most anvils are low 50's to mid 50's HRC, least Nimba and Fontanini anvils, Nimba being 55-56, Fontanini being 52-54, and at the higher end a Refflinghaus can be as hard as 59 HRC. mild steel anvils or "striking anvils" are meant to be a cheap learning anvil made for a lot of abuse, they get dented and beat up quite easily and the common way to fix them is to weld them back up and grind it flat again. awesome series, i love the design of anvil you have come up with.
@@somebodyelse6673 It could easily, have to know what you are doing when welding it though, grind it clean, good preheat ect. It works well for old anvil repair when done properly so long as you pay attention to what the thing is made of, typically cast iron should be avoided, though you can lay down a mild steel weld then go over it with hard face, just gotta be careful about it. If you made an anvil from mild steel and built up the working surfaces with hard facing rod i don't see why not, though it would be a lot of grinding, or milling afterwards. With his case since the material he started with is able to be hardened i don't see why he couldn't have it professionally heat treated to whatever hardness he wants.
Peter, perhaps before you give away this Work of Art you may consider "passing it around" to some of the top RUclips Blacksmiths with the promise they make vids with it. It would "finish the ring" that you started with all these Anvil Creation Videos. As far a shipping, LTL can be not that expensive - but make an indestructible container as LTL shippers can destroy almost anything.
I love your videos. I'm to the point to where I need to move on to multi-axis machines. I'm always hungry to learn. It's hard to get guys that really know what they're doing. Hopefully you'll let me come check out your shop again. I'm glad Bill knew who you were. It was awesome seeing your machines
That anvil has character and I really enjoyed seeing all the machining operations to complete it. I have never used an anvil but I would be proud to use that one.
@@michaelabratzel6371 I get that it’s machine made. I was just commenting that it wasn’t a forged production pice that was just smacked out for monetary reason. It’s being made by a craftsman in his trade and that involves a cnc machine.
I might just be a hobbyist and my machine might just be good enough for wood and some aluminum, but your videos help me a lot to develop a machinist mindset.
Truly amazing what a machine can do!! Well done, presented well! Been a machinist all my life, all manual, never got a chance to learn CNC, really appreciate your vids, thanks!
The "imperfection" on the horn is character. Every piece of art is an unfinished lesson to learn from. If anything I'd fancy up the "imperfection" and try to draw attention to it's beauty! Thanks for taking the time to share what an anonymous RUclips user finds absolutely fascinating! It's definitely a fantastic tool and much harder than my old cast iron anvil. Mine sounds like I'm hitting a block of lead 🤣 The shaper was really neat to watch too. Bravo!
@@rupert5390 🤣👊 The cast iron rings and hits like lead. My 80# steel anvil works better than my 120# iron anvil. The cast iron is slightly better paper weight. Slightly
Leave the nick for sure. It is your signature for others to remember you even though you have your insignia engraved in the side. It is certainly a master piece. Good going my friend. Love your work.
Probably the nicest anvil ever made ;-) I would send it out/harden the top layer to appr. 55RHC, then that thing lasts forever. CrMo should harden really well and is tough below, perfect material for anvil.
Peter in his most excited state: 9:28 till video end I don't get it very often, but the feeling of holding the finished product of a long time project is so satisfying and brings a lot of good vibes.
To me that’s your material that’s your machine that’s your shop do whatever you want to do no one has no right to say anything to you you have a lots of skill and well done
I'm with the crowd. Leave the ding, It's your 'maker's mark'. I didn't know you could shape on your machine. Do a ball bearing rebound test on the anvil face. I don't want to win this. I am not worthy. I watch Essential Craftsmen, Abom79, Oxtoolco, Titans of CNC among others. The Australian guy Kurtis from Cutting Edge Engineering is new and good. All of you machinists are amazing reservoirs of deep knowledge and experience.
Good to see the finished part , Thanks for sharing us the ideas Can you please make a comparison between mazatrol integrex 650m and mazatrol integrex matrix nexus.
Very nice work it looks great. I saw a video several years ago where he built about a 125 lb. anvil and used a certain type of welding rod to build up the main work surface. He got a surface hardness of a bit over 50 HRC. Then resurfaced the face on a surface grinder to get it back smooth.
