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Vent: a retired farrier told me my anvil stand was too tall and I finally measured it
I was at the Georgia Blacksmith Gathering in Madison last month and a retired farrier named Dale watched me work for maybe ten minutes. He said my anvil face sat too high and my hammer was coming down at a slant, so I was fighting the steel instead of hitting it square. I went home, cut 4 inches off the stumps, and reset the whole stand in about an hour. My strikes feel cleaner now and the wrist soreness after a two hour session is basically gone. Anyone else rebuild their stand after a stranger pointed out something so simple?
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jamietaylor19h ago
Dale watched you for ten minutes and said nothing until the end, which is either the most polite thing ever or the most cowardly. Four inches is a big cut, so I hope Dale knows he owes you a beer for the wrist pain he could have saved you months ago. My old shop teacher pulled the same move on me about a bench vise height, waited until I finished a whole project before telling me I looked like a caveman hunched over it. At least yours came with free advice and a fix.
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adams.harper19h ago
Ever hear the one about my buddy who built a whole deck hunched over before his neighbor mentioned the saw height?
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