I had a couple of my Fillys with very loose pivot pins. But I had nothing to serve as an anvil. Rummaging around, I found a 12 inch crescent wrench and the jaw of this wrench was a pretty solid piece of steel. So with a ball pein hammer and the wrench jaw laid flat on my bench for an anvil, with a maybe 20 taps I tightened the pins enough--resting the lower pivot pin collar on the jaw-- so that the blades would stay in position when partially opened or closed. It seemed to work fine
Stock on hand for pivot tightening
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Do you have a bench vise? They usually have a flat that works as a small anvil
Another option is a small section of railroad to make into an anvil. Works great for small work.
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I have such a vise but the garage is very dark and my lights are primitive, I wanted to be sure I was hitting the pin exactly.
My first peening "anvil" was the side of a claw hammer.
You can use almost any reasonably sized piece of steel that will hold still long enough. I've done it sitting on the floor with a hammer clenched face up between my feet before. If you're a beginner a large, flat anvil made of hardened steel is easier to learn on, but it's really just not a very complex task when you get right down to it.
I use a maul head.
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