I don't belong here but I like lurking, wanting to be around the cool kids. All I do is maintain my razors...this includes the occasional pin tightening.
Looking at the beautiful anvil that
outback fashioned from a piece of rail track...I felt a little inadequate with my little bench anvil...no actual bench for me as I live in an apartment. Everything has to be small here. I started thinking about my use of the anvil and I came up with this: when pin tightening I only use a small (pin size :)) part of the anvil. So I started thinking, what else could I use for an anvil?
Here is what I came up with...can't say I made it which is why I don't belong here. But what the heck. The ball bearing is G25 grade, 0.000025" round. I eyeballed it and I think they are right. Had to look for an appropriate base which was the base for a pot (turned upside down), which holds the pitch that engravers use. Now, I wonder if it will work...so far so good. The sphere is 3" in diameter.
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