Homemade Anvil Made From a Wheel?

[@whocares6698]

Its great to see a couple of young men so interested and involved in something as industrious as metal working. You did wonderful job on them.

[@brustar5152]

When you're getting those nice tight curled chips during your end-mill cutting it shows you've got a good feel for feeds and speeds. Noticed you also torch softened up the outer edge of the wheel before cutting. Smart stuff.

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Really well done boys. Man I would be so proud if I was your dad! Don’t forget to stamp your name and date on them for history that way your great grandsons will know who made them and when as they will last centuries. What a pair of great family heirlooms to hand down through the generations. I was lucky as I had a dad like yours and he taught me how to weld and use oxy gear and to be comfortable using machines. Now I am retired I spend a lot of time in my small work shop and although my dad has long since passed away I still remember the things he taught me, shopping for tools together and making things together. What you are learning now will stay with you for your whole life. 😊😊😊 Thanks for sharing, it brought back some happy memories. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks, we had fun making them. This was our first welding job and our first time on the milling machine. The plan is to build more blacksmithing tools to add to the shop. Thanks for the comment and for watching.

[@duminicad]

Greenridge Metal Works consider making a bender tool, for flat bands and pipes

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

@@duminicad thanks for the suggestion!

[@victoryfirst2878]

So nice to see what someone can do with junk yard steel. These place's are often overlooked. Enjoy the new custom made anvil.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks!

[@victoryfirst2878]

@@GreenridgeMetalWorks Just speaking my mind.

[@obfuscated3090]

Many machine shops have a large enough heat treating furnace to do an anvil that size if desire. Very nice work and choice of stock!

[@brianfalls5038]

Great job on the anvils there guys! It sure does help having all the nifty play toys to mill the surfaces and all. Well done!

[@JimmySilverFoot]

Wow is all I can say. Your father must be proud. I hope my boys have the same interests when they start getting older. Good job guys.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot!

[@LABUSTO]

You bought, and effectively learned how to use the machines... The experience you achieved along the way is priceless.

[@mftmachining]

Lemme tell ya guys, thas was some insane hardening action!. Respect......

[@jasonpettit9984]

It's a great idea to have the whole family together on this venture,it will give them a training they can never learn in a book,hands on,all the time,thanks for sharing this with me,I appreciate it

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

😀

[@stanbrown915]

Had fun watching you guy's go at it. Lots of labor in those anvils but worth every minute in experience and just plain ol fun in the shop.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

😁😁😁😁

[@charlesdefrancisco5056]

They did a fantastic job..congratulations on their education

[@nathanchalecki4842]

This was a really good video! there were a few simple things that i thought were brilliant- softening the edge with the torch, the way you pre-heated before welding, the hairdrier fed fire for hardening, well done! super educational.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot!

[@JustinTopp]

Glad to see you actually re heat treated it I worried when I saw you torching it and in the fire. Good job

[@jamesfisher7410]

I agree with the other fellow. Stamp date and very excellent job. Thank you Jim Fisher.

[@mitchlangston6115]

I love videos described as “homemade” that immediately jump into using a machine shop or equipment that costs thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Well Mitch your right, we did not make the anvils in our home, busted. The term "homemade" is more for youtube searchers looking for non-factory construction and I use it loosely. This is how the vast majority of youtube users search this type of video. By the way, I paid $700 for the mill, and $300 for the saw, those are the only machine shop tools you saw us use in this video. The wheel came pre-cut and the milling operation could have been accomplished with an angle grinder and a cutt-off wheel. The saw cuts could have been accomplished with the same grinder or a torch. Thanks for the input and thanks for watching.

[@arthursmith1732]

Did you not watch the whole thing? What hair dryer cost thousands if not tens of thousands? Their home obviously is better equipped than yours. You’re coming off whining

[@peckerwood1639]

I could make this at home.

[@sethbracken]

Mitch Langston your videos are really good.

[@CrisAnderson27]

Were you seriously complaining about someone else's hard work in a video, when you don't share at all?? The mill work is a shop minimum job...somewhere around $65 where I am. The rest of his work was ingenuity and creativity. And he took video for us all to appreciate. Our modern entitled culture (as represented by your comment, Mitch) is a really depressing thing.

[@dennisobrien3618]

Well done! It would be nice to see/hear what kind of rebound they ended up with, either with a hammer or a ball bearing.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

We may add a shot in a future video. Thanks for the input.

[@absolutecharles]

The fact that you managed to heat treat it made my heart smile. Nice work.

[@adamnurdin8224]

If i had that machinery, i would add a hardie hole in the back. And you remind me that i still got a flywheel on my uncle's garage. Perhaps i'll make anvil like yours. Thanks for sharing!

