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Meeus Stake Anvil


Stake Anvil by Stefaan Meeus 2009

Photos provided by the maker, Belgium

This project grew out of ideas to make a stake from pieces of RR-rail (see drawing below) then grew into the work you see here. As a low budget project the materials were what could be found economically and were not necessarily the optimum. As a hobby smith Stefaan had to borrow the use of much of the equipment to make this anvil. The result is a beautiful piece of work.

Stefaan has studied anvils and their manufacturing with an artist's eye for line and proportion. While there is nothing original in this tool it shows great apreciation for the great tool makers of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Working part of the anvil forged from alloy steel, machined and ground smooth. One reason for the early clean up is that two punching holes (not shown here) were drilled in the square section.

Shank forging in progress and the 100% penetration weld preparation. The weld is shown in the top image. It was dressed and the steel conditioned by heating and forging after welding.


A RR-Rail stake design that started this project.



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