1947 Blowhorn Stake Anvil Restoration - Restoration Videos

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1947 American Pexto 925 Tinsmith & Blacksmith - Blowhorn Stake Anvil Restoration.
Hi friends. I prepared an Amerikan made Pexto No. 925 Tinsmith & Blacksmith Blowhorn Stake Anvil restoration for you. I think such a piece is common in the U.S. But coming across this piece in Europe is surprising. I came across this one accidentally and bought it. This is the first time that I buy something and then immediately restore it. So we can understand from that, I loved this piece. I hope you also love it. Let’s start the restoration. As can be seen, it has been painted 4 times. I tested for the lead before taking the paint out. The outer layer didn’t have lead in it, but the inner layers did. So I was cautious. I sandlbasted after. I saw the marks after sandblasting, the paint covered them before. The marks and the letters were messed up before. The lower part was not in good shape due to wear over the years. First, I completely restored the stake part with files and sandpaper. This part wasn’t heat-treated so it was nice and easy. But I needed to use Argon welding on two places and the corner, they needed extra material to build up where deformation was. After that, I tested the horns for the hardness and it came up around 40-45 HRC, which we can say is a normal hardness. I used a bit more force and sandpaper on those areas. I smoothed the horns as well the same way. I used many different files and sandpapers. After the filing, I used sandpaper between 40-2000 grits before polishing. And after the polishing I got a mirror-like surface on it. I would say, it would be possible to shave yourself on that surface. This anvil is made up of the pieces. As the horn and the stake. Right where they meet, is an original weld made from the factory. I didn’t touch up that area. Because it seems aesthetic and nice. I cold blued the bottom of the half-round horn and where the weld is, and used steel wool on those after. It gained a nice old look from that. I always say that you should check the description for more but there will be more in the video. You are going to have a great time of 14 minutes. Have fun watching. See you until the next project. After researching this anvil, I got the technical data about it from the original product catalog. I want to share those with you. American measurings: Length of large and, 9 in. Lenght of small and, 18 in. Diameter of small end at wide pointi 1 ½ in. Diameter of small end at narrow point 5/8 in. Diameter of large and at wide point, 4 ¾ in. Diameter of large and at narrow point, ½ in. Weight, 14 lbs. Each, $25.00
Meine Mechaniker.
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[@scottcates]

I just levelled-up my restoration game by watching this guy do a hardness test in order to select the most appropriate blasting media.

[@kc5gym]

Nice work and good file technique. It is refreshing to see that some people know how to use a file properly.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thank you so much

[@kahutochishisumi9056]

Another beautiful restoration. Thank you

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻

[@vinceianni4026]

Hello mister beautiful restoration beautifully restored good job well done

[@hownow8442]

Fantastic job as always. You are the master of filing and sanding.

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻

[@dave3156]

I really enjoy watching your projects. I can't imagine the actual amount of time spent filing and preparing this. Excellent--thanks for sharing!!

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@stephaniedeaver3619]

What is the purpose of the bluing if it's just going to be sanded off? Or does bluing penetrate a little below the surface as well, to prevent rust?

[@Thrallbra]

Had the same question

[@cjautocl]

Me too… seems like a waste of bluing and time

[@kelvincrabtree1062]

Ok, I understand why. He did it to get an even coating, then sanded off the areas he wanted to keep shiny. Easier to coat the whole thing than try to tape off the sections and have it bleed through.

[@pavloszimbrakos4410]

I just think bluing in general is stupid unless it’s mirror bluing but even then it’s dumb and looks super ugly

[@PeanutsDadForever]

Thanks for another great video!🇦🇺👴🏻

[@meinemechaniker]

🇦🇺 thanks sir

[@byOldHand]

Dear Friend well done, gorgeous work as always. Nothing is better then having a cup of coffee on a calm Sunday and watching a talented craftsman. I had great time while watching. Special thanks for not painting it again ✌🏻 Do you have a new sunday gift for next week 😅 I can not wait… Stay safe Gentleman and see you over a glass of whiskey. Cheers 🥃

[@meinemechaniker]

Hello friend, nice to see you. I'm glad you liked my video. I was pleased to have a master like you enjoy my work. I would like to release a new project next week, but I can promise it by the end of February. It's a great America. pipe vise. It's okay for everyone who reads this comment to know about my next project. I wish you a happy and productive February. ☕️☕️

[@ahmadmoradi3546]

The attention to details was so satisfying, amazing work!

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@gulistankarakeci1741]

Incredible job as always 🫶🏼

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻

[@t0mn8r35]

Another beautiful job. You have excellent tools and machinery.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@notthisguyagain8557]

You still got it!