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Well a square hole that deep is no easy chore. Also, these anvils will be mainly for knifemaking so the Hardie hole won't be missed much. Next one will get a horn and Hardie hole! Thanks for watching!

[@Buses2Bikes]

Nice job. The anvils look awesome. If I ever make one that way I'd put a rounded horn on it to do curves and such.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Maybe next time.

[@haeryvlog7757]

Good inspiration...I think you can give a little touching again at half that the circle iron. That my sugestion. That great for now I think. 👍👍👍 Good job.

[@bradmilburn5418]

Outstanding!!! I am really impressed. It really shows that y'all put a lot of thought and research into this project great work

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks!

[@harlech2]

Fantastic job lads! If I could make a couple of suggestions. Next time you have to weld something like the braces you welded to the feet, under-cut the bottom (weld side) of the piece you are joining. You will get less weld build up even if you are doing multiple passes AND you will get a stronger weld. Second suggestion to save your ears when working at the anvil. Find you some heavy chain and wrap it around the base of the anvil. It will cut out some of the high frequency noise. Also, putting a rubber pad between the anvil base and the stand will help as well. Overall though, great job!

[@kjamison5951]

Great job! Such a great piece! On a side note, I watched you move the pieces and heard Bill and Ted say, “Heavy metal!”

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

😀😁😂🤣

[@NOFX0890]

Great job guys! A pleasure to watch your processes.... I hope your channel takes off....

[@naknakacknak]

Excellent work. I was surprised to see your age.

[@thecrankster4162]

Awesome work I was surprised also, lol

[@TheGoodoftheLand]

Excellent Job!

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot. BTW, we watch all your videos!

[@TheGoodoftheLand]

@@GreenridgeMetalWorks Wow! Thanks! This was a great build! You put a ton of thought into this project and it shows. I subscribe at the one minute mark. Can't wait to see catch up on your past videos.

[@TheGoodoftheLand]

@@GreenridgeMetalWorks Shared on my community page.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

@@TheGoodoftheLand thanks a lot. It means a lot to me. I subscribed to you as well.

[@Maine307]

AWESOME JOB! LOVE THE CLOSE CAPTIONS TOO!!!!!!!! AWESOME

[@Firearcher74]

If my dad had a shop like this when I was their age... well the sky’s the limit

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

What privilege? We live in the second poorest state in the union, barely make it check to check!

[@Displacement-destroyer]

Yeah like some of the other guys said was really nice to see some young guys getting out there and creating something that they're probably going to enjoy the rest of their lives and actually getting outside and building something I realized you left the mic off but just seeing how the file reacted to the steel what break you guys managed to get a decent heat treat😊

[@thomvogan3397]

Nice job. I'm a retired machinist so a bit of info. Case hardening is usually only done on steel with a carbon content of less than 0.3 per cent, greater than that is usually heated treated. With case hardening you have to introduce a carbon agent to the heated metal. This can be accomplished by quenching with oil, not water. Case hardening has a normal penetration of only 1 - 1.5 mm so care must be taken to avoid deep marring

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Well maybe case hardening is the wrong term. These wheels are flame hardened to a depth of a little over 1/8". They are heated with oxy/acetylene and quenched when the surface is hot to a descent depth. It's common to see this type of wheel made from 4140 and it did machine like it could have been 4140. I hardened a sliver of it ahead of time to test it and it hardened enough so that a file would not cut it. Thanks for watching.

[@jaypearce6743]

Very classy, very creative use of materials.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks!

[@timjohnson1199]

Wow, that's quite the project. Worth the work. They'll be able to look at that anvil 40 years from now and be proud. But, it sure wasn't "free".

[@MDRM68]

I suppose it never hurts to have full access to a machine shop and unlimited raw materials....

[@rossgagne5494]

Amazing work. Love the finished product.

[@ninefingersgrapes]

Great video, First time I have been show what the welder see's when the arc is struck. Thanks makes more metalworking understandable, especially coming from a woodworking show "Jay Bates" ISFATW!! Thanks Steve in SE Pennsylvania

[@XA-JJKILLERs]

If you want arc shots go watch welding tipsandtricks

[@XA-JJKILLERs]

Will help you out as well

[@tbishop4961]

This is the tits. Too many people looking for rail road track when there are pieces like this to be had on occasion

[@clintwalker6785]

Someone commented there were no hand tools used in this and then ... at 11:30 the big blue wrench makes an appearance ! Nice work gentlemen, Thats truly something to be proud of.

[@mrayco]

Awesome bless you and your sons.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks!