I really hope that whoever gets the anvil uses it, best would be if they make something on it to send back to you. At least that's my idea. Either way really enjoying your videos, and it is awesome watching you work.
peter, i think what we got to see at the end of the video is you seeing it from a 'workpiece' into an anvil, somethign a lot of machinists have been through, striving for perfection into seeing what it;ll actually be used for.
awesome job man. been fun watchin you make these things. looks like your pretty much done with these....kind of a sad day. looking forward to see whats next...nice work!
This anvil is absolutely beautiful! I started out my career as a machinist, then started doing blacksmithing and knife making for fun. This anvil would be the perfect tie between the two worlds. I would love to forge a folded tamahagane steel, Japanese tanto but I don’t think my cheep cast iron anvil would handle that kind of abuse. Something like this would be perfect!
This machine is most ideal for this. It’s ability to orient and clamp a tool at different angles makes it that way. This feature is really designed for lathe turning tools.
I'm a machinist and a blacksmith on the side. That anvil is absolutely gorgeous! Why did you broach to a perfectly sharp corner, and without something like 0.1" radius in corners? Would have kept it from cracking someday. The failure point of so many anvils is cracking at corners of hardy holes- most tools that go in them never actually have perfectly square corners, theres usually a blunted edge. At least in my experience there has been. Phenomenal work, whoever wins this is damn lucky!
Love the scope of work you do. Just a question, how many separate tool bits do you carry in the carousal.? Don't think I could afford to replace the cutting tips.
Keith Rucker needs to send you his stoker engine casting. You could knock that out in an afternoon on your horizontal. It would be interesting to see you do it.
Are they for sale?, cant ever see one being used as an actual anvil, they are way too beautiful, they would make great statement pieces in Engineering company's foyers.
Hi, I was wondering if you know of a way of drilling a 1/2” hole in 3/8” AR 500 SSAB Hardox steel? I’ve tried drilling it with a HS Black oxide drill bit but they burn up instantly. 😥
This material isn’t heat treated. I think it is jus normalized. It’s a little tough to file. I would estimate some ware between 30-40 Rc. I haven’t really intended to heat treat it. But I think I will investigate if I can get the top induction hardened. 4340 is capable of getting to around 55-58 Rc. If I can get it done for a reasonable price I might do it.
@@EdgePrecision Whatever you choose would work depending on the true application of the owner. But induction hardening world really make the anvil super special just like the forged steel Swedish anvil that all blacksmiths rave about. Please if you choose that route do a bounce test with a 1 inch ball bearing for rebound. Very nice work also. God bless.
it would be very insteresting to see a video about how you would bill a (imaginary) customer for an avil like this. sort of a financial breakdown of the process.
It's amazing looking at the things you make. Are you a blacksmith as well as a machinist? I'm a machinist, I took up blacksmithing a couple years ago as a hobby. That's really amazing!
I have a question first of all I love your work I wish I had that imagination and knowledge that’s why I have a question I guess. I’m working on an aluminum part which has .319 diameter side holes on it by 5 inches deep so my question is what kind of drill should I use and should I or should I not use pecking. We will be running it on a four axis horizontal mill. Thanks for sharing your videos too by the way.
Wether you use pecking or no depends on the drill and coolant supply. If you have a coolant thru drill and high pressure thru spindle coolant. Than no pecking. If you just use a regular twist drill with flood coolant than peck drill. The best would of course be a solid thru coolant carbide drill with high pressure thru the spindle coolant. The feed and speed would depend on how the chips exit the drill when deep in the hole. The type and heat treat of the aluminum come into play. You will have to experiment.
Just my opinion. 50 hrc. Is the minimum hardness that we like. The best anvils to work on are 55+ hrc. One key is to use a softer hammer so it'll be less easy to damage the anvil. The metal in between should always be softer than the hammer and anvil. The shape of your anvil is perfect.
Peter, I loved seeing you use that shapping tool, if I saw a square hole feature like that come through my shop I would immediately look into having it sent out for EDM wire. I’ve broached smaller square holes in softer material on horizontals but have never used a shapper. You made it look to easy, and your spindle looked to clock the tool accurately enough for each rotation. Not sure if mine would repeat that nicely... Who makes that shapping tool? Or did you make it?
