I’m a child of the 60s, I love it’s retro space-age look. The inverting the track is a touch of genius, it also gives a far superior surface for using clamps etc. Brilliant!
I appreciate this video a lot and as a welder it’s always nice to see guys who understand the value of pre heating the steel before welding. Literally makes all the difference!! I’m getting ready to tackle my own Anvil or as you put it an ASO shortly. I was gifted a 3ft section of track and plan to make at least one and maybe gift one to someone else that wants one.
Awesome tool! I love the shape. I welded on the railroad for railtech. Preheating the work is definitely essential. When we would repair the arc welders work it was always evident that the weld didn't bond because of temperature differences. We used a large torch and brought it up to at least 1200 f. It takes a few minutes
@Doug Owens, in the thermite welding process it is a mixture that is ignited and mixes due to the magnetic properties of molten steel before a special aluminum tap melts at exactly 5600°f...... It's so hot the ambient temperature quenches the steel providing an overall temper in that area. We did not post heat the welded area
@@916619jg wow, I didn't realize you were doing thermite welding. That sounds familiar in regards to rail welding, generally speaking. Are the rails normally butted up to each other, or are they all welded together (similar to a pipe)? Very atypical and interesting stuff!
Weld through primer bro. Nice anvil. There is stuff called weld through primer. You put it on and it has zinc in it so you still get continuity and it makes for great welds and no rust in between seams. Been using it on cars and other projects for years. Never had a problem. Beautiful work.
Nicely done! You deserve a solid high five for your talent and the hard work you laid in to cultivate and express it so beautifully. The design of the anvil speaks for itself-nice! The effort and attention you put into the project resulted in a demonstration of how, what people think of as quality, happens. Thank for your post.
Nice build there, if you ever have the time I would suggest reading IFI there are a few good post on hammer weight anvil ratio, they pretty much say that the hammer weight doesn't matter, eg : people have a (let's say a 60 lbs) striking anvil and they use a sledge hammer as heavy as they can swing on it with no draw backs but it's up to you tbh anyway hope to see you using that anvil soon, all the best Paddy
You are a fucking idiot. And obviously very uneducated. Maybe even special needs. Go try to argue with other children. Stupid people usally have a better chance with there own kind.
wow Bob why are you so angry? So please enlighten me how I'm "idiot" for pointing out something that makes no sense? Before you say someone has special needs and is uneducated maybe you should check your grammar first. Also the only one that is trying to argue is you and the way you put that makes no sense, fair enough if you where right but you put no facts or links up, you just say pointless things that are unrelated to the topic, but anyway have a nice day trolling
Man o man! Looks great! Do I ever wish I had a torch!! Big labor saver! Awesome job! I'm gonna try! Also glad you included some instructional dialog. Plus, I liked your addition of the inverted rail for a larger surface! 👍
Disclosure, I know bugger all about anvils! Those I have seen have a square hole, maybe it’s called a frog? No idea what the square hole is used for either, but wondering to myself if it would have been clever to drill say a round hole with the drill press & use a jig saw with metal blade to square out the corners to end up with a square hole? Only way I would be making one of these is with a hand hacksaw & a truck load of new hack saw blades, & a hand file! I don’t own a Oxy torch, much less know how to use one - so I figure if I started now it might be finished before I’m dead maybe! 😂 Admire your effort- thanks for taking the time & effort to post it up for others to learn from. Not too sure how rail line will hold up to being pounded on tho, longer term. Back in a previous life I worked for 10 years for the Government railways department in their engineering department, in charge of building & maintaining thousands of miles of Narrow & Dual /Standard gauge tracks, bridges, culverts & what have you! We had a room hidden away down in the basement, where pieces of rail track broke, often in cold freezing weather, that lead to derailments where people died! The sections were kept with the metallurgical reports that were provided to the coroners inquests about the causes of the failure (fatigue cracking often). There was a LOT of broken rails stored on shelves in that