Making a Large Striking Anvil from a Forklift Fork - The Arkvil Build
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- To me it looks like a giant ship, or an ark. This was one of those projects that wasn't planned but instead took shape as it went.
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A better ASO than most I've seen. Looks functional.
This is how I made my anvil almost a year ago. I love it! Extremely sturdy, cost effective and is holding up very well!! I paid $50 U.S. Dollars to have a welder join the forklift fork to the mild steel.
Forklift for FREE and mild steel $100.
Nice. Job, thanks for all the information. That’s a great idea to use old forks that are already hardened. They are sometimes available when they get sharp enough to be a safety hazard.
You should weld a round horn on the other side. This is great work
Wow. Super cool anvil. I would love to give this a shot. Excellent work!
Nice job, at 500 plus for one, good to see another way. thx for sharing. Cheers from Canada
You did a very nice job , and I like the comments there are no negative comments and I like that a lot , I have been an Idustrial Technician for over 35 years now and you do very good work , very glad to see a knowlegable person on youtube !!
Okay now this one I like!!!
Not too fancy, but super beefy
Awesome build Brother!!! I really like that you threw some verses in there too! God Bless You Brother!!!
Nice one. Maybe someone can answer this for me:. Would there be any advantage to filling up that empty cavity with, say, sand or concrete or molten lead? Just an idea. I'd love to know if it would make any difference.
Often sand is packed inside of metal structures like that to absorb vibrations.
I believe if it were me, I would leave the bottom of the hardy open.
Cool project! I really like that you gave explanations and details. It gives it a classroom feel.
Tip for you.. a ball bearing is best (instead of a hammer) and will show you the true rebound.
Thanks for the video..
Got my fork tine (takes a pair to make a fork) from an equipment rental place. They had emptied their metal bin the day before, but had a single tine in there. Let me have it for free.
I really like this build and will consider it for a flat surface anvil, my Peter Wright has quite a radius to the face.
Now we know Noah must have been something of a carpenter but might he have been a smith as well, just a thought.
just a myth,
or genocide?
Cool anvil...solid steel middle part. 👍 Awesome. Can I keep It 😁
The Iron Kiwi , that's an awesome Striking Anvil !!! Would love to have that !! Keep up the great work , looking forward to the next one . Peace
when you welded the top plate you shouldn't have only welded the sides. it creates an air pocket like a cushion that may be why the rebound was so intense. beautiful work tho and gave me a great idea! I hope it works for you for a lone time!
Love the content. Why are you not using a 7' angle grinder.
So the striking Anvil usually has a fairly soft face, so it absorbs mis-blows, an idea I like. I think best is a solid anvil such as yours, but reversible so to present either face, soft or hard. You gonna mount it low? 24" or so?
Awesome content! More painting uploads would be sweet!
Liked how you ended your video with a verse from the Good Book. :)
Now just get some Leech F-26 adhesive and glue it down to a nice white-oak log. :)
Awesome idea!!! I might try to build one similar!!
Jesse Hodgeson ok
Those wide kerf chop saws take much more effort than a 6" thin kerf cutting disc on an angle grinder. If you work metal and don't have a 6" grinder (9" are unwieldly while 4.5" limit wheel diameter and are underpowered) I recommend one. Happiness will result. I routinely cut heavy plate and stock with mine. I gave away my chop saw...
great work
I think it looks great,I j have a forklift tine that is4.50 x 12 x 36 in. About 600lbs had 2 been making sea Robin clone anvis
I have a few tines myself been trying to figure out what type of steel they are made from or do they vary???
I got a fork lift fork.
You have come as close as anyone in making an Striking anvil, but I was under the understanding that a striking anvil was made from mild steel.
Is the fork made from mild steel or low carbon structural steel ?
1:00 Jesus man. No gloves or grinding guard?!?!
My kinda lad.
You should not have gloves While grinding
@@blacksabbathswedendanzig886 I’ve never ever heard that before lol. It’s not like it’s a drill press where you’ll be snagged if you wear gloves mate.
@@chrisp9046 i have learned that you should not use gloves in with Any sort off power tool. Grinding guard is good and eye protektions is good👍 maybe i am wrong🙁
@@blacksabbathswedendanzig886 Why is that? Maybe you’re not wrong. Specifically about grinders. I’m curious. I rarely use my grinder at work without gloves and I’ve had weeks on end of grinding. Hours and hours of constant grinding. Now, I’ll add without a guard like an idiot. But I want to fit in. 😂
Just subscribed! I think this kind of stuff is awesome!! What do you do with all the anvils you make??
i love this channel
I think I would have left the bottom of the hardy open, It's going to be a bear to have to turn that over to empty the hardy hole when it fills up with scale and swarf!
