Adapting a Hardy Hole The Easy Way

Roy and Thomas work at making a hardy hole adapter for an anvil.
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[@SonoraSlinger]

That weld "doot" was absolutely textbook 😂 Great video

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thank you!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Wow Roy very interestin and useful video today. I definitely will try this. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work Roy. Forge on. Keep making. God bless.

[@GWIRailroad]

Thanks Roy perfect timing, I have a new anvil and have a similar problem coming up. Another great video. Wayne

[@johnjude2685]

Again something I didn't have fully figured it out for myself, Thanks for the teaching Roy

[@johnjude2685]

Another fine helpful video. Thanks, To you Roy and your love ones Merry Christmas and enjoy your Holidays Sit

[@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740]

Interesting work around for the oversized Hardy hole Merry Christmas ❄️⛄🎄 to your family and Thomas family as well. Merry Christmas to everyone! God bless n keep Crawford out, 🙏🔥⚒️🧙🏼‍♂️

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thank you Mr Crawford Sir 🎅🏼🎄🌨️ merry Christmas to you and yours as well ❤️

[@thomasgoodemoot]

Thank you Crawford and have a merry Christmas as well to you and yours

[@isaacbenrubi9613]

In the words of Marv, from Home Alone 2, "WOW... WHAT A HOLE..." Thanks for the great video! Merry Christmas to you n yours!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Great movie And great quote 😊 merry Christmas

[@Tom-hz9oc]

This is a great way to adapt a Hardy hole. Trying to build up tools would take forever and just make a mess of the tools.

[@JacksonDunnoKnows]

Great stuff man. I've had the big blue for almost 3months now. Great recommendation for someone leveling up. ⚒🍻⚒

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

I'm glad it helped Jackson 😊 merry Christmas 🎄

[@JacksonDunnoKnows]

@@ChristCenteredIronworks merry Christmas to you too!🎄

[@brianfalls5894]

Roy, I've got that very same anvil in 132 lb weight. I was wondering what I was going to do about that huge hardy hole in the anvil. I'd ordered up a hardy cone with a 1" shank and it is loose and sloppy. Thanks to you, Thomas, and your informative video here I can now see about making up a hardy plate to take up the space to make my hardy cone snug. Keep up the good work sir!!!!!!

[@bunyanforgings7849]

Really great idea if you don't have access to a welder. Merry Christmas to you and your's.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

It's the simplest for sure 😊 merry Christmas to you as well 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🌨️❄️🎄⛄

[@metalblueberries3742]

Great idea. Thank you for a solution.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

You're welcome 🙂

[@nppjbrown]

Roy, you could get a short length of thick walled square tube the same OD as the hardy hole and cut v notches in one end. Then weld it to your plate for a snugger fit. I had the reverse problem going from a 30mm hardy to a 25mm. I remade all my hardies! Cheers from Western Australia.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thanks for the thoughts 😊 cheers form the great white North 🌨️❄️🌨️🎅🏼☕

[@brittinghammerforge9441]

A little doot of weld was my favorite part.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

LoL never know what I will say next 😊

[@forjanatalense]

Man i really like this channel

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

I'm glad thank you for watching the video 🙂 God bless and merry Christmas 🎄⛄

[@y-notforge8913]

..Thank you cousin Roy. i have some 3/4" that are gonna fit a 1 1/8" now with this tip....!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Very welcome merry Christmas to you and yours as well 🎅🏼🎅🏼🌨️🌨️❄️🎄⛄

[@Bobsutubes]

Nice, quick fix for oversized hardy hole.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Nice And simple The way things aught to be 🎅🏼 merry Christmas

[@brysonalden5414]

Can't imagine why they made the hardy hole so big. My very old Peter Wright has a nominal 1 1/8" hardy hole, and I've ended up just making new hardy tools that fit rather than dealing with the slop of an adapter. Both ways work!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Probably just scaled up the entire drawing... Merry Christmas

[@petergrassel3973]

Great idea

[@billssmithy7352]

Gotta try this. I've 2 anvils, a 66lb blue thing and an 1870ish 200lb FN. Now all I need are 2 4x4" plates. The 1/8" plate will do for my blue Bambina. Will have to guesstimate what's needed for Bertha.

[@oxenforde]

Simple. (Like all good ideas.)

[@shadetreeforge]

That might work for some hardy tools, that's why a lot of us at WRABA make the Brazeal style hardies, 1 size fits most anvils, don't get me wrong. Good idea! originally I thought you would have formed a pocket by driving the steel plate into the hole? with a piece of stock the same as the hardy hole.