[@simpledreams760]

Nice restoration. It's interesting to see your work.

[@meinemechaniker]

Tuanks

[@JDGillis]

Wow, that be some serious paint removal and polishing skills you have there.

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻

[@BB_Chaptsick]

Ali good to see a post from you. Hope all is well!

[@user-to9ux9tj8r]

Another masterpiece. Magnificent job Sir.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@Knilch58]

I wonder what is the sense in first cold bluing, then sanding it again? Does the bluing still have any effect? No criticism, just curiosity.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Super impressed. 👍👍👍

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻

[@Rodo1946]

Es un lindo trabajo, hecho con esmero y prolijidad, como de costumbre, que sigan los exitos y gracias por el video.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks a lot

[@argusx77]

Excellent work 👍

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks a lot

[@Roadkillstew]

awesome job. great show.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@MASI_forging]

Great restoration 😃😃

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@stevie.dx1710]

I've been waiting for one from you. I always love all of your videos. I saw your comment on by Old Hand's last video and I think it's great when the two of you collaborate on a project. Funny though, that your environments couldn't be more different. Loved the etching at the end 😊. Beautiful !!

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks Stevie

[@nitro74cs]

Eline emeğine sağlık, fevkalade titiz ve teferruatlı bir çalışma oldu.

[@meinemechaniker]

Teşekkürler

[@Poulenc]

I just realized MM explains very well and answers a lot of questions asked here in the description box. I deleted my questions since it was not usefulanymore. It would be great to have some information / explanations during the video aswell, but I am almost sure you have done it in the past already, so probably you have reasons to keep this one more simple. Thanks for the great videos!

[@meinemechaniker]

No, you are absolutely right. Can the subtitles be turned off while watching videos? Can you check it and let me know?

[@iantaylor1184]

i bet the factory never produced one this nice, man is a master

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks ian

[@ericmarcadal7898]

Magnifique restauration, belle maitrise de la lime

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@arnhemseptember2009]

Very nice piece. You were lucky that the paint had conserved it in quite good condition!

[@meinemechaniker]

👌

[@volkangunyeli]

Pırıl pırıl çalışma, titiz işçilik için tebrikler usta.👌🏼👍🏼

[@meinemechaniker]

Teşekkürler

[@49ersfarm43]

Love the different textures!

[@wolfgangbalu1253]

I appreciate very much your respect for brand names and signs.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@Al-Muhtadi]

Very good job sir

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@TheParkAttendant]

I have not seen any of these in the Us, so they must a specific tool, for a specific use. I'm going to look this one up, as it has fired my curiosity. Great work on the restoration.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@MrMikander]

Is that a blowhorn stake anvil in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Oh, the anvil :) Good job m8! Nice restoration!

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@michaelskinner896]

Excellent work! I like that you created different textures and finishes.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@swampy1584]

Nice job

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻

[@terryrogers1025]

Most excellent. That had more paint on than a battleship I really liked the way you finished it out. Thanks for the video and the time you spent producing it, enjoyed it, fun to watch.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@user-if6tx3iy1p]

Very good! I'm from Americana SP Brasil.

[@meinemechaniker]

🇧🇷👏

[@billywhizz7928]

Bravo!

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@PD-be7ln]

You are the best, man.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thank you so much

[@SimeonCogswell]

Why did you cold blue it just to sand it all off?

[@mattclary2069]

Haha. I somehow missed the word anvil in the title. Watched the entire video thinking you were restoring the weirdest looking anchor I’d ever seen. Anvil makes much more sense. Once again a beautiful job. I thought you’d smooth out that original weld but, once again, you know best!

[@meinemechaniker]

😅

[@mohamadalayan]

Lovee the attention to details as usual 😍😍. As awlaysss

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻🇱🇧

[@kahlid-ataya]

this is something exceptional. I wouldn't have guessed what it is😅

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks mr Kahlid 🙏🏻

[@kahlid-ataya]

@@meinemechaniker أهلا وسهلا بكم يا صديقي

[@meinemechaniker]

@@kahlid-ataya 🙏🏻

[@Habitarse]

Toller Content! Der Leibe zum Detail macht den Werk einfach gut!

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@sardonic_smile_8752]

Painstaking filing. On forged steel.

[@scottcates]

Madness

[@meinemechaniker]

It is very hard

[@berniesherwood9710]

Another excellent restoration. I love your idea to not grind the original welds. Fantastic!

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks, I'm glad you agree with me.

[@filipwennergren2712]

Love this!!!

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻

[@atuned85]

Nice! Doesn't sanding remove the protective layer you got from bluing?

