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Show HOME-MADE ANVIL. Serviceable Device Easily Made Out or Piece of Old Rail. Tho nnvll shown In the Illustration Is Inexpensive, and oasy of construction. construc-tion. As shown In tho cut, D Is a pleco of old H. H. rail, which may bo from two to four or moro feot In length. Tho rail Is turned bottom sldo up ns shown; A A aro two pieces of tfmbor, two to four Inches thick, ac! six or eight Inches wide, tbo nlzo of the three pieces of timber marked C O C will dopend on the slzo or tho roll, but should bo as heavy as possible. pos-sible. Tho two pieces A A are shaped as shown, and brought up closo to tho. top or rounding side Of tho Iron, several sev-eral bolts aro now cut through A A Inverted Rail as Anvil. and C as shown at U, as many as alzt of anvil will permit. If tho end piece of tho rail, with holes (or (ho fish plates can bo secured put bolts through at the top, If not, simply nail tho two top pieces C C to A A. When finished, set nnvll on tho ond of a Inrgo cut from an oak tree, as Bhown ht K or on anything that Is solid. The, anvil with a few alraplo tools will-"enable tho farmer to do many odd Jobs on tho farm ond will often save a trip to town. II. H. Iron may be obtained from almost any section foreman nnd wood lsiUBually at hond. |