66 lb. Cast Steel Anvil - Budget Blacksmithing
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- The quest for the ideal starter anvil for the beginning blacksmith may never end. But this little 66 pound single horn anvil may be the best budget friendly anvil I have seen yet. In this video we will also look at making the stand, a holdfast and a heart hook as I give the anvil a good test.
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00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Overview
04:27 - Dressing the edges
06:50 - Building the stand
13:06 - Holdfast
15:42 - Heart hook
26:54 - Final thoughts
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I can’t add any new comments that’s not been said a hundred times. Just want you to know you have yet another admiring fan of your passion for you craft. Your dedication is very much appreciated.
Your videos are filled with little tips and lessons. As a beginner, I appreciate the time you take to share your knowledge!
Glad you like them!
This Old House, Yankee Workshop, and Bob Ross meets blacksmithing. Keep on making videos, I love them!
Been watching you for a couple months now. I acquired what I needed to get started. Set it up in my truck shop business. Made a set of barn door handles yesterday. 1st project. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Good morning John and everyone! As always another great video. Once again you did a great job of reviewing that anvil and walking us though the heart hook! Thanks again John!
Thanks 👍
Not gonna lie, I would chuckle if I saw someone cutting lumber in the hardware store parking lot. It is actually a terrific idea though that I never considered and it might be something I do in the future haha!
It's so cool that you can just go "I need this tool" and make it yourself
Nice video. Little carpenters tip @8:00. Dont draw a line to follow. Measure your board. Put your sawblade on the mark, rest your try square against the saw base, and use that for the saw guide. Faster and heaps more accurate than trying to follow a squared pencil line.
You got a very nice way of telling people how you practice your craft. I like your videos a lot.
Nice job on the budget anvil John and didn’t expect a “Sunday “ hook…..I loved that series. Enjoy your day.
Harbor Freight has started carrying a 65 pound cast steel Doyle anvil, for 150. It is pretty nice, specially if you can't find better. It is much much nicer than the crap cast iron 55 pounder.
Господ да е доволен от вас че показвате знанията занаята не криете нищо много здраве.
Yet again another brilliant video - you've really inspired me at 50 to finally get into some basic metal work. Thank you
I have been wanting you to do this I didn’t know that it was a good brand. I have a Farriers anvil and I’m wondering where I could get an apprenticeship I have a Farriers and will because it was just what was available at the time when animals were not easy to get I love watching your videos they give me tips and things and ideas to do a volunteer at a museum where we reenact the 18th century. I am an apprentice in the blacksmith shop and apprenticeship would be seven years of 14 hours of work something like that I don’t exactly remember we’re only there for four hours and I learn new things all the time and even me and my Master talk about your videos. We use you as an example on how to do things the correct way I make nails and something I love to do I even do it at home. Thank you sir you’re an inspiration on me and a lot of other people and you have brought the craft back up you and other people I can’t thank you enough sir. And God bless you.
They are good for the price, but they are a budget brand and not as nice as something like the Holland anvils
I love the fact that someone made a London pattern anvil
Thank you again the reason I got into the craft was the 18th century and always going to this museum and seeing these people do it. It was never forged in fire but one thing that really got me into it was your videos.
Вы молодец нет слов выразить васхищение дай бох вам здоровья и долгих лет жизни я беру с таких как ак вы пример и вдохновения
Just wanted to thank you for keeping my nephew busy when babysitting! He has been watching you for nearly a year and just turned 2 a month ago. He watches as his dad does this stuff in his garage and is now obsessed with metal working and garages 🤣
Much better than cocomelon!
I hit the like button before the video even starts playing!
I picked up the 100lb anvil from Vevor based on your videos. I also picked up a two burner forge. I haven't set up the forge yet, but the anvil has proven to be much better than the railroad track I have been using.
I never wouldve imagined you driving a hatch back for any reason but I got a giggle out of it. Love the video, VERY informative and insightful! Thanks for sharing!
Bought one after watching this video. I got it home today, looking forward to work on it!
Hope you enjoy it!
