![]() ![]() © 2006 - 2012 Jock Dempsey, www.anvilfire. 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: Peter Wrights are very popular anvils today and sell for a premium, must have been popular when made too judging from how many old ones I see, with out the doubt the most common English anvil.I used to work on a Peter wright and personally I thought it was very noisy and I think their faces are kind of soft, many that you see have a sway back to them. 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. With regards to the country of origin marking, it was stated in section 6, page 58 in. Due to the 'Made in England' markings, I would assume it was produced after March of 1891. The '2068' sure looks like a Serial Number, but I dont know. Trying to figure out if this anvil is worth picking up. I cleaned it up a bit and found these steel-stampings. Do Peter Wright anvils have a 0 when it is under 112 pounds I wonder if it would be blank, or a 0. This calculator does not have a place for tonnes. I just bought my first Peter Wright Anvil. 2240 pounds (20 CWT) and over is a "long tonne".The last (right hand) position is pounds and must be equal to 27 or less. ![]() 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.Any position can be zero, and IF zero is marked with a zero character (0).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 ![]()
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