I've found the holdfast I forged some years ago does a pretty good job of freeing up both hands when I'm forging, and it pulls right out of the pritchel hole when I'm not using it. I think the stuff I forge actually moves less than your system, but good on you for re-purposing old material!
Yeah, good for DIY but that's a ton of work and not near as handy as a simple spring steel hold down that takes ten minutes to forge and use for a lifetime. Couold have made a hold down and 20 pair of tongs in the time it took to put that together. 🙂
Very nice! I'm needing to make one for my anvil. Tired of pieces jumping off when I'm trying to get work done! Really like the bar on the back side to allow the holddown to be anywhere on the length of the anvil. Good job!
Hi Chris One thing you could do is make a base mount plate for the anvil stand to sit on and have the slide bar welded to the base plate. I noticed that the cast iron stand has 2 mounting holes casted into it, one on each side of the stand. Those holes could be the mounting point for the base plate. Some threaded rod welded to the base plate the stand fastens to the base plate and the anvil sits on top. Plus of the base plate you can make a holder for the weight to sit in. In practical terms the cast iron stand is in one piece and is not butchered or drilled with holes in anyway shape or form, plus you have a way to fabricate other holders for the anvil and no damage to the cast iron stand. A win, win, situation I think. Plus using the heavy duty industrial gear chain is a good idea for a third hand on the anvil.
Great idea i just had a 3lbs piece of yellow hot steel fly up and hit my face. I had safety glasses but not a face sheild. The would have stoped the triangle shaped burn i now have on my face. Thanks for showing it.
What you need to make is what is used to hold pipe in a pipe vice. It draws the chain down and gets as tight as you want. It would be easy for you to fabricate in your shop.
Interesting tool, nice found on that old chain & elevator weight. I got the fractional conversion stickers from your website, Thanks. I find it helpful for quicker decimal retrieval to put a red dot next to the eighths 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8 to visually jump to the vicinity I'm looking for. Maybe you can do that on your next printing for more value add.
Think instead of the c clamps a nice carriage bolt and steel plate on the base to hold the slide bar on will be fitting and useful for any clearance issues
Nice man!! Those things are super handy. I use a motorcycle chain (easier to come by although i would love some of that industrial chain you used 😍) and instead of a weight i made a little stirrup and use my foot to hold things in place on the anvil. Anyways nice vid and thanks!
Useful for you and the 1/2 of 1% of blacksmiths that have or find that chain. Why not make things that more average or beginner blacksmiths can make, and use? If you work on large enough steel to make any use of that "clamp", you probably have a power hammer, or large press to do that type of forging. I am not complaining about your effort, just the execution. Now I know a lot of "fans" will probably attack me for the above, but I'm just being honest.
It’s not for everyone, but that type of chain can be found on eBay or at a scrap yard. If you want to see more basic projects I’ve made lots of stuff using basic tools and railroad spikes. The videos are on my channel
I've found the holdfast I forged some years ago does a pretty good job of freeing up both hands when I'm forging, and it pulls right out of the pritchel hole when I'm not using it. I think the stuff I forge actually moves less than your system, but good on you for re-purposing old material!
Yeah, good for DIY but that's a ton of work and not near as handy as a simple spring steel hold down that takes ten minutes to forge and use for a lifetime. Couold have made a hold down and 20 pair of tongs in the time it took to put that together. 🙂
I like the fact you didn't destroy the original anvil stand by drilling these things are only original once!
Very nice! I'm needing to make one for my anvil. Tired of pieces jumping off when I'm trying to get work done! Really like the bar on the back side to allow the holddown to be anywhere on the length of the anvil. Good job!
A foot pedal on the counterweight would allow you to add more pressure if needed.
That's a great idea
That is an amazing cartoon grade anvil. I want one.
I love this thing!!!
TOT-magic. Love it.
Hi Chris
One thing you could do is make a base mount plate for the anvil stand to sit on and have the slide bar welded to the base plate.
I noticed that the cast iron stand has 2 mounting holes casted into it, one on each side of the stand.
Those holes could be the mounting point for the base plate.
Some threaded rod welded to the base plate the stand fastens to the base plate and the anvil sits on top. Plus of the base plate you can make a holder for the weight to sit in.
