I hope you are doing well . Something to consider. Over a thousand years ago anvils was simply something about like a pick axe with a metal handle,with the handle end of it driven into a heavy stump . They came in many sizes some small to make jewelry to large for sword making. To check hardness get a ball bearing ,bounce it on the steel harder the steel higher (higher carbon)it bounces. The heavy round thing and rail road track is low carbon metal.. aaaI have one of them rail road track anvils ,. I welded a flat steel plate on to it much much better now. Well good good luck with it all..

Hell ya! Great job! I love this video I to am beginning blacksmithing.

that giant round weight could serve as a dishing anvil. You could make bowls, spoons, or anything else like that.

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers Max. Never thought of that. At least it will come in handy now for something and is a nice weight.

@brothergimli9155

7 жыл бұрын

Work With Nature, Cheers! Looking forward to the next one.

Its so nice to see your videos, that place is so beautiful! I was there working with you in october 2015, I dont know if you remember me, my name is Leonor, from Chile. I feel so happy when I watch your videos, its like a part of me can be there again :) Send you a big hug and keep going! you are the best!

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

I do remember, or I hope I do - you were here with your sister for some time? I am so sorry otherwise as we do have tons of people coming through and I am just lousy with names. Let me know though. David.

Train track is also mild steel. It is made to flex and bend when trains pass over it. All I all good video.

Loving the series so far mate! really looking forward to more

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

Cool will post more soon ;) David.

I like it! :)

damn, you are hard worker!

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

Ha is funny when all your 'work' is voluntary you do not look at it like work and it's just fun. Nobody expects me to do anything.

the face's of the sledge hammers are the hardest part of the hammer.

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

Cool thanks that makes sense. So they quench and then temper only the edge? Might it be good for me to do the same with them, but just the surfaces that I need. Do you think they are oil or water?

@shexdensmore

7 жыл бұрын

Work With Nature hard to know for sure without knowing what the metal is in the first place. your best bet is to use oil, vegetable oil. However, you cane get plenty done with the surface that you have available. do you have a Facebook page? If so, go to blacksmithing for beginners. If you want a flat face, you need to sand/grind it flat while keeping it cool to keep from removing the temper.

@shexdensmore

7 жыл бұрын

Work With Nature however, you may get away with what you are doing as long as it is near yello heat. that way you decrease the chance of swayback over the side of the eye. And try to only use mild steel. you should also ANNEAL any unknown steel. You do this by taking heating it up to none magnetic and cooling it SLOWLY. you are in luch because ash is an EXCELLENT heat insulater. all you do is after you heat it to none magnetic, toss it in a bucket of ash and leave it there for an entire day. This will soften it completely if done right.

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips very helpful, was thinking it may not be worth the heat treat as who knows at some point might find better anvil options too. But after a wiles would imagine it might get roughed up and grinding them down would be good then. Thanks .

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

Am working on trying to get the hard inside of the shells for my fires and then hopefully it should be easy enough to get it to that temperature all the time. Did not appreciate how easy it is to move the metal until I made the tongs yesterday and got that heat for working on them. You know was thinking the same thing about the ash looked it up to see how much heat materials would loose and ash is up there with the vermiculite. Well close. Thanks for all the tips, very helpful.

You're definitely productive with your time lol

Great and Informative video. I found a 1” thick piece of what seems like carbon steel plate. Weighs about 50+ pounds. Any way this could be used for an anvil or should I scrap it?

@workwithnature

5 жыл бұрын

If that is all you have use it for that for now. But don't throw it out. Will come in handy later on.

Do u need track I'll trade some track to u for that I beam

Welding hardened spring steel to a cast weight might not be too easy😩

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers for that good to know.

@forplan1

7 жыл бұрын

Work With Nature I am sure that recognise the old cylindrical weight ( minus its ring lifting handle which would have been fastened into it) as once being a 56 lb commonly used with one other to weigh (1cwt) up potatoes, grain et all, on farms or even coal in merchants yards, in Victorian times and right up to WW2. I have an old balance type bridge and a few old weights, which have been on our small farm for many generations in Ireland. I believe the weights are likely to be cast but how hard I don't know? I suggest you hit each a whack with a hammer and listen to the ringing sound each makes? The spring steel leaf will also be a bugger to work with I think - being extremely hard or toughened I would think?

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lawrence for getting back to me on it. Good to know more about that weight so I can now do a proper search. Wow did not think you would get them in Ireland same make. Must have been the English government back in the days then to bring them over to India too. If it is just pure cast iron then it will definitely not be any good for an anvil. Thanks. David.

@workwithnature

7 жыл бұрын

Ah yes you are right the leaf spring is very tough. Did a bit of googling and found out that it is probably either 5160, 9260,1095,6150,or 1080 from most common to least common. So either oil quench or water and harder than nails but makes great tools once my arm gets bigger.