@@BlackBearForge Thank you. Since I wasn't home the postman was kind enough to help my wife get it in the house. He couldn't understand what it was and my wife had no idea. They talked about it for a bit and before he left he said that it was the strangest package this year. So little but so heavy. Haha.
Very cool John!!!
Thank you for your videos
Great job. Thank you 😊
I have followed your channel for a long time, really appreciate it. You have learned me so much, so much that I have invested about 70,000 dollars to build my own.
I very much wish that you occasionally forge something more "advanced" Where many techniques are used, I'm guessing that there are many of your viewers who have started and forge and have progressed past the beginner level.
Just a thought.
Merry Christmas
This is not meant as criticism, I am Norwegian and have to use google translate so it is difficult to find the right words.
Forloveden min underviser faktisk engelsk til internasjonale studenter fra hele verden. Hvis du trenger hjelp eller ønsker å lære, gi meg beskjed. Jeg er sikker på at hun ville hatt stor glede av det! I used the translate feature on my android keyboard. Hopefully, it worked out properly!
There should be some larger projects coming next year. in the mean time here is a playlist from a previous window grille project ua-cam.com/video/hoKX6w9cST0/v-deo.html&pp=gAQBiAQB
I've gotten their 88#.
I'm thinking any hobbyist it's a great investment and much better investment than the rail road track other things used as anvils and the investment is more likely to get back a better percentage of investment returns. .
For the serious Blacksmith, the # 100 plus anvils are worth bigger investment, but hobbyists are fine with the vendors .
That location of the Preacher hole I'm making a hold down clamp that pivit to different directions should be extremely handy.
Thanks for showing
As always, quality work.
Thank you so much for making this video. Ive been eyeing this anvil for awhile.
Great work dude 👏👏
Nice video always very interesting.
Great content. Loved this episode! Thanks for the great tips.
Good morning John, this was a great video and review of the Vevor 66 pound cast steel Anvil. That stand you made real quick fits the bill and the Anvil sounds so good while being hammered. You dussied up the anvil in short order showing the quality and then put it right to work showing that it does the job you needed it to do. Thanks for sharing it with us and keep up the great videos and fun you have around there. Fred.
Glad you enjoyed it
Good video!
Thank you for what you do, sharing knowledge and being honest with your opinions 👍
Some angle iron cut into 4" to 6" sections work great as hold down clamps for the base of these anvils if you're using a large stump and chains won't drape straight down. Just drill a hole a little past the halfway point in the clamps, grind it mostly flat and put a lag bolt with washer through it, position diagonally at the corners, and the angle iron will grab each foot adding tons of leverage (figuratively?) to the anvil to hold it down. Get everything positioned well and snug all four bolts down before wrenching down on them, otherwise they'll push the anvil all over the place. Along with silicon, mine has been tight and quiet for three years now.
Oh, and with these little 3/4" hardy holes, there's a large chisel at Harbor Freight that will drop right into them to act like a cutoff tool. It's part of a set, they're painted green and the whole package costs less than a cutoff tool sold at a blacksmith supply shop. May have to grind the flats towards the cutting side if the chisel falls deep enough to wedge itself in, takes like 10 seconds to do on a grinder. Best part is that you can position it in four different ways thanks to the octagonal shank. It doesn't have as large of a cutting edge as a typical cutoff, but it's more than enough for the kind of work you'd be doing on a small anvil like this.
Yes please. So nice.
Huge thanks to Vevor for letting you show and review that anvil, this is a great video John, I’ll be purchasing one of these Anvils for my little blacksmith shop.
ive been thinkin about getting one of those little guys. id have to get the smaller one due to space available but it's good to know they arent a bunch of slag shaped like an anvil
Thank you sir for your time and your expertise. This channel has been invaluable to a person trying to learn, living where no one else does these things.
Excellent demo of the 66 pound anvil. It looks like a very good tool. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
This looks good. Hopefully soon beggining my journey into blacksmithing. All the best from the UK.