room going back 100+ years of derailments & deaths. That lead to the development of ultrasonic rail flaw detector wagons that could scan tracks for fatigue cracking before they broke So sections that were flawed could be cut out & replaced. When you see a room full of them, you realise that broken rails aren’t as uncommon as many might think! Be kinda worrisome if your pounding on a rail & it had fatigue cracking and just broke in half! We had a track man (ganger/fettler/ghandi dancer, call it what you will) who was a man mountain, that swung a 13 pound sledge hammer & drove dog spikes home into hardwood railway sleepers / ties, with just one blow! Think “Bud Spencer” big, when he died from massive coronary in his late 40’s he was buried in a piano crate coz there were no coffins available large enough to fit him into! He mis hit one day, driving a spike & hit the head of the 74 pounds per foot rail, and broke a piece 18 inches long out of the side of the head of the rail! I’m just a tad leery I guess of pounding on railway line with sledge hammers. Same guy before he died, one of his crew they sent to the local hotel for a beer run just across the tracks from their on rail camp / accomodation vans. He came crawling back minus his money, with no beer & all beat to hell! Turned out there was a gang of outlaw motorcycle club members drinking in the hotel, who decided to have some fun with this one of my workers! So the man mountain & the remaining 11 members of the crew, grabbed pick axe handles & visited the bikers at the hotel! It took 14 ambulances to cart them all away to hospital, and my crew piled all their bikes in a heap in the car park of the hotel & set them all alight! 😂 All my crew, showed up on time for work the next morning! 😜 They were NOT the kinda guys you wanted to mess with. Ahh the good ol days! 👍
Ian Moone sounds like you had some pretty interesting times back in the day. I had grandparents on both sides that worked in RR so it was cool to do this build. Thanks for the comments
That square hole is called a hardy hole, it's used for inserting the square shank or base of a previously-made or bought shaper, known as a hardy tool, you would use to form something straight from the forge. Say a straight wedged edge to cut a bar across by hammering the top of the piece of heated bar on it, or used with a similarly-shaped tool from the top to make something like a sphere or cube. It's square so that it doesn't rotate when being worked on. Hopefully that makes sense. As to who Mr Hardy was, I have no idea - but many blacksmiths owe him a drink, I can tell you!
Ian, Thanks so much for sharing your EXCELLENT TRUE STORIES with us!! They are fascinating!!!!! I Loved every bit of it, and especially the part about the Failed Rails, and their Metallurgical Reports On The Failed Sections!!!!!! Where is that Place with all of the Failed Tracks, and for what Areas, and Distances were those Tracks representing? You know.... where was the Cutoff of the Areas that your Company Bears the Responsibilities? Surely, it couldn’t Possibly be the Collection of ALL OF THE FAILURES IN THE ENTIRE USA?
Hello from Canada. Well done and a beautiful piece. I have a piece of RR track my father used as an anvil/striking surface; close to 100 years old. It's only about 8" long but does the job. Liked and subscribed. Work safe.
Uma das melhores bigornas que vi no TH-cam até o momento. Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho. Esse é um excelente projeto, pois uma bigorna simples custa algo na faixa de uma $ 550,00 aqui no Brasil.
Great to see someone who stil knows how to burn. All you see on TH-cam is guys with cut-off wheels. I have been welding and fabricating since since 1962 and only stared using cut off wheels a couple of years ago (and rarely use them even now) How did we survive before Metabos
I’ve got an old railway anvil that I inherited from my great uncle that he made. It got me interested in blacksmithing as a kid and I have been ever since... That doesn’t mean I’m good at it though lol.
Its more effective to take the track verticle. The mass loss from shaping that track combined with the fact your only using a fraction of the mass under your hammer. When verticle all the mass of that track is under the hammer. My first anvil was a verticle track.
ratch BrG I can see the logic in placing it vertical but I would lose the versatility in the different components of the traditional style. I do have one more section of track which I may use your suggestion. I’ll keep you posted👍🏼
@@InventOnTheSpot there's still a lot of versatility with it vertical. The steel that connects the rail to the base can be rounded for a fuller. Take a wedge out of the base and round it for a small horn.
