Homemade Anvil Made From a Wheel?
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This video shows how we made two anvils from a solid steel wheel. We started with a scrapyard steel wheel from a large industrial machine, had it cut then machined the surface, welded bases on and heat treated them. This wheel was hardened around the outer diameter. I believe its made of 4140. I usually do most of the work but in this video my sons did all of the work. They will be appearing more in our future videos. This project is the start of putting a blacksmith area in our shop.
Really well done boys. Man I would be so proud if I was your dad! Don’t forget to stamp your name and date on them for history that way your great grandsons will know who made them and when as they will last centuries. What a pair of great family heirlooms to hand down through the generations. I was lucky as I had a dad like yours and he taught me how to weld and use oxy gear and to be comfortable using machines. Now I am retired I spend a lot of time in my small work shop and although my dad has long since passed away I still remember the things he taught me, shopping for tools together and making things together. What you are learning now will stay with you for your whole life. 😊😊😊
Thanks for sharing, it brought back some happy memories. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Thanks, we had fun making them. This was our first welding job and our first time on the milling machine. The plan is to build more blacksmithing tools to add to the shop. Thanks for the comment and for watching.
Greenridge Metal Works consider making a bender tool, for flat bands and pipes
@@duminicad thanks for the suggestion!
When you're getting those nice tight curled chips during your end-mill cutting it shows you've got a good feel for feeds and speeds. Noticed you also torch softened up the outer edge of the wheel before cutting. Smart stuff.
Would have like to have seen a hammer ring and bounce off of them....other than that, good make.
We did those test afterwards but didn't get it in the video. Thanks for the input!
Lemme tell ya guys, thas was some insane hardening action!. Respect......
Its great to see a couple of young men so interested and involved in something as industrious as metal working. You did wonderful job on them.
They did a fantastic job..congratulations on their education
I love videos described as “homemade” that immediately jump into using a machine shop or equipment that costs thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars.
Well Mitch your right, we did not make the anvils in our home, busted. The term "homemade" is more for youtube searchers looking for non-factory construction and I use it loosely. This is how the vast majority of youtube users search this type of video. By the way, I paid $700 for the mill, and $300 for the saw, those are the only machine shop tools you saw us use in this video. The wheel came pre-cut and the milling operation could have been accomplished with an angle grinder and a cutt-off wheel. The saw cuts could have been accomplished with the same grinder or a torch. Thanks for the input and thanks for watching.
Did you not watch the whole thing? What hair dryer cost thousands if not tens of thousands? Their home obviously is better equipped than yours. You’re coming off whining
I could make this at home.
Mitch Langston your videos are really good.
Were you seriously complaining about someone else's hard work in a video, when you don't share at all??
The mill work is a shop minimum job...somewhere around $65 where I am. The rest of his work was ingenuity and creativity.
And he took video for us all to appreciate.
Our modern entitled culture (as represented by your comment, Mitch) is a really depressing thing.
those were some awful deep cuts you were making through hardened steel on your mill
It was only hard around the outer diameter. It was still tough to machine though. Thanks for watching!
This was a really good video! there were a few simple things that i thought were brilliant- softening the edge with the torch, the way you pre-heated before welding, the hairdrier fed fire for hardening, well done! super educational.
Thanks a lot!
Excellent Job!
Thanks a lot. BTW, we watch all your videos!
@@GreenridgeMetalWorks Wow! Thanks! This was a great build! You put a ton of thought into this project and it shows. I subscribe at the one minute mark. Can't wait to see catch up on your past videos.
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@@TheGoodoftheLand thanks a lot. It means a lot to me. I subscribed to you as well.
Oh man that would have really been nice had you tapered the drop and made it like a small horn
I agree with the other fellow. Stamp date and very excellent job. Thank you Jim Fisher.
I was in a junkyard these days, I saw a steel wheel and thought about making the anvil the same way, but as the wheel I saw was even bigger I thought of making the horn too.
U shouldnt use compressed air. Little piece of steel can get into place that could make serious damage to mill.
Thanks for the advice!
Great job! Such a great piece!
On a side note, I watched you move the pieces and heard Bill and Ted say, “Heavy metal!”
😀😁😂🤣
This is the tits. Too many people looking for rail road track when there are pieces like this to be had on occasion
If i had that machinery, i would add a hardie hole in the back.
And you remind me that i still got a flywheel on my uncle's garage. Perhaps i'll make anvil like yours.
Thanks for sharing!
Well a square hole that deep is no easy chore. Also, these anvils will be mainly for knifemaking so the Hardie hole won't be missed much. Next one will get a horn and Hardie hole! Thanks for watching!
Try "Shop Made". What home has a milling machine like that! :P
I know of 10 home shops off the top of my head that have a mill and lathe
The lucky ones!