John, I think you gave the Vevor anvil a pretty good evaluation and test run. This was the first time I had ever seen one "in action" and I was favorably pleased with it's application. If I were beginning in smithing and couldn't afford a large anvil, this one would be a starter anvil I certainly would buy.
I might get this one, I'm a bit dubious on their 130 pounder though. If so, I'll probably pick up their 9 pounder for some jewelry work I occasionally do.
And a 66 pounder is certainly portable enough to work in my current digs, make a cart and wheel the whole 9 yards out to a work area and set everything up in a 3 station basic setup. Build a bench around a scissors lift cart, lower the lift when in place, set up forge and station stands and you're up and running in minutes.
I’ll buy this the moment they make them 100lb+
Always nice to see the fleet of battery operated tools in action. I’ll have to read up Vevor’s anvil offerings for a traveling/trade show anvil.
Another excellent video sir.
You’re a good man John
I got the Doyle anvil at Harbor Freight and used a 25% Memorial Day coupon. It came out to a little over $112 (plus tax). I wish I got 2 of them.
Thats a good deal
I was thinking of buying the Doyle because its convenient to just pick one up close to home and easy to return if there is an issue. How has it been holding up so far? Any dings and dents?
John,
As always, another solid video. Beginner or expert, there is always something a person can learn from watching an another who is passionate for their craft. Thanks for being a great part of the community!
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i bought this a couple months ago, its great
Congrats. Hopefully you will get great use out of it. Can’t wait to see more updates and many more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge on. Weld On. Keep forge lit. Keep Making. God bless.
Thank You !
You're welcome!
New subscriber..you sir have more than earned my vote... Mery Xmas and new years sir
Morning Mr John 😊
Great video packed with lots of great information.
Thanks for this and all you do.
Blessings abundant my friend
Crawford out 🙏🏻🔥⚒️🧙🏼♂️
Good day Sir, I enjoy your videos a lot. Your calm nature, the pase of the filming and the truckload of infos are highly appreciated.
The sequence of you cutting the wood behind the car had me laughing. Your a true problemsolver.
Greetings
I just got one this week
Thank you for your knowledge I purchased a vevor anvil didn’t know if it was any good or not i feel better now 👍
I made my block out of 12 Doug Fir 4X4s loosely held together with short dowels and then tightly wrapped by wedged straps. This worked out better than I thought as no matter where I've been with it, (it's my travel anvil) all I have to do is mount the anvil and place it where I want it and then hit each corner with my forging hammer and it sets perfect. I even had it on a brick floor forge a few months back.
Great idea
Started watching your affordable blacksmithing series. Instantly subbed. Your teaching style is great and video length is just nice (I love lengthy detailed videos). Might pick up blacksmithing later, would be nice to make things for my woodworking projects.
For me, these videos are just as superb as Paul Sellers's woodworking videos. You both are calm, clear in your words, you both possess 'old world' skills and you both want to share that wisdom. Also you both have the awesome "make do" attitude, no need for fancy pricey tools and gadgets and you don't go saying to viewers to "Buy this and that, otherwise your work is not going to be good".
Thank you, sincerely.
Love your videos!! I am a silversmith, and make a lot of my own tools. Watching this I just realized how much more I can be doing with my 'big' anvil, which actually a little 50lb anvil. Once I make it a holdfast a bunch more things will be possible.
Great video as always and thanks for all of the knowledge that you share with us I'm really looking forward to seeing the more involved projects in the future
I have a few years worth of big projects i hope to get into very soon
Looking forward to seeing what you have in mind
This is a great video I can refer to for setting up my own anvil. I inherited a big one from Dad and I’m sure it needs some dressing if the top. It was enjoyed heavily for many decades in Dad’s mechanic shop.
You are my teacher and I love you a lot ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for all the videos you have offered us this year 2023...
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year from Toledo Spain.....🇪🇸🇺🇸✨💫🌟🎉🎄
Merry Christmas
Interesting notes on cast vs wrought iron anvils.
