face during the hardening process. They harden the entire anvil, so you can imagine moving around a 450# chunk of steel that's that hot is pretty exciting... anyway, it had a tiny ding... so I got mine for $1700 instead of $2000. Sounds like a hell of a deal at $1200!
 
george that cracks me up ,locking your anvil with that chain. If someone wants it that bad lol i guess they can try to walk away with it looks pretty heavy to me. kellyw
 
hellgap said:
george that cracks me up ,locking your anvil with that chain. If someone wants it that bad lol i guess they can try to walk away with it looks pretty heavy to me. kellyw
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I was doing a forging demo, my teacher, myself and this black/bladesmith feller.... day 2 we brought a gas forge and a Sea Robin anvil because we didn't like this guy's set up, no offense, just not what we were used to using. At the end of the demo I kind of laughed at his sons struggling to put his anvil and stump into the trailer. He got mad and said "well if you can put that anvil and stump in the back of your truck at one time you can have it." I backed my truck up and bearhugged it into the back. Probably about 350# total weight, my teacher about fell over laughing at the look on that guy's face. He started sputtering about how that was his only anvil, I told him if he wanted it back he could unload it. :D

Probably why I've had so many back problems years later.
 
NickWheeler said:
Bill- I do like mine a lot! The Nimbas are a touch softer than some. I think mine is about 52 Rc, whereas some of the old big names like Peter Wright were around 56Rc.

But even with that said, I LOVE the huge working area and the fact that the horn is hardened also lets you really wallop on steel out on the horn.

Mine was a second, because it had gotten a little ding in the face during the hardening process. They harden the entire anvil, so you can imagine moving around a 450# chunk of steel that's that hot is pretty exciting... anyway, it had a tiny ding... so I got mine for $1700 instead of $2000. Sounds like a hell of a deal at $1200!
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Thanks Nick. It sounded like a good deal to me so I told him that I would take it although the last thing I need is another anvil. My wife is telling me that maybee I should sell one or two instead of buying another. but I only have something like eight so I don't think that is too many.:D:o
 
Bill- Now see, I was thinking about holding off on testing for Ms this year because I thought it was a requisite that you own 8 anvils before you could test!!! :D

I'd collect them if I had the space and money... I think anvils are KEWL! :D
 
Farmer Phil said:
IG the biker can't help himself when it comes to chains. And we thought he got all the anchor chain from Aldo to make stuff out of it with the wrought iron. Guess again. Suffice it to say, if you ever stay upstairs over there...lock the door! He likes to chain all kinds of stuff up. :eek:
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You are giving away all my secrets.:eek::eek: I got some special chain for your next visit. ;);)HEHEHEHEHE!!
 
Stuff locked up with a chain can be funny. Once many years ago when I was younger and more mischievous, I was camping on some US forest service land. There was a huge wooden picnic table under this monster Bull pine. The forest service had run a chain thru the base of the table and around the tree. There was 50' ft of good 3/8" chain just laying there. I couldn't help myself and stole the chain. My brother says the table is still there.
 
I would hope so. It was a huge pine that had gotten its top blasted off by lighting long ago and about 20 ft up 4 or 5 of its lower branches had gotten huge with several branches off each of them growing up. It was magnificent tree and created a huge shade area. It was North of Missoula, Montana on the Black foot river. We used to set up camp there and canoe across the river to hunt elk. Nobody here works for the National forest service I hope. If so I will replace the chain.
 
I did my first farming for a residential mental health facility (leave it alone guys) on ag land. They put up a chain link fence around the 15 acres property to try and deter theft. One morning the fence was gone! Somebody took the goats too, but a few days later the billy was returned. It was found one morning back on the property with a sign on him that said, "He Stinks!" How's that for some brass?
 
If you have a forged anvil, look on the bottom there should be a square hole. This was one of the "handling holes", there should also be one on either side of the waste as well. To securely mount your anvil without any external devices, just drive a bit of square bar the same size as the handling hole into the stump, and set the anvil on top of it.
 
Sorry about my comment about the dead hit i should of elaborated on that one .Ofcourse u still get bounce off a good anvil,what i ment is u dont get the anvil bouncing around on its stand as it settles into the sand a little,cuts down on the ringing too.O and if anyone wants to help me out with a $150.anvil i will be in on that if they would like to pay for the postage to Australia,thats probably why 400 pound anvils are a little rare around these parts,lucky for me as my wife says its not the size of the tool that counts but the way u use it.
 
man guys, great information thanks so much. I'm gonna have to look at it, I'm curious what size it is (can't be that big if I lifted it on there myself) and any other info. I think I'll do the construction adhesive and angle iron, just because I have plenty of angle iron and to be doubly sure.

Thanks a lot.

Red
 
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