Today I acquired...........

[winchman]

The holes in the top are hardy (hardie) holes for inserting specific tools into, they frequently come in different sizes and invariably don't fit your anvil (you'll be OK, you've got a choice of sizes) They tend to go straight through because the tools get stuck and you'll frequently need to give them a wallop from underneath to free them.

Anvils frequently have a pritchel hole as well to allow the 'smith to punch through hot metal. They'll be round and about 3/4" to 1" dia (depending on the size and weight of the anvil). Usually they're a couple of inches from the hardy hole in the heel of the anvil. Yours doesn't appear to have one.

Where you describe two holes in the side, do you mean the ends (under the heel and the horn?), if that's where they are, they are 'handling holes' and were used during the manufacture of the anvil. It's a big old difficult sized lump to manoeuvre when very hot.

There are all sorts of different methods of attaching the anvil to a stump, from chains to large forged staples/straps.

Your anvil may well have been for a specific purpose, it's rare but not unknown to have a hardy hole in the cutting table (just to the rear of the horn) and such a steep step between the face and the table. Similarly the number of hardy holes suggests that the 'smith might have been engaged in some sort of production activity where two or more hardy tools were in use sequentially.

Best of luck with it, your boy had a good find.

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Thanks Barrie, the extra holes are exactly where you pointed out on the photo, I thought I had seen them used in the past to hold the anvil down?

 

[gaz1]

well im posting this so you lot can have a chuckle

with thanks @MattH whos been kind enough to collect the said items for me

thankyou

heres what they both look like at side of each other

im still sat here thinking wow I knew it was biggish but not that big to a degree it might even be over 30 KGs as im told



matt has offered a swap for it which ive excepted it as its massive

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

well im posting this so you lot can have a chuckle

with thanks @MattH whos been kind enough to collect the said items for me

thankyou

heres what they both look like at side of each other

im still sat here thinking wow I knew it was biggish but not that big to a degree it might even be over 30 KGs as im told

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matt has offered a swap for it which ive excepted it as its massive

Hehe

Had the same though when I picked mine up

 

[God mode restorations]

Count yourself lucky you don’t have eight lathes, three mechanical hacksaws, a shaper, a camel back drill and a blacksmiths hand drill in the queue like *someone* has

I’ve got a bench drill almost done, just need to repaint the belt cover and the motor, the lathe is in bits, and the big grinder I’m waiting til uni starts again so I can sandblast the last components.

Erm .hold on here a minute ......think you missed a couple of items out.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Erm .hold on here a minute ......think you missed a couple of items out.

Only A couple...

 

[God mode restorations]

Only A couple...

Yes.
Beaver mill.
Keetona guillotine.
Peter Wright vice.
And a few other bits laying around the UK I ain't picked up yet

 

[Dieselman 63]

Yes.
Beaver mill.
Keetona guillotine.
Peter Wright vice.
And a few other bits laying around the UK I ain't picked up yet

Genuine question, do you see yourself keeping these or refurbishing to sell?

And what’s the end goal?

 

[MattF]

That's more than a couple.

 

[God mode restorations]

Genuine question, do you see yourself keeping these or refurbishing to sell?

And what’s the end goal?

Keep em all. It may be a few years before I get them all done. May be longer. Some stuff I get offered is stupid cheap so I can't turn it away. As for goal....I don't have one. Not in it to profit from it. I enjoy collecting old stuff.

 

[MattF]

Keep em all. It may be a few years before I get them all done. May be longer. Some stuff I get offered is stupid cheap so I can't turn it away. As for goal....I don't have one. Not in it to profit from it. I enjoy collecting old stuff.

Well put, old bean.

 

[zeppelin builder]

yesterday i got on a bit with the repairs and rebuild of the meddings/strand /aborga drill
i had sraightened the bent motor input and gbox output shafts so decided to fit new bearings to the spindle ineed one more 6203 bearing as the guy gave me a 6202 by mistake. thank fully it had not been run with the bent shafts so the gears were in good nick

after much bashing and swearing new bearings were fitted to the spindle the internal key for the slding shaft carefuly fitted and the bearings given a slobber of Jcb finest blue grease gave the spindle a slight bit of preload and locked up the nuts on top
one bearing to fit make up a new power lead and isolator mount which you can just see
and it should be a good tool
the DSG,is fired up too and working well got the bed oiling circuit working a tiny filter was gunged up all the electrics work the supposed slipping clutch was the large multi vbelt needing tensioned " happy days "

 

[zeppelin builder]

the kawasaki lime green paint makes it go faster of course

 

[Olderisbetter]

The hinges turned up today from FH Brundle for the garage doors, 180mm x 28mm weld on hinges 3 per side should carry each door quite well.

 

[zeppelin builder]

drill up n runnin fix the rack gear pinion and give it some hammerite next picked up some natty clamps too ; someone made up these stainless handles probably cost more than the drill

 

[zeppelin builder]

just picked this up aninternal and external honing kit up to 2 inch it will be great for honing roller. big end races and pins

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@Parm

Been away for a few days, that thing called "Work"

But the site had a pond.
I had a magnet on a string.
I had time, I had access to a floaty almost boaty thing.




27" Long cold chisel, badly rusted and has seen a hard life. But it will rise again.




5" long locating pin. No idea of the machine or device it came from

 

[Maker]

For a second I thought you were gonna say you fished out that black thing it's sitting on.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Part 2.

I also got this Power Supply.
Destined for scrap.



16 out put 12/24Vdc.
2amps per output. Unused.



Sent to the site, found to be damaged, so not used.



This is all what was wrong.



Dry joint on a fuse holder, a simple fix.
It was a simple fix, it now works.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

For a second I thought you were gonna say you fished out that black thing it's sitting on.

Patients is a virtue.

 

[MattF]

Patients is a virtue.

Patience is, but patients aren't.