After hardening I would polish the anvil into absolute perfection just for the fun of it. Finish it with 0,5 microm diamond paste to give hologram free finish.
I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. I like your machine repair vids as well. I ran across your video about your power supply problems and I thought I could recommend one of your fellow youtubers. Peepaw McDonald This guy is a machine electronics repair genius. He's the real deal. Maybe you could collaborate with him if you have any problems in the future. I look forward to watching your next video.
most anvils are low 50's to mid 50's HRC, least Nimba and Fontanini anvils, Nimba being 55-56, Fontanini being 52-54, and at the higher end a Refflinghaus can be as hard as 59 HRC. mild steel anvils or "striking anvils" are meant to be a cheap learning anvil made for a lot of abuse, they get dented and beat up quite easily and the common way to fix them is to weld them back up and grind it flat again.
awesome series, i love the design of anvil you have come up with.
Do you think building up the working surfaces with hard facing welding rod would make a durable result?
@@somebodyelse6673 It could easily, have to know what you are doing when welding it though, grind it clean, good preheat ect.
It works well for old anvil repair when done properly so long as you pay attention to what the thing is made of, typically cast iron should be avoided, though you can lay down a mild steel weld then go over it with hard face, just gotta be careful about it.
If you made an anvil from mild steel and built up the working surfaces with hard facing rod i don't see why not, though it would be a lot of grinding, or milling afterwards.
With his case since the material he started with is able to be hardened i don't see why he couldn't have it professionally heat treated to whatever hardness he wants.
Peter, perhaps before you give away this Work of Art you may consider "passing it around" to some of the top RUclips Blacksmiths with the promise they make vids with it. It would "finish the ring" that you started with all these Anvil Creation Videos. As far a shipping, LTL can be not that expensive - but make an indestructible container as LTL shippers can destroy almost anything.
How good is that camera angle for the shaping work! Fantastic Peter, you'll be up for a motion picture award soon!!
I love your videos. I'm to the point to where I need to move on to multi-axis machines. I'm always hungry to learn. It's hard to get guys that really know what they're doing. Hopefully you'll let me come check out your shop again. I'm glad Bill knew who you were. It was awesome seeing your machines
That anvil has character and I really enjoyed seeing all the machining operations to complete it. I have never used an anvil but I would be proud to use that one.
The notch is completely fine and gives it a kind of character that you can't just add at will.
I would definitely use that anvil. Leave all the machine marks and nicks, then it’s hand made. That thing sure is pretty. Well done!
Well... It's not hand made... It's machined... That's the point, isn't it? :P
@@michaelabratzel6371 I get that it’s machine made. I was just commenting that it wasn’t a forged production pice that was just smacked out for monetary reason. It’s being made by a craftsman in his trade and that involves a cnc machine.
I might just be a hobbyist and my machine might just be good enough for wood and some aluminum, but your videos help me a lot to develop a machinist mindset.
Well done Peter. Anyone would be proud to own that.
The `Dink` under the horn I feel adds a little bit of character to the piece, as if its somehow alive, as it is unique. A piece of machinists' ART.
yeah, most anvils have a whole lot more dings and notches
That anvil surface looks like a great candidate for induction hardening.
You dont actually want to harden an anvil, if its too hard and you hit it with a hammer it can chip and shards of metal fly off like bullets.
@@AlexMageethefirst I am aware, but most anvils do have a relatively hard surface of around 50-55 Rc. Definitely don't want it tool steel hard though.
@@purerhodium I would expect that most anvils would reach that through work hardening over time.
Truly amazing what a machine can do!! Well done, presented well! Been a machinist all my life, all manual, never got a chance to learn CNC, really appreciate your vids, thanks!
The "imperfection" on the horn is character. Every piece of art is an unfinished lesson to learn from. If anything I'd fancy up the "imperfection" and try to draw attention to it's beauty!
Thanks for taking the time to share what an anonymous RUclips user finds absolutely fascinating! It's definitely a fantastic tool and much harder than my old cast iron anvil. Mine sounds like I'm hitting a block of lead 🤣
The shaper was really neat to watch too. Bravo!
