My anvil stand, simple,light, clean and very tight! I've made it!

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Ricardo Moraes

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Ricardo Moraes

Awesome!

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So I finally got around to making an anvil stand, just finished the build tonight. Will prob break it down to paint. I designed it with a gas piston anvil lock down mechanism. Works very well.

Here is a video showing it in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW5CotUzjME

Some pics.

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Very cool! Very interesting the fastening system of the anvil!Try using the anvil in an inverted position, I prefer with two legs of the stand on the side of the anvil Horn.

Ricardo Moraes

SlowShoe wrote:
Do you think it´s complex enough?:cool:

Juhani Takanen wrote:
Its actually pretty simple. Its about as complex as a similar stand that costs $500-$600. That stand uses a spring though.

Nice set up, I've been thinking of making one for my stand, you've given me some good ideas. If possible can you post a diagram or pics of the set up that shows more clearly the layout. Thanks, and nice job on your hold down.

JoseVernimmenTN wrote:
Sure can. I have a couple of alternate designs too. I would have done a couple things different on this one.

Give me a couple of days.

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Thank you, will look forward to it, after looking at some of the prices for some of the anvil stands with hold downs, I decided that I could build one for a fraction of the cost. The metal supermarket sells pre cuts for 30 to 40% discount, just need to do a little searching, but have always found what I need.

OK i made a simple computer sketch. Sorry its kind of horrible.
http://horseshoes.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=18025&d=1318910511
this is how it works.
The gas piston is connected to the top plate (gold) and to the Main bar. The cross bar is connected to main bar and the hold down bars. The throw handle is hinged on to the top plate and the main bar.

A very important part is the main bar brace. It keeps the piston and main bar in line, or the the whole thing will just pull in the direction of the throw handle possibly breaking the piston. The Main bar bend is just an L that comes around back the main bar. I actually used a small roller guide from a bandsaw. You could just make the brace out of round stock which would not drag much.

You need to get a piston with a lot of force like at least 200n (newtons). I bought my 9" piston from napa for a $20.

I have a couple other designs too that could have more hold down force with a lighter piston or spring.

One thing that I did not put on the diagram is the part that holds the throw lever in the open position. Its just a piece of barstock that catches the lever as it goes down (see the video).

This is perfect, thanks for the sketch, this should incorporate great with what I want to do. As soon as I finish the mod on my welder going to build it. Have to mod my welder to be able to attach a spool gun for aluminum welding, Lincoln electric changed the model, so you have to buy a new welder for the spool gun. I'll post pics as soon as I get it done, thanks again.