Forging a Stake Anvil! Step By Step on Building an Anvil!

[@BlackBearForge]

I have been wanting to make a stake anvil. You made it look easy.

[@danielmoss2089]

Not sure it was easy but had loads of fun.

[@BlackBearForge]

Good editing must have made it look easy

[@joshuadelisle]

Nice one Dan. You should put a date on it. It will be an antique that smiths will fight over in a few hundred years!

[@danielmoss2089]

Thank you dude your to kind. Fight over? Not sure that's going to happen lol may be the last thing left when they sell all my tools and some one will feel sorry for!

[@8023120SL]

Can’t decide if it’s the job you’re making, the process involved or the tools used that I enjoy watching more but I’m learning lots and loving it!

[@danielmoss2089]

I appreciate that!

[@Roscoe3721]

Wish I had friends that came over to help me build things like that. Great work!

[@vincentrosa9631]

Great job

[@20mcarroll02]

Beautiful stake anvil. The other one is, i believe, a stump anvil or a sawyers anvil. Used driven in to a log .

[@brettsayers7768]

Fantastic video as usual Dan, great use of the butcher tool you made and a great Hardy Anvil, a fine job indeed.

[@random40s]

Really nice little anvil. The older one you showed is as far as I can tell just what you said. It's a portable steak anvil used by putting in a handy stump anywhere. I've cut one from a section of railroad track before. I love the shirts! 👍I want will be looking at getting one.

[@paradisefalls37]

Really nice build, thanks for sharing!

[@williamcunha9136]

Awesome Job Dan!

[@mtyson9004]

Very nice Dan! Thanks for sharing! God Bless you sir!

[@rico300zx]

Nice job

[@hannemannironworks1651]

That’s a awesome tool Dan I will likely buy not make own but you did a fantastic job!!!

[@philipdunn7538]

I'd say beyond epic. Very well done!

[@danielmoss2089]

Thank you dude means a lot.

[@coffeesstudios2122]

Cool little anvil Mr Moss

[@siderixX]

Μπράβο είσαι εξαίρετος μάστορας καλή συνέχεια σε ότι κάνεις περιμένουμε την επόμενη κατασκευή . Ευχαριστούμε .

[@baddogforge5181]

I constructed a stump anvil a lot similar to this when joining the two peices I tack welded together and then forge welded fully

[@drason69]

Nice! Just to drop a thought...prep pieces cold, then hear them to a dull red. Quick brush them clean, tack, then full weld. Keeps the parent material and weld at the same temp, reducing stress. Anneal, clean and polish, the harden and temper

[@drason69]

Yes, I believe it was a stump anvil. No shoulder, is an indication

[@thetradesman7478]

Watching your striker and you work together was a very Awesome thing to see. You two are a fine oiled machine. Another great video. Looks like I'm going to need to invest some time and money into top tools. Now if I can get some pieces of my H11 forge welded together I'll have the stock.

[@thetradesman7478]

I also have a stump anvil like yours. It's a little smaller. It is from the UK. I purchased it from Owen Wilson at Mountain King Forge. Love it.

[@vegoil]

Dan, you do great work!

[@vegoil]

Love the shirts too by the way!

[@kimcurtis9366]

That last anvil you show sure looks like what was called a stump anvil that was driven into a stump or log out in the Western US during the 18,th 19th and early 20th Centuries!

[@chrisbevan6390]

great vids now they are filled with a bit more action. sounds like summats a little lose on the power hammer , j w lilico,s book is also one of my faves too its great to see some of the items being made and used .the little anvil could be a tin, copper, silversmiths . looking forward to the next one . cheers .

[@danielcrawford7315]

Totally awesome!

[@danielmoss2089]

Thanks dude. It was so much fun!

[@danielcrawford7315]

Tbh when I saw you had a striker my 1st thought was hell yeah! Hes going to forge weld this bad boy....sweeeettt! But alas twasnt the case, and I totally get the time issue. Besides it is not likely to see forces great enough to shear those root welds, especially since the normalization process and the heat treatment process was done post welding. Man what a fun video though...👀👀👀👀...hammer time w such delicate manipulation! Blessed days sirSir, Crawford out

[@elliotwhite32]

Yes! this is awesome

[@kamjab3216]

Merci beaucoup daniel. Quel acier tu fabrique cette petite enclume. Svp.

