Well, you don't have it really. What you have is a large mass below the anvil, but there is space between that mass (concrete bag) and the anvil which...

Yes and from my billiard ball example the most rebound happens with the larger mass blow the work piece

Look around for one of those cheap upright air compressors that has died. The tanks make great slack tubs. Just cut the top off, close the drain cock ...

Be prepared to deal with that water. It goes somewhere and usually it goes everywhere. @Wendel Bryenton, how do you deal with the spray?

Truth be told, you can try a bunch of stuff but why not just use a method that has been used by smiths for literally hundreds (if not thousands) of ye...

This is our primary anvil stand. It is 2x6 or 8 nailed together in a box with a plywood bottom. It is filled with sand vibrated to settle and another ...

That would be my first and only comment. The flat board you have the anvil sitting on is very wide and will flex and rebound more than you want from a...

There are plenty of stabilized woods out there that don't have "whacky" colors. I used one piece of stabilized Califoria Buckeye in my JS set. It was ...

Looking great Shane!

I'm assuming this is post tempering or the finish grind. How often do you quench/dip the blade while grinding? Generally speaking you shouldn't be g...

In my opinion, the Parks-50 is well worth the money, especially if you are going to be using shallow hardening steels like W1, W2, or 1095. Through ha...

Pickles are all acids. All my acids are stored in opaque plastic containers with tight-fitting lids. Direct exposure to sunlight will weaken the acid....

If it's mild steel (it probably is), and your welding chops are good, I would just weld a piece of square bar to the base. Make sure the square stock ...

Here is a photo of one of my templates for a full tang blade. I was asked to make two identical copies of a blade I had made many years ago. The steel...

@Allen Crowell Pin placement mishaps happen. How I avoid it is by using a template that already has the hole placements drilled. I layout the hole pla...