In practical terms the cast iron stand is in one piece and is not butchered or drilled with holes in anyway shape or form, plus you have a way to fabricate other holders for the anvil and no damage to the cast iron stand.
A win, win, situation I think.
Plus using the heavy duty industrial gear chain is a good idea for a third hand on the anvil.
I’ve had a similar thought to use the original mounting holes for hammer racks but you’ve given me a great idea! Now to find some plate! Thanks!
Great idea i just had a 3lbs piece of yellow hot steel fly up and hit my face. I had safety glasses but not a face sheild. The would have stoped the triangle shaped burn i now have on my face. Thanks for showing it.
I have a Hossfeld #2 without the hydraulic plate or pump/motor. I need to set it up and play with it
Cool idea. Have you tried a hold fast? Basically a shepherds hook you tap into the Pritchell hole that you tap upwards to release. 😃
I’ve used them but haven’t made myself one yet! Soon!
Great fab up for the 3rd hand. Always helpful.
What you need to make is what is used to hold pipe in a pipe vice. It draws the chain down and gets as tight as you want. It would be easy for you to fabricate in your shop.
You could weld a "foot rest" at the bottom of the chain to clamp your work piece down
Interesting tool, nice found on that old chain & elevator weight.
I got the fractional conversion stickers from your website, Thanks. I find it helpful for quicker decimal retrieval to put a red dot next to the eighths 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8 to visually jump to the vicinity I'm looking for. Maybe you can do that on your next printing for more value add.
Thank you! Good idea also!!
Think instead of the c clamps a nice carriage bolt and steel plate on the base to hold the slide bar on will be fitting and useful for any clearance issues
Thst would also work great!
Excellent idea! Well done. Now I have to go see if I can find me a mammoth chain like that somewhere
Very cool build and a cool reuse of some found materials! I really need to step up my blacksmith tooling game.
Nice ! I couldn’t do what I do without my chain hold fast.
I like the concept but I thinh id go with a spring before trying the weight
A spring system rather than a weight might hold more securely. Not sure which is best. Thanks.
Very nice job. keep Making Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Don't Die. God Bless.
Terrific idea!!
Good job, very useful
Good 👍. You Could use a little chain binder attachment for torque clamping. Have you ever seen a foot clamp on an anvil?
That is really COOL!
❤ your blockchain
Nice man!! Those things are super handy. I use a motorcycle chain (easier to come by although i would love some of that industrial chain you used 😍) and instead of a weight i made a little stirrup and use my foot to hold things in place on the anvil. Anyways nice vid and thanks!
very good idea, this is something to copy urgently :)
I’d like to see you make an offset smoker and a BBQ toolset
You need to make an EDC video, not the matter of the Chanel but it would be great
Vinegar is like $1 per gallon. I soak all of my used metal in a 30 gal container with like 10 gal of vinegar.
Very good my friend
Is that a Hofi Hammer? They're great! Sad to hear he passed away recently.
Regular white vinegar works just as good and probably faster
Did Bethesda get their blacksmithing sounds from you?!! I swear it sounds like I'm playing Skyrim when I hear you hammering.
You could just use vinegar
Less toxic and WAY cheaper
Only 400 views after 40 minutes. You need more lol
Molasses and water will get rust off.
WD-40 don't prevent rust.
Hammer brand : type at 4:22?
Why can't you clamp the piece when you keep writing
WD-40 he said WD-40
If you learn how to blacksmith you won't need these gimmicks 😊
@@timmiddaugh3701 I invented blacksmithing
Useful for you and the 1/2 of 1% of blacksmiths that have or find that chain. Why not make things that more average or beginner blacksmiths can make, and use? If you work on large enough steel to make any use of that "clamp", you probably have a power hammer, or large press to do that type of forging. I am not complaining about your effort, just the execution. Now I know a lot of "fans" will probably attack me for the above, but I'm just being honest.
It’s not for everyone, but that type of chain can be found on eBay or at a scrap yard. If you want to see more basic projects I’ve made lots of stuff using basic tools and railroad spikes. The videos are on my channel
Dont panic you find these chains in the scrapyard