BLACKSMITH ANVIL - Making a Large Steel Anvil Full of Awesomeness
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2016
- Building a nice big 125lb anvil step by step from raw materials. The face is made from 1/2" thick 4140 plate, and the horn is also made from 4140. Join me on patreon: www.patreon.com/korykiewitz
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I dont care what everyone out here says. Thats a great job. Let them show you the anvils they've built. Good job my friend.
javier serna I’m not a hater or anything but I made one anvil and it was shit lmao
javier serna ....there were some good suggestions here...
The only better feeling than building your own tools is making something utilizing a tool you built 👍🏼
As a blacksmith I know my anvils very well and I know how anvil snobs are. I think you did a great job considering, I mean I can only think of a handful of people willing to make their own anvil on this scale and obviously there are certain things a person cant do that Peddinghaus, Refflinghaus, Nimba, and Rhino do. I have made a couple of my own from a small (32lb) to a hornless medieval style anvil (67lbs) and they work just fine, though I wouldn't trade my brand new Emerson for either of them lol. I look forward to see what you come up with next.
I've been really enjoying your anvil builds!! I recently had a local welder weld a forklift tine to a 3in thick mild steel slab. I love it! From what I've read, forklift tine is supposed to be 4140. The gentleman the welded up my anvil had such great insight and offers free weekend welding class which I LOVE!!
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That turned out like a work of art! Very smooth finish.
Can't wait to see the heat-treat on this. Very cool process to watch. Only thing I'd wish is that the plate was forge-welded on, but I totally understand why for many reasons that couldn't happen. Very, very cool nonetheless. I really wanna do this someday.
awesome job glad to see others making their own tools
Ya know, I've watched a ton of "I made my own anvil" videos and yours is by far and away the best constructed. I've resigned myself to thinking that one man can't economically construct their own anvil. I do see a couple of potential issues with the horn and proportions but damned good job.
I have been blacksmithing for 25 years now and I'd like to make a couple of suggestions about your anvil, because I feel like you have a couple of things with the geometry wrong.
First, you should consider moving the cutting table further away from the waist and the hardy hole closer in to it. The way you have configured your anvil, you are limiting the amount of work surface that sits over the waist, which is where you will want to be working.. Also, with a tail that long and thin you are going to get a lot of springiness to the tail. On future anvils I would recommend you shorten the tail, or thicken it, and move the hardy hole in a little closer to the waist.
Second, I cannot for the life of me figure out why you welded the bick on with the flat side up. When I first saw how you cut it out of a piece of round stock I thought to myself, how smart...he saved himself a bunch of grinding, but then you welded it flat side up. On German pattern anvils the heel is a flat topped taper, but they do not dispose of a rounded bick altogether, as you appear to have done. In fact, a bick that is closer to cylindrical than the London pattern is one of the attractions to the German pattern for many smiths.
Finally, even if you are working on a 500 lb. monster anvil, it will typically be fastened down to whatever base it is sitting on. Just relying on the weight of an anvil, especially one as light as this that you have made, is not a good idea and will end up making it difficult to use.
I agree wholeheartedly. Might I add something?
A plug weld in the face would make it much more solid, and potentialy prevent the hard face from cracking. It wasn't as necessary to do a plug weld on the feet as it was for the face.
Scott Rich well said. I'd like to see his next anvil (if he chooses to make one) be of a simpler and modern design rather than a reproduction of an older look.
Scott Rich I don't understand why he didn't just get the measurements and a picture of a good example anvil and copy the design they probably even have one in his shop well it will make a good door stop
Scott Rich ,I'm a metal fabricator out of Chicago. can I pick your brain please
Sure.
Real nice job on the anvils man. I've watched quite a few of these DIY projects in with most of them they preheat the steel before welding so it surprises me a little that you didn't do a preheat on your anvils. Just the same it's obvious you sure know how to weld and you did a great job on both of those anvils. Well done sir!
You have some serious skills, can't wait to see the hardened and finished product.......
Nice anvil. Cool finish.good job!
A grinder and paint will make you the welder you ain't
Well Done Kory. Very resourceful
As soon as amazon gets drone delivery in my area I'm getting an anvil delivered to my house
Jake Machado 😆😆😆😆
Jake Machado I can already see it, falling with a little parachute attached... 😂
That would be one strong ass drone
Just like the Road Runner and Wiley Coyote cartoons
Screw the animal I want one of the friggin drones!!!
