Just a little useful info heating up steel that is over 1 1/2” thick prior to welding is a common practice to help protect your welds from cracking 150 degrees is common temp

As a guy that frequently laments over the strength of his Taiwanese socket set, this video was truly AMAZING!!! Thank you for this.. it goes a long ways towards demonstrating that life doesn't have to be delicate.. Brute force creates some amazing things with a little forethought! Thank you soooo much!!

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Chris, not sure if anyone gave you this tip in the comments. You can use vinegar to remove mill scale and zinc from steel. It takes a few days if you have the time. I have 3/4 plate sitting in some as we speak. I use a large plastic container and about 4 gallons. Hope that helped

Great project! Remember the welder's saying, "if there's slag, you drag". Running down hill or pushing dual shield, you risk slag entrapment that reduces the strength of the welder's greatly.

I keep coming back and watching this, even years later. I have a leg vise now, and I'm getting my act together so I can build one of these. Wish me luck!

So, so, so, so nice!!! Great job, as always!!!

Cool build i like the use of that vice to build something that you can use key is that your going to use. Awesomeness Takecare and keep safe

Very, very cool. THAT is an incredible tool!

I am never, ever bored watching your work, Chris.

Great project. Thanks for sharing.

Always a great help to see a well suply shop , And yes as I and others said best to get all table and tools the same high and yes we not born in the perfect world. A great shop and you know how to run things great . Thanks for the teaching Sir

Used your idea to build my own version. Ended up at 350lbs. Thank you for a great idea. I use it for my blacksmithing and it has been very handy.

Great job you did Sir Great job on.doing this great build Sir

really nice video, thanks for all that you do.

That is outstanding work.

What an outstanding project sir, thank you so much for sharing this with us! Definitely subscribed & enjoyed your videos.

really nice. all your stuff is well thought out and excellently brought into being

That is one kick ass addition to the shop would love to own it.

Thank you for this video! Gamechanger!

Very nice build thank you for posting, your attention to detail is out standing. Looking forward to seeing your vise and stand in action when you began your blacksmithing project. Again, Thanks...

Great work!!

That’s a really beautiful piece of equipment. You did a wonderful job I like it.👍🏾

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Love it and nice layout and work

Well, Mr. Everything, you sure have it going on! Mighty nice gig.

Hands down the nicest striking anvil build I have ever seen. The sand might be for weight, but others would say it is to deaden the noise made during hammering. I especially like the wheels and the beefy dimensions of the 2 inch plate. A few might want a shelf to store a few bottom (hardy) tools but it looks cleaner without one. Another common feature is to have holes in the feet to bolt it to the floor, but if heavy enough, I doubt it wouldn't jostle around much. Wheels allow you to move it aside when not needed. Let me know when you begin making them for sale.

I'm so jealous of this piece that I come back and watch the video every now and then and just salivate. I found a leg vise, so now I'm going to have to build my own.

@MakeEverything

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you! Now that you’ve got a vise it’s time to get building!

You have a nice workshop setup with plenty of tools, fair play

That is both functional & beastly. 300+ pound should take heavy pounding for several lifetimes. Really nice striking anvil vise. Great tip using the channel iron to make heavy duty wheel caster mounts.

Oh man thats awesome. Such a good build. Thanks giving me some ideas!!!

I need to build one for my vice ! Thanks for the video!

Great shop!!! I hope that you get to enjoy Blacksmithing a lot... also I saw the practice weld, fail to spark!!! I so hate when the Ground clamp fails to anticipate my next move!!! 😆😎

Outstanding!👍

Awesome build. Nice shop. Great score on finding all that thick plate. 🙂

Very good video and a very cool project. I am picking up a leg vise today and have ordered the steel to make one for myself! Thanks!

Very nice and detailed

Nice job thanks for sharing

Great job on the build 😁👍😎

Great job Chris , I was Educated and Entertained. It turned out Fantastic and you will get great use out of it . Stay well to you and yours.👌🙏🙏👌🤜🤛

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great video! Love the use of the pole vise like that. Also, the affiliate link to the Tapmatic cutting head takes you to the annular cutters page. Just FYI...

Great work and design! I really like how you made the bracket for the post vise. I have a post vise that is missing the mounting hardware. 👍🏼

love that.. nice job

Nice mixture of old and new!

Good build, enjoyed

love that work table

A very beautiful job that is appealing to the eye, which I believe is an important aspect of our tools. It's like cheesy handle on a good tool verses a well made and designed one. A Super Job and I Thank You for a Great video! DaveyJO in Pa.

Finally an awesome video!!!!

Turned out awesome Chris! Great work!

Great tips. Thanks 🙏👍👍

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Awesome work Chris! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!! 👍

Nice work!

I know its an older video. But really nice design and work thanks for showing us .

@MakeEverything

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching I use it almost every day!

I was fortunate enough to retire early, but it got old really quickly. I live on a small acreage with a steel insulated building out back about the size of a 3 car garage. I welded a few years in high school and decided to take it up as a hobby. Things have changed a bit in 37 years but I love it and I only started a few months ago. I can see getting addicted very easily!

Awesome!!

So cool to watch! Thanks. (I just don't know how we got mixed up at the hospital all those years ago, lol)

Flux core does lay down and penetrate a bit better when you pull vs push. It still looks great, i hope to build its twin soon.

As luck would have it, I have TWO of these 1” thick slabs already welded onto very nice, thick I-beams. Holes already drilled, too. Looks like someone had a plan such as yours and abandoned it. I have an extra vise I’ve been wanting to put on a moveable stand and use the anvil. This showed me what’s possible and gave me some great ideas, can’t thank you enough! Gonna git to it today!

