Bought a cheap anvil stand from an online auction, lost $200 when it cracked after six weeks

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My uncle used a cinder block stand for years without issue. People get a little dramatic about the safety stuff sometimes. It's usually just a waste of money, not a trip to the hospital.

cooper.piper1mo ago

Honestly that whole "cheap anvil stand" market is a total gamble. Tbh a lot of those are just scrap metal welded to look right, with zero thought to the forces involved. The real cost isn't the two hundred bucks, it's the risk of that thing failing while you're hammering and sending hot metal flying. Seen it happen once and it was not good. Sometimes paying more for a known design from a real smith is just buying safety.

diana_harris111mo ago

Totally see this with cheap power tools too. People buy the no name drill from a discount site and the chuck flies off mid use. Saving fifty bucks isn't worth a trip to the ER, you know? It's that same gamble between price and something actually holding together.