Magnet pulls this crap out.
+Al Meyer I agree! When I was watching the vid after I was like: what!? I thought I left it open lol
+Al Meyer I agree! When I was watching the vid after I was like: what!? I thought I left it open lol
+Al Meyer I agree! When I was watching the vid after I was like: what!? I thought I left it open lol
Well a guy could always plasma cut or drill it open and tidy it up with a die grinder, That's the way it goes sometimes! I do like the build though!
Is this an anvil you will use or would you consider selling it? Great job as always!
nice. keep the faith!
Awesome !
Great video! I'm inspired to make one! Nice to see a scripture at the end! Thanks.
Loved watching this! Would you be willing to sell? My 11 year old son and I just started smithing and we're using an old railroad track that we've cut into an anvil shape. Would be nice to have something a little larger!
what do you do with all these anvils you make? Are they up for sale??
How many blades did it take to cut the fork
Do you have a price list on some of these anvils that you make? Oh and great job as always
as you mentioned this would be a budget anvil what would the cost be on this one with no stand?
what is a good way to come by a forklift fork?
David Walkenstein I just bought 2 for scrap price, something like 2 cents a lb. I just saw the tips sticking out if the dumpster load, had to dig them out, but it was worth it....so maybe 4.00$. Those kind of deals only come along once in a lifetime, so no I will not sell them to you for 8.00$
There were Giants upon the earth in those days.
how much to buy a similar anvil?
Make it intro a regulær anvil with horn and legs
Do you sell any of your anvils?
This is the exact Anvil that I wanted build I prefer to be solid 4140 if possible or whatever forklift Forks are made of them not sure what steel is used forklift Forks but if I could get that steel in a solid block that would be awesome because I don't want any welds on it I want a solid block anybody have any idea what that would cost let's say 6 inch wide by 15 in Long 8 in thick
do u sell anvils?
you should weld a magnet on your ground clamp but not a neodyne they are so brittle
and open up the hardywhole so the punch can fall all the way through when you use it
+The Iron Kiwi Still interested in commissioning you for an Anvil. Either shipping ot to Calgary or Penticton. Message me. Thanks.
Wow this is nice and solid. Except the horn. There, I kind of was disappointed. I would have cast mild steel in!
You obviously have no idea about industrial processes if you suggest that.
Why? I hate it cheap. I want it 100% solid.
+Kyôdai Ken no offense but that's a really stupid comment, You don't just cast mild steel.
That's kinda cheating on the Hardy hole but it works I think I am going to copy you
And now that you have closed the bottom, your hardy hole will slowly fill with scale, ash, swarf, and dirt. But maybe that will help to kill vibration.
+lebomm johnson haha yeah! I even meant to leave it open, that's why I ran the tube all the way through, wasn't thinking at the end there lol
jesus loves you iron kiwi
striking anvils arent hardened
Well it's not really hardened but it is a forklift fork, so it'll be a lot more durable in the long run than mild steel.
Hi there - liked watching this but as a bit of constructive criticism, you really need to but a tripod for your camera so you can show stuff properly, not one handed. The shaking when you're doing this is very annoying, apart from that, keep up the good work.
lol
I just got fired from work for this video.... Thanks, my boss needed that fork.
You have false scripture for that too?
Your end message killed it.... You aint god. Don't write false scripture.
Why the bible quotes?
+Geoffrey Smith because otherwise there would be no point in even making the videos.
Geoffrey Smith I like the Bible quotes at the end keep putting them in
Why bring it up?
Why not the bible quotes?
Half ass project that you also lost interest in.
Right, so I built this gorgeous control panel, complete with a $5000 PLC and I/O boards, when one day it didn't activate one of the solenoids to the on pos'n, causing the pump to run dry. Well, I got SO disappointed, that I burned down the entire complex of houses - complete with pets, my father, cousins & brothers annnd that's the end of the story. Print it.
Hey, I have a TON of open-ended stories for people to read and believe in -- they will NOT guarantee a better society, but if I SAY it will, you will adhere to the fables with collective societal pressure, the point of the sword and public beheadings, am I right?
Let us hear some more of this open-ended wisdom from which you blindfully quote..
Grunthos the Flatulent get bent
I'm atheist. You're an asshole. There's a difference.