[@chux72vette]

That's an odd size Hardy hole for a smaller anvil I think. My Fisher #220 pounder is only a 1" Hardy hole. Good job Roy and Thomas and enjoy your new anvil and Hardy hole stuff. Merry CHRISTmas~

[@bigoldgrizzly]

A nice quick fix an oversize hole. I wonder why they sized hardy holes so big on a smallish anvil? Not so much of a risk on your friend's anvil as it has a great deal of supporting metal round it, but on a lot of London pattern anvils, the heel is quite thin and prone to breakage, I have a 4cwt anvil and a 1 1/4cwt Brooks and the hardy hole on each is 1 1/4 inch. If any heavy work is called for, I always go to the larger anvil.

[@apache16492]

Just grab a 1 3/8 square by 3/16 wall DOM tube, cut down the corners an inch or 2 with an angle grinder, hacksaw, etc, and bend the flaps to a 90... WAYYYYY faster than this. If you want a really tight fit, go a touch heavy on the wall thickness, get it hot and tap your hardy tool into it as long as the end of your hardy shank has a taper in it. You can do all of that in about 5 minutes and 1 heat. Edit: Not to imply this isn't a valid method, especially if you're trying to do everything by hand at the anvil. Just that the method shown in the video is not necessarily "the easy way" unless also taken into the context of doing everything with a hammer. It's also likely that you don't have a piece of that size tube on hand, at which point unless you also don't have the right size drift, by the time you went to the steel supplier and got back with your tube, you may as well have done this in the same amount of time or less

[@stevenwhite7763]

What about using a "wedge and feathers" method?

[@andreasfrank6544]

Hallo Roy good Idea for the Anvil! A thiger plate wasn't fit also better? Good informativ Video! (Sorry but I came for Germany and I'm not so good in writing!) Thanks and keep on!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Hello all the way form northern Michigan ☺️

[@andreasfrank6544]

@@ChristCenteredIronworks Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@robertwhitney2232]

Hi Roy, that an easy way to fix an oversize hole. When I first saw the heading "Hardy Hole" what has Roy done? Is this a subliminal message, or a preview testing the waters for the Year of the Hardy Hole? I am sorry if you take it the wrong way, but I need all the humor I can get to carry me through the day. I really think you set us up to do these things. 🙏🏼☃️🎅🎄

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

LoL love it 😊 yeah sometimes there's subliminal messages in the video 😉

[@manga12]

@@ChristCenteredIronworks still waiting for the year of the steam hammer

[@briandavies8571]

Great videos as always Roy , I have only got a medium sized workshop which does for general hobbyist work joinery metal and wood turning and of course a bit of blacksmithing , because I have a medium size workshop I have a small anvil with a couple of 3/4 inch Hardys and I need to make my avil hole slightly bigger any ideas would be gratefully received Brian , Yorkshire UK

[@michaelwright1177]

That is a crazy hardy hole size. 1 inch would have been fine.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Yeppers it's a big'un

[@KatanaGuy]

I have a 200 pound Soderfors anvil with a 1-3/8" hardy. I have no idea why it was made this large but it is difficult to find hardy tools without buying 1.5" and grinding down. Do you think this method would work well for an older anvil if the hole is a bit tapered at the top from age/use?

[@brianfalls5894]

Roy, second comment here and a question. Like I said, I've got this very same anvil that you are currently showing here. Now my question to you is this. I really want to make a hold fast to fit into my Pritchell hole but the problem is is that the Pritchell hole is like 1 3/8" too and I don't want to try and take that thick of stock to make a hold fast. Any suggestions on how I can fix that?

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Sleeve It with pipe..

[@brianfalls5894]

@@ChristCenteredIronworks Sounds good my friend. I will have to do that. Many thanks! Love your videos.

[@tonynewman777]

Just starting what is a good size Hardy hole when you don't have any tools yet I have something I have to make a hole in for a hardy hole what size?

[@brianfalls5894]

Hey there Anthony. I'm brand new to forging and blacksmith work but I've watched a LOT of videos here. I've noticed that there have been many, many anvils here that have a standard sized 1" hardy hole. That seems to be the norm. Best of luck to you in your endeavors sir.

[@paulorchard7960]

Hi Roy

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Hi Paul 😊

[@kendricmenzel5881]

nice

[@carlkulyk366]

Why not use a piece of 1” I’d square tubing?

[@Zonkotron]

Oh dear. I got this weird 150 pound Kohlswa which has 1-1/2 in an extra thin heel. Maaaaaaybe a sheet metal workers anvil - could be - large stakes and such do actually fit that size natively. Strange and quite annoying, but since it is an old quality maker, this kind of design must have had a use.

[@MadebyKourmoulis]

He said plus sign but that's clearly multiplication.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Bad at maths 😎

[@thomasgoodemoot]

I'm the first to comment yeah

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

You should be 😉

[@johnmeola1189]

Bust in a piece of square tube no? That's a lot of baggage you got on the plate amigo