Pete's Anvil Collection

Above you can see the anvils that I have collected over the years.

I have paid as little as $50 for one and as much as $200.
The weights vary from as little as 9 ounces to as much as 194 pounds.

Anvils are constructed from various materials ranging from cast iron to wrought iron with a tool steel face to solid tool steel.
One of the anvils in the picture is made from sheet metal. Can you guess which one it is?

Although you can't see the faces of the anvils very well in this picture, I have ground the faces on several of these anvils on my own 8" X 20" surface Grinder. This process does a great job of returning the face to "like new" or close to new condition. I don't reweld the faces myself (yet), I would have that done by friends who have that skill if I needed it done.

In May of 2004, I completed grinding to the 23rd anvil to cross my grinder. This one required removal of 101.25 thousandths of an inch of material from the face. The owner wanted the base to be made parallel to the face, so, after grinding, I turned the anvil upside down and mounted it on the vertical mill. I had to remove 0.390" to true it up.
Here are a couple of pictures of that anvil, one with the face showing and one with the base-trueing complete while the anvil is still mounted on the mill.

Customer Anvil after grinding

Anvil upside down on Mill for leveling the base

Recently, I heard about a 110# cast steel anvil that sells "brand new" for less than $100. I bought one to check it out. See the 110# anvil link, below, for my opinions. Unfortunately,it may not be available anymore, but you might try to get one on E-bay or look for a used one.

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Harbor Freight 110# cast steel anvil

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