![]() ![]() Measure the distance from the fulcrum to where you stand.ĭivide that number by the distance from the fulcrum to the center mass of the anvil.Īnvil weight times anvil distance equals your weight times your distance.Īnvil weight equals your weight times your distance divided by anvil distance. Move the fulcrum until the board balances. IF the anvil rises, then you are heavier than the anvil. IF the board does not move the anvil is heavier than you. (think teeter totter or child's balance beam) Put a fulcrum in the middle of the board. Put one scale under each end of the board. Take two bathroom (or other) scales and a board. Anyone ever seen this? Pics would help I know. And, instead of running straight across the anvil at a perfect 90, it has a 45 in the middle of it, if you get what I mean. If it wasn't attached to the stump, I might just barely be able to take some steps with it, although I don't think I could lift it off the ground into a carrying position.Īlso, this anvil has another peculiar feature: the step has a huge drop down - about an inch and a half. I'm a 6 foot 4, 210 pound guy, who can lift quite a lot. It's on a stump, and I can lift it, just, but not move with it. Conservatively I'm going to say 50 pounds more, but I really think this thing might be quite a bit more. I know this thing is quite a bit bigger than my 150 pound Mousehole and Peter Wright. I thought about trying to balance it on a lever or some such non sense, but that seems tricky and not incredibly accurate. The only other mark I can find on it is a blob of some sort on the outside of one of the feet, but it is unrecognizable. I'll try to get pictures up later, but for now, it has FISHER indented on one foot, some makers marks like LI III, and 4 dots stamped in the front of another foot. This weekend I picked up a Fisher anvil, but I can't for the life of me find any weight markings on it. The weight markings '1 0 18' are in English Hundredweights. I'd rather avoid just buying a big scale of some sort. The 'portability' range where a man can easily move an anvil is 100 to 140 pounds, thus the most common weight anvil. stupid question here, but does anyone have a clever trick for weighing an anvil too large for a bathroom scale? preferably a cheap method. Just remember you're out on the heel and going too heavy can have consequences. On the other hand, as the pritchel hole is also large, you can make tooling to fit it. ![]() My questions: When did Fisher start or stop casting bolt-holes into the feet of the anvil Fisher first put the lugs on anvils in 1892. Also, with older anvils, the heavier the weight, the larger the hardy hole, both the 400 and 600 have 1 1/2 inch holes. These anvils still exist, and if you find one with just an anchor, it's likely a Southern market anvil.Hey guys. Checking anvils in the museum would put that anvils weight around 300 lbs. The most accurate way to get the correct anvil weight is to use a scale. The Southern people were reluctant to buy Fisher anvils post Civil War because of the Eagle symbol, so the company removed it for anvils being shipped South. 244 + 28 + 3 255 total weight of the anvil in pounds. This made it very difficult for Smith's to make horse shoes and general repairs for the southern army. The Federal Calvary, when raiding towns in the South, would make a point to finding the Blacksmith shop and destory their anvil whenever possible. United States Southerners did not like the eagle as a symbol because it represented the Federal Government, which the South held in contempt. There were continued eagleless anvils but there's an interesting reason for this, at least after the Civil War. By the end of the Civil War, they had the Eagle holding an anchor as their solidified symbol. The government bought mostly Fisher & Norris anvils and they came to be known as "Old Reliable." I think this is the case, because pictures of anvils pre-Civil War may or may not have had the Eagle, but more commonly an anchor. This is my personal conjecture, but I think the name they aquired by the government may have contributed to the Fisher & Norris symbol we are familiar with today. ![]()
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