Awesome! Ive been asking blacksmiths about this, they say that you cant. I wish i saw this before i bought my steel anvil, i really like the sound of an iron anvil with a steel face. Thats how a lot of old wrought iron anvils were done, welded steel face.
@caveofskarzs15449 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed! There were some surface cracks in the face due to the nature of the wire, but I spoke with the people who bought it some time later and they said it held up well. Still treat it as an experiment! Good luck. 🙂
@Ms.Nightshade4 жыл бұрын
Your skills with an angle grinder are amazing! It looks like the anvil was faced with a surface grinder! Awesome job!
@caveofskarzs15444 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It's nothing special. Just decent tooling.
@gateway88334 жыл бұрын
The project is interesting, but my Blacksmith soul cried out to see all those Anvils sitting in the weather, for the love of Ogun get some oil and a trap for those Anvils.
@bengrosser87223 жыл бұрын
A little hint you will get better results with stainless filler rod the ductility of the nickel helps prevent cracking but not as well as pure nickle
@ryanp8605 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I just purchased my first anvil and when it arrived I found it in bad shape. So now thanks to this I have a good place to start to fix it.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Good luck!
@caotropheus6 жыл бұрын
Very nice and informative video. Shows a very nice alternative to get a "good enough anvil". I fabricated my anvil by arc welding (full penetration most of it 7018 rod) chunks of steel and hard facing rod was very expensive, as you said "cost more that I'd like to admit". You invested a lot of work in this project and with just a bit more work you could have started in a bigger cast iron anvil and get a "more substantial" final product. Thanks for the video
@caveofskarzs15446 жыл бұрын
Hey! Cool to hear someone else made one of their own. I could have started with a bigger one, perhaps, but this one I got for free, and if I somehow messed up it wouldn't be a huge loss. Besides, I'm more confident I can take on a larger one now that I did this with great results. All part of the plan. :)
@charlesjohnson-qc6hj3 жыл бұрын
Jealousy RUN's DEEP in this little world of anvil lovers... All he is doing is showing it can be done,,, not trying to prove anyone wrong or show he's a pro... A little free time project nothing more... People don't'a got'a do it his way... It's short enough to the point... So why any thumbs down at all,,, I can only think they think they'er better.. Truth is he could of done it differently or with different types of wire or what ever... He answered the question he raised,,, and did a good video saying what all he tried that's all... Good vid good job... Now get your ass back to work...
@anvilrepairs Жыл бұрын
Nice modification, can’t wait to see the Hay budden plans
@jameshall89143 жыл бұрын
Nomcast electrodes! They are the bomb for cast iron! I fixed me broken cast iron vice.Holds like a champ!🤘😜🤘
@kentuckytrapper7804 жыл бұрын
8hr lunch break, great job you got there, nice looking anvil.
@paragjh2843 жыл бұрын
Very informative. I love it. Actually this was the thing I was searching for for a very long time. Thankyou...
@jcnpresser5 жыл бұрын
I’ve wondered if this could be done, now i know. Thanks.
@danbance57995 жыл бұрын
Can it be done? Sure. I wouldn't recommend it. Hardfacing wire is more expensive than tool steel. For about $45 you can get a 1/2" piece of tool steel for the top. That's easier and will likely perform better. Add a hardy and pritchel if desired. Harden and temper. Bevel the top of the cast iron anvil substantially and then weld your way out to the edge. I added a 1" thick top to the big chunk of mild steel that was my starter anvil, and it's awesome. I got it from my steel supplier - it was a piece of cut off from a special order - for $20. Get to know your local steel supplier, they are to a smith what a butcher is to a chef.
@allenmays33403 жыл бұрын
With all the cheap cast iron anvils out there, it's good to know they can be made useful. Now I know what to do with the 91 pounds of cast iron I have that is shaped like an anvil.
@veruslupus5 жыл бұрын
did this end being remotely ecconomical?
@shadowops36535 жыл бұрын
:) little tip on the edges you can clamp a copper bar or stick some ceramic weld backing along the edges so you can keep nice square corners. Will save you a lot of grief on the edges
@shadowops36535 жыл бұрын
The weld won’t stick to the copper or ceramic
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
I have never heard of that trick before. Thanks for the tip.