Hi John, i have a large old Anvil Hay Budden i use now I also have a older small steel anvil around the same size 66 lbs w/ a nice flat top. After watching this video And seeing your stand. I think i will put the small one to work... Thanks for posting 🔥🔨
Great job as usual John! You did get a slight ring off the anvil when you set it up on your big anvil. I guess it could have been the big anvil…. Thx for sharing your talent!!
Anvil Santa!😂
I make anvil stands from cross ties because I can always find them free which are good enough for who it's for. I cut them to approximate length with a chain saw, assemble a bundle using lots of construction adhesive and then tightly band them around the outside using pipe strap and deck screws. Finally I trim the ends with the chain saw. They work fine for me and are really cheap to make.
Rite Bear Dude, I like the holdfast, think I will have to make a few for woodworking as well! TFS, GB :)
Great way to start my Sunday morning watching another new video of yours John! This one is as usual filled with useful information and tips (I agree about the battery powered tools, very useful), looks like Vevor is producing some good budget friendly tools, keep up the great work for us and thank you for all the great information you are passing on to all of us. Even seasoned professionals can learn a little bit from you probably, i know that novices lije myself sure learn a lot.
Thanks again for another great video.
John V.
Thanks
Cool videos. I am not blacksmith but blacksmithing is pretty cool
I have the other vevor and that hole in the horn is my only complaint. Other then that I love it.
Many thanks for building up my confidence to give blacksmithing a try! I ordered this anvil on Amazon for $120 and it arrived today. I very much enjoy your teaching style.
That's reasonable. I still have the 75 lb Peter Wright I started out with 40 years ago and I learned most of what I know on it. It's handy to have an anvil that you can move around without having a hernia.
I hope they have plans of making a heavier anvil like this one. Thanks for showing it.
It would be nice in a 100 pound version
When brading leather harness the 66 lb. Anvil works great.
I love the ring of an anvil. But I can imagine after a bit the ringing would get annoying. Great video as always sir
That's funny i also bring tools to cut things down at the store.
Got one of those Vevor Anvils just last week, for small "stuff". Got it "Mostly" for keeping my neighbors up at night, so I won't be using any silicone or chains/magnets to keep it Quiet (they keep me awake with their loud music and weekend parties, so we'll see how this works out at 2 am during the weeks!). Lol
(Should've seen the delivery gal trying to bring it up the hill to my house! Yes! I helped her, as I got my dolly out and rolled it up there!). Haha!
Can hardly wait to mount it and get to work making stuff...!
Just bought one a month ago well worth the money . Mine was cast real well . No complantes other than i wish they made a 120 lb one but still its a jem especially if you got an old swayback anvil worn . And it just the corect weight for portibableity . I like portable battery saw to put lumber in the car to and allways carry a hand saw in case the battery gets low .
i got the two horn one, it sure does like to ring but one of the bigger 45 degree welders magnets shuts it up, initially i was wanting to get the traditional london pattern like in this vid but i've found the flat taper horn on the twin horn anvil really useful
currently cant go bigger than the 66lb due to tiny English size town house garage, stand i ended up making was top half solid wood and the bottom half fabricated steel stand, didn't want anything i couldnt take apart in reasonable size chunks for when i move home eventually.
making the bottom out of steel has allowed me to have a flared out base so its stable like an axle stand as i was considering the same design you did here a while back.
More backyard knife videos please!
I have a 60 lb Henry Wright that is absolutely my favorite size for small projects. If i need to travel i use a 35 pound Cliff Carrol anvil. Which i have to admit is the best small anvil I've seen at $215.
this looks like a good second or traveling anvil.
When dressing up a new anvil, I was taught to leave one part of the edge sharp so you can use it as a cut off. I have found it comes in handy. (not right or wrong, just another way of doing things)
I keep a spot on mine that stays sharp for that reason. It's toward the back end of it where I normally don't forge with except for cutting. Just have to be careful not to cut all the way through, same as a cutoff.
