WTB fluke style anchor 18lbs

[ExFlyGuy]

Does anyone have a danforth 18lbs anchor collecting dust?

Mine is toast.

Just checking before I have harbour chandler bring me one in.

 

[Rain City]

Do they call them that because it's a fluke when they actually bite?

 

[ExFlyGuy]

I've never had any issues with it. But I also have 50' of heavy chain. Good enough for our afternoon beach trips!

 

[trophywife]

Does anyone have a danforth 18lbs anchor collecting dust?

Mine is toast.

Just checking before I have harbour chandler bring me one in.

i just bend mine back.

 

[ExFlyGuy]

i just bend mine back.

I tried that today in a big vise with a 36" wrench and it was just bending it in the wrong spot. I think the bend is too close to the flukes.

 

[Corey_lax]

I tried that today in a big vise with a 36" wrench and it was just bending it in the wrong spot. I think the bend is too close to the flukes.

Hit it with a map gas torch for a while wherever you want it to bend easier

 

[Brando]

should bend back easily enough if you can get the bend in the vise jaws it should bend it back as you tighten flat stock is pretty workable. Don’t give up just yet. Any excessive heat applied will ruin the galvanizing and increase its tendency to bend in the same location, you’ll also be breathing some gross fumes so wear an appropriate respirator if you do heat it up.

 

[trophywife]

I tried that today in a big vise with a 36" wrench and it was just bending it in the wrong spot. I think the bend is too close to the flukes.

you need to use a long piece of pipe and a good vice

 

[ExFlyGuy]

Alright, tried again this am with a second set of hands to hold the work bench down as the long snipe was moving it around too easily and got it back to good enough. Also located a spare from this thread as well!