@shadowops36535 жыл бұрын
Cave of Skarzs I’d go with the copper bar for the price point and re usability though. I’d get a couple pieces of 3” by 1/4” or 5/16” or 3/8” flat copper bar (whatever thickness your metal supply store has. The thicker the better). You can also clamp it under holes that need filled in steel. You won’t ever be sorry you had them! Ps if you gap the bar with a piece of welding wire or shim on the edge of that anvil the weld metal will flow through a little giving you just a little material to grind off. Also let the bar cool before removing it with a hammer cause it’s pretty soft when it’s hot lol. Cheers
@JourneymanRandy4 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. I need to do similar work to my anvil. Thanks
@MrCody205 жыл бұрын
Yea, warning for the scream would have been very appreciated.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Eggomania865 жыл бұрын
I am going to have to try this with a harbor freight anvil! I am a welding student and a hobbyist blacksmith. I don't have $1200 to drop on a good anvil. Why not use newly acquired skills!
@therealamerican99.764 жыл бұрын
Eggomania86. Did u do it?
@huntertheredneck45783 жыл бұрын
You don't need 1200 for a good anvil I just picked up a old volcan 103 pounder for 225 yesterday
@camaxtlichimalma7595 жыл бұрын
I remember an old fellow told me years ago to put cast iron in sand to keep the heat up
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
I have heard that too.
@davemoody45175 жыл бұрын
From another old fella, setting anything in sand will keep the heat in. I have a few partners in crime and we use agricultural lime, I have found it holds the heat much better.
@aidenallen45182 жыл бұрын
I just bought one of those acciaio anvils for like 137 for an 88lber. and its actually steel. I think if your going to buy a cheep anvil its better to just look around for something thats at least a decentish material
@thingmaker34 жыл бұрын
Now all you need to do is grind off the "55" and replace it with a "62."
@eastin68684 жыл бұрын
I know I'm way over a year on seeing this and you probably already know by now but if you use a rosebud attachment for your torch you can heat up more of the anvil a lot faster. Great video though buddy keep it up
@dholmes33074 жыл бұрын
If you really want to weld cast iron, build a large fire and get the whole thing a dull red.
@TheMattzki5 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell i jumped up and tried to go back to work then, realised im at home...whoever that was shouting "back to work"! Just stop it......
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@toverublacksmithing91963 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if you could do this to a 102 pound Peter Wright anvil. The anvil I am talking about is my great grandfather’s anvil and someone tried to fix it with just mild welding wire and they took the rebound and hardness out of it. So I want to know if I should do the same to this one.
@caveofskarzs15443 жыл бұрын
Might check out Essential Craftsman's video on anvil repair. I believe he touched on what to do with a soft anvil. As long as there's enough hardenable material you might be able to reharden it.
@140222406255 жыл бұрын
If I'm not mistaken I think those anvils are cast steel it welds similar to cast iron you can do it nicely with mig but has to be crazy hot pre heat cast rod on a stick welder d/c works best but it's still not hardenable would have been easier to seal the edges of a high carbon steel plate with weld and forge weld it on and grind off welds this takes less money work and is the way it was done for centuries
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Perhaps. But I didn't have a forge large enough to forge weld this large a piece. Thanks! If you ever forge weld the face of an anvil yourself, I would love to see it! I know one blacksmith who has, and he said it wasn't easy. There aren't a whole lot of videos about that.
@huckstirred71122 жыл бұрын
It had to be a cast steel or it would not have welded the way it did
@RCHanlin5 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for this video!! You helped (I hope) shut down a Non-believer!
@kevinklingner30984 жыл бұрын
You need to use cast iron specialty wire for bit to be successfully because of different strengths etc.
@caveofskarzs15444 жыл бұрын
My friend, the proof is in the pudding. The chocolate iron pudding.
@hdryder15685 жыл бұрын
Why did you use a gas shield with flux cored wire? I'm a newbie and just bought a hay budden 80pd anvil that is damn near toast but I'm going to try and reface it just not sure how yet. Do you think I could just grind it down flat and it will work. Its got a divet in the center probably 1/2 inch and sound dead in the center. The face is mushroomed out like a lead bullet lol. Most would say I should have passed on it but it was $100 I couldn't resist. Any insight and suggestions would be a blessing and the foundation for a game plan to having a working anvil. Thanks in advance if you'd lend your opinion and knowledge
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Well, the face-hardening wire only came in flux core. In any case, shielding gas doesn't hurt flux core. As for your Hay Budden repair, I would first like to die inside at the damage you described. . . (Sounds like one I saw on eBay. Did you buy it from there?) I can't say I have repaired damage that severe on those older anvils, but I can give you my opinion. With a divot that deep, it may not be the best option to try to grind down to it. Bringing it up level with the rest will probably make for a more usable anvil, because on my Hay Budden, the hardened face is only half an inch thick. You could probably grind or cut off the mushroom, especially since that is likely full of cracks as it is. If you keep what is left of that steel plate there and weld on top of it, it will probably be an easier weld as opposed to welding to the wrought iron body. I hope that helps. If you have any other questions ask away.
