[Jewelry making - Article 00716] - Re: [Orchid] Resurface old anvil?

[David L. Huffman]

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Hello Ayalla;

>     Where do you buy an anvil for jewelry work? 

    For jewelry work, an anvil might be more than you need. A good "T"
    steak with mount on a heavy stump or bench would compliment a nice,
    larger heavy jeweler's bench block. And there are a lot of specific
    forming tools that would come in handy too. Check Frei and Borel,
    Contenti, and others. But if you like the idea of an anvil (I have a
    little 10 pounder I bought decades ago at, of all places, Tandy
    Leather), I'd recommend googling Centaur Forge and looking into on of
    their smaller Farrier's anvils. These have very nicely shaped horns,
    but there are a few new anvil designs out now, including some with a
    round horn on one end and a square tapered one on the other. I've
    seen the Harbor Freight one you are talking about. They have two, one
    cast iron (useless) and one cast steel. The cast steel one might work
    if it's tempered right, but a lot of Harbor Freight's merchandise is
    truly just junk. 

David L. Huffman

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