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That $30 harbor freight anvil changed my mind about cheap tools
After 6 months of fighting a chunk of railroad track, I grabbed a cast iron anvil on sale and it rang so dead I almost returned it, but then I realized the silence meant my hammer blows were actually staying in the work instead of bouncing back at my wrist, so now I get why the old timers say soft anvils teach you better control, anyone else start on scrap metal and then switch to something 'too soft'?
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wyatta307d ago
My buddy Mike had the exact same thing happen with a cheap cast iron anvil from a garage sale. He spent a year on a piece of I-beam and his wrist was shot from all the ringing and bounce. First time he tapped a nail on that soft anvil, he thought it was broke, too quiet. But after a week, his hammer control got way better because he had to actually hit straight and not rely on the rebound. He even said his miss-hits stopped hurting because the anvil soaked up the bad angles instead of throwing them back at him. He still uses it today for light work, keeps the big steel one for heavy stuff.
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