@matthewdenty77605 жыл бұрын
Fork lift forks is a good faceplate Done me good for 3 years now
@kimcurtis93665 жыл бұрын
Very nice JOB!
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Thankee sir!
@ExtremeCrafter3 жыл бұрын
it looked like a cheese crater in the beginning
@timothykeith13676 жыл бұрын
Can Stud-welding of cast iron to steel can give good results? Screw in steel studs into the cast iron base with the stud pattern matched with a 1/2-inch to 1-inch steel plate. Then, weld the heads of the steel studs to the steel plate.
@caveofskarzs15446 жыл бұрын
I had never thought of that. From how it sounds, I can't say I would trust it more than fully welding something, but it would be more solid than just trying to weld a steel plate to a cast anvil.
@vanreliant55845 жыл бұрын
Stud welding 1/4" cold rolled steel to the face is what I did, and this worked very well have forged various items on it. As originally purchased I couldn't even forge a piece of lead without damaging the face.
@danielcrawford73155 жыл бұрын
@@caveofskarzs1544 , idk but from what I've heard... Preheat cast iron anvil after all your prep work of course for 2.5 to 3 hrs as close to 500 deg f and preheat you top plate also. Have everything set up and ready to weld. 1st set anvil in welding spot. 2 lay an 1/8" fluted rod at each end horn and heal bent so they wont roll 3 lay top plate on the use nickle55 rods to completely fill the whole entire gap between the anvil and the top plate. * note if your not a fast welder or have to stop for any reason replace anvil back into oven and keep it as close to 500 deg f as possible That's the way I was told to do it. Gives you 100% weld between the anvil and the top plate
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
@@danielcrawford7315 Sounds good to me. Thanks! I might try that some time, since it is fully welded.
@brianmcmillan74264 жыл бұрын
That is not "stud welding"...that is welding a steel plate to an anchored stud, two different animals.
@timsmith81656 жыл бұрын
Yes pinging helps cast iron relieves stress. I have welded the same broke vise back together three times. The last time it held several years and is still being used. I guess. I used rods made for cast.
@captainchaos30535 жыл бұрын
tim smith Vice will be made of cast steel not iron.
@davemoody45175 жыл бұрын
captain chaos not so, very few vises are cast of steel, it’s too expensive.
@vileasphunk77895 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if it's possible to do the same process as, but instead of metal rod weld to the Anvil, can you use an 1/4 inch steel plate??
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
That has been done before. However, you cannot get as good of results, since from what I have seen the plate was just welded around the edges, leaving a small gap between the anvil and the plate that will reduce rebound and it will have to be replaced eventually.
@VNV675 жыл бұрын
@@caveofskarzs1544 Yes but what is you did as you did here and drilled the 1/4 plate with holes same as the anvil? Also grinding the face of the anvil to as flat as you can before applying the plate. Then filling the holes and around the edges.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
@@VNV67 Like I said to another commenter, that would probably increase the durability and rebound, but I would still trust a fully welded one over that. If you have no other choice, then that probably would be a good option.
@iridios61275 жыл бұрын
+Vile As Phunk for better results take 1/2 or 1 inch plate . Also i like the idea --- drill couple holes , and weld through it . 8 holes will be optimal,i think.
@iridios61275 жыл бұрын
- - @@caveofskarzs1544 rebound is BS.
@jwhiteker13 жыл бұрын
Can you remember roughly what settings you ended up with on the welder for each wire? I'm doing a very similar one this weekend.
@caveofskarzs15443 жыл бұрын
I'm afraid I don't. I do remember that I turned the heat up pretty high.
@nrnrnrify4 жыл бұрын
"Look how he massacred my boy...."
@KyznetcCrimeanBlacksmith2 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@jasonsytsma93673 жыл бұрын
Curious how this anvil has held up? Has it cracked or chipped along the edges?