[@frankhurlburt204]

Nice to have all the right equipment to make it.

[@ШурикЛенинград-у3с]

Талант художника!!!!!!! живой пример¡!!

[@JasonSmith-qx3zh]

Very creative excellent job guys if the world ends in a hundred years that will still be here!

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot!

[@A_J_kim]

You did a great job.

[@mykstreja8648]

I love the McGyver elements. Your sons have the fire and the will, keep fanning the flames and they will surpass you.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot!

[@charleshettrick2408]

Nice work. Nice aso (anvil shaped object). Very inventive seeing the shape in a wheel. Good metallurgy practices. Too bad were not able to get a horn.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

We're planning on making another larger anvil with a horn and Hardie hole. Thanks a lot!

[@marknickerson3645]

I wish we had scrapyards like that in Calgary!! Everything here is off limits except for selling scrap, no buying allowed

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Most are that way here also. There's a small one near my house that still let's you walk around. Thanks for watching!

[@jkr3008]

Those anvils came out fantastically, guys. Just peel off the bark from stumps, otherwise, they will rot really fast.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks!

[@СобирРахманов-э2з]

Отличная работа идея шок.

[@nadofigueiredo]

I was in a junkyard these days, I saw a steel wheel and thought about making the anvil the same way, but as the wheel I saw was even bigger I thought of making the horn too.

[@Onlyliveonce]

Оригинально и круто.лайк. За проделанную работу подписка.удачи в дальнейшем.🤝

[@o5245607]

Excellent concept to practical completion.

[@ПетрЛапин-ш6с]

Молодцы ребята. Золотые руки. Привет из России.

[@gary.solexa]

Beautiful pair of anvils!

[@zacharyschaafsma2523]

nice work you guys did

[@jaymartin6257]

Nice work guys. I wish I would have gotten into metal work. But I followed my Dad and became a master Carpenter

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

I love to work with wood, I wish I had more experience.

[@jaymartin6257]

@@GreenridgeMetalWorks The skills you guys have I think you can do it. Start small do a coffee table. I wish I could post some pics of the stairs I have done.

[@jackwatkins7382]

Oh man that would have really been nice had you tapered the drop and made it like a small horn

[@patrickbass3542]

I certainly hope these young me got a "A for their efforts! Outstanding work!

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

I'm very proud of them both.

[@chetmanley8755]

Nice work, I would be proud to drop that on a roadrunner

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks!

[@chetmanley8755]

@YeastyGeorge lol

[@Tricknologyinc]

Try "Shop Made". What home has a milling machine like that! :P

[@johnhatfield3533]

I know of 10 home shops off the top of my head that have a mill and lathe

[@dannyarrowheadstalker3054]

The lucky ones!

[@Orlosthedruid]

Freaking, AWESOME !

[@martystratton5818]

Great job fellas

[@vanstiller5219]

SSSOOO Satisfying. You boys brought tears to this ol welder / fabricators eyes. Worked 37 yrs. for a refuse company. Garbage trucks, giant compactors, roll off containers and the like. Those crews sure tore up some equipment regular like. I so loved welding, swingin a hammer on glowin hot steel and fabricatin stuff. There was nothin we couldn't - black smith make. - So loved when the office folk'd come over to the shop area and try 'n explain what they wanted / needed. And we'de diagram it out for em on our giant welding table with a nub of chalk. They'de say - YEAH - YEAH THAT'S IT can you guys do that??? Can ya make that??? Course we knew we could. But we'de have a little fun with the Boss's son and some times the Boss hisself. But we'de get er done. And most times exceed their expectations. I surely thank you for yer fine videos.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot!

[@kurthanson4106]

Damned fine work. Well done.

[@ivanpalyukhevich4572]

Good job , boys! Good luck!

[@aberhan]

Luv it! Not one but two. 👍

[@kimcurtis9366]

Nice ASO's! If your temper isn't too hard they should perform well and last many years! Keep up the good work! You did very well!

[@peterklem511]

Kim Curti

[@bluestarindustrialarts7712]

Would have like to have seen a hammer ring and bounce off of them....other than that, good make.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

We did those test afterwards but didn't get it in the video. Thanks for the input!

[@frankartieta7483]

I think if ancient blacksmiths Would have had access to steel modern machine tools and welding equipment There would not the first cast anvil ever had been built ! I only dream of having a anvil as nice as one like these !

[@harrisgraves592]

Glasses! good job!

[@harrisgraves592]

Removing metal from your eyes is no fun and apparently an MRI will magnetically and forcefully remove them if they are not removed first! I mean ugh!

[@horneygeorgeforge7079]

looks wheely nice!

