PETER WRIGHT ANVIL WEIGHT CODE FULL

© 2006 - 2012 Jock Dempsey, www.anvilfire. Anvil Mine, Iron Hammer Mine, or Hall of Promise. Quality, welding and other anvil miscelania.The set of weights would never have more than a total of 27 in pounds, only 3 quarter hundred weights and as many hundred weights as needed.Ī pounds weight set without duplicates or extras would be composed of: Perhaps the 200 stamp was done by or for. Thats what I will need to tell the condition, weight.

PETER WRIGHT ANVIL WEIGHT CODE FULL

The seller is full of BS as to the age of the anvil- late 19th century to the 1920s would be about right. The 200 stamping in that position is very similar to the way Trenton anvils were marked for weight. Peter Wright anvils supposedly had a forged wrought iron body with a 'chilled steel face' forge welded to it. Many Peter Wright anvils were imported to North America. The system seems unweildly but if you use a balance scale and the proper weights you just count the large weights, and total up the small ones and you are done. The shape of the base and the thickness of the top plate is consistent with a Peter Wright, but I dont see additional markings to confirm that. This calculator does not have a place for tonnes. 2240 pounds (20 CWT) and over is a 'long tonne'.ready to go today Make offer could be yours Perfect for blacksmithing or as an antique. Got weight from number code on anvil from English weights and measures. The last (right hand) position is pounds and must be equal to 27 or less. Anvil Peter Wright 126lbs blacksmith - 800 (Jackson) Peter Wright Anvil.If it looks like a five then it is a two or a three. The middle position equals quarters (1/4) of a hundred weight.Date range given the foot shape is anywhere between 1870-ish to 1930-ish. Any position can be zero, and IF zero is marked with a zero character (0). The divots/punchmarks on the mark side opposite the weight are just where someone was playing or testing the temper of a ball punch.Where the base unit is a hundredweight (CWT or 112 pounds) which is divided into quarter hundredweights, stones and pounds.Ĭommonly used to mark anvil weights before the adoption of the metric system in Great Britain.Įnter digits from your anvil or other object

Peter wright anvil weight code