I bought the first blue vevor anvil in 44lbs. I have been wanting to get this 66lbs black anvil since the first tike you showed us but I'm broke because of christmans
Christmas can certainly cut into the tool budget for a few months
Nice little anvil! For my first anvil, I purchased HF’s upgraded Doyle 69 pounder and it has been doing very well for me. That being said, the Doyle is a double horn but the squared tail of the Vevor would come in handy also. Side request…could you please show how a sharp pointed taper…either round or flat is made? I can’t for the life of me master this. I keep wondering if my hammer face may be too rounded? Most likely, though it is just my technique. Thanks John, and Merry Christmas!
I really enjoy your videos do you have any video on RR Spike tong's I would really like to learn that one great video looking forward to your next 1
Here is a video on a set made with the blanks from kens Custom Iron ua-cam.com/video/Z9cgawDJ_GE/v-deo.htmlsi=6rx4nKhNpmk3kVCr
can you forge a Victorinox swiss style pocket demo folding knife i would love to see you try your hand at that love all your videos
I find your videos to be very pleasant and perfect training video for future aspiring blacksmiths. Thank you for making videos on this fading artform. 😁👍
This anvil looks like a great option! I've been using a 55lb anvil that I got at Harbor Freight. It does okay, but I don't think it's fully hardened and has taken a couple dents already. Fine for learning basic techniques, but it's going to need an upgrade soon. Not sure the 66 pounder is the upgrade I'm looking for, but with the dressing and stand you put on it, it's totally viable.
Most any anvil is going to dent if you miss your mark, you kind of don't want an anvil that's so hardened that it'll dent your hammer because they lose their toughness at that hardness level and will end up chipping/cracking/spalling if you hit close to the edge of the face or horn. I would argue it's better to perfect your technique on a cheap anvil before you go denting up an expensive one while learning. Dents can be dressed out too, and that'll give you some practice for when you inevitably dent up a fancy big anvil.
I purchased one of these...looked great...but I was very disappointed with the rebound at only at 50% ...so i had it shipped back to amazon
Of course they came out with that one after I bought the two horn. Oh well, it works for what I do.
Hiya! Can’t tell you how much I enjoy this series on budget options. With that in mind, what are some entry level tools that I might use to dress the anvil? I’m thinking of tools that would have multiple uses, since I won’t be able to afford specialization early on.
An angle grinder would be the most useful. There are some corded versions that are pretty affordable
Hi John I enjoy your videos and looking forward to start forging. Question, how many feet of chain would be needed to mount the anvil?
I didn't actually measure, but I bet it was about 4 feet
No new videos in the last couple of weeks...I hope John is ok and just taking some time off for the holidays (?) ...Happy New year John 🎉
Things tend to slow down as the colder winter sets in. Although there was a video on the vlog channel last week ua-cam.com/video/i1lTLiqayfs/v-deo.htmlsi=wo72mZSxM9CONkDW and there will be a new years video over there this Sunday as well.
@BlackBearForge ok thanks... just glad you're good...may we all have a great New Year 👍
I have one major complaint after watching this video! I have several different tasks I need to complete today and now I want to also make this heart hook. 😅 Thanks for the great video!!
Best of luck!
Thank you for a great review. Being new to UA-cam videos, may I share a link to other sites for beginners?
Do the quick-test: Let a steelball bounce back from the anvil!
Good evening Sir i have been following your channel with great interest the last few months since my son is about to get in the the business of blacksmithing, as a welder i´m glad that a youngster of today quit sitting in front of the computer and goes out to get his hands dirty 🙂
We have one question if you dont mind, ...regarding the episode of forge welding, if you fx. was to forge a damascus billet wouldent it be optimal to tig weld (fusion weld ) all the plates together, in that case you would completely eliminate any oxygen and also dont get any impuritys in to the steel like mild steel from a mig welder?
- Or are my welding years getting ahead of me? 🙂
Keep up the great work
Best Regards
/ Andy
I kind of like my Sharp edges
That EXTREME wobble is why i stick with a stump!! Lol building a stand like that seems to ALWAYS wobble, no matter how “flat” you get it haha 👍 yes it’s solid and will work people, but I want mine rock solid!!