Rather than the bar front to back across the feet I would suggest a piece of anvle iron or flat bar welded to the angle iron that goes left to right across the feet. Use a router or rasp and round all corners of the wood. If you need more surface area, add a finder washer. They have low profile heads which hug the wood and eliminate the catch basins for scale from the anvil. I would suggest carrage bolts for securing the wood to the base. I think the stand is probably heavier than the vise. The plates are 7/8' thick, and the tubing is 4x4 with 3/8' walls. I didn't go with the tripod stand for this because it seemed like the legs would be in the way, so I used some heavy steel from the scrapyard. Same methods as the anvil stands-oil/sand filled, caulk under the mounting plate, and rubber under the feet. I still ended up having to grind the flats even today though to get better contact, so if I ever redo the Hay Budden stand I'll probably add some flats to the feet.Īlso, here's a similar stand I made for my post vise: I like the holddown arrangement better in the first set of pictures, but the Hay Budden doesn't have the flat along the edges like the Peter Wright. The feet are 3/8' plate bolted to the slab, with a piece of 1/4' thick, 70A durometer rubber between the steel and concrete. I also put a layer of caulk everywhere the holddowns contact the anvil. I used close to half a tube per anvil to ensure a continuous layer since the bottoms are rough, and just scraped the excess from the sides after tightening it down. The anvils are secured to the wood with lag bolts, with a layer of silicone in between. There's 3' of hardwood bolted to the frames, I cut up the countertop drop from when we installed our kitchen. I got the oil trick from Brian, it adds weight and prevents the tubing from rusting from the inside. The frames are 2x2 square tubing with 1/8' walls, filled with sand and oil. No need for magnets or chains or whatever if you've got good, solid connections and built in vibration absorption. Both anvils rang loudly before, and now they are noticeably quieter than my (unmounted) Vulcan. I finished a stand for my 100# Peter Wright today, exactly the same as one I built a couple weeks ago for a 300# Hay Budden, just different dimensions.

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