Thread: Pinning Anvil

So, there I was sitting in my shop with a nice single malt pondering the whiches of why and thinking I need a new anvil. This got me to thinking about pinning razors and how it is just plain awkward working on the back of the vice, so I decided that I would try something different.

I found myself a railroad spike, made hole in a 4x4 just large enough to keep the spike from splitting the wood to mount it, I then polished the big end and drilled a hole about 1/16" deep on the back edge for the pin to set in while peening the other side and the front edge made a great little work space for tapping the pins into place.

Just a thought for those who would like a jewlers type anvil on the cheap and the bonus is that I can now sit comfy while pinning.