[@meinemechaniker]

The same process was not done everywhere

[@ftownroe]

Great Job, it is almost too beautiful to use.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@michael5089]

Absolutely superb video. I've just watched several of yours now and your skills are amazing. I could watch for hours. And no annoying music! Just the sound of a master at work! ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@pavloszimbrakos4410]

I still thing he should’ve filed the ugly casting marks towards the top but otherwise this was awesome it’s so shiny! Mirror polishing is ALWAYS the way to go in my opinion

[@guataco]

Beautiful.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks, I can use it when necessary.

[@artemdookalis3402]

Ну-ка ну-ка, что тут у нас!... 😊

[@Dude-ln7jg]

I‘m not a Metal guy, so heres my question: Does cold blueing the whole thing and then sanding it off make sense? Thanks for a Info!

[@meinemechaniker]

Not all 👌

[@Mlenski_restorations]

I have never seen this stuff before. Interesting one. Nice restoration. 👍

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@martinberazategui]

It looks like a T-1000 body part. Nice!

[@Painless61]

It would be nice to know at the end of the Restauration how long did it takes over all to restore this anvil or other things you restore. In the videos it looks so easy and everything is done in a few minutes. Thx for the video … 👍🏽

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks a lot. This projekt 15 days

[@richardmahan4197]

Well done, sir.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks

[@richardbonner2354]

Mechaniker, Another fine piece o' Werk...; You have yet once't again, tuned up a marvelous tool... to be capable of performance levels that it has NEVER before achieved. If plate was more abundant, this anvil could now be called a Silver an' Gol' Smith's anvil, and it would manufacture metalWerk worthy of a 'prince' like You to use. 🙂 Rick Bonner Pennsyltucky

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks mr Bonner Greetings Pennsylvania

[@richardbonner2354]

@@meinemechaniker 🙂 Rick

[@meinemechaniker]

@@richardbonner2354 Rick ✋

[@eraykanbir]

🧿🧿🧿 yorumu pesin yapiyorum. Izleme keyfini pazar gunune sakladim☺️

[@meinemechaniker]

😅

[@user-cz7wr7px7s]

Как всегда на высоте ! Очень ждал ваших выпусков . Единственное , я до последнего не мог догадаться , что это ??? Якорь???? Соха, плуг ???? !!!Пока вы не стали оборачивать жестянку вокруг конуса🤦🤦🤦🤦!!! Вон оно что ... Формовочная наковальня или что-то в этом роде . И ещё , мне нравится работа напильниками , и наблюдать и самому работать ими . Очень умиротворяющее занятие . Спасибо ! До свидания 👋

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks mate

[@Dumplin42]

Nice Restoration. Just wondering why the soldered joint area wasn't smoothed and polished? The only unfiniished piece in my mind.

[@meinemechaniker]

For respekt

[@Poulenc]

I just realized he explains it very well in the description box.

[@meinemechaniker]

@@Poulenc 👌

[@chrisbarley9584]

Awesome

[@Car-bq5bw]

Wow

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻

[@meinemechaniker]

🙏🏻

[@OraDeCulcare]

very nice, but why did you cold blue it and then polish it after?

[@meinemechaniker]

Not all

[@IratePuffin]

@@meinemechanikerI was curious about that too. I didn’t know if he just decided after he cold blue’d it that it would look better polished or if some of the rust protection remains even though it’s no longer black.

[@alexanderalbach468]

Riesen spitzhacke mit Mini Griff? 😂😅 Egal, spitze, wie immer! ❤

[@meinemechaniker]

Well come Alexander thanks

[@alexandersakh8360]

Nice job but why did you leave the welding as it is? As me it's quite ugly

[@meinemechaniker]

you are both handsome

[@user-rq5nr8ny5x]

Молодых на флоте заставляли якоря точить, а здесь сам без принуждения.

[@facundoperez6286]

Was the cold bluing worth it if you polish after? Doesnt that just ruin the process?

[@meinemechaniker]

not everywhere polished

[@facundoperez6286]

@@meinemechaniker thanks! Great channel by the way

[@richardblake8275]

Quick question: why blue it then sand it?

[@meinemechaniker]

Not all just horn

[@KHANIDRUS]

зачем наносить чернение на те места, которые шлифовать?

[@muushkin]

Very nice. What laser is it? What type / W?

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks it is Galvo laser

[@flashgordon6238]

I saved one of these from the scrappers last month. Think I'll use it in one of my big old vises as my anvil does not have a Hardy Hole large enough.

[@GlennTillema]

Nice restoration! I'm baffled as to why it was originally painted; was it a display piece and not used?