Try not using a lead anvil the red hot metal will melt it
@@rupert5390 🤣👊
The cast iron rings and hits like lead. My 80# steel anvil works better than my 120# iron anvil. The cast iron is slightly better paper weight. Slightly
Leave the nick for sure. It is your signature for others to remember you even though you have your insignia engraved in the side. It is certainly a master piece. Good going my friend. Love your work.
Probably the nicest anvil ever made ;-)
I would send it out/harden the top layer to appr. 55RHC, then that thing lasts forever.
CrMo should harden really well and is tough below, perfect material for anvil.
Peter in his most excited state: 9:28 till video end
I don't get it very often, but the feeling of holding the finished product of a long time project is so satisfying and brings a lot of good vibes.
I really enjoyed watching this series. Thanks for posting it.
To me that’s your material that’s your machine that’s your shop do whatever you want to do no one has no right to say anything to you you have a lots of skill and well done
Leave the ding its character and shows its hand made. Came out great looks sweet Peter.
I really like your gusset processing method
It's beautiful! No one will use it, it will go in the winner's museum.
I'm with the crowd. Leave the ding, It's your 'maker's mark'.
I didn't know you could shape on your machine.
Do a ball bearing rebound test on the anvil face.
I don't want to win this. I am not worthy.
I watch Essential Craftsmen, Abom79, Oxtoolco, Titans of CNC among others. The Australian guy Kurtis from Cutting Edge Engineering is new and good. All of you machinists are amazing reservoirs of deep knowledge and experience.
Wow! 99,99 percent perfect. (I would weld the gap and clean it up for the 100%. You've gone this far... Thank you Peter!
The shaping chips were perfect. Pretty rigid machine.
That is beautiful. I enjoyed watching you machine that I would like to see more on the smaller Anvils.
Thanks again
Beautiful bloody beautiful !! Thanks for dragging us along . What. A. Fantastic job .
My first time seeing a cnc machine doing some shaping nice 👍
Fantastic work and it has been a pleasure to watch the anvil come from a blank piece of steel to this work of art.
Enjoyed the broaching program. I've tried to write it in Mastercam, ProE and Espree and it never worked as well as what you wrote.....nice
Good to see the finished part ,
Thanks for sharing us the ideas
Can you please make a comparison between mazatrol integrex 650m and mazatrol integrex matrix nexus.
Very nice work it looks great. I saw a video several years ago where he built about a 125 lb. anvil and used a certain type of welding rod to build up the main work surface. He got a surface hardness of a bit over 50 HRC. Then resurfaced the face on a surface grinder to get it back smooth.
Your videos are always a joy to watch, thanks for making them.
I really hope that whoever gets the anvil uses it, best would be if they make something on it to send back to you. At least that's my idea. Either way really enjoying your videos, and it is awesome watching you work.
peter, i think what we got to see at the end of the video is you seeing it from a 'workpiece' into an anvil, somethign a lot of machinists have been through, striving for perfection into seeing what it;ll actually be used for.
That shaping operation 💪🏻💪🏻. That anvil makes me drool.
This whole process is amazing. And yes, that anvil should be used. Keep it up.
Could you do an explanation on how you code a shaping operation like that? And setting the tool alignment. Love the videos.
Hey Peter your machining is like poetry in motion , beautiful job
So satisfying to see the chips rolling off the two cutting tool edges as the Hardy hole was being shaped.
Great job Peter. Well done.
awesome job man. been fun watchin you make these things. looks like your pretty much done with these....kind of a sad day. looking forward to see whats next...nice work!
It was awesome watching the machine work as a shaper cutting square corners. Incredible work
A CNC’d anvil is like plowing snow with a Corvette. I might have used a file to chamfer the edges, though. Sure is the prettiest anvil I’ve seen.
This anvil is absolutely beautiful! I started out my career as a machinist, then started doing blacksmithing and knife making for fun. This anvil would be the perfect tie between the two worlds. I would love to forge a folded tamahagane steel, Japanese tanto but I don’t think my cheep cast iron anvil would handle that kind of abuse. Something like this would be perfect!
