and enjoy his hobby

All right.  I can totally agree with his assessment and easily fall into the stereotypical male category of, “that’s cool”.  But from the descriptiuon at the side I have one question.

Gay Wilkinson enjoys blowing anvils more than 100 feet in the air. So much so that is a world champion at the activity.

They have a world championship for this?!

Hmm.  Apparently they do.  Sort of.

Yoy can always start small.

Unfairly Balanced - 22 October 2009 08:10 AM

Yoy can always start small.

That’s brass.  You have to use steel.  Didn’t you research this at all!?

I want!!!

Tah - 22 October 2009 08:18 AM

Unfairly Balanced - 22 October 2009 08:10 AM

Yoy can always start small.

That’s brass.  You have to use steel.  Didn’t you research this at all!?

I have one of those that’s steel.  Hmm. . .

Accipiter - 22 October 2009 12:03 PM

I have one of those that’s steel.  Hmm. . .

But you need two of them.  To do it properly and championshiply, at least.

While I admit it’s terribly cool I won’t be surprised in the least when he kills someone.  There aren’t many places to hide from a plummeting anvil.  This is definitely something I wouldn’t want to see in person.

Charybdis - 23 October 2009 07:15 AM

While I admit it’s terribly cool I won’t be surprised in the least when he kills someone.  There aren’t many places to hide from a plummeting anvil.  This is definitely something I wouldn’t want to see in person.

From the first link in the Google search I linked above:

Once the fuse is ignited, the shooter has to haul ass to make it out of the 300-foot danger zone.

Then there’s accuracy, which is measured by how far away from the launch pad the anvil lands. As odd as it seems, no one has ever been crushed by a falling anvil and no one has ever lost an arm to explosives.

Not saying it won’t ever happen.  They’re using explosives, after all.  And hurling large, heavy pieces of steel around at high speeds.  Just thought I’d point out the facts as they currently stand.

After the bang there is only a 300 foot circle on the whole earth that isn´t safe.

What me worry.

Tah - 23 October 2009 07:50 AM

They’re using explosives, after all.

Of course, they’re using black powder.  That’s about as wimpy an explosive as you can get.  I wonder how many people have tried using high explosives, and how many of the people who did try are still on this plane of existence in a relatively intact condition?

The only thing (well…..ONE thing) that made me laugh was that he leaned his head over the anvil as he lit the fuse!

Pictures of instant ignition of the powder flooded my internal vision!

I would be using something like a model rocket engine to light the thing so that I could stand AT LEAST the recommended 300 ft away!