So nice to see what someone can do with junk yard steel. These place's are often overlooked. Enjoy the new custom made anvil.
Thanks!
@@GreenridgeMetalWorks Just speaking my mind.
Excellent work. I was surprised to see your age.
Awesome work I was surprised also, lol
Well done! It would be nice to see/hear what kind of rebound they ended up with, either with a hammer or a ball bearing.
We may add a shot in a future video. Thanks for the input.
Outstanding!!! I am really impressed. It really shows that y'all put a lot of thought and research into this project great work
Thanks!
Оригинально и круто.лайк.
За проделанную работу подписка.удачи в дальнейшем.🤝
Glad to see you actually re heat treated it I worried when I saw you torching it and in the fire. Good job
Wow is all I can say. Your father must be proud. I hope my boys have the same interests when they start getting older. Good job guys.
Thanks a lot!
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Put some Bee's Wax on those lag bolts.
A lot of Bee's Wax.
It will keep the metal from rotting out the wood.
That's a good tip, thanks!
I wish I had access to all the tools and metal
You'd be surprised at what you can find at your local scrapyard. Thanks for watching!
Yeah , but is homemade lol
need a tool make a tool, you can start blacksmithing with a claw hammer, a stone for an anvil and a campfire. Better tooling will net you better results
just go to a scrapyard, they have a lot of stuff there, last time i bought home a 1inch thick piece of plate steel :D
@@johndowe7003 Great suggestion, but sometimes easier said than done. I'm in the Cleveland area and hardly any scrap yards let you in the yard to look. Damn lawyers got in the way :) I'll find one eventually, though.
Great job on the anvils there guys! It sure does help having all the nifty play toys to mill the surfaces and all. Well done!
Nice ASO's! If your temper isn't too hard they should perform well and last many years!
Keep up the good work! You did very well!
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Great work guys. Those should work well and last for a very long time.
Thanks a lot! And thanks to Justin too!
It's a great idea to have the whole family together on this venture,it will give them a training they can never learn in a book,hands on,all the time,thanks for sharing this with me,I appreciate it
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Good inspiration...I think you can give a little touching again at half that the circle iron. That my sugestion. That great for now I think. 👍👍👍 Good job.
Отличная работа идея шок.
You bought, and effectively learned how to use the machines... The experience you achieved along the way is priceless.
Something very satisfying seeing an end mill make hardened steel look like cheese
It never gets old... Thanks for watching!
All you need is a $20,000.00 milling machine.and you can have one too!
SOLD!!!! I only gave $350 for that mill, that's a $19650 profit! I'll even ship it for free. Thanks for watching 😂
Nice...
SSSOOO Satisfying. You boys brought tears to this ol welder / fabricators eyes. Worked 37 yrs. for a refuse company. Garbage trucks, giant compactors, roll off containers and the like. Those crews sure tore up some equipment regular like. I so loved welding, swingin a hammer on glowin hot steel and fabricatin stuff. There was nothin we couldn't - black smith make. - So loved when the office folk'd come over to the shop area and try 'n explain what they wanted / needed. And we'de diagram it out for em on our giant welding table with a nub of chalk. They'de say - YEAH - YEAH THAT'S IT can you guys do that??? Can ya make that??? Course we knew we could. But we'de have a little fun with the Boss's son and some times the Boss hisself. But we'de get er done. And most times exceed their expectations. I surely thank you for yer fine videos.
Thanks a lot!
I would have kept the wheel as-is.
It would make a nice paperweight.
Too bad not all of us have access to a milling machine.
Looks like all you need to start blacksmithing is a Bridgeport mill, horizontal band saw, torches, welder....
The fact that you managed to heat treat it made my heart smile. Nice work.
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You guys did a great job. Next time though, you might want to chamfer those edges a bit before you weld. They will hold fine as is, but its just good form to get that extra penetration.
Thanks for the input 😊😁😁
Талант художника!!!!!!! живой пример¡!!
Nice job. The anvils look awesome. If I ever make one that way I'd put a rounded horn on it to do curves and such.
Maybe next time.
Those anvils came out fantastically, guys.
Just peel off the bark from stumps, otherwise, they will rot really fast.
Thanks!
would buy right now
hell yeah
Would of been funny if you dubbed the silent video at the end with different sound effects that would not match. Ripping paper, trees falling, birds chirping, etc.
That would have been hilarious!
Ok wait I'm just learning but you guys just hardened them that make them hard yes but brittle so that wouldn't work for an anvil. You have to anneal them which is medium heat for 30/45 minutes correct
No they aren't brittle. If we would have quenched at a high enough temp then maybe they would get that hard. We did a file test and if anything they could stand to be a tad harder.