@caveofskarzs15443 жыл бұрын
I wish I could tell you. I sold it a while back because I needed to downsize my tooling situation. But it held up fine for as long as I had it.
@brinjoness33866 жыл бұрын
Would have loved to see a more detailed explanation on testing if metal is hot.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
S P I T O N I T
@samnottheotherone43634 жыл бұрын
Any recommendations on what you would do different?
@caveofskarzs15444 жыл бұрын
Sure. I would preheat it hotter for one. Next I would use a cast iron welding rod for the first layer at the very least. Might not put as much mild steel in, since that was a big reason it took as long as it did. Lastly, I would have a thicker layer of the hardened steel.
@samnottheotherone43634 жыл бұрын
@@caveofskarzs1544 thanks. I'm thinking of fixing up an anvil, probably just needs hard facing but I was curious.
@markharrisllb4 жыл бұрын
I’ve wondered if anyone has tried this, now I know...they have. How much wire did you use please? A very interesting video, thank you,
@caveofskarzs15444 жыл бұрын
Sorry for not replying sooner. I used probably five pounds of wire, tops. Most of it was the mild steel MIG wire.
@QuinBarhaug2 жыл бұрын
Make another video on this anvil. Take and fill in the gaps on the side add onto the heal and drill a pritchel hole
@caveofskarzs15442 жыл бұрын
Would if I could! Ended up selling it.
@QuinBarhaug2 жыл бұрын
@@caveofskarzs1544 aww bummer I thought about doing that to my anvil I have the same exact one but i am getting a new one and that one is kinda sentimental. A guy gave it to me for my very first anvil. I’d feel bad to modify it but I wish it were more usable
@QuinBarhaug2 жыл бұрын
@@caveofskarzs1544 but if you ever get to it do it again. But instead of filling in the sides grind off the little lip on top before hand then hard face it and add onto the heal.
@Chris-pb3se5 жыл бұрын
Did the hard facing wire require reverse polarity like typical flux core?
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
If it did, that didn't seem to affect anything.
@colin-manyeates-clan52215 жыл бұрын
I wonder, could you solder or bronze "weld" a piece of steal plate on top?? and I'd use a toaster oven to heat it up .. a lot cheaper and time saving than torch and more even... Just a thought..
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Hey, give it a try! I'd love to see that.
@oldscout25145 жыл бұрын
What made the welding wire splatter the way it did ? You made a really nice anvil.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Thanks! The cast iron itself makes the welds spatter pretty badly. Also, because this is just MIG, that also causes spatter, but not too badly. The hardface wire was inner shield, and that stuff tends to spatter a lot as well.
@jerod56363 жыл бұрын
JFC dude. RIP headphone users. When he says he’s doing it at work mute it for 30 seconds or you can kiss your ears goodbye.
@jackass3153 жыл бұрын
pretty sure he mean cast steel>>?
@VNV675 жыл бұрын
WOW great video... Thanks Looks like you needed a rosebud to heat that cast iron up a little faster.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
It would have been nice. Didn't have one, though, much to my chagrin.
@vileasphunk77895 жыл бұрын
So you think your procedure, work fine with that 15lbs harbor freight anvil? But you improvise it to different specs
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
It was 55 pounds. Sorry if I didn't say it. And yes, it does work fine. Great improvement
@vileasphunk77895 жыл бұрын
What temperatures did you use your mig welder at?
@vileasphunk77895 жыл бұрын
Did you use mild steel
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
The MIG welder heat was set at 25, but it can be different for every welder. I just used a setting that felt right. As for the steel, other than the hard-facing wire, everything was mild steel, yes.
@captainchaos30535 жыл бұрын
Cave of Skarzs What the feck heat is 25?
@slc3085 жыл бұрын
Honestly you could make good money hard facing cheap cast iron anvils like that. Especially since you made that material so thick before you hardfaced.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
That has been a thought of mine. I would just need to fine-tune the process to make it cost effective.
@slc3085 жыл бұрын
Cave of Skarzs also I have soft firebrick rated to 3200°F if you’re interested
@conautiver4 жыл бұрын
How much did this anvil cost in the end?
@bryanduke19734 жыл бұрын
Why not heat treat the anvil?
@caveofskarzs15444 жыл бұрын
I would hesitate to bring cast iron anywhere near water when it's been heated. . .
@SeppoVataja4 жыл бұрын
That anvil had a steel top. The shavings prove it. Cast would have been more like a dust coming off the drill
@dcbowling803 жыл бұрын
I thought that too from the sparks from the grinder.
