![]() The anvil height is 240mm, which meant my stand needed to be 525mm.īeing a make-do kinda creative, those old 90x90 hardwood deck supports squirrelled away behind the shed got dragged out and the noisy, lengthy and fairly laborious process of upcycling began. Figure this height out for YOUR dimensions - and start substracting. My comfortable-stance-slightly-bent-elbow-with-hammer-in-hand held flat against what would be the anvil face was give or take ~765mm from the floor. (N.B: he encourages other makers to give it a go in the video description, so no IP was harmed in the making of this.).įirst up, overall height and working backwards. With imitation being the sincerest form of larceny, this monkey simply saw and did, with some small adjustments I thought appropriate. I take zero credit for the mechanics here, Jimmy Diresta via Youtube ( ) has been kind enough to share his blow-by-blow creativity, along with the elegant lesson in physics that is this up and over locking lever. Keisha Wurth in a meet-the-maker post here was gifted some sage advice, "put everything on wheels." it rings true for me in a big way. My shed/shop is not large, and it's got to serve different functions at different times. Standing back and admiring its hefty shiny usefulness at delivery, the design cogs started turning. I'd saved and the " Troy" had me at hello - good steel, good size, great refinements (thanks Troy Hageman/Nowra Knives!!), and all the helpful assistance to bring it to the doorstep without fuss. it had served me well but I'd reached its limit too small a face, too thick a horn, soft steel hardy hole rounded out a bit, and not nearly enough mass to properly honour the forge gods with suitably sound blows.ījorn and the kind folk at NordicEdge rescued me there. If you're grinning wryly, you know what I mean. I'd been learning on one of those tiny ubiquitous 10kg ones. Now this is a special anvil stand! Steve C from Black Rose Studio in Northern NSW was kind enough to share with us detailed plans for how he made this awesome anvil stand with retractable wheels.
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