My first demo at the county fair ended with a runaway anvil
I was doing a basic forging demo at the Clark County Fair last summer, showing how to draw out a taper. I had my 75-pound anvil on a fresh oak stump I'd just made. Halfway through a heat, I hear this loud crack, and the whole anvil just tips over and rolls off the stump, right toward the crowd. I had to dive and catch it before it hit the rope barrier. The stump had a hidden crack that gave out. Now I bolt every demo anvil down with two big lag screws, no matter how solid the stump looks. Anyone else have a demo go sideways in a way that changed your setup for good?