You’re gonna have to win it, you anint having it by quoting obscure Japanese jargon
Sweet unit! I'd leave that ding in there and call it the "Stanton notch" and then every anvil from now on will need one ;)
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!
F-ing nice mate.! You're an A-class machinist!
I had no idea that a HM would do shaping like that. Beautiful job,thanks.
This machine is most ideal for this. It’s ability to orient and clamp a tool at different angles makes it that way. This feature is really designed for lathe turning tools.
Beautiful job Peter.
I'm a machinist and a blacksmith on the side. That anvil is absolutely gorgeous!
Why did you broach to a perfectly sharp corner, and without something like 0.1" radius in corners? Would have kept it from cracking someday.
The failure point of so many anvils is cracking at corners of hardy holes- most tools that go in them never actually have perfectly square corners, theres usually a blunted edge. At least in my experience there has been.
Phenomenal work, whoever wins this is damn lucky!
It's not Harbor Freight quality but it'll do. No seriously its a one of a kind masterpiece I'd like to see a blacksmiths reaction to it
paging @shurap @essential craftsman @blackbeard @green turtle @that works, your opinions are needed! (not really, we all know they would be in awe!)
What a lovely anvil, I sure would use it. well done. Peter.
"That's pretty good." That's an understatement, if I ever heard one.
Nice job Peter! I have been enjoying the series of the anvil.
Well done, sir!
Thank you.
I think anyone would be lucky to have that anvil, Peter. Well done sir. Hope you guys are doing well there! - Tom Z
Never seen an anvil like this one... it is totally AWESOME!
Como siempre buen trabajo.. da gusto seguir tu canal..se aprende ,muchisimo..gracias por tu tiempo..un saludo y mucha salud
would love to see a ball bearing bounce on it to test the rebound.
Love the scope of work you do.
Just a question, how many separate tool bits do you carry in the carousal.?
Don't think I could afford to replace the cutting tips.
I don't know what a hardy hole is or what the anvil is for. I do know what you have done is kraZy cool and very interesting to watch.
Keith Rucker needs to send you his stoker engine casting. You could knock that out in an afternoon on your horizontal. It would be interesting to see you do it.
Nice Peter, loved the shaperjob!
The ring is awesome! The shaping was really nice to watch, it does make me wonder what kind of force is required to perform that operation though.
It doesn’t even register on the load indicators. I’m only taking .002” per pass.
Very cool. Thanks for the reply
Another Masterpiece
Outstanding work as ever Peter, I was wondering how many programmes it took to create this thing of beauty?.
I’m not sure. I didn’t count them. It took more because the Horizontal mill has a small memory capacity.
Are they for sale?, cant ever see one being used as an actual anvil, they are way too beautiful, they would make great statement pieces in Engineering company's foyers.
@@1ginner1 A real classy doorstop :)
Absolutely beautiful work. Fun to watch too.
Beautiful! Too pretty to use. Imagine an 18th century blacksmith seeing that.
I'm going to try this with my Sherline this weekend.
hi Peter, did you happen to keep up with the hours you have in the anvil?
That's not a mistake Peter, it's a feature.
AS Bob Ross would say,It's a happy little accident'
It also depends on what kind of use it gets. I bet there is a coyote that would love to get this anvil, even if it isn't an ACME brand.
I love those anvils, I know you talked about the design once before but I can’t remember if it’s your design or someone else’s. Beautiful either way.
My design.
Hi,
I was wondering if you know of a way of drilling a 1/2” hole in 3/8” AR 500 SSAB Hardox steel?
I’ve tried drilling it with a HS Black oxide drill bit but they burn up instantly. 😥
How hard is the metal you are working with Mr. Edge Precision ??? Thanks
This material isn’t heat treated. I think it is jus normalized. It’s a little tough to file. I would estimate some ware between 30-40 Rc. I haven’t really intended to heat treat it. But I think I will investigate if I can get the top induction hardened. 4340 is capable of getting to around 55-58 Rc. If I can get it done for a reasonable price I might do it.
