caotropheus Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 At the beginning I just wanted to make a striking anvil with a hardy hole... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSpXA0b33Fg Just used a welder, and angle grinders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Sheer determination for a 152 lb good looking anvil. Use it in good health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Very impressive! Looks great. I'll look forward to seeing the finished product and the rebound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Wow. great looking. Looking forward to seeing where you go from here and how it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caotropheus Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Where I live, the cost to make this project was cheaper than a cast Chinese ASO of equivalent weight! I bought yesterday the hard facing rods. I went to the welding supplies manufacturer, I set with the technical staff for half an hour to advise with the type of rod to use and procedures to weld. Five kg of rods around 170 USD I was advised to warm up the welding surface to about 200 C weld and smooth the hard facing in a single go and allow it to cool down really slow. They also told me not to weld more than 3 - 4 mm thick. Just hope the 5 kg of rods I bought will be enough for all the face and tail surface. If you gentleman have further suggestions, please let me know thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacksmith-450 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I love the title of the video «An exercise of stubbornness» ! LOL ! Great job , really ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Someday in the far future this anvil will come up on this forum with someone asking to identify the anvil they just bought Great job. I think this falls into the category of "I did it to see if I could do it." You certainly made a practical and usable anvil. Let us know how it works and rebounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherViking Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Great video. A serious amount of work! Do you use the 15kg Brooks much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Caotropheus: The thread title is appropriate in spades. That is a heroic amount of work for a shape. I know how rarely I use the horn as anything but a bottom fuller and I've never used a square horn so I don't know how useful one is. Beautiful job though, well done. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caotropheus Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 7 hours ago, JustAnotherViking said: Do you use the 15kg Brooks much? Not much to tell you the truth. Most of all, it takes space on the shelf. The anvil I use the most is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLsgFjkBQtg the main body is made of the best steel you can get in the junk yard to improvise an anvil. The rebound is so good that If I miss a blow, I will need a surgeon to replace my face!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caotropheus Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 Finally, I finished the project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1-gk6W5Qrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 You’re a tenacious son of a gun. Nice anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidF Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Very nice. I enjoyed watching both videos and seeing the progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caotropheus Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thank you very much for your kind words Gentleman. Sorry for torturing you with my broken English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Some things are worth putting up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Nice Job. Totally awesome build. Don't apologize for your English. I tried learning Hebrew as a second language, but never got very far. They say English is way harder to learn than Hebrew, so my hat is off to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caotropheus Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Actually I am Portuguese ...My English is better than my Hebrew ...Even though I can read Hebrew...Like a 2nd grade child!!!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Your English is better than most the native speakers in my neck of the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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