Yes, set it vertical in a bucket of concrete. You can always clamp a horn or cone mandrill in a vise (post vise), but you want as much mass under the hammer as you can get.
Really awesome job and Design. You have crazy skills. You could actually Market that. But I know you don't want to oh, that's probably a signature piece of one of a kind. Good job. I'd like to find a piece of railroad track so I can make my own
Thanks! I think this piece of track had already been used for a post type barrier at some point. There was still some concrete attached. Hope you have luck in your search 👍🏼
Beautiful Work, I have a 4-5' Section I've been thinking about doing it for years. Everyone always talks about having weight under the hammer. I understand shaping the top; but haven't been able to understand why so much is always cut off the middle and bottom. The added weight would be a plus, correct. Is it to try and get double tap/strike?
Hate when people become snobbish like that calling it a ASO because its not a "real" anvil. Anvils are striking surface and they have been anything including large tough rocks like jade. Thats and anvil no matter how you see it, it could be a lower quality (which is also perspective of the user) but at the same time that may be a wanted thing. Sacrificial anvils are a use per basis and some like using them for finishing anvils for cold forging where more abuse would go to the anvil, also if they have risks of missing or glancing off the piece and hit the anvil's edges and doing damage.
I’m a child of the 60s, I love it’s retro space-age look. The inverting the track is a touch of genius, it also gives a far superior surface for using clamps etc. Brilliant!
Not only an anvil, but an art work!
Not only a craftsman, but an artist!
Great admiration...
I appreciate this video a lot and as a welder it’s always nice to see guys who understand the value of pre heating the steel before welding. Literally makes all the difference!! I’m getting ready to tackle my own Anvil or as you put it an ASO shortly. I was gifted a 3ft section of track and plan to make at least one and maybe gift one to someone else that wants one.
Awesome tool! I love the shape. I welded on the railroad for railtech. Preheating the work is definitely essential. When we would repair the arc welders work it was always evident that the weld didn't bond because of temperature differences. We used a large torch and brought it up to at least 1200 f. It takes a few minutes
Thanks! It took a bit of research and talking to some friends that work a lot with metal to decide on the pre heat.
Did you post heat too?
@Doug Owens, in the thermite welding process it is a mixture that is ignited and mixes due to the magnetic properties of molten steel before a special aluminum tap melts at exactly 5600°f...... It's so hot the ambient temperature quenches the steel providing an overall temper in that area.
We did not post heat the welded area
@@916619jg wow, I didn't realize you were doing thermite welding. That sounds familiar in regards to rail welding, generally speaking. Are the rails normally butted up to each other, or are they all welded together (similar to a pipe)? Very atypical and interesting stuff!
As a railway welder FYI you should preheat to 800f and post heat to 1200f and let cool very slowly
Wrap insulation bury in sand if nothing else
No it will crack train or no train if it’s not right
Weld through primer bro. Nice anvil. There is stuff called weld through primer. You put it on and it has zinc in it so you still get continuity and it makes for great welds and no rust in between seams. Been using it on cars and other projects for years. Never had a problem. Beautiful work.
I think that is the best looking and probably most functional railroad track anvil/ASO I have ever seen. Nice work!
Thanks!
no offense but I disagree
look around on u tube.
bunch of others you
can view.
Nicely done! You deserve a solid high five for your talent and the hard work you laid in to cultivate and express it so beautifully. The design of the anvil speaks for itself-nice!
The effort and attention you put into the project resulted in a demonstration of how, what people think of as quality, happens. Thank for your post.