@@EdgePrecision Whatever you choose would work depending on the true application of the owner. But induction hardening world really make the anvil super special just like the forged steel Swedish anvil that all blacksmiths rave about. Please if you choose that route do a bounce test with a 1 inch ball bearing for rebound. Very nice work also. God bless.
I am as always impressed, very fine piece of art, well done :)
it would be very insteresting to see a video about how you would bill a (imaginary) customer for an avil like this. sort of a financial breakdown of the process.
It's amazing looking at the things you make. Are you a blacksmith as well as a machinist? I'm a machinist, I took up blacksmithing a couple years ago as a hobby. That's really amazing!
Yes I do some blacksmithing. Just for the enjoyment of it. Not to make any money.
I have a question first of all I love your work I wish I had that imagination and knowledge that’s why I have a question I guess. I’m working on an aluminum part which has .319 diameter side holes on it by 5 inches deep so my question is what kind of drill should I use and should I or should I not use pecking. We will be running it on a four axis horizontal mill. Thanks for sharing your videos too by the way.
Wether you use pecking or no depends on the drill and coolant supply. If you have a coolant thru drill and high pressure thru spindle coolant. Than no pecking. If you just use a regular twist drill with flood coolant than peck drill. The best would of course be a solid thru coolant carbide drill with high pressure thru the spindle coolant. The feed and speed would depend on how the chips exit the drill when deep in the hole. The type and heat treat of the aluminum come into play. You will have to experiment.
@@EdgePrecision thank you Peter this has been very helpful and thank you for the quick reply
Perhaps marking the weight and holes in the legs for mounting
There are threaded holes in the base for mounting.
Wow Really Really Nice job - Great edit work too
Are you not doing any other work like you used to do the huge bolts and fancy turning jobs,these anvils are ok but I miss the other stuff
No still doing other jobs. Doing some shafts right now.
Oh nice are they going to be future videos
Outstanding job! We all make mistakes, just be glad it wasn't on a piece of Inco or Ti for a job.
Those anvils are amazing 😎
Thanks Steve!
Hey where’d you get your little rotary debur tool? Post a link in the next vid if you don’t mind.
The pensile grinder I use on the hardy hole? If so do a search for NSK Espert 500. You will see many options.
Just my opinion. 50 hrc. Is the minimum hardness that we like. The best anvils to work on are 55+ hrc. One key is to use a softer hammer so it'll be less easy to damage the anvil. The metal in between should always be softer than the hammer and anvil.
The shape of your anvil is perfect.
Absolutely beautiful work!
Sweet looking anvil
I wonder how fast those inserts are wearing out with no coolant running.
They don't necessarily need coolant, it can cause thermal shock
Nice anvil. I’d use it. A skilled smith isn’t too worried about a softer anvil.
Peter, I loved seeing you use that shapping tool, if I saw a square hole feature like that come through my shop I would immediately look into having it sent out for EDM wire. I’ve broached smaller square holes in softer material on horizontals but have never used a shapper. You made it look to easy, and your spindle looked to clock the tool accurately enough for each rotation. Not sure if mine would repeat that nicely...
Who makes that shapping tool? Or did you make it?
I ground the tool on my grinder. This machine can orient and clamp the tool every 15 degrees. It’s designed that way for turning tools.
You did a beautiful job, thank you for all the work in creating videos to share this!
Thank god for home projects. You can always make it a little deeper. I gotta say that is one hot shit machine you got there.
Peter you have gone way pass anvil, you are in the sculpture / museum piece area!!! It should be behind glass.
thanks peter for sharing
damn i never even thought of cnc shaping. that was cool af.
After hardening I would polish the anvil into absolute perfection just for the fun of it. Finish it with 0,5 microm diamond paste to give hologram free finish.
I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. I like your machine repair vids as well. I ran across your video about your power supply problems and I thought I could recommend one of your fellow youtubers. Peepaw McDonald This guy is a machine electronics repair genius. He's the real deal. Maybe you could collaborate with him if you have any problems in the future. I look forward to watching your next video.
Are these anvils going to be for sale at all? Cause I’d love to pick one up from you!
No this is going to be given away.
Can you have a mold made of this and pour them? It's truly a work of art
Badass! Thanks Peter.
What a beauty. I mean the anvil and de video. THX