I was going to find someone to polish this garage sale find, to make an anvil for pinning.
My friend Roy (cuddarunner) convinced me I could do it myself. Thanks Roy it turned out great!
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I was going to find someone to polish this garage sale find, to make an anvil for pinning.
My friend Roy (cuddarunner) convinced me I could do it myself. Thanks Roy it turned out great!
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Nice job! It looks Great! Now go ahead Freddie----tell everyone how much you had to spend to buy it-----
By the way, what's it weigh in at? Just wondering :shrug:
Well it didn't have a price on it. The lady at the garage sale asked me how much I would pay, I also had a hand full of spring-loaded brass
hooks and other nick-nacks. I said,"How about $5.00 for the track section, she looked confused and said, "That's way too much".
I got everything for $4.00!
Roy, it weighs right at 11 pounds.
Nicely done.
Nice score. I just weighed the pieces I use to pin on and the old wood stove cast clothes iron is right at 4 lbs and the chunk of steel my dad called his 'Field Anvil' is 4.5 lbs so you've got a lot of mass and it shouldn't be wiggling around any on you. Also if by chance you can't find it you know it didn't just walk away.:rofl2:
I like it, it is a nice size, and a useful tool.
I've been looking for something like that. found a section of track at a garage sale but it was about 3 feet long. as i don't have any way to cut it i had to pass.(way to long for my work bench.
Bunch of us were blessed to have outback Mike do one up for us a long while back.
Boy did he work on them!
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Nice job, a small anvil is always nice to have. This is one I made from a 1" sucker rod just for peening pins. It's got a flat section so I can easily clamp it in the bench vise and an assortment of holes at different depths for initial peening.