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@GlennTillema]

@@meinemechaniker Was there any clues as to why it was painted? I'm really curious!

[@meinemechaniker]

@@GlennTillema Many theories can be produced. But the people who make these layers of paint are not the same people. So we have at least four men. We don't care why the last person and the two people before that painted it. This is the most important part for us. Who painted this first and why? 🧐

[@GlennTillema]

@@meinemechaniker Thank you for the reply!

[@markjames9252]

Your restoration don't look like restored tools. They look like a "Work of Art"

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@wretchedmess]

Magnificent, as usual!! Can I ask the purpose, or thought behind bluing, and then sanding and polishing? As well as the purpose/thought behind sandblasting, the second time, after all the filing, before sanding coarse to fine? Thanks much, love the channel!

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@dan725]

Hmm, what’s the point of bluing it all if you’re going to sand and polish it anyway? Regardless, thanks for sharing the video.

[@mikenowland2739]

I didn’t get that either 🤷‍♂️

[@scottcates]

It aligns the molecules!

[@meinemechaniker]

Actually there are many reasons. but there is nothing wrong. Thanks for comment

[@mikenowland2739]

@@meinemechaniker can you explain the reasons ? We are interested not criticising 🙂

[@meinemechaniker]

@@mikenowland2739 Sometimes you decide something. but you can't be sure. because there will always be different versions. After sandblasting, I immediately bluing. After bluing, I immediately wash the product with cold water. There should be bluing everywhere to prevent rusting. The edges of the areas I polished are not sharp. So there is no clear border. There is an original source. The original source is full of holes. I can say more things. But translate got tired.

[@sunfishensunfishen2271]

Premiers at… midnight ;-;

[@alessandrogalatini5253]

Bravissimo

[@billy123174]

Nice

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks sir

[@dirkaust5107]

For what the hell is that part??

[@meinemechaniker]

?

[@user-oe1mq5nz1v]

❤👉🏻👍🏻

[@andrzejporeda7281]

Super wygląda ten szpikulec i pięknie odrestaurowany Ale do czego to służy ten szpikulec Pozdrawiam serdecznie. 👍👍👍👍

[@meinemechaniker]

There is a test section at the end of the video.

[@pfcparis]

Did the sanding and polishing remove the blueing you worked so hard too apply?

[@meinemechaniker]

😅

[@brianjbonkowski9636]

Love the videos, but im mixfused about two things - Why blue the metal if you were just going to polish it out anyway? Why not clean up the original stake welds too?

[@meinemechaniker]

thanks. The original source has an extremely aesthetic beauty. Bluing was applied everywhere, but it was not removed from everywhere. For example, the bottom of the bpy is black and the weld area is partially black.

[@TinaMdot]

I came here to ask the same two questions.

[@NickfromNLondon]

Brilliant now too beautiful to use. I wondered if you would smooth out the surface of the weld and credit to you you didn’t,t.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thanks welding is original

[@kevinscudamore2711]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[@meinemechaniker]

Hi kevin

[@haruncanosmanl491]

Çok güzel bi yenileme oldu abi lakin orta kısımdaki kaynak yerini de törpüleseydin daha güzel olurdu kanaatindeyim. Eline sağlık 🎉

[@caodesignworks2407]

How many finishes did you go through before you landed on the one you liked the most?

[@meinemechaniker]

File-40-2000-polish

[@Katmantics]

What is this tool used for?

[@meinemechaniker]

There is a test scene in the video.

[@roqford]

Nice work, but this weld joint between two parts dont bother You???😮

[@meinemechaniker]

Do I need to touch some things?

[@onurmt]

03:22 İSTANBUL 🇹🇷

[@meinemechaniker]

👍

[@ggtiago]

Is cold blue efficient after polish? If not, why cold blue the whose piece!?

[@doriWyo]

Did anyone guess correctly?

[@meinemechaniker]

Yes 1 person but not all

[@jeffbaranowski6695]

Amazing result! I'd say perfect, except that you made no attempt to clean up that glaring ugly weld. I am surprised by that and a bit disappointed.

[@meinemechaniker]

Thank you. But that source had to remain there as the original and it did.

[@vladimirfedorov1822]

Что это такое?

[@meinemechaniker]

?

[@vladimirfedorov1822]

@@meinemechaniker что это, флюгер или что?

[@meinemechaniker]

@@vladimirfedorov1822 наковальня

[@vladimirfedorov1822]

@@meinemechaniker понятно, для России как то странно, но мы же орки)))

[@robertvien5693]

It's a mother effing anvil!

[@Willy_Milano]

Wonderful, but I don't understand what the point of bluing it was, only to sand and polish it after. Amazing job, though.