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Originally Posted by swaghauler
My anvil's weight includes the base. I have seen people take a cordless drill and "tap" a tree stump and mount a farrier's anvil right to the stump. Otherwise, you're going to need a base as the anvil isn't tall enough for you to work comfortably (unless you're kind of short).
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Yeah, 'stumping' the anvil as we call it here (even if it has a stand) is a bit of an art. I think you probably know this but for other readers you have to be able to stand comfortably and rest your fist, knuckles down, in the anvil's deck with your arm loosely extended. This means if you have a wooden stump cutting it to the right height is a bit of a thing. Of course that's for serious swinging, if you're doing something like sheet metal shaping you can even sit at the anvil.
This is really making me wonder if I shouldn't get the old thing out and get some work done but I have pretty sensitive neighbours