Case hardened, so like a shell of hardened steel around a softer core
Good on you lads , hope you fellas have a lot old teachers because some day you too will teaching some snot-nose
Very creative excellent job guys if the world ends in a hundred years that will still be here!
Thanks a lot!
Ok this is really cool but it doesn't count as homemade when you have industrial tools like that
Not everybody has a machine shop!
excellent. Are these train wheels you used?
No but they ran on rail road iron. They came from a large cart that transported material in a mill. Thanks for watching!
@@GreenridgeMetalWorks nice, I work on the tracks so am going to keep an eye out. (its amazing the amount of good quality steel lying around as scrap on the tracks) Nice work.
Great video, First time I have been show what the welder see's when the arc is struck. Thanks makes more metalworking understandable, especially coming from a woodworking show "Jay Bates" ISFATW!!
Thanks Steve in SE Pennsylvania
If you want arc shots go watch welding tipsandtricks
Will help you out as well
There are not very many things two brothers can not accomplish.
I wish I could find a wheel like yours - what was it's origin?
I saw the description and thought "Wow I would LOVE to make an anvil at home from an old wheel!" but then first thing you fire up the mill and begin to machine a block of steel, and then I have to say "Not everybody has a machine shop sitting in their garage!", and "HELL I DO NOT EVEN OWN A GARAGE!!!" Nice video for what I have seen of it.......but no point in watching the rest after just 1 minute!!
The only machining we did was the top surface, that could also be accomplished with an angle grinder and elbow grease. It would definitely take longer but it s doable. Sorry you did t finish the video, the boys did a great job.
The cost to own all those machines... just buy an anvil!
Hah! Despite how it appears, these machines didn't cost me much. The rest of my tools have taken me many years to accumulate. I spent less on my milling machine than most would spend on a good anvil! Thanks for watching!
Tools dont cost you money, they make you money. Buy an anvil and all you have is an anvil. Now he has the tools and an anvil plus anything else he cares to make.
It makes square horse shoes.
Hah! That's funny. Actually these anvils will be used mainly for knifemaking. Later on we plan to make one with a horn.
Fred Flintstone/Barney Rubble and company
Just wondering but why worry about leveling them up if you end up mounting it on wood stumps?
Partly because both of these young men are apprenticing and need to learn to do things right and also we may make better stands some day. Thanks for watching!
@@GreenridgeMetalWorks oh that makes perfect sense thanks for the reply..great work and video
Technique
You did a great job.
Даааа,так и закаляют наковальни.
Where did u get the wheel
I got it at a scrap yard. It came from a local wood mill before that.
AWESOME JOB! LOVE THE CLOSE CAPTIONS TOO!!!!!!!! AWESOME
Very clever.and very well made
It’s a shame that your stick welding looks not very cosmetic...surely a mig machine would give better results
There are three of us in the shop at greenridge metal works, me and my two sons. These anvils were their very first welds. They each practiced welding for less than an hour. They built these anvils without any help. They are 14 and 16 years old. I think they did great! Thanks for watching!
Actually stick welding burns in deeper than MIG, so when done properly, these welds will be stronger than MIG welds.
@@GreenridgeMetalWorks Without a doubt they will have them for life!!! Keep Rocking it out!!!
Welds look good to me, but I'm just a pipefitter.
@@GreenridgeMetalWorks NOT Great But EXCELLENT and you (dad) my friend, my hat is totally off to you for taking the quality time from what I can see of being a great father, teacher and mentor and yes all of this jealousy from these people I do not understand. You and your family deserve everything you guys have and it is nobodys business. I am subscribed so I think I can speak my mind. Thanks for great video.
Fantastic job lads!
If I could make a couple of suggestions. Next time you have to weld something like the braces you welded to the feet, under-cut the bottom (weld side) of the piece you are joining. You will get less weld build up even if you are doing multiple passes AND you will get a stronger weld.
Second suggestion to save your ears when working at the anvil. Find you some heavy chain and wrap it around the base of the anvil. It will cut out some of the high frequency noise. Also, putting a rubber pad between the anvil base and the stand will help as well.
Overall though, great job!
В целом интересная идея вышла, но возник вопрос. А зачем нужно было отжигать в бочке и в последствии закаливать на костре, а не в той же бочке? И по нормальной схеме сначала нужно приварить ноги, а потом выбирать плоскости относительно ног или вообще лучше бы было отжечь сегмент выбрать ровную плоскость так где был пропил и перевернуть закрепить на столе фрезерного станка сделать прямоугольные выборки под ноги наковальни и приварить их и не делать нагромождение из сварочных швов и клинышков. Это было бы проще и логичней с точки зрения технологии изготовления.
