I dug out an old anvil my grandfather had stashed under the shed at my parents house. It should work pretty well foe me.....and it was free, so all the better. I'm not sure the weight but it's at least 100#'s. I was thinking of securing to a stump but am not sure of the best way.

Spike it down or chain it down to a stump.

Peter Wright anvil.

I used some big straps of wrought iron and lagged my anvils down with 8" lag bolts.

hey karl if you get sick of having so many nice anvils and wanna give one away make sure ya put me at the top or that list lol. my old dead vulcan anvil is almost worse than not having one. i really need to find a new one. i have a piece of railroad track but not enough work space.

Horse shoes...you're a blacksmith now so you oughta be able to shoe a horse or an anvil.  Pretty simple to fit a couple of cut horse shoes to your stump and anvil.  I've never had a problem with my anvil moving and I can still lift it off the stump when I need to move everything inside.  

Tippit Forge South Carolina.

 

   

   

http://www.blksmth.com/Anvi_base_preparation.htm

Free anvil?  Sign me up!   :D

some more ideas, many ways to skin this cat
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sorry, dan, did look close

Thanks guys. Now i have plenty of ideas

Now I know how to fasten it to a stump so I just need to "secure" one as nice as any pictured here. Nice anvils. I need to upgrade.

Looks like your about ready to get that anvil warmed up and ringing.

Chris

Not sure if it is a good idea or bad to use steel for a base but being that we work in a fab shop and have access to large I-Beam drops most of our anvils are sitting on top of a piece of I-beam and held down with threaded rod like this one in the photo.

If there is reason to want them on a stump instead of steel let me know because I can bring in a stump the next time I am cutting fire wood.