My anvil stand gave out mid-swing on Tuesday

I was working on a 3/8 inch scroll bracket when the legs on my cheap wooden anvil stand just buckled. The whole setup tipped forward and my anvil hit the concrete floor with a crack that echoed through the whole shop. Luckily it didn't land on my foot but I was stuck holding a half-hot piece of steel while my ears rang. Turns out the screws holding the legs had stripped out over time from all the hammering. I spent the rest of the afternoon building a new stand out of 4x4 pressure treated lumber and used lag bolts instead of deck screws. Cost me about $35 total and I swear the anvil feels more solid now. Has anyone else had a tool support fail on them right in the middle of a project?

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dianab6828d ago

Concrete floor?? Omg that crack must have been heartbreaking.

dylan_patel28d ago

The contractor who poured that slab must have used a 3/8ths aggregate instead of something with more fiber reinforcement. I've seen hairline cracks in basements before but a full fracture that deep shows the subgrade wasn't compacted properly. That's the kind of thing you notice when you walk in and see the floor sloping toward the crack like a mini valley.