@mrducklington7866 жыл бұрын
I wish I saw this sooner!!!! KZbin didn’t give me any notification.., but awesome video!!!!!
@caveofskarzs15446 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
@haroldarmstrong62885 жыл бұрын
Good info
@magicdaveable6 жыл бұрын
Nice job.
@caveofskarzs15446 жыл бұрын
Thanks, David!
@kevinstutzman5156 жыл бұрын
Heck yea new video
@superdave21125 жыл бұрын
Neat! Just curious - why not just weld a hard steel plate to the top?
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
That's a good question. I will go over that in another video when I get around to it. But the gist of it is that a hard steel plate welded all the way around the edges will still have a small gap inside that cannot be seen. This will reduce rebound, and may lead to it eventually breaking due to the constant but slight bounce between the two metals.
@superdave21125 жыл бұрын
Cave of Skarzs not if you milled the two joining surfaces perfectly flat first! Easy Peasy! You could even lap the two surfaces afterwards if .001" wasn't good enough, but I think it would be. I'll let you know how it goes..... Maybe a video! I have the same cheap cast iron anvil. I think you have to do all weld on the horn though. I admire your patience and dedication!
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
That's possible, but I would trust a fully welded face over a plate any day. ;) I have actually done that on another project, but decided against it. What I might suggest you do is drill through the plate in a few places in the top plate, and plug weld it to the main body. In theory it could reduce vibrations and increase rebound.
@ToddMcMahon5 жыл бұрын
The ONE THING that I wish you had shown was a rebound / bearing-drop BEFORE doing all the welding. It would have been nice to see the before and after. Might help to quiet down some of the nay-sayers! ;-)
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
I know! It slipped my mind to do it.
@deanrantz11125 жыл бұрын
That's a lotta lunches you missed
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
>_> I. . . uhh. . . didn't JUST work through my lunches. . . But between you and me, yes, it was a lot of lunches missed. ;)
@theaaronvirgo5 жыл бұрын
pretty sure you were not welding cast or wrought Iron the anvil face's are tool steal forge welded to the base at the time they are made!
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Not all of them are like that. This one was most definitely cast iron.
@DementedDoom5 жыл бұрын
Aaron Virgo harbor freight has a 55 lb cast iron anvil, and they are total garbage. They totally exist.
@captainchaos30535 жыл бұрын
Are you sure that's iron? It makes sparks and shines like cast steel. That's a fortune in mig wire and a lot of time. Truth is if your material is hot enough cast iron works just fine. Many a blacksmith worked on a cast iron anvil for years.
@goranzivkovic72545 жыл бұрын
NICE
@gh778jk6 жыл бұрын
wouldn't the cost of the Chineseum anvil plus the all the mig wire and, no doubt some worn out grinding disks, amount to a small cast steel anvil? Paddy
@caveofskarzs15446 жыл бұрын
That's what I was trying to figure out here. And it's pretty close in price, but mostly because of the amount of time I sunk I to it. If I were to do this again, I believe my process would be more cost-effective.
@gh778jk6 жыл бұрын
Noble attempt. I am glad it worked out in the end. My first Idea would have been to weld a piece of cast steel on top of the Horror Fright anvil. I have seen anvils made and sold like that on a commercial basis. I am no blacksmith, but I have a small 20 Kg anvil in the shop, sitting on the workbench, as a surface to tap things in to place (or hammer a pin into something, you know) and that too has a nice flat and very resilient piece of cast steel on its cast iron body. On a fun note.... when I first got this I mounted it on some soft 8 by 2".... so the first time I used a hammer on it, the whole contraption was so 'springy' , it nearly hit me in the face ! All the best! Paddy
@Mikenperu5 жыл бұрын
that Hardface wire (10lbs) is as much as forged steel Chinese 66lb anvil. Still very good video. Def not cost effective for me. And you have a nice selection of anvils!
@shmupejr3676 жыл бұрын
Hey any new videos in the making it has been a while
@caveofskarzs15446 жыл бұрын
Yeah. . . Three. But my computer went kaput so I can't do anything with them.
@danielmoss20895 жыл бұрын
Are you sure that anvil is cast iron? Nether the swarf drilling nor the sparks look like cast dude. Nice video.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Fancy seeing you here! I'm pretty certain. I guess I didn't show it here, but when grinding the bevel the sparks were definitely matching those of other cast iron pieces. It also welded like cast, dented like cast, and had what looked to be a cast line, not to mention I have never seen an anvil from China that wasn't cast iron.
