Making a Post Anvil... From a Sledgehammer!

[@MrPaparoe]

A new subscriber coming from Keith Rucker's site. This morning, He posted a video of the parts and accessories he has for his 2D. He referenced your channel, and I am excited to see yet another channel to watch to keep me from actually doing my own work.

[@EngineersWorkshop]

Keith has been a big help to me by providing a correct spindle switch for my 2D. Hr reached out when he bought one of his own! Welcome and i hope you enjoy my projects.

[@DolezalPetr]

your pattern making milling machine is amazing

[@EngineersWorkshop]

Thank you, I absolutely love it too.

[@dannywilsher4165]

Interesting project! Looking forward to the next video...

[@EngineersWorkshop]

Finishes up tomorrow (Saturday)

[@Rustinox]

I've seen a lot of hammers been made, but using one as material to make something else way less :)

[@EngineersWorkshop]

I figured I was breaking some ground..

[@grumpyoldman5368]

I'm guessing around 50 Rc. Hardened steels turn really nice with carbide inserts and enough feed/DoC to get a chip.

[@EngineersWorkshop]

I'll know soon. Doozer gave me a brinnel tester which will cover that range.

[@grumpyoldman5368]

@@EngineersWorkshop I got curious about what the material and hardness should be and according to my google fu, it could vary quite a bit depending on quality and manufacturer. One German manufacturer actually stated C45 steel and 50-58 HRC on the face to a depth of 3mm with the rest of the body at 40 HRC. 1045 or 1144 would seem like reasonable steels for making forged hammerheads to me. Let's see what the tester says yours is. it may be worth testing the face and the side to see if they are different in hardness as they probably should be.

[@Steviegtr52]

Well done. I thought the hammer heads were made from Forged steel. But may be wrong. It says 65Mn train wheel steel. Steve.

[@EngineersWorkshop]

Hard to find a straight answwe on it...

[@InverJaze]

what ever happened to the rule never hit a hammer with a hammer?

[@EngineersWorkshop]

Never hit the face of one hammer with another, you should always have your soft steel workpiece in between. Same goes for conventional anvils, they're pretty hard too.