Anvil!

[steve202]

Want this so bad, but ******** if im going to Bradford for it. Looks a big one too.

Suddenly I am into anvils.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/blacksmiths-a...yZ112398QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[hoodedclaw]

I'm swimming in the bay of e at the moment, looking at fly presses. I feel so grown up.

 

[steve202]

Whats a fly press Mr Claw? Can you hammer the hell out of it like an anvil?

 

[irondarren]

a flypress is a wonderful tool. Basically you turn the handle and the press end comes down with plenty of force, if you make the tools for it you can do all sorts.

 

[steve202]

Just googled fly press. Had seen them before but didn't click the name of it. Now want one of them too

 

[irondarren]

normally a bit of 25mm or 30mm round goes up into the press, then you just make what ever shaping tool you want. they are normally numbered from 0 to 10, 10 being the biggest. Very common in years gone by before electric presses. good if you can find one cheap enough, but often like you anvil they tend to be hundreds of miles away when on fleabay

 

[irondarren]

just looked at your anvil hood, the bick hasnt been blunted off which is often the case. Many of the ex-college ones i have seen have the bick blunted which is no problem until you need the fine end of it. looks like it could be a 4cwt, which is about £500 worth new

 

[hoodedclaw]

I've got a fly press at school but it's just there as an example of a casting. No tools, no budget to buy 'em. Gonna make some basic bending/straightening tools for it, but not spending my own cash. It may be given away soon as space is at a premium. Before you start messaging me- it's only going from the classroom to my garage.. I will make a suitable trade for it with my head of department.

 

[bill_gj]

I think a lot of 'big business' organisations tended to get rid of the old faithfull 'Denbeigh' fly presses owing to health and safety concerns, so I suppose there must have been a bit of a surplus some while back.
Some people either can't get their fingers out of the way in time or clunk themselves on the nut with the weighted handle.

 

[Lippyp]

I bought my anvil at a local auction for £25, it was a bit of a bugger getting it in the pickup truck though. Its not a huge one but its double bicked. The trouble with most used anvils is the top face is usually ******** as they're basically worn out. Trying to find a good used one takes a while. Also bloody "garden designers" tend to bid them up at auction as they want them as garden ornaments.

 

[andrewg1323]

ooh so thats a flypress we have 2 at work might have to investigate more into this

 

[drivewasher]

We just use an airosol can, It says RAID on it

 

[snowcat]

clunk themselves on the nut with the weighted handle.

that's the very reason im now the well adjusted individual i am........

 

[murex400]

that's the very reason im now the well adjusted individual i am........

So its not supposed to hit you in the head dam all that pain for nothing

 

[lexi]

Anvils are a thing of beauty.........a sort of Phallic symbol. Just a few years ago you could pick them up for buttons. They are fetching now.

Alex

 

[Welderpaul]

I love the noise they make when they are belted with a hammer!

 

[irondarren]

not supposed to hit an anvil with a hammer, well hard anyway

 

[Welderpaul]

Yeah, should have said tapped!

 

[Drains]

I love the bounce you get between hits. dinkDINK, dinkDINK dinkDINK DINK DINK. Loverley.

 

[Wozzaaah]

We just use an airosol can, It says RAID on it

Yeah and me, I find the little buggers fly off before you can wind the handle down