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Posted by Ted Walker on December 7, 2007, 5:52 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks to all who answered. Needless to say my forge is stationary but I
was trying to figure out where to install forge to allow me to arrange
anvil, slack tub, post vice (yes I have one but forgot about it -thanks) &
work area around it the best. I was going to permanently mount the anvil to
the concrete floor but am now reconsidering putting it on one of those
homemade stands filled with sand or a banded stump. I like the suggestion
about mounting tools storage on wall vs. in work area where they are pretty
but get in the way. I understood the deal about a baler flywheel to provide
the wt. for a post vice but I'd think the weight vs. moving the vice would
negate each other - why not just bolt to floor w/ plate steel and a wood or
metal post? Again - thanks for the help in getting setup!
Ted
> Stuart wrote:
>>
>>>I am setting up a shop before having done any work. If I have a
>>>rectangular forge in front of me and I'm right handed, will I want the
>>>anvil to the right or left of the forge? Why? Where would you put the
>>>quench barrel relative to these? Thanks for any help!!
>>
>>
>> I'm afraid there is no hard and fast rule on the above. It's whatever you
>> find most comfortable for yourself, paying due regard to the space you
>> have around the hearth and the size of work you will be doing.
>>
> Ditto above.
>
> Arrange it so it works for you, and the work you want to do.
>
> Same goes for the direction the horn faces, when you position the anvil.
> Tradition puts the horn on the left, IIRC, for a right handed smith. For
> some things I have done, that required repetetive use of both the face,
> and a cutoff hardy, like square nails, I found that by cranking the anvil
> end for end, I could leave the hardie in place, with no risk of whacking
> my fingers off on it, as it was now on the far side of the hammerhead.
>
> Sometimes it's good to be able to play with the layout, or at least have
> stuff that's semi mobile, to adjust for the usage.
>
> The shop that I used the most, had the forge set up with the anvil at the
> smiths back, within arms reach. The slack tub was to the immediate right
> of the forge, and was a source for water to use when making and managing
> the fire, as well as being ready to hand when required to use to quench
> metal or cool a tool.
> Immediate to the left of the forge, was a leg vise,mounted to a steel
> post/truck rim combination. Sturdy enough, and mobile enough.
>
> If you were wondering about the water and the fire, the coal we were
> using was mostly fines, and once a fire was lit, coal fines and water
> slurry would be built up around it to coke off. You got in the habit of
> making sure there was a bit of coke around for the next relight.
>
> Cheers
> Trevor Jones
>
>
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