Heat treating and mounting a stump anvil | Start blacksmithing
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
- 5th video in the "Start Blacksmithing" series. In this video I cover how to heat treat and mount the stump anvil built in the previous video.
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Great job. Really enjoyed the processes.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Incredible craftsmanship. Congratulations! In Asia people work sitting down. It's infinitely more comfortable than working all bent over and it puts a lot less strain on L4 and L5.
Thank you, I appreciate it. Definitely less common to do this type of working sitting in the west. I prefer to stand and it doesn't bother my back, but there is nothing wrong with sitting either. Happy forging!
Nice build! Just a suggestion though, I would have added a metal covering over the wood to help resist burning 🔥
That is a good idea, if this was more of permanent set up I would maybe do that.
I was wondering about the hardness of the hammer, because I made 2 anvils from a sledge hammer last year and it took 1/2 day to cut in half and a good part of another day to dome one face. That hammer was hardened right through.
The way you added the stake is cool. Did you consider a longer stake to create clearance for raising work?
The hammer I used turned out to be mild steel... I just assumed it was a hardenable steel because soft iron hammers are not very common. I had to case harden it to make it usable. I don't really do any raising, so I wouldn't want to reduce rigidity by attaching a stem to it. You certainly could make a multi-part anvil using the same technique I did in order to make it taller.
I was thinking the tempering was unnecessary. It would have been interesting to see what the hardness was before you began, and again after the quench.
I ended up needing to case harden, turns out the sledge was actually a mild steel mallet. The next video in the series goes over the case hardening and I'm pretty sure I included hardness test results.