File Cutter's Anvil

A specialty anvil for making hand files. The top layer is tin to protect the file teeth. *I will use this anvil in a future video for those asking. More in a bit.
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[@erikcourtney1834]

Rigoni Ironworks and Torbjorn Ahman make the best looking tooling on KZbin hands down. It’s a long stretch but a collab video would be epic.

[@rigoniironworks]

Hells yeah, It's been seven years since I've been across the pond. Planning on a Europe trip next year, fingers crossed.

[@br14nn14]

@@rigoniironworks 🤞😎

[@williamwilliams7706]

For a minute I thought this was going to be a silver ad. You are a real skilled do-it-yourselfer.

[@littlehills739]

5:30 some taped holes so u can recast the tin with removable walls or dovetail setup that u could wire bail tie the walls on while u cast

[@marcuscicero9587]

ain't seen ya in a while. always good content. thanks

[@ianwilkins9010]

From my question you will know I’m not a blacksmith or iron worker, but what is it and how does it work. Love watching the craftsman at work and all his products.

[@harrytgough9101]

It's an 'anvil' with a soft metal face i think it was tin but I have no idea, it is used to chisel the teeth on a handmade file, because once you have chiseled one side, you will need a very soft surface to put the freshly cut teeth of if you want to be able to cut teeth on the other side, without running the teeth on the first side, both must be done while the steel is in its soft (annealed) state and it would be very easy to ruin the teeth on the bottom. I'm honestly surprised this works and they didn't use wax or pitch like chasers and engravers

[@truecockney438]

Love watching this man work I’d like to see him make a claw hammer if at all possible

[@sanotsuto7972]

Everything that you make always comes out flawless. Hats off to another good one!

[@rigoniironworks]

Many thanks! But believe me, there is a mountain of failures for every project.

[@powellmrp6335]

Much looking forward to the video of using this anvil. And making a file. You are certainly getting good use out of your press - a handsome addition to your shop. Great work, as always.

[@luizferreira9978]

Top demais Saudações do Brasil

[@marcsenteney3160]

I have to say you got my curiosity rolling here! Looking forward to seeing what comes next!

[@Vikingwerk]

Looking forward to seeing where this leads!

[@damascuseverything]

Crisp and clean. I haven't actually seen the whole video yet, but it always is!

[@SamTownsBladesmith]

Awesome work mate, keen to see the rest of the tooling!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Very nice work. Hopefully you will get great use out of it soon. For many years to come sir. Can’t wait to see more videos and updates and projects soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep forge lit. Keep Making. God Bless.

[@adelheidsnel5171]

That is so cool to watch!!!

[@romeovidalrodriguez7754]

está muy bueno Excelente: 🤜🤛👍👊💪👌

[@alanpreston3111]

Another beauty.. but what is it please ?? 🤔😂

[@kaseymathew1893]

How do you make an anvil? First, heat up the steel. Then, put it on your anv- . . . Hmm. It seems we have a minor logistical problem here.

[@KUZBASSforever]

God, what an aesthete!

[@OuroborosArmory]

Looks amazing. Curious how you use it? I have ideas but I don’t really know

[@fearthereaper298]

There should be lead instead of tin. Tin is hard,lead is soft.

[@dicksargent3582]

Can I just forge under my hammer or does it help to make power hammer face while forging ?☺

[@vicmiddleton236]

I guess I'm slow, I don't understand what it does... what is that softer metal that you melted and what does it do?

[@ajoybanerjee2819]

Very puzzling,how is it used 😮

[@williamsforge6263]

I respect your style of forging. I do have a question. Why are you so reliant on using stops or special forms to draw out material? "On your power hammer." I've never seen you draw anything free hand with a hammer or power hammer. Love your work. Just wondering. Lol

[@rigoniironworks]

No worries, freehand forging is fine for certain applications, and you would think it's faster, but it isn't. Having to forge down, then switch to calipers and carefully measure bar thickness over a long span is silly. I build tooling so I can forge full force on the power hammer to move it as fast as possible, knowing I won't be able to over forge and ruin the work. Another thing to consider is the rougher the forging, the more file/grinding you have to do afterwords.

[@williamsforge6263]

@@rigoniironworks Speed and precision. Love it. Thank you

[@butcherofblaviken1619]

But what is that thing good for?

[@No-One-of-Consequence]

Okay, but how does it work?

[@benjaminzedrine]

Tsk tsk. I'll fitting tongs under the power hammer. Obviously you were well clear. But with the reins that wide open it's a big shock to all the muscles and tendons in the hands, forearms, and elbows. For all the tools in the shop you can't buy back your arms once they're worn out.

[@johndilsaver8409]

Very nice work. Are you going to do some file cutting, or was this for someone else?

[@rigoniironworks]

Yes, I'm building all the tools, then making some hand files. Working on the chisels today.

[@johndilsaver8409]

@@rigoniironworks I'll look forward to that.

[@andizell2255]

​@rigoniironworks Did you find something regarding the angles of the chisels? I've tried but found nothing about that in german sources as well as in english. There were some books about the topic but postage to Europe is very expensive 😅

[@threeriversforge1997]

Great design, and I can't wait to see it used. It's always fascinating, to me, to see the tools from the old pros back in the day who were making files for a living. How they cobbled things together, and added little tweaks to make it more functional, is just impossible to learn without the old souls there to explain the intricacies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHOYaZuho8itpKs

[@edgeblur]

Thanks for the link. What a great man presenting. Knowledgeable, no fluff.

[@salihcak55]

Kolay gelsin ne işe yarayacak bu

[@gerry343]

What was the purpose of pressing the top surface 2:10 to 3:20 ?

[@rigoniironworks]

The biggest chunk of steel I had was 2.5" square. Upsetting the top got it to around 3" square.

[@gerry343]

@@rigoniironworks Thank you. Another fine video, we're able to see exactly what you're doing.

[@JackPinesBlacksmithing]

What metal was added? It looked like silver but I have no idea why that would be useful for file cutting. Aluminum is another metal I could see maybe melting like that but, though not as soft as silver, also not hard.

[@rigoniironworks]

Tin. My first test was with lead, but after enough people warned me of the health hazards, I switched to tin.

[@JackPinesBlacksmithing]

Clearly I wasn’t quite awake yet. 😂 Otherwise, I’d not have replied in your thread, kind sir. Appreciate the pointer and reply. Will now skulk off to read.

[@_MadFox]

И? Зачем? Только я ощущаю легкую недосказанность и то странное чувство, будто бы меня немного обманули?

[@rigoniironworks]

I haven't tried it yet. The idea is the tin face protects the file blank teeth when cutting.

[@_MadFox]

​@@rigoniironworksпонятно, спасибо. Надеюсь, вы покажете это приспособление в работе?