Anvil and blacksmithing

Code54 · Nov 22, 2018

THANKS! That would be a lot fo fun to attend and check out. Seems there is not a lot of activity here around home so I may need to travel to learn and purchase eqpt.
Thank you

stuckmotor · Nov 23, 2018

Big Barn said:
Yes. Maybe so but although I have and appreciate a 途eal anvil I致e pounded on a lot of whatever was handy for most of my life.

I imagine some of those handy objects you used had better hammer bounce than my cast iron ASO.

om21braz · Nov 26, 2018

And for when your "hobby" gets out of hand and you get tired of swinging the hammer.....

Blacksmith Air Hammer Techniques - YouTube

2LaneCruzer · Nov 26, 2018

And then there's this:

How to Shoot an Anvil 2 Feet in the Air - YouTube

Clint S · Nov 26, 2018

2LaneCruzer said:
And then there's this:

How to Shoot an Anvil 2 Feet in the Air - YouTube

Note how his truck was close by. My luck would be an anvil through the roof. LOL

Jstpssng · Nov 26, 2018

2LaneCruzer said:
And then there's this:

How to Shoot an Anvil 2 Feet in the Air - YouTube

Not 2.00 feet, but 200.
Decimal points do matter, and this is worth checking out. :thumbsup:

Xfaxman · Nov 27, 2018

2LaneCruzer said:
And then there's this:

How to Shoot an Anvil 200 Feet in the Air - YouTube

Jstpssng said:
Not 2.00 feet, but 200.
Decimal points do matter, and this is worth checking out. :thumbsup:

For some reason, unknown to me, zeros get removed from links posted here.

I always do an Edit and put the zeros back in the link, as shown in the first quote above, before hitting Submit Reply.

The video was interesting. :thumbsup:

2LaneCruzer · Nov 28, 2018

Xfaxman said:
For some reason, unknown to me, zeros get removed from links posted here.

I always do an Edit and put the zeros back in the link, as shown in the first quote above, before hitting Submit Reply.

The video was interesting. :thumbsup:

Gives me the creeps. I would want to be a good distance away; the only safe place would be a bomb-proof bunker. The power of the black powder is amazing. That sucker might as well have been shot out of a cannon!

tcreeley · Nov 28, 2018

Centaur Forge is a good resource - tools etc, books, video.
Here is a link to their knife book section - Knife Making-centaurforge.com

Along with the anvil, forge, misc tools - the next thing you will need is a stationary belt grinder with various belts, You can forge a blade - but you need a way to grind it and put the fine finish on the steel.

Jstpssng · Nov 28, 2018

2LaneCruzer said:
Gives me the creeps. I would want to be a good distance away; the only safe place would be a bomb-proof bunker. The power of the black powder is amazing. That sucker might as well have been shot out of a cannon!

It's a fun video to watch though. I was having some work done at a gunsmith's one day and he was talking about working on the drum brakes on the Rambler which is his daily driver. To take the rusted wheel cylinders apart he used black powder; he said a lot of people use compressed air, but that's too dangerous.