mike-hr Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Here's some pics of my double-bick Peddinhaus anvil. I've been questing for some time to come up with a good holddown. I made several hairpin-spring pritchel holddowns, but the pritchel hole is situated too far forward to have much room left to work once the hot piece is dogged down. I made this low profile tee-shape holddown from two pieces of 1 inch square and a chunk of leafspring from a '58 Chevy haytruck. The leafspring was 2-1/4 inch wide and 3/8 inch thick. It determined the dimensions of the slots for the hardy post. I milled slots on both axis, so the holddown will grab North-South, or East-West (Mcraigl thought up that idea). I forged a Vee in one side of the top piece to hold round stock. With a quick couple taps on the key, it holds work down super tight. The low profile is easy to work around, and the tool doubles as a faux-step when needed. The pressure releases instantly with a tap on the small end of the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
element Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Sweet holddown! Thanks for sharing:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Great idea and nice work,looks like you're in a holding pattern,LOL:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilwarblacksmith Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Great idea for a hold down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenchcrack Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Nice work. Do you loose much heat in the workpiece when you set up the hold down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don A Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Consider that idea stolen. Thanks for posting it. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRobb Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Great idea! Thanks for sharing. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip in china Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Great holddown. I also like the hammer rack and was taken by your use of cardboard for the photographs, very effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles McDonald Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Great idea and it looks like it works quite well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Smart idea, will copy. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Really nice idea. Looks like it will hold nice and tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-hr Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 This thread flamed up after 4 yrs of the tool being used a lot.. It's still working, I should add, that after a few months, I took an aggresive flap wheel on the 4-1/2 side grinder, and made a flat spot on the underside of the hardy hole. That way, the triangular key seats square. It tried to bend the slots a bit untill I gave it a square place to seat. The piece is still in service, still gets used a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter64 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 That´s it! thanks for sharing Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Excellent idea. I just happen to have some short scraps of 1" square stock..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Neet Idea,, I'v been doing the same on several anvil tools for 15 years.... I will pass on some info.... You can use 1/4 x1 stock formed in a " U " and it's a lot easier.. Keep in mind to form all of them the same distance from the face.. ( so that you can use the same wedge an all tools...) Glad to see others have a thinking cap on and are willing to share... Hammer on Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SagebrushBlades Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I don't have enough time to be browsing old posts so... <_< THANK YOU, Jakob! :D I would never have found this gem if you hadn't bumped the post. and thanks to mike-hr for the great idea! James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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