The 1-1-1 on the anvil is the weight of the anvil in an old system of units. It is a Peter Wright and weighs about 75+ pounds. © 2006 - 2012 Jock Dempsey, www.anvilfire. Peter Wright Anvils are some of the finest quality anvils. 1 Posted SeptemFinally found my old anvil buried in the shop. 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: 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. This calculator does not have a place for tonnes. 2240 pounds (20 CWT) and over is a "long tonne".I cleaned it up a bit and found these steel-stampings. The last (right hand) position is pounds and must be equal to 27 or less. 144 Posted OctoI just bought my first 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.Any position can be zero, and IF zero is marked with a zero character (0).2nd number identifies the quarter hundredweight (28 pounds). 1st number identifies how many hundredweight (112 pounds). the first number is stones which are 112 pounds, the second is quarter stones which are 28 pounds, and the last number is pounds. 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 English anvils (like Peter Wright) used the hundredweight system to identify weight. Peter Wright anvils are measured in the English hundredweight.
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