Turn a JUNK sledge hammer into an anvil! | Start blacksmithing
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- 4th video in the "Start Blacksmithing" series. In this video I will show you how to build a stump anvil using an old sledge hammer head, a bolt, and a railroad spike! In the next video I'll show you how to heat treat and mount it.
I love that you can't afford an old anvil that been used 100 years ago and use any near by scarp tools and made an anvil and it's easy to use and buy from an local hardware store, great work
Glad you liked the video!
You can also drill & chisel a depression into the stump, sink the head in, and get it tight with a wedge.
Or make some sort of a bracket that first trough the eye so you can secure it with lagscrews.
Those seem a bit easier to me at a first glance.
Great video either way i would never have thought of that method.
The main reason I used this method was because I had an old mount that I could reuse, and I didn't have a solid piece of wood on hand that was big enough. Mounting directly into a solid piece, as you mentioned would have been preferable.
Very good information here. I would recommend using cutting fluid liberally with any drilling operation. I bought a 12lb. Harbor Freight sledge just to make a stump anvil out of, but I already have 2 full size anvils, plus one made from fork lift tines, so I never did use the sledge hammer for one.
You're right it's never a bad idea to use cutting fluid, and I'm glad you found it informative.
To be honest, lad, I'm genuinely surprised you don't have more subs. Started watching when you made that video cutting up that hammer of yours, and I'm intently watching your progress. Godspeed, my friend, and thanks for the amazing content 😁
Thank you, I appreciate it.
What kind of pen is that to mark on metal so easily?
That is a Markal Silver Streak.
@@ravensroostforge thank you!!!
Maineah?
I'm sure what you are asking...
@@ravensroostforge you from Maine? I thought I recognized an accent. I could’ve been hearing things.
I am curious to see how that bolt will hold up to blunt force.
I was a little curious about that myself, but I've used it for 3 projects so far and it is working like a champ! The biggest concerns are shear and bending forces, but the bolt is not subjected to much of those forces when using the anvil.
You referred the objective in an anvil is to use as much steel as possible under the hammer. So, instead of cutting the sledge head, why not just forge plug the eye with a bit of hot forging temp round stock? Or even weld close the sledge eye? And, I wouldn't consider this as a junk sledge hammer just because there is a bit of surface rust. Please take this as positive criticism, I try to learn together with other people.
You absolutely could plug the eye to increase the mass of useable steel. I didn't try to do something like that because it adds additional complexity to the build. On the sledge I used the eye was round, but typically it would be oblong with an hourglass cross-section which would be hard to plug tightly. And yes, you are right the sledge was not necessarily junk, that is just a bit of hyperbole to draw attention to the video.