Anvil and blacksmithing

[Code54]

THANKS! That would be a lot fo fun to attend and check out. Seems there is not a lot of activity here around home so I may need to travel to learn and purchase eqpt.
Thank you

 

[stuckmotor]

Yes. Maybe so but although I have and appreciate a 途eal anvil I致e pounded on a lot of whatever was handy for most of my life.

I imagine some of those handy objects you used had better hammer bounce than my cast iron ASO.

 

[om21braz]

And for when your "hobby" gets out of hand and you get tired of swinging the hammer.....

Blacksmith Air Hammer Techniques - YouTube

 

[2LaneCruzer]

And then there's this:

How to Shoot an Anvil 2 Feet in the Air - YouTube

 

[Clint S]

And then there's this:

How to Shoot an Anvil 2 Feet in the Air - YouTube

Note how his truck was close by. My luck would be an anvil through the roof. LOL

 

[Jstpssng]

And then there's this:

How to Shoot an Anvil 2 Feet in the Air - YouTube

Not 2.00 feet, but 200.
Decimal points do matter, and this is worth checking out. :thumbsup:

 

[Xfaxman]

And then there's this:

How to Shoot an Anvil 200 Feet in the Air - YouTube

Not 2.00 feet, but 200.
Decimal points do matter, and this is worth checking out. :thumbsup:

For some reason, unknown to me, zeros get removed from links posted here.

I always do an Edit and put the zeros back in the link, as shown in the first quote above, before hitting Submit Reply.

The video was interesting. :thumbsup:

 

[2LaneCruzer]

For some reason, unknown to me, zeros get removed from links posted here.

I always do an Edit and put the zeros back in the link, as shown in the first quote above, before hitting Submit Reply.

The video was interesting. :thumbsup:

Gives me the creeps. I would want to be a good distance away; the only safe place would be a bomb-proof bunker. The power of the black powder is amazing. That sucker might as well have been shot out of a cannon!

 

[tcreeley]

Centaur Forge is a good resource - tools etc, books, video.
Here is a link to their knife book section - Knife Making-centaurforge.com

Along with the anvil, forge, misc tools - the next thing you will need is a stationary belt grinder with various belts, You can forge a blade - but you need a way to grind it and put the fine finish on the steel.

 

[Jstpssng]

Gives me the creeps. I would want to be a good distance away; the only safe place would be a bomb-proof bunker. The power of the black powder is amazing. That sucker might as well have been shot out of a cannon!

It's a fun video to watch though. I was having some work done at a gunsmith's one day and he was talking about working on the drum brakes on the Rambler which is his daily driver. To take the rusted wheel cylinders apart he used black powder; he said a lot of people use compressed air, but that's too dangerous.

 

[ray66v]

An anvil is a wonderful thing. But, it's not the tool, it's the operator.

You can use a piece of heavy I beam, or a piece of railroad track.

Just about any piece of heavy scrap metal can be used to forge, or shape metal.

 

[Code54]

Thanks guys! Some good information that will help a lot.

 

[forgeblast]

With the success of shows like forged in fire, the prices of anything blacksmithing have really gone up especially on the classified market. I would compare what you want new with what people are selling "used". Also there is a lot you can make yourself.
I have a "two Brick forge" that uses a propane torch (bigger plumbers propane torch that was used to sweat 2-3'' copper lines) and soft fire brick.
In side I have a piece of black pipe to keep the torch from hitting the metal and letting it heat a bit more evenly. Enjoy though its fun to do.

 

[tcreeley]

There is always a way to get the tools together if you work at it. A brake drum forge is straight forward to make. (on you tube. The hole in the center has 3 bars welded across to let the air in and keep the coal in the forge. You can use black pipe for the air inlet on fold and weld on your own design. I used cement to taper the edges to make a nice firepot bowl. Legs weld on to the firepot and an old cookie sheet or sheet metal is a good way to extend the sides to hold more coal.
The blower is the tricky part, but a hair dryer to an old squirrel cage blower from some old appliance/ventilation ducting works well. 3" is a good size to shoot for. - Makes an excellent forge.
For a time I did demos and craft shows back in the 1980's. Here is my traveling setup - Everything was a 100lb or less so I could lit it into my pickup! - That is a brakedrum forge.


- door knockers (on the dusty side!) -

 

[Code54]

Very interesting - thanks for sharing!

 

[/pine]

I don't have an actual forge set up but if I need to get something really hot...a contained pile of charcoal and the leaf blower will get me there...!

 

[Big Barn]

tcreeley: I really like that door knocker

 

[tcreeley]

tcreeley: I really like that door knocker

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[jaxs]

My grandfather's blacksmith shop was still on the farm where I was born. I spent countless hours heating steel in the forge and beating it out on the anvil just for the **** of it. Sure wish I had paid better attention to what he told me about tempering. What I did learn was the weight and mounting of anvil has a tremendous effect on what happens when something on it is struck. The simplest way I know of to demonstrate how immovability effect's hammer blows is driving nails in a board. Lay a 2x4 across sawhorses and drive a large nail into it. Now do the same while holding another claw hammer against bottom of board,then repeat while holding a 5 pound sledge under board. The difference is quite similar to a small anvil sitting on the tailgate of your truck vs a Bois-D- Arc stump. Less pronounced but non the less true is a 250 Lb anvil on tail gate vs stump. Point is bigger is better(although 18"-24" rail track will surfice) and don't sit it on the workbench. If a rounded drain plug deserve's 800 posts :confused3:surly this thread deserve's a few additional posts regarding diy forges and anvils.

 

[Code54]

Funny you mention the do it yourself forge - been looking at making one sometime soon. Seems simple enough!