The only better feeling than building your own tools is making something utilizing a tool you built 👍🏼

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.

@JustinTopp

5 жыл бұрын

javier serna I’m not a hater or anything but I made one anvil and it was shit lmao

@johnmartlew5897

4 жыл бұрын

javier serna ....there were some good suggestions here...

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!!

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 love Kiwis! The fruit, birds and people are all very pleasant! Instant subscribe 😊

That turned out like a work of art! Very smooth finish.

Well Done Kory. Very resourceful

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.

@caveofskarzs1544

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@alphagrendel

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@MichaelCharlesbradfo

7 жыл бұрын

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

@erck815

7 жыл бұрын

Scott Rich ,I'm a metal fabricator out of Chicago. can I pick your brain please

@beammeupscotty1955

7 жыл бұрын

Sure.

Nice anvil. Cool finish.good job!

Gorgeous anvil!

Nicely thought out.Nicely fabricated.Self satisfaction is a big payoff in making this I'm sure.

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.

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.

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!

awesome job glad to see others making their own tools

You have some serious skills, can't wait to see the hardened and finished product.......

What a monster. Good job!

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

@JustinTopp

5 жыл бұрын

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.

Beautiful Craftsmanship

My new hero! Subscribed to learn your heat treating process!

Good to see you using your guard on you grinder. Too many people take safety for granted in their home workshops!

@hillary4prison389

7 жыл бұрын

- 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.

Great job and great look

Looks better than any anvil I've ever made.

A grinder and paint will make you the welder you ain't

Really Awesome Job! Love it.

Best anvil build I've ever seen 👀

I have watched so many anvil making videos.. but yours stands out... very clean and a lot simplier but rocks...

Gorgeous craftsmanship. It'll last 100 years.

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.

great craftsmanship

Nice job old man

Nicely done. Sure wish I had tools like you have at my disposal. So many ideas.

Awesome work!

This is just a crazy exercise in masochism. I love it. fantastic job

Great video sir! 👍

I think that thing is freaking awesome!!!!!!

Bloody nice mate.

A#1 Job thats awesome

i like how you make your videos. very easy to watch

Looks good a ton of work

Excellent video.

thank you for your time and your professionalism both in creating the Anvil and the video

Awesome Job!

Nice work!!

ok this guy did a great job & made a "BADASS" ANVIL!!!

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.

Nice work 👍👍

Great video , nice job

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.

I Need that Anvil.. WOW!.. You're a True Craftsman!!!

Good job man!

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?

@advancednutritioninc908

4 жыл бұрын

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.

Impressive man!

Nice, very good, congrats.

Beautiful job. Very nice looking anvil. Almost a shame to hammer on it.

That is absolutely beautiful! Great job!

That was very interesting . And it looked great after that last disc. Thank's for sharing this video.

Look awesome well done my guy

Top quality job.

Nice job !

Nice looking Anvil ! Thanks for the vid. :)

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.

As soon as amazon gets drone delivery in my area I'm getting an anvil delivered to my house

@thenumerousfew1205

5 жыл бұрын

Jake Machado 😆😆😆😆

@ajhproductions2347

5 жыл бұрын

Jake Machado I can already see it, falling with a little parachute attached... 😂

@jameschartrand7962

5 жыл бұрын

That would be one strong ass drone

@damondiehl5637

5 жыл бұрын

Just like the Road Runner and Wiley Coyote cartoons

@jackwatkins7382

5 жыл бұрын

Screw the animal I want one of the friggin drones!!!

You did a lot of work there! Very nice! That kind of project is not for the timid.

Excellent job, nice to see young, professional fabricator.

Nice Work...

I never knew someone could be an anvil snob... KZread never ceases to amaze/bewilder. Well done bud, nice addition to your shop and resume! Peace from PQ

awesome work bro.

This dudes willingness to pick up a grinder as an apparent first option is both spectacularly sophomoric and oddly respectable.

Lots of work 👍

nice editing

Hi from Ontario Canada. Nice jobe brother.

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 !

Great work! Thanks for sharing.

Awesomeness! I didn't know what to expect but I was very pleased and happy I found your video! Great looking anvil! 👍👍👍🙄

Good job!

sweet build.🖒🖒

Nice work, good size & made well. Good tools help a ton.

Dude that looks amazing!

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.

God I got so much pleasure watching you build that , great job .

Awesome man!

Nice work

I really enjoyed your video so thank you. xxx

That is a beautiful anvil! And, your video was well made.

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 !!

This freaking cool! Well done!

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.

It's nice to have Tools to make Tools

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.

Gorgeous work!

Wow! That's pretty freakn awesome!

It turned out awesome man. Good work

that's a pretty anvil. thanks for the video my man.

very awesome video mate. Thank you for sharing.

excellent work..

Awesome job man!

Awesome video! I love your work!

that thing is awesome.