Really nice build! I really like the design of your plasma cutting table - removable slats is definitely the way to go! Also like the idea of cutting your 20’ tubing on the shelf - w/nice support brace on the right. My first exposure to channel and I just love it. Subbed, notifications and liked! And I’m a woodworker! But want to branch out into metal. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and builds!

very nice shop. This project should be a valuable addition..

Awesome build

great build

Beautiful work. Kind of thought it looked like some of Terry's work. I personally know Terry Estes. Lives down the road from me about 20 minutes. Does great and meticulous work. Made an anvil stand for my 157# Henry Wright. Yes it's a Henry Wright not a Peter Wright. Only difference is, he put sand in my stand legs. Helped cut down the ring on the anvil. Highly recommend this gentleman for all your metal needs.

fantastic job

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Nice work!!!!👍👍👍

Beautiful work station. I figured out how to watch these without getting a massive,debilitating migraine, I just mute the production and turn on the music. Beautiful work station.

Nice job, inspired to make one myself. A tip on the mill scale the best way i have found is to pickle it which is just to soak it in acid then neutralize it with a base like baking or washing soda. I like to use muriatic acid which you can find easily and it will take the mill scale off in about an hour, quicker if its warm out. Vinegar will work too but takes a long time. It will also eat the zinc plating of fasteners you want to weld.

Great write up well done, Brotha!

Your young man so you can get away with lifting while twisting or twisted - until you can't. Takes only 7# to break your spine, which is easy to do if you relax at the wrong time under load. Wish I would have listed to that before my 40+ years of construction, maybe I wouldn't walk so funny now. As usual most excellent video.

You are THE Man!

Just what I was looking for!!! Thanks you got a subscription

Nice work. I'm having a bit of shop envy.

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I do love my tools!

I've built a similar one engineers vice on one end to flush with the striking plate whist the other end has a detachable horn with some spring pins holding to hold the it in place it's one of my better investments since it saves a bunch of space.

Thats like a mobile Blacksmith, LOL Awesome and thanx for sharing!

Nice job Chris. I can see that being used quite a bit in your shop.

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks absolutely is! 👍

Looks great 👍 when welding thicker steel and cracking is a consearn it is recommended that you preheat it

very nice build

Strong work! As you say, Terry Estes here in Texas has been building those for a few years now. Mostly he uses an old forklift tine as the striking surface. I like the addition of the wheels. I promise to copy! I’d consider adding the sand, not for the weight, but to deaden the sound.

@DTodd12011

4 жыл бұрын

Terry and I spoke of this yesterday.

Job well done sir ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

You should get the 3M mask that is closed, the model is "versaflo tr-600"

Just discovered you channel... love it, couldn't subscribe quick enough!

Good work mi frend congratulations,is bery strong you anvil 👏👏👏💪🤓👍

Your shop is amazing, im just getting into metal fabrication, black smithing etc.. And starting to get equipment but it hard just starting out, there are so many tool you need, but seeing you make your own tools is really great, even thou that requires a lot of tiils in its own right. Just a peice at a time I guess. Great video, thank you

@MakeEverything

3 жыл бұрын

One piece at a time is right! It’s taken me years of buying and selling to get this shop set up. I am constantly reinvesting in myself and my shop. Never buy anything that can’t help you make more money!

@rossgagne5494

3 жыл бұрын

Roger that, good advice. I have a small flux core welder, (gonna be doing mostly small stuff to start) but as far as cutting what should I get first Oxy/Ace first of save up and get a plasma cutter. I can Probebly do more with the cutting torch first huh?

@djdanzy

3 жыл бұрын

@@rossgagne5494 id go the biggest plasma you could afford. Just me personally...

Thats awesome build big measurment flat anvil. I loved. 👍 from Bendungan Depok - Indonesia

Wow that thing is a tank! awesome build mate

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Very nice!!!

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit

To save on tips predrill a hole before cutting with the plasma on thick materials... you can also add a piece of ar500 plate to the top of that 2" if you need a harder surface. Great build :)

Hundreds of these vice legs were cut to lengths to suit each job. Most shop work required a lower vice. John from Oz

💡 idea! Roller on the side of cutting table to roll heavy material on/off. Also, chop cutting table down to same height as your welding table/work bench.

Another good video.

Nice, nice, nice!

Very good welding process dualshield fluxcore is the only way on plate like that spray transfer with hardwire is good as well but you would have to get at least a 90/10 argon blend to achieve it

I have a 4” post vice and I’m going to make a scaled down version for my home workshop.blood work.

Great video. My first visit. Thank you. P

Work shop envy!

Very interesting and inspiring project man. I can see myself making something like this because actual anvils are hard to find I my area, and those who have them plan to be buried with them.

Hello Chris and thank you for the great instructional video...liked and subscribed. I like your approach to producing this --the combination of live explanation and voiceover works very well. May I please make one suggestion to help those of us still learning: perhaps with somethings you can show a slow first time and then speed up for the subsequent repetitions. Not like drilling holes necessarily, but please remember some skill sets you demonstrate are new for viewers like me. I can only see so fast! Your work is superb, both with the camera and in the shop...very happy I found you.

Man i really like that

I think this is the first video I've seen of yours and I subbed immediately. You provided some good advice and received some good tips in the comments that I'll be putting to use if I can get my shop put back together. 2 things I would do differently: first thing is preheat the plate stock before welding. It will help temper the welds so they don't fail when you hit the plate with big hammers and it will help the welds to get better penetration. 2nd, I would lay down a multi-pass weld. Thats 3 inches of steel with what looked to be a 1/8in weld. If you're planning on hitting that with a 10lb sledge, i don't think those little welds will hold up under that much pressure. Otherwise it's a very nice stand combo.

After watching this fine video, I have subscribed.

@MakeEverything

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

I think I need one of these..

I made something similar with some 1-3/16" plate, but without the vice.