✔ DiResta Anvil Restoration
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I found this anvil in Maryland at an antique shop. I wanted a project to test the Bridgeport I acquired last year. The anvil was the project. I haven't stick welded in 20 years; I need practice. To the anvil nerds: I will use this for my BRASS projects only, no need for the hardy hole. Thank You to Jody Collier of www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/ and my friend Vic Wimer for their guidance! THANK YOU to Simon at www.longevity-inc.com Please Like Comment and Subscribe.
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I made the mistake of calling this restoration a hack job some months ago. That was before I watched all your videos, all the hammered, and all the Dirty Money episodes. And I'm absolutely willing to admit that I made a mistake and spoke to soon! Now some time later I understand better the way you work, and what you do! And you are truly an inspiration! A true artist! I'm sorry!
Thank you and remember none of this matters.
+jimmydiresta laughed right out loud. I too have grown to admire you and your unusual style as well. Yet you frequently 'blind-side' me with your wit -- or with your (sometimes painful) directness. Thank you for your contributions!
+IrishMister respect!
Watching you work took me back to watching my grandfather work in his shop. He started out working as a helper to a wainwright and then apprenticed as a blacksmith when he was 15 years old in 1914. At the age of 20, he opened his own blacksmith shop outside of Hagersville, Ontario Canada. He built his own shop and raised a family . During WWII, he dis-assembled military vehicles to ship overseas for the war effort. When the war was over he got a job as a truck mechanic in a garage until he retired at the age of 65. He then started a autobody/paint shop after retirement and was one of the last bodymen to use lead as filler. He knew a lot about many things and I enjoyed many an hour watching him use his talents.
Thanks for bringing back those great memories, watching your videos was like having my grandfather with me once more.
I'd call that a good repair. Since you stated in the description it will be used for brass only, it's more than adequate for brass.
Thank you for your advice! this was a beginners project for me to learn a few things..and that i did!
jimmydiresta I've read through the comments already so I understand you covered the hardy hole for a reason and a steel top stick welded (to a heated and slow cooled anvil) is sufficient for brass. Why don' you need (or want) a hardy hole for working with brass? Will it not be shaped? Can you use other anvil tools on brass?
I like the restoration, but I’m curious as to why you chose the welding rod you used. Did I read it right, 309L? This may be a dumb comment/question, but I thought that was for welding stainless and carbon together.
309L is good for joining dissimilar metals.
I am a part-time blacksmith so i guess that makes me an anvil nerd. Glad to see that you brought back to life a useful tool. I am enjoying watching your projects on youtube.
I know it's an old video but your channel is the perfect place to come for a bit of maker inspiration. Cheers Jimmy.
Love seeing old tool getting a new lease on life. This was a great one. Much respect Jimmy.
Tx brother !
Great video
Adorei Jimmy, gosto de ver pessoas restaurando a história, aprendi isso com emu avô. Parabéns
I love how you respect the "unusable" and give it a new purpose. It's a real inspiration.
Thank you Jimmy
Love your builds and editing/sound effects.little helpful hint for hand stamping figures is turn the workpiece 90 degrees to you then smack em in lining it up like pool. Straight numbers everytime
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Is that a Norlund double bit hatchet I see laying on your workbench ???
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“You can’t work on a Findlay sprinkler head with a Langstrom 7″ wrench.”
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OMG, ROFL that made my day
I've 4 old anvils that are crying out for an edge restoration... I've been holding off because I want to do them "just right." The blacksmithing books talk about pressure welding a hardened tool steel plate on for the top surface, in such a way that the entire surface is welded down onto the top of the anvil body. (I've not done it yet, so it's just info from old books.) Thank you for showing us that making it better than it was is often good enough Mr Diresta.
Thankfully there are still people in this world who possess the quality of ' Vision ' ! Beautiful work Jimmy !
Anytime someone takes a big boat anchor and makes it useful again is worth the effort. I woulda passed that anvil if they'd paid me and loaded it. LOL. That tool deserved the new life you gave it and generations anew will enjoy it too.
Thanks for sharing and don't let the haters discourage you from great videos like this.
Thank you for the positive comment !
I love the fact people are criticizing you. Obviously a man with three t.v. shows, that teaches at a college and that has almost 100k subscribers doesn't know what he's doing. Thanks for posting your projects and sharing your skills. I learn a lot from them.
Watching this for the second time a couple years later. As inspiring as ever. I'm about to start a project outside of my comfort zone, but it's needed and long overdue. Thank you, Jimmy! I'm a New Yorker that's recently moved to Minneapolis, and am bringing the NY "CAN DO!" Diresta spirit with me to the maker space this weekend. Keep your fingers crossed.