[@lyntoncox7880]

Something very satisfying seeing an end mill make hardened steel look like cheese

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

It never gets old... Thanks for watching!

[@thereallevel27]

You're deep enough in the metal game to know better that to throw anything galvanized in a fire. Absolutely amazing anvils btw

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

You're right I've been doing this stuff a while. Long enough to know that you don't breathe burning zink fumes. I'm pretty sure we're ok here, we're outside and the heat column carries of what little fumes there are away. BTW, when I was young I did make the mistake of breathing it, not fun.

[@thereallevel27]

@@GreenridgeMetalWorks I can tell. You do really good work. Any idea on the steel in that wheel? And where do I get one😉

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

I'm pretty sure the wheel was 4140. I got lucky and found this at the scrapyard.

[@jamesw9930]

You guys did a great job. Next time though, you might want to chamfer those edges a bit before you weld. They will hold fine as is, but its just good form to get that extra penetration.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks for the input 😊😁😁

[@dwaynewhitaker6518]

Your gonna go far kids

[@DrewEdwardBacklas]

Looks like all you need to start blacksmithing is a Bridgeport mill, horizontal band saw, torches, welder....

[@Voluntaryist24]

Fantastic job, boys. And as others have said, I am so impressed at your age. It's great to see the youth doing hard, yet doable, physical labor and creating something...other than code. Btw, how'd you get the wheel and what were the final weights of the anvils? Thanks and great job.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot! A local wood mill scrapped the wheel and we picked it up at the scrapyard. Final weight is approximately 75lbs. We really had fun on this project. Thanks for watching!

[@georgemcmillan9172]

Excellent job, Gentlemen!!! It's refreshing to see young men being taught the "old ways"!!! Far too many young people even know how to spell anvil...

[@rockerpat1085]

It's refreshing to see young men being tought to be men and not women!!!

[@georgemcmillan9172]

@@rockerpat1085 absolutely!!!

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot!

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

We try...

[@JSRocker1776]

Very nice job young men.

[@mikekia6163]

Nice job

[@DisabilityExams]

Very cool!

[@johnhartley3596]

Very nice build guys

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks!

[@evangelist6277]

I was really looking forward to seeing the holes get drilled

[@АндрейНикитенко-ф4с]

The country is only alive as long as it has young people who do this. Regards from Russia.

[@CA10Z]

Put some Bee's Wax on those lag bolts. A lot of Bee's Wax. It will keep the metal from rotting out the wood.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

That's a good tip, thanks!

[@codyrose1511]

Awesome!

[@RedFaerie]

Welding shots were great

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks!

[@MrEdsen]

Great video and a beautiful anvil at the end, my compliments and thanks for sharing

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot!

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

Great job buddy, and beautiful result 👍

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@johnlieske8908]

WELL DONE

[@dougsweldingfabrication953]

I'm impressed ! Great work guys. Very cool

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks!

[@ЕвгенийМорокуев-о4ч]

Ребята, вы просто молодцы! Респект и уважуха!

[@kambranictay1]

Very creative young men. I would love to own one and call it my anvil. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks very much!

[@odinallfather4560]

Awesome video, always looking for interesting blacksmithing videos and channels. Subscribed cant wait to see more.

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

😂

[@supertig]

Молодцы пацаны! Так держать

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

hvala!

[@ahmedennechta9743]

Géant work ! Great talent ! Bravo!!!!!

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Thanks a lot!

[@pyromaniac1491]

I wish I had access to all the tools and metal

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

You'd be surprised at what you can find at your local scrapyard. Thanks for watching!

[@angelmedrano5661]

Yeah , but is homemade lol

[@odinallfather4560]

need a tool make a tool, you can start blacksmithing with a claw hammer, a stone for an anvil and a campfire. Better tooling will net you better results

[@johndowe7003]

just go to a scrapyard, they have a lot of stuff there, last time i bought home a 1inch thick piece of plate steel :D

[@Voluntaryist24]

@@johndowe7003 Great suggestion, but sometimes easier said than done. I'm in the Cleveland area and hardly any scrap yards let you in the yard to look. Damn lawyers got in the way :) I'll find one eventually, though.

[@lacaver64]

this is a good work you have tempered and its a heavy anvil but you have forgotten clinking with your hammer on the anvil and listen the sound

[@GreenridgeMetalWorks]

Oh, I promise you it's been clinked, clanked, rebound and bounce tested. We just didn't get it all in the video. Thanks for the input and for watching!

[@timvandenbrink4461]

Well done!

[@qball3509]

Awesome, I want one!

[@JacksonDunnoKnows]

Kick shit bro! Thats awesome.