Nice build there, if you ever have the time I would suggest reading IFI there are a few good post on hammer weight anvil ratio, they pretty much say that the hammer weight doesn't matter, eg : people have a (let's say a 60 lbs) striking anvil and they use a sledge hammer as heavy as they can swing on it with no draw backs but it's up to you tbh anyway hope to see you using that anvil soon, all the best Paddy
You are a fucking idiot. And obviously very uneducated. Maybe even special needs. Go try to argue with other children. Stupid people usally have a better chance with there own kind.
wow Bob why are you so angry? So please enlighten me how I'm "idiot" for pointing out something that makes no sense? Before you say someone has special needs and is uneducated maybe you should check your grammar first. Also the only one that is trying to argue is you and the way you put that makes no sense, fair enough if you where right but you put no facts or links up, you just say pointless things that are unrelated to the topic, but anyway have a nice day trolling
Man o man! Looks great! Do I ever wish I had a torch!! Big labor saver! Awesome job! I'm gonna try!
Also glad you included some instructional dialog.
Plus, I liked your addition of the inverted rail for a larger surface! 👍
Excellent job. This looks amazing
Very cool idea. Great work.
Thanks for sharing.
You are the Man , cutting iron with Mechanics gloves ! Good Idea , nice work
Thanks for this. I was trying to figure out how I wanted to convert a 2’ section and I am sure this is it.
Nice anvil and torch work! I got a chuckle out of your pipe wrench hammer!
Не знаю,дойдёт ли..?Поймёт ли..? Но-о.,пацан просто красавчик!
Честь и почет МАСТЕРОВОМУ человеку!
Disclosure, I know bugger all about anvils!
Those I have seen have a square hole, maybe it’s called a frog?
No idea what the square hole is used for either, but wondering to myself if it would have been clever to drill say a round hole with the drill press & use a jig saw with metal blade to square out the corners to end up with a square hole?
Only way I would be making one of these is with a hand hacksaw & a truck load of new hack saw blades, & a hand file!
I don’t own a Oxy torch, much less know how to use one - so I figure if I started now it might be finished before I’m dead maybe! 😂
Admire your effort- thanks for taking the time & effort to post it up for others to learn from.
Not too sure how rail line will hold up to being pounded on tho, longer term.
Back in a previous life I worked for 10 years for the Government railways department in their engineering department, in charge of building & maintaining thousands of miles of Narrow & Dual /Standard gauge tracks, bridges, culverts & what have you!
We had a room hidden away down in the basement, where pieces of rail track broke, often in cold freezing weather, that lead to derailments where people died!
The sections were kept with the metallurgical reports that were provided to the coroners inquests about the causes of the failure (fatigue cracking often).
There was a LOT of broken rails stored on shelves in that room going back 100+ years of derailments & deaths.
That lead to the development of ultrasonic rail flaw detector wagons that could scan tracks for fatigue cracking before they broke So sections that were flawed could be cut out & replaced.
When you see a room full of them, you realise that broken rails aren’t as uncommon as many might think!
Be kinda worrisome if your pounding on a rail & it had fatigue cracking and just broke in half!
We had a track man (ganger/fettler/ghandi dancer, call it what you will) who was a man mountain, that swung a 13 pound sledge hammer & drove dog spikes home into hardwood railway sleepers / ties, with just one blow!
Think “Bud Spencer” big, when he died from massive coronary in his late 40’s he was buried in a piano crate coz there were no coffins available large enough to fit him into!
He mis hit one day, driving a spike & hit the head of the 74 pounds per foot rail, and broke a piece 18 inches long out of the side of the head of the rail!
I’m just a tad leery I guess of pounding on railway line with sledge hammers.
Same guy before he died, one of his crew they sent to the local hotel for a beer run just across the tracks from their on rail camp / accomodation vans.
He came crawling back minus his money, with no beer & all beat to hell!
Turned out there was a gang of outlaw motorcycle club members drinking in the hotel, who decided to have some fun with this one of my workers!
So the man mountain & the remaining 11 members of the crew, grabbed pick axe handles & visited the bikers at the hotel!
It took 14 ambulances to cart them all away to hospital, and my crew piled all their bikes in a heap in the car park of the hotel & set them all alight! 😂
All my crew, showed up on time for work the next morning! 😜
They were NOT the kinda guys you wanted to mess with.