[@a.jcolomo4796]

The communication is key

[@ayrkotu1612]

Hi. How hard is to be done two parts as forge weld? Or in this case is it better to do the anvil from one peace of stell?

[@erikcourtney1834]

How did the heat treat come out? I assumed fork lift material would have been an oil harden steel. I have 2- 3ft forks I plan to use for tooling and hammers. Glad I watch your videos. Keep up the awesome work!

[@danielmoss2089]

You can water quenching or oil quench tine. I have some data sheets on the stuff if you would like them. It's a mega flexible materials that works great for most things.

[@erikcourtney1834]

Great to know. Thanks Daniel

[@keithwhipple9048]

Great video. If you would have put the pins in, would you still have welded the two pieces together? Thanks again

[@danielmoss2089]

Sure would have.

[@keithwhipple9048]

Thank you foe the information.

[@GibClark]

Nice 👍👍

[@merrittm4]

Hey @Daniel!!!!! Thank you!!!! One day I want to try and construct some type of anvil. Right now I . have so much metal so whenever I need to bang something. I just bang on some piece . of metal i have lying around what about heat treating or anything??? I'm just asking.

[@odinallfather4560]

great video, is there any reason to not just use 95% mild steel and have a hard enable steel plate on top?

[@danielmoss2089]

Great question and that's a reasonable idea. The base of the bick/horn is about 30mm in diameter and I wanted this to be hard ish. Also the transition point between the two metals was easy to weld up this way. If I had a large fire and more skill I might have tried a fire welded plate/to but I believe I would have gone about it the same way. Also if I had confidence that I could get that much material hot in one go I would have Forge the whole timing out of forklift truck tine. Hope this helps. Thank you for the great comment.

[@odinallfather4560]

@@danielmoss2089 okay great thanks for the info Daniel, I am just starting out to blacksmithing and wanted to learn how to make all my own tooling etc even things like small anvils. This has given me invaluable information thanks again and I will be watching more of your videos now I am a subscriber

[@stanervin6108]

Love the handled hot cutter you used throughout the build. H-13 steel? ⛏

[@joemelvin5254]

I'm pretty sure that's fork truck tine

[@stanervin6108]

@@joemelvin5254 Was inquiring as to the metal that the wooden handed hot cutter was constructed of, not the stake that's being forged.

[@joemelvin5254]

That's what I was talking about the handled butcher he's using. I'm pretty sure it's fork truck tine

[@stanervin6108]

@@joemelvin5254 Ok. Thanks. Thought that my question was misinterpreted and needed clarification. My bad, 👌👍

[@joemelvin5254]

If that's the worst that goes wrong today we'll both be in good shape

[@marcusmlinsky546]

Tolle Arbeit - Respekt Frage was für Material verwendest du ? Gruß aus Süddeutschland

[@bentoombs]

Sweet!!! I love that butcher tool. I think you are right I have seen some similar but smaller. And where is my damn shirt . .lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ordering today ⚒On!!!!

[@laughinghyena001]

Excellent work! Health question: Do you feel a change in your eyesight due to working with bright, red-hot metals?

[@bentoombs]

@@laughinghyena001 they make some really awesome and inexpensive glasses that look just like dark safety glasses that block both UV and infrared light. The infrared is what cooks your eyeballs like a microwave

[@caotropheus]

Thank you for another excellent video. It is easy to see that you are a very good smith and metal worker (much better than I am), but I am a bit concerned about that weld. In the past I improvised anvils welding just two or three layers on the edges and with time, components broke apart. I know you referred that, but if you are willing to risk, I would suggest full penetration welds next time. Also, we want to see how well that anvil performs, show us you forging with it and a ball bearing test. Finally, if you can forge a small anvil, with the resources and knowledge you have, you can forge a big anvil (30 to 40 kg would be nice). I remember you showed us in one of your videos a big shaft from some machine...

[@OuroborosArmory]

I want one... well several of many types.. I need to find a local source of forklift tines..

[@lonesouthafricanbear2135]

SICK 1 question though... I am the newest newbie to forging but can I do this without a power hammer?

[@therealamerican99.76]

LoneSouthAfricanBear. Yes

[@grandadz_forge]

bring some shirts to Quad State!

[@s.kjainlalitpur2779]

12102👈👈I am ur new subscriber ⚡