Выбрать внизу площадку под ножки отличная идея!!! Мне кажется варить такие длинные швы лучше полуавтоматов. И насчёт бочки и костра. После сварки нужно прогреть всю деталь, так как в местах там где швы, появилось напряжение металла. Так сказать нормализация, если этого не сделать после закалки эти места прорвутся первыми, так что все правильно. Кроме того что Вы предложили, приварить а уж потом фрезеровать. Только меня смущает сама закалка, без отпуска? Это же стекло, а не металл...!
"Homemade"
What electrode did they use?
7018. Thanks for watching!
@@GreenridgeMetalWorks Is 1010 steel a good choice for an anvil? That's all I can get on machines shops where I live. I saw a scrap piece of 8 x 11 x 4" that I like and I am considering purchasing it.
People working there told me I could use an IPN piece for a starter anvil, (also told me that it was 1010 steel as well) which I dont like because I already own a railroad track anvil and its not quite sturdy.
Glasses! good job!
Removing metal from your eyes is no fun and apparently an MRI will magnetically and forcefully remove them if they are not removed first! I mean ugh!
Great video, Justin from Good of the land recommend you. So I subscribed
Thanks a lot!
Says "homemade" and works with industrial machines for at least 50k...
I wish my machines were worth that much! Hah! I have $650 total in the saw and mill you seen me use in this video. Anybody can get machines like these cheap! I restored the saw but the mill is exactly as I bought it. Everything we did on this project could have been done with grinders, a hand drill and a welder. Thanks for watching.
I think if ancient blacksmiths
Would have had access to steel
modern machine tools and welding equipment
There would not the first cast anvil ever had been built !
I only dream of having a anvil as nice as one like these !
Looks like great work, but I dont even know a place here where I could borrow time on a mill like that...
With a lot of patience you could accomplish this with an angle grinder. Thanks for watching!
Yeah like some of the other guys said was really nice to see some young guys getting out there and creating something that they're probably going to enjoy the rest of their lives and actually getting outside and building something I realized you left the mic off but just seeing how the file reacted to the steel what break you guys managed to get a decent heat treat😊
Great job guys! A pleasure to watch
your processes.... I hope your channel takes off....
surprised you are not using a coolant pump.
Ci metto i miei attributi li tirò su le incudini con una corda legate
Wow, that's quite the project. Worth the work. They'll be able to look at that anvil 40 years from now and be proud. But, it sure wasn't "free".
Very cool!
Young men and I say men because y'all doing a man's work y'all have done a fine job! Y'all are getting experience you need to become great engineers. Engineers that go to college and get degrees and have never worked in the field or know what it takes to do a job cause severe problems for the people who have to come behind them and work on stuff. Y'all are working on it and when you go to college you will have an edge up on everybody. It's good to see young men actually out working instead of playing on video games all day and night. Y'all probably like to get out and hunt and fish to. Like I say good job and y'all Keep On Keepin On
I think you're the first person I've seen on RUclips use a welding hood when filming the welding being done. Anyone with shop experience knows you don't watch the welding with no eye protection but I doubt most don't know the damage it can do to someones eyes. Even seeing it filmed while probably not dangerous is still irritating to see. Thanks.
Nice work. Nice aso (anvil shaped object). Very inventive seeing the shape in a wheel. Good metallurgy practices. Too bad were not able to get a horn.
We're planning on making another larger anvil with a horn and Hardie hole. Thanks a lot!
Too bad you guys didnt xhow a rebound test at the end of the video. I scored a 120lb machinist block that was used for setting up mill housings on an old Ingersol. The block had a saddle on one side so my company retired it. After some milling and heat treatment it makes an excellent anvil
Very classy, very creative use of materials.
Thanks!
Sorry to sound ignorant, What type of Wheel is this? A train wheel ??? Super interested in what it is.
It was from a machine that ran on railroad type track at a wood mill. They had some with rims also just like what you'd see on a train only smaller. Thanks for watching!
Whereas you have got such power machines, but you need to have an anvil made at "home"?
Cause I can! Thanks for watching!
Great video and a beautiful anvil at the end, my compliments and thanks for sharing
Thanks a lot!
Kick shit bro! Thats awesome.
Many machine shops have a large enough heat treating furnace to do an anvil that size if desire. Very nice work and choice of stock!
Someone commented there were no hand tools used in this and then ... at 11:30 the big blue wrench makes an appearance ! Nice work gentlemen, Thats truly something to be proud of.
The country is only alive as long as it has young people who do this.
Regards from Russia.
I suppose it never hurts to have full access to a machine shop and unlimited raw materials....
How much for one
Sorry, these are not for sale. Thanks for watching!
Well ya, with tools like that it’s easy lmao
Freaking, AWESOME !
Nice work, I would be proud to drop that on a roadrunner
Thanks!
@YeastyGeorge lol