Welser I know there's a lot of people out there that have critiqued your anvil and gave you all the downsides. I would really love to have the Anvil you produced. Hell I'm an old man I'm still beating on a piece of railroad iron. If you wouldn't do far away I'd come and buy it from you if it was for sale. Young man keep up the excellent work. Nothing beats hard work and something you can be proud to show in the end. Carry on
jack watkins I used to use a rail track and just bought an 150 lb anvil and if he had offered to sell me this anvil hell yea I’d take it. It’s really nice
Im a tool and die maker by trade. I must say the effort you did is great and I love that you spent so much time to the details on your project. It is a beautiful peace and I love it. Keep up the good work.
Nicely thought out.Nicely fabricated.Self satisfaction is a big payoff in making this I'm sure.
Looks better than any anvil I've ever made.
I know this is an old video, but I'd like to make an important suggestion for your future anvils.
Bevel your base material more. A lot more. You need your entire anvil to be one solid piece all the way through. On this anvil you have air space between your hardened strike plate and the mild steel belly. That air space absorbs energy and does a much poorer job of transmitting energy to the great of the anvil than if it was completely through welded.
Your 140 pound anvil is probably preferring like an anvil 1/2 or even 1/3 that weight just because of that unwelded space under the strike plate.
thank you for your time and your professionalism both in creating the Anvil and the video
Nicely done. Sure wish I had tools like you have at my disposal. So many ideas.
My new hero! Subscribed to learn your heat treating process!
This is just a crazy exercise in masochism. I love it. fantastic job
I have watched so many anvil making videos.. but yours stands out... very clean and a lot simplier but rocks...
Best anvil build I've ever seen 👀
I think you done a awesome job. That’s something I’ve thought about doing for years but never did. You definitely have the shop and imagination and fab skills to do it. Congratulations on a well done job. Don’t let the naysayers bother you. Tell em build theirs just like they want it when they build theirs. Enjoy years of use with it. Thanks for sharing.
That was very interesting . And it looked great after that last disc.
Thank's for sharing this video.
That is absolutely beautiful! Great job!
Gorgeous anvil!
Gorgeous craftsmanship. It'll last 100 years.
What a monster. Good job!
INSPIRATIONAL! I have been checking out anvils and the cost is so damn high and I can't find one that will suit my needs. I never considered making my own and I want to kick myself for not thinking of it. Flippin' beautiful, and now I have to make my own.
Good to see you using your guard on you grinder. Too many people take safety for granted in their home workshops!
- LA_Droid - and always protect your lungs even while grinding or standing next to the plazma table, I only made it 18 yrs as a fabricator before I became permanently disabled from breathing mainly mild steal otherwise known as "manganese steal" now. it goes straight from your lungs and into your brain. If your blowing black snot rockets your poisoning yourself.
This dudes willingness to pick up a grinder as an apparent first option is both spectacularly sophomoric and oddly respectable.
I Need that Anvil.. WOW!.. You're a True Craftsman!!!
Nice looking Anvil ! Thanks for the vid. :)
ok this guy did a great job & made a "BADASS" ANVIL!!!
Hobbyist blacksmith here...You are a masochist. But you've absolutely earned my subscription. The amount of time you've got in on this, combined with the cost of stock, even ignoring shop overhead costs, you've still gotta be WAY over the retail cost of a new anvil...I'm very curious how you're gonna heat treat something like this...
First video of yours I've seen. I'll start checking out what else you got on here. But at the moment, I'm just dumbfounded by the ability to take on a project like this...this is really something else. Wow.
Any idea how many flap wheels you ended up going through over the course of this video?
verdatum I haven't priced the materials exactly but I buy a lot of tube, dom, angle, and some plate and I doubt over $300 for materials. I recently looked at 2 anvils in this weight and one was $900 and the other was $1200 and that was without shipping and they were the cheapest pretty good anvils i could find! So i can't find a good/workable 145 pound anvil for less than about $1000 delivered.
I never knew someone could be an anvil snob... UA-cam never ceases to amaze/bewilder. Well done bud, nice addition to your shop and resume!
Peace from PQ
You did a lot of work there! Very nice! That kind of project is not for the timid.
What a Great Job Kory. The Video doesn't do the time line justice. That had to take a lot of Patience. I really enjoyed it.
Really Awesome Job! Love it.
Excellent job, nice to see young, professional fabricator.
Awesomeness! I didn't know what to expect but I was very pleased and happy I found your video! Great looking anvil! 👍👍👍🙄
Beautiful job. Very nice looking anvil. Almost a shame to hammer on it.
The grinder I am makes me the welder I aint
Simon CUnningham
That's funny and true is so many cases.
I wish I could claim that as my own but it belongs to the king of bumble fuckery at AvE I beleive
Simon CUnningham I actually think I remember him saying that, now that you mention it.
