Building My Anvil Stand | Messenger Forge

[@murraymakesstuff]

Cool design! You definitely used a lot less lumber than I did on my stand! (You can see in my Shorts)

[@corimessenger]

I like your stand! The interlocking block pattern is super cool :)

[@mike451]

Good job I made mine the same way only out of 1:4 inch plate and welded it to the anvil it is really heavy now and solid

[@christophnohtse4401]

Hi Cori, nice peace of work. I recommend to put 2 layers of a bituminous roofing sheet or tar paper (i dont know how the german "Dachpappe" is named correctly in the US) between stand and anvil. the plastic deformation eliminates all the unevennesses. So the anvil touches the complete surface perfectly. This prevents ringing, make the anvil quiet. It is a nice looking stand, but each hammer blow causes the anvil to move due to the elasticity of the wooden stand. This movement consumes a part of the energy of your hammer blows. An anvil on an unelastic solid stand gives the energy neraly without losses back to your work piece. This makes the blacksmith life easier. My stand is a barrel filled with dry sand, covered with 2 1 inch layers of hardwood. Underneath the anvil two layers of tar paper. You could fill your stand with dry sand to preven the anvil movements. Best wishes Chris

[@corimessenger]

Hi Chris! I will definitely look into this. If you check out my stand building video, you can see I havent even tied the anvil down in any way yet 😅 Its especially obvious I need to secure it from the close up shots. I'm sure my efficiency would improve if I got rid of that energy loss.

[@christophnohtse4401]

@@corimessenger Hi Cori, in my opinion is it not necassary to tie the anvil down. I did it, like you did ut with angle iron, to prevent the anvil wandering off the stand and fall down on our feet. The "secret" is the anvil perfect sitting on the stand, touching the whole surface without voids. the plastc deformation can do this. My little anvil (30 kg) was terribly ringing, I fabricated a stand of angle iron an steel pipes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6fTioOkZ56IZ9E

[@rmchargue]

Cori, you have done a very good job with such a menagerie of almost the right tools. I also applaud your design of having an anvil up higher. I hate them down by my ankles like you see most blacksmiths use.

[@corimessenger]

Hi Ryan, thank you for that! I try my best, but getting the workshop outfitted is very much a work in progress. Oh yes, it has been so to nice to have it higher up already :D

[@brandongraham3509]

Great stuff! No apologies needed for getting stuff done. When things malfunction, push through and keep working. Looking forward to seeing more projects!

[@corimessenger]

😅 Yep!

[@fourgedmushrooms5958]

The height thing is a hard one, I went for hammer hitting flat on the face

[@jaimesilvaf.401]

👌👏👏

[@GectorWhitlox]

Great work!

[@corimessenger]

Thanks!

[@worldonastringbydara]

Super neat! :D

[@corimessenger]

Thanks! 😄

[@fourgedmushrooms5958]

Nice for something temporary. Why not a big log? Mine is half burried, misjudged the diameter a bit though so the feet hang over a bit

[@corimessenger]

Good question! Short answer is I'm not ready to make it permanent. We're getting my power hammer ready to use, and my anvil will have to shift in my space to make room for it. Also, I might do fairs again in the future. And I like having my choice of which anvil to bring :)

[@fourgedmushrooms5958]

@@corimessenger good old logistics lol most of my forge is still movable. Anvil is 344 lbs though so can't move easy anyway. Have a smaller more portable. but don't have as many cool Hardy tools for that one

[@redrob6331]

How heavy is that anvil?

[@corimessenger]

I'm not sure I've never weighed it 🤔 Just from lifting it I'd guess it to be somewhere between 150-180lbs. Maybe I'll bring the scale out before I secure it down and check. :)