Ahh the good ol days! 👍
Ian Moone sounds like you had some pretty interesting times back in the day. I had grandparents on both sides that worked in RR so it was cool to do this build. Thanks for the comments
That square hole is called a hardy hole, it's used for inserting the square shank or base of a previously-made or bought shaper, known as a hardy tool, you would use to form something straight from the forge. Say a straight wedged edge to cut a bar across by hammering the top of the piece of heated bar on it, or used with a similarly-shaped tool from the top to make something like a sphere or cube. It's square so that it doesn't rotate when being worked on. Hopefully that makes sense.
As to who Mr Hardy was, I have no idea - but many blacksmiths owe him a drink, I can tell you!
Ian,
Thanks so much for sharing your EXCELLENT TRUE STORIES with us!! They are fascinating!!!!! I Loved every bit of it, and especially the part about the Failed Rails, and their Metallurgical Reports On The Failed Sections!!!!!! Where is that Place with all of the Failed Tracks, and for what Areas, and Distances were those Tracks representing? You know.... where was the Cutoff of the Areas that your Company Bears the Responsibilities? Surely, it couldn’t Possibly be the Collection of ALL OF THE FAILURES IN THE ENTIRE USA?
I’m a bit of an anvil snob and think that’s pretty cool. Good vid too
Probably best rail Anvil I've ever seen built several of my own
That's a mighty handsome job!
Beautiful piece of work my man!
That design is sweet! Thanks for the video gotta make me one now🤙🏼
Wow somebody actually using a torch good for you
That's a sick anvil !
Awesome! It looks like a caboose too.
That is sharp looking. I have piece of rail just for that project.
I used one my granpa had and it rings sharply hurts the ears
But he did good work on this. My grandpa's didn't have the flipped over piece
Hello from Canada. Well done and a beautiful piece. I have a piece of RR track my father used as an anvil/striking surface; close to 100 years old. It's only about 8" long but does the job. Liked and subscribed. Work safe.
Perfect job bro.I will do it soon too
You are a true craftsman and I want one. Thanks 🙏
Uma das melhores bigornas que vi no TH-cam até o momento.
Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho.
Esse é um excelente projeto, pois uma bigorna simples custa algo na faixa de uma $ 550,00 aqui no Brasil.
Great job. Great design.
Great to see someone who stil knows how to burn. All you see on TH-cam is guys with cut-off wheels. I have been welding and fabricating since since 1962 and only stared using cut off wheels a couple of years ago (and rarely use them even now) How did we survive before Metabos
That looks incredible brother ! Thanks for making a video on this 🙏 I subscribed
Amazing torchwork
Very nicely done
👏👏👍Excelent it looks like a supersonic jet.
Moacir Drigo hey! That’s an interesting perspective 🤔
Good idea, very good skills, congrats 👍
Millie is right, but as a normal construction welder I say if it's holds for the things that you do with it, than it's good. Very good job.
Good idea and great job
We to made our anvil from a old railway track, gord that must have been 50 years ago and she sill takes a beating.
Great job Bro!!!
That was awesome
Keep up the good work and thanks 👍
I call that art good job i love it
I really like the anvil. I have a chunk of track, I just need to do it. Thanks for the video.
I hope you hammer out some cool stuff when it’s made👍🏼
Nice work. Thanks for sharing
Great job and vid. Gotta love those pipe wrenches, a hammer, bender, and wrench. Lol loved it
MarkB Thanks! Yeah, bent a lot of mudflap brackets with that pipe wrench. Didn’t fail me on this project either👍🏼
You made a very awesome looking anvil thanks for sharing your video
That is an amazing job you did there
Thanks👍🏼
I’ve got an old railway anvil that I inherited from my great uncle that he made. It got me interested in blacksmithing as a kid and I have been ever since... That doesn’t mean I’m good at it though lol.
I'm not a metal worker but I thought you did a damned fine job with the cutting torch and welder.
Awsome work!
Looks freaking beautiful my first anvil was a small chuck of 4x6 metal just screwed to my workbench, look at my small axe forging video lol
Great job! I'm trying to do one following your directions.