Simon CUnningham at the shop my boss put up a sign reading a grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't
"A grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't" AvE.
Dude that looks amazing!
Great job and great look
Beautiful Craftsmanship
That is a beautiful anvil! And, your video was well made.
Great work! Thanks for sharing.
I thought you did really well on this there was areas where people that know how to work steal didn't have to guess what you were doing and from the standpoint of this video The anvil looks really well fabricated and can't wait to see your hardening process.
Extremely nice job , I have modified a few anvils but this is some great info pretty much the way I would build an anvil !! I really like your work very good job !!
that's a pretty anvil. thanks for the video my man.
I think that thing is freaking awesome!!!!!!
Wow you have access to some serious gear! Lovely job. I bought an anvil many years ago on a whim thinking I would probably never use it, how wrong I was.
Nice work, good size & made well. Good tools help a ton.
This freaking cool! Well done!
Awesome work!
i like how you make your videos. very easy to watch
A#1 Job thats awesome
Looks good a ton of work
It turned out awesome man. Good work
Bloody nice mate.
Gorgeous work!
your anvil is awesome. it's the best I have seen someone make
God I got so much pleasure watching you build that , great job .
Wow! That's pretty freakn awesome!
Very nice ! Wish I had a plasma cutter. You can make anything ! Awesome. I would put that on my dining room table. It looks that nice !
Awesome job man!
hi I would like to say you did a grate job! also I'm a vary expended blacksmith answer to noticed a couple of things off about it. first off your proportioning for the horn of the anvil and placement of the hardy hole (the square hole) is off but a lot of guys have said that. my main point is that you will definitely want to heat treated that befor you use it or else it's hardness is going to go all over the place.
Nice! I have a home made forge, and a steel brick as an anvil now.
Awesome video! I love your work!
Great video sir! 👍
great craftsmanship
that looks like an incredible amount of work...
Great video , nice job
you are extremey skilled at metal working. Great job
Awesome Job!
Look awesome well done my guy
very awesome video mate. Thank you for sharing.
Dang, that is nice! Good job!
Nice work!!
Sell These! You will make serious money. Great vid! I never thought of using 4" thick plate to make an anvil lol
If i bought one, I would be upset when it snapped off and broke my foot.
@@danchan7116 If he gets his profile of the base right - I doubt it will snap off. What part do you see snapping off?
Well done man!
Excellent video.
Nice, very good, congrats.
The horn isn't there for show. . . it needs to be round to be of any use.
Cave of Skarzs Just did it the opposite way around on my new one. Thanks for the reply :)
Cave of Skarzs actually its a farriers anvil whos horn is round. horn isnt even needed not even for scroll work. before the newengland pattern which is depicted the anvils didnt even have horns the german style as one said is a double horn anvil
backwater blades Perhaps, and I'm aware that anvils were little more than blocks of steel in the old days, but of what use is a flat horn, may I ask?
Cave of Skarzs the flatter horn serves a better use its better to use when shaping i am not 1000% on how to explain it i havnt used a round horn personally but studying in making one my self many years ago has resulted in me asking many master smiths and they all said the flat is perfered let me pull up some of tge conversations
Cave of Skarzs ok i found it. the uses are for two diffrent situations the round horn is to do precise round work like horse shoes which need to be really darn close to exact flat horns are used for more general work and used for basicly utility work and such but majority of scroll work done by a blacksmith is done by a bending jig or over the edge of the anvil the flatter horn is more usefull for drawing out steel and such becuade the flatter top helps you keep it even and uniform though the hardy cut tool shouldnt stick out as far it should go flush on the face not sticking out without a distinct stop collar becsuse a tappered hardy shank will get stuck
Impressive man!
Good job man!
First, Kory, I'm going to say "beautiful work". Then I'm going to say "I'm jealous".
Having said that, I'll mention what I think could be improved. The edge of the face needs to be closer to the edge of the foot if possible. It gets the most work. The table can extend out forward of the foot without causing any difficulty. The horn needs to be fully rounded. (no, or at least very little, flat surface). And it would be better if the tail were a bit shorter. Not so much with modern blacksmiths, but the old timers really use that hardy hole a lot.
Even though I make these suggestions, I would be plum tickled pink, and as excited as a puppy, if I had that anvil as it stands, so I repeat, "beautiful work", and I hope to see more.
P.S. don't reduce the weight. The more a smith uses an anvil, the more he wants it to weigh.
Nice job old man
thanks for sharing your good idea. I love it!
It's beautiful bro.
Top quality job.
Love your work!
That anvil is full of awesomeness!
Nice work 👍👍