At a demo in Boise, I saw a guy use a piece of rebar to set his anvil height.

He just laid the rebar on the floor, put the anvil leg on it, and tapped it until the anvil was level. I tried it back home with a scrap piece and it worked way better than my old method of messing with shims. Anyone else have a good trick for getting an anvil set right the first time?

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daniels422mo ago

Oh man, that's a slick trick! My buddy Mark had a real fight with his new anvil last year. He spent a whole afternoon trying to level it on his uneven shop floor, using stacks of wood chips and metal scraps. He finally gave up and called an old timer he knows. The guy told him to just bury the base in a tub of dry sand and tap it down until it sat perfect, then build his stand around it. Worked like a charm and it hasn't moved a bit.

allen.victor2mo ago

Did Mark have to seal the sand in somehow or does it just stay put on its own?

evan_morgan8127d ago

That sand trick works so well, @allen.victor, because gravity and friction do most of the sealing for you!