Its more effective to take the track verticle. The mass loss from shaping that track combined with the fact your only using a fraction of the mass under your hammer. When verticle all the mass of that track is under the hammer. My first anvil was a verticle track.
ratch BrG I can see the logic in placing it vertical but I would lose the versatility in the different components of the traditional style. I do have one more section of track which I may use your suggestion. I’ll keep you posted👍🏼
@@InventOnTheSpot there's still a lot of versatility with it vertical. The steel that connects the rail to the base can be rounded for a fuller. Take a wedge out of the base and round it for a small horn.
Yes, set it vertical in a bucket of concrete. You can always clamp a horn or cone mandrill in a vise (post vise), but you want as much mass under the hammer as you can get.
Hay great idea and excellent job
Nice work!!!!
Awesome work 👍
Great job 👏🏻
Really awesome job and Design. You have crazy skills. You could actually Market that. But I know you don't want to oh, that's probably a signature piece of one of a kind. Good job. I'd like to find a piece of railroad track so I can make my own
Thanks! I think this piece of track had already been used for a post type barrier at some point. There was still some concrete attached. Hope you have luck in your search 👍🏼
Great work 👍👏👏
Good job man
You are really great worker and it's very good sir nice video👍👌
Na minha opinião este é o melhor vídeo de fabricação de bigorna top!
Great job. I want one.
😨🤤 thought i hv seen every Crazy Anvil... but this is d Rolls Royce under d Anvils .... Gratulation for dis Projekt.... 👏👏👏👏👏💪💪
Thanks! I guess that means RR stands for both RailRoad and Rolls Royce.. I’ll have to slap an emblem on it👍🏼
great idea, great performance!!!
Jason, You did a great job on building this anvil.
Man the best i ever seen made great job GOD BLESS
Я следил за сварочным процессом, молодец, технологию не нарушил.
Really nice!!
Nice job 😁
Looks great........wonderful video
Thanks for the video. Literally the coolest anvil on the planet.
Don't forget to sign and date it.
Find someone with a laser engraver near you.
Makes me wish I had one.
Nice .I have a piece of rail . Great idea
Wow beautiful anvil, I love it 👏👏👏👏👏
Ausgezeichnet!.Gut gemacht Handarbeit! Große und Schoner Amboss. Ich kongratulliere dich mein Freund!.
Beautiful
Great job
Que excelente calidad de trabajo Felicidades amigo
Amazing work! I am truly inspired!! Thank you for sharing!!! :)
That’s terrific thanks
Muito bom gostei excelente trabalho !👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Beautiful Work, I have a 4-5' Section I've been thinking about doing it for years. Everyone always talks about having weight under the hammer. I understand shaping the top; but haven't been able to understand why so much is always cut off the middle and bottom. The added weight would be a plus, correct. Is it to try and get double tap/strike?
beautiful
Pero que bonito yunque cómo me gusta, que buena idea.... Y que buena herramienta, está genial saludos desde México.
Nice best one I have seen
Good idea .
Linda. Parabéns pelo trabalho. Realmente é a mais top do TH-cam.
.🌎👍 Thanks you..❤️👍
Good job
Hate when people become snobbish like that calling it a ASO because its not a "real" anvil. Anvils are striking surface and they have been anything including large tough rocks like jade. Thats and anvil no matter how you see it, it could be a lower quality (which is also perspective of the user) but at the same time that may be a wanted thing. Sacrificial anvils are a use per basis and some like using them for finishing anvils for cold forging where more abuse would go to the anvil, also if they have risks of missing or glancing off the piece and hit the anvil's edges and doing damage.
Nice work
Thanks!
Thank you ! Very nice !!!
Thanks!
Fantastic 👍
Muy buen trabajo...!! Cual es el largo total de ese yunque ...? Felicitaciones!!
10%👏 un abrazo de Argentina 🇦🇷
Perfect . Bravo .
Perfect.
Love it Love it! Awesome Dude!!