I thought you guys might like to see this. I recently acquired a new anvil with an 1 1/4" hardie hole and didn't have any tools for it. I decided to make a hot cut from H13. The only thing I could find that was big enough was a piece of 2".  I decided to give it a try and see what happened I ended up with a nice functioning tool. It doesn't look that pretty and it got a little crooked on me but it works like a champ. The hammer is short handled 10lb sledge that I used to do most of the work. I hurt so bad the next day I didn't know if it was worth it or not then I used it to cut  some steel today and I forgot how much it hurt already!

 

 

Good job....nothing like the satisfaction of making your own tools.

That's one way to learn respect when someone else build's something. There is no short-cut. "To finish, first you must start". :) :)

 

Neil

Nice looking hardy Zachary. What do you mean it got crooked? All I see is a carefully calculated and crafted differentially curved edge so a smith can perform highly precise cuts in an efficient manner. All the high end hardies are made like that. <wink>

 

Not to be a semantic jerk but the tool IS the hardy and there are only two bottom tools properly called a hardy, "hot" and "cold" hardies. Everything else is a bottom tool though things like bending forks and bics may have a different name.

 

Well done.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

I need to get somebody to teach me how to keep the blade square with the hardy shank. I saw it happening when I was about half done and tried to straighten it but no luck. Til I was done I hurt so bad I no longer cared as long as it worked!

Not to worry if your hardie seems "crooked". I use one that is squared to the anvil, either direction. Another is skewed about 30-45 degrees, and comes in handy when the work piece has a bend in it.

Heat it up, put it in the hardy hole then use a smooth jaw twisting wrench to twist it where you want it.
It looks good to me