Jimmy your channel is by far one of my favorites! Thanks for taking the time to share your various pursuits. I learn a little something from each and every video and enjoy them very much.
Way to go JD ! Always warms my heart to see something salvaged and given new life ! Just like your talent...the sky's the limit and in your case the sky just get'in in the way !
What make this man different from other metal workers are, they all have only workshop but this man has a workshop and a Camera .
Good job. Thanks for the video Jimmy! Please keep'em coming. You are an inspiration!
Ultimate three way tool dudes... DIResta, Ave and essential craftsman. Don’t judge me...
i get excited every time i see a new diresta project unfold, keep it man i think it's awesome.
Bridgeport, like a boss! Wow that machine is a beast...
why are people so negative. .you bought the right tools for the jobs you do.so use them and continue to post great videos. .thanks for all the cool videos..
First guy I see repair an anvil. Great job man.
everytime i see a video update from Jimmy DiResta i feel like a part of my day is complete... cheers!
I've been a subscriber for awhile and I just wanted to say Thanks for all your videos. I loved that you saved this anvil.
Nice work Jimmy!I loveed !Great job !😎🤘🤘Diresta style!
Always good stuff love the old Bridgeport, things awsome, we'll look out for the next video.
I've read the description and you made it work for what you want to do. Kudos for that! Also you preheated it which is a good thing. It looks like that was a cast iron anvil. If you do one again though, after you mill and grind it just as you did, instead of plating it, hardface it. After each bead pound along the bead and that will work harden it to a degree. Keep padding it and building it up until you get enough to carve it down to a nice deck. Afterwards, if you work steel, you don't want the deck perfectly flat or it will shock your hand. Think of holding a baseball bat the wrong way and you connect with the ball and your hand gets jolted. To avoid that you'll want to put a crown on the anvil of about .020". Just barely rounded. This also helps you to draw out metal depending on how you lay it across the deck. Please don't think I'm knocking you at all. You took something useless and made it work again. If it works it's perfect. I never knew an anvil could get so bad. I've seen horns busted off, but never a deck so terribly destroyed. Also, on any anvil in general, don't pound on the horn. You probably already know all this. Maybe it's just a way for me to feel like I know something ;)
Thank you for the information presented in a positive way, yes this was an option, i am fan of Jody & Chucke2009 and both mention this method in a roundabout way with hard facing rods. i will def do this for a different project i have in mind. Thank you brother!
Hey, thanks for sharing all your incredible videos! You inspire me all the time. I figured you had a handle on it, I guess I just like to stick my nose in! I don't believe in bashing someone. They'll just get mad and ignore it.
BTW I have a junk timber saw and a plasma cutter, I just haven't gotten to making my own machete yet!
Thank you ! The old saw nerds will be all over you!!
Can't use the damn thing for anything else. They can come and buy it if it's so priceless!
heliarche hard facing an anvil is wasteful and just a stupid idea, it is a complete waste of time and money when a good plate of steel welded will do the job just fine. I am a welder by trade, but make knifes as a hobby, I know how much both options cost. Although the hard face makes it VERY hard, there is also a much higher chance of it cracking after repeat use in a blacksmithing scenario.
Hard facing is used to make things very hard wearing, like a bucket on a digger, but the hard facing does get hairline fractures from time to time, but it is an easy fix to grind and reweld it, not such an easy task if you are talking about a fracture in an anvil though. A plate of steel is always the best method for these reasons.
Nice job! Great to see a "lawn ornament" brought back to life.
nice work Jimmy! love seeing old stuff being made useful... and now I want a Bridgeport even more. good work with the SMAW, looked like the years away didn't harm your skills. thanks for the inspiration man.
Jimmy this was a hell of a save. Great job. Man this was a great video.
I've got the same project at hand on a larger anvil, just what I was looking for, great vid. thanks
Really cool!! Thanks for sharing it with us! Bruno from Argentina!
So awesome, i want to see more restoration projects like this :)
Wow. You've given me a lot of faith in myself that I can get this anvil I found restored. I don't have a lot of those tools, but now I know it's possible. Lol
Good to see you using your mill machine and will be nice to use it as part of your future projects.the anvil came up good.
Another fantastic video, Jimmy. Beautiful restoration (and I like the term "anvil nerds").
Wow!! Cute anvil! Nice handy size.
Just found your videos! Great job repurposing the ASO (anvil shaped object)! Sparks on the mill tend to spook me! Impressive! Glad I found you! Now head back to the shop.....
Beautiful bridgeport. I bought one right before I moved international for work. Can't wait to get home and try her out.