@Thedeaconoftrade5 жыл бұрын
Why not just weld on a miepce of steel plate, like a cutting edge or something, drill some holes through both and fill a few spots in the middle, would be way easier and alot cheaper
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
I considered this. It may work, it may not. But in the case of this, it would be welding a steel plate to cast iron, and while it would be faster and cheaper, it would not be better, since the connection is in jeopardy simply because of the material difference and the lack of connection. I may be wrong.
@deantape27595 жыл бұрын
Nooooooo...... dude you want a hard face not a soft one and theres now micro airgaps that mess with its vibration properties. Probably reduced its value to a 3rd of what it was worth.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
. . . Why do you think it was soft?
@dynagoat73745 жыл бұрын
6:20 I think I just lost some hearing
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Lol.
@cuttheloop4 жыл бұрын
@6:20 wow...just blocked you from ever showing up in my time line again.
@caveofskarzs15444 жыл бұрын
It wasn't that loud when I was editing, lol.
@Neeverseen3 жыл бұрын
6:19 Warning for headphone users
@simonhenriksen39245 жыл бұрын
Use pure co2 to get a better burn
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
That's the shield gas I use.
@rockyroney26665 жыл бұрын
There is a difference between cast iron and cast steel I'm betting it is cast steel
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Why do you think it is cast steel?
@rockyroney26665 жыл бұрын
@@caveofskarzs1544 welding with a wire feed and when you where grinding the sparks where yellowish orange cast iron they would have been red
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
@@rockyroney2666 Ah, I see. Well, whether you believe me or not, I believe it was cast iron. From my tests prior to even attempting this, and from previous experience, it was cast iron. But, maybe you're more experienced than me! Let me know. The video does not catch the sparks' color well, and I only now saw that. In real life, the sparks were darker. If it were cast steel, the sparks also would have had sparkles at the ends; these did not. I also cut into a corner of one of the feet to break test, and it broke and looked like gray cast iron. As for welding with MIG: That was kind of the other point of this video. Right at the beginning, I gave examples of test pieces of cast iron I welded with mild steel, and stated that I even beat on it with a hammer. I was trying to prove it was possible, and reasonably preferable to buying special rods.
@huckstirred71122 жыл бұрын
@@caveofskarzs1544 The way it welded . You would have had nothing but a mess if it was cast iron
@shmupejr3676 жыл бұрын
Nice vid it's been a while
@caveofskarzs15446 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, I know. :P I have three other videos in the making, but I'm not always able to get back to those projects.
@alexandermarlow80846 жыл бұрын
This needs an epilepsy warning lol :P
@caveofskarzs15446 жыл бұрын
Hmm. Perhaps.
@fuckthedumbsh1t5 жыл бұрын
the yelling was absolutely not necessary. I had to resuscitate my wife at 3 am then deal with her attitude until the next day
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
If you were joking, I'm laughing. To be honest, even if you are serious, I am laughing. Sorry, tho.
@fuckthedumbsh1t5 жыл бұрын
@@caveofskarzs1544 no need to apologize, either way I have to deal with her legally, might as well make the day interesting. the video was worth the consequences.
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
@@fuckthedumbsh1t Lol.
@Mikey-ym6ok4 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain bud. Hope your balls are still attached
@josemejiacortez41653 жыл бұрын
Sell me one I need
@andrewvida38295 жыл бұрын
As an academic exercise this is OK, but it is not a practical solution, all else equal. Far easier solution: buy an actual anvil. :)
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
But of course.
@andymsmith2 жыл бұрын
Why not just replate?
@haroldarmstrong62885 жыл бұрын
Nickel. Inconel
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
That would be "best", of course, since nickel alloy cast iron welding rods are MEANT for welding cast, but as I said at the beginning, I was exploring the possibility of welding cast iron with just regular MIG wire. Also it's cheaper.
@chrisdavis38165 жыл бұрын
Too labor intensive... Buy a railway scrap Make it cheaper...
@caveofskarzs15445 жыл бұрын
Cheaper. . . Yeah. Better? No.
@jeffkushen55865 жыл бұрын
Railway track a) is illegal to gather, and b) has no real mass to absorb the shock of your hammer and rebound it back at you. Better off using a stump with a rail connector plate attached than a piece of track.