![]() So make things beefy, especially with the heavier anvils 200-500lb+ range. Steel anvil stands are one place where overkill is great. A failure of one of your welds could be catastrophic and could injure or kill someone. I also highly recommend cross members on your legs. Even at 715lb's this gladiator+stand is better when it's anchored to the concrete. Like people have said constantly around here the more the anvil+stand is joined to earth the more effective it all will be. There are 3 fasteners acting like plugs at the tops of each legs where i poured it in. I actually filled my legs and cross support with sand. Also whatever tubing structure you use on your legs get as thick of a wall as you can. I put mine on a 2" piece of plate and one could even go thicker if one wanted. The more mass you have there right under the anvil the better. Use a good 1.5" - 3" thick piece of plate to set your anvil on. A good silicone caulk or sikaflex is worth it.Īfter that I recommend getting as thick of metal as you can if your making a metal anvil stand. You'll have less vibration and less noise. The stronger, tighter, or more joined the stand is to the anvil the more the hammer will see it as one solid mass. The heavier the stand weight the greater your total mass is going to be which means less work. These are the things I believe are most important This assembly will have to move onto the driveway every time I use it, and it is easy to move with the dolly. I chainsawed 3 feet into the bottom while I was at it too. If I have to do this again I will order a clean straight log from my firewood supplier. The log is cut square because there was a large knot on one side. ![]() A straight piece of 1x1/4 A36 is bolted to the brackets with 3/8 bolts. I should have made the brackets about an inch longer so I could get 2 lags into the stump on each bracket. I used Locktite exterior sub-floor adhesive under the anvil and fastened with brackets made from 1x1/4 A36, drilled and hot bent. The first time I used it I set it on the stump for my old anvil, which was all wrong and did not support this anvil well. I decided to use a stump for my "new" 1912 Trenton anvil. I thought a thread for showing some pics would help everybody and give a chance to show off ideas. I was looking about and seeing how people set up their anvil, and there are several threads, but not a whole lot of different setups pictured. ![]()
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