As a machinist, that is a sound you never want to hear. Feed, speed, depth of cut wooooooo!
Awesome work and video Jimmy
11/29/23 I remember this very well the preheat for welding and the post heat to relax everything back. The good old fashioned way.
this is the second time I've watched the video, probably watch it again, good stuff!!
The Master at it again. Thanks Jimmy.
Nice video Jimmy, pretty cool idea.
Dude! Your amazing, you do great work. I enjoy watching your video's. Two thumbs up.
I loved every delicious second of this. Thanks, Jimmy!
HA thank you !
Awesome project and what a great find that is such a cool logo
Excellent work.... to see an old anvil or any tools/related objects go to waste is a crying shame. It could have ended up as a door stop or even worse, on the scrap pile, now it has a new lease of life!
Extremely cool. Nothing better than bringing a real tool back to life!
I dunno why, but, I love that you have the hatchet near by (you know, just in case) while stamping your brand near the end. Oh and, love the Bridgeport!
I really enjoy your videos Sir! makes me want to do stuff myself.
Fantastic as always.
Yes en même temps avec du talent a la DiResta..& un outillage très performant ,il sait tout faire de ses mains.. Et bien respecter les étapes de restauration. Bravo.
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love your vids jimmy.thanks,rudy
Well done Sir. Great anvil.
Awesome as always, Sir.
Great look at this resto! Nice video
i love your work. DiResta,,,,,,,, you are. master of oll works
Nice work!!!
Interesting project and nice Bridgeport... something else I'd like to learn if I live long enough.
Love your work I watched your tools and toys and I learned a bit from it but I know that you have a bunch of tooling that tool you use for the horn of the anvil is mad so that you can accurately final bore holes on a mill keep up the good work
your videos make me happy
I don't even make things but I enjoy watching your videos.
did you temper it? looks like was just annealed with a mild steel top. correct me if I'm wrong but by the way the vid was edited. that thing should dent like a bar of butter?
Nice work!
Muy buen video amigo saludos buenísimo trabajó
Мужик,ты просто настояший специолист.Пабольше бы таких!!!
This is a fantastic video
Nice work Jimmy!
Tx for cluing me on the evolution steel cutting blade!
Sure wish I could do this to one of those Anvil Shaped Objects available in a local shop--every shop should have a little anvil like this!
That's a great little project/repair. I need to find me one for my leather work.
Good restoration bro 👍👍👍👍
awesome project.... love how you had the axe in shot at the end to ward off the trolls ;-)
no harm no foul on doing what ya did to it, the face was all chewed off to start with anyhow, so ya put it back in service and its in better shape than it was to start with. great job!
i use my 200 pound anvil for stuff on a daily basis, might have to pick up a small one like that someday, probably comes in really handy. being easy to move around and all :)
Thank you ! Yes if I screwed it up more I'd put back on the shelf. The novelty is that I have same one about 100lbs. Same logo.
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haha i noticed as i thought at first it was your bigger one when i clicked the video :)
il have to find a small brooklyn NY Hay Budden to match mine haha you can see mine on my channel :)
Great job!
Great work pal
Hey Jimmy, I also have the tigweld 200sx. Been a good little machine! by the way, Love what you do man!
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awesome for small work. looks great.
Thank you Teatcher 👍
I have to say. that was badass. Keep being awesome.
Anvil nerd here, looks pretty sweet man. Can't wait to see some brass projects.
Good Job..............................like always
love the videos
Amazing overall your videos. Even if it's a first try. I love this type of stuff, and you do it best! Also I happen to notice your arc welder said "666 AMPS" when it turned on lol.
you have alot of great tools.
I went to like the video and realized I had already liked it from the first time I watched it that damn Jimmy
respect! looks awesome!!
Congratulations belo trabalho :)
great job!
Nice! Love the milling machine, that anvil will have a good second opportunity of work with you. Saludos desde Argentina. Feliz 2015
Cool Bridgeport mill Jimmy and nice job with the pre/post heat a nice big bonfire will do the trick for sure.
Amazing job! That poor anvil, what it went through. You did a good job on the restor. I would have replated the face also.
Nice Work Bro 👌
Wow, I wonder what evils the anvil did in its previous life to deserve being left in a state like that. Good on you to bring it back to life!
Says to me some ham-handed idiot probably struck it cold and cracked the face beyond repair, and tried to settle the lass by scrapping it.
Vulcans (I have one) were cheapies of their era.
una muestra hermosa de vuestros talentos los felicito
Jimmy could build his house, the furniture in it and the tools to make the furniture.