Subject: Re: Large anvils

From: [email-masked] (Hot Arn)
Date: 21 Jul 1996 19:18:44 -0400

>Subject:	Large anvils
>From:	[email-masked]
>Date:	Wed, 17 Jul 1996 04:32:14 GMT

>Hi All,

>I see posts concerning blacksmithing here, so this should be appropriate.
> Hi All,
> I see posts concerning blacksmithing here, so this should be
appropriate.
> Any Idea of how much a large ( 350 pound to 500 pound ) blacksmiths
anvil should
> be worth?  And where to get one?
> My 135 pounder is too small for some of my projects, but it sure has
made itself
> worthwhile for lots of things.
> Please email me if you have the answers. ( post publically too, for
everyone to
> learn , but my newsfeed sucks  so I may not see it.).
> Thanks.
> byron

  At the July meeting of Southern Ohio forge & Anvil, Emmert Studebaker (
of the Sudebaker car family.) announced that he may soon be selling some
of the anvils from the Studebaker homestead near Tipp City, Oh.
  If interested E-Mail me and I will try to get more info for you.
 
p.s. Where are you? 

[email-masked]                              DGB
Keep the anvils ringing.

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From: Colin Morton <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 09:10:21 +1000

Colin Morton wrote:
> 
> Barbara Harvey wrote:
> >
> > My daughter Caroline did not know what an anvil was. However, she is
> > interested in learning more about such technology. She feels it would be
> > good to be able to do ones own blacksmithing. However she is very slight
> > in built. Have others here had experience in doing their own
> > blacksmithing - particularly, women?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Barbara Harvey                   E-mail: [email-masked]
> > Canberra ACT Australia. WWW: http://www.pcug.org.au/~bharvey
> 
Barbara I tried to get to your homepage. The response was "this URL not 
available". Just thought I would let you know.

> Barbara
> I am a blacksmith/ engineer in Western Aust. I believe any one can hammer
> hot metal. One of my lady friends who was absolutely tiny (Size 8, 50 kg)
> during her sculpture training did quite a bit of blacksmithing.
> The big thing to remember is start small. Meaning a small hammer
> (750grams?) and small pieces of steel say under 10mm dia/thickness. The
> other thing to remember is to take it slowly at first.
> You might try reading The Modern Blacksmith by Alexander Weygers,
> Prentice Hall Press. Have a look at page 90 where you will find a dominican
> nun hammering at the forge.
> Good luck and let me know how you go
> regards
> Colin Morton  [email-masked]

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From: Barbara Harvey <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 17:41:37 +1000

Regards

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From: Colin Morton <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 10:09:05 +1000

Barbara