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Posted by Rusty_iron on March 7, 2007, 7:51 am
Please log in for more thread options You big Lunk!!! :-) Never mind mate, keep the broken one, you might
get good enough at welding one day to fix it. I'm hoping I'll get
that good one day :)
you did good on the new anvil. they are a nice anvil, used one once
or twice.
Went to a clearing sale last saturday, oh boy did the prices get
silly.
A swage block, about 15" square went for $1600 + 10%GST....
and a pile of about 40 old anvil tools and a few hand tools missing
handles, many of them well worn and good for little more thanlooking
at got $1000 + GST
Thats just stupid, but thats collectors for you.
Regards
Rusty_iron
> Hi Guys,
>
> A tale of woe.
>
> I had a nice piece of pattern welded steel underway, and was happily
> pounding away on my cheap piece of crap anvil (which I'd already
> repaired with a new face).
>
> Blam, blam, blam, thunk... oh dear.
>
> Well I've got to admit it did suffer more abuse than it was designed for.
>
> There's always a good side to every story. After failing miserably in
> getting an anvil off Ebay, I bit the bullet and this morning purchased a
> locally made Odweyer anvil. I didn't want the 98 kg one, as it's a bit
> of over kill for what I do. The 40 kg looked all right, however again
> it was still over kill. The 20 kg one is what I settled on. It has a
> nice clean face with well defined hardy hole and pritchel. The horn
> although designed for horse shoes will make excellent loops and sockets.
> It has a set of bending stakes cast into the side. The only thing
> that's missing is a table, but for the price of $385 AUD (or $350 if
> you're exempt our GST), not too shabby.
>
> So yes I was sad to loose a tool that has helped me make some pretty
> nice knives, but realise this is going to make my life a little easier.
>
> Regards Charles
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