More Anvil Obsessing

I started this thread over at I Forge Iron: http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/20425-anvil-id-assitance/page__gopid__210151 inquiring whether any of the folks over there could identify my new shop tool. Three of three said it was most likely a Hay Budden, so that's what I'm going with. Maybe one day I'll get a chance to weigh it...

I did some measuring last night to get a better idea how bad the sway is. Using a steel ruler and a depth gage I determined that the -worst- spots are 3/64" but most of the valley is approximately 1/32". If the piece I was working on the other night hadn't been trying to conform to all of the undulations I might not care, but it was bouncing around pretty good. So I'm going to load my 3x21 belt sander with some 40 grit paper and try to get rid of that "high" spot on the far left of the anvil. I did like the sharp square shoulder that I ground into the close edge of the face, so that's not going away (yes, I knocked off the edge so it's not 100% sharp, but it's very square).

More updates soon, I'm sure. Maybe even some actual work in the near future.