Homemade Anvil with a Hardy Hole - plus Hardy Tools
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When I made my carving gouges in a recent video I realised I needed a hardy hole to help with certain blacksmithing tasks. As my little anvil doesn't have a hardy hole and the fact a proper anvil is out of my reach, I put my mind to how I could get around it. This is what I came up with and I reckon it will do the job just fine!
I called it a '$20 anvil' as the steel cost me $5 plus a small amount of mild steel (a couple of dollars), 4 coach bolts and welding wire. $20 would be about correct!
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When I made my carving gouges in a recent video I realised I needed a hardy hole to help with certain blacksmithing tasks. As my little anvil doesn't have a hardy hole and the fact a proper anvil is out of my reach, I put my mind to how I could get around it. This is what I came up with and I reckon it will do the job just fine!
I called it a '$20 anvil' as the steel cost me $5 plus a small amount of mild steel (a couple of dollars), 4 coach bolts and welding wire. I reckon $20 would be about correct!
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$20 in welding wire and grinding wheels! :-)
I'd say about $5 worth of welding wire, fair enough on the discs, one cut off disc ($2) and a flapdisc (half used $6)! :)
I guess after a while you get desensitized to the snakes.
Cool! Indeed you can get away with some cheap scrap material! Interesting workshop pet :)
I even want your channel even I subscribed
Love it!!...ur pet complement your craft..great video
What's sad in my country is that they don't want to sell the scrap, as it was too valuable..
The snake is a Coastal Carpet Python....Morelia Spilota McDowelli.
Some information for those of you not familiar with Australian wildlife;
This is a subspecies of Morelia spilota and usually attains lengths of 2.7-3 m (9-10 feet) in length.
Dorsally they are generally olive brown to tan in color with paler blotches and stripes. The pattern and colour are highly variable. Midbody scales in 40-60 rows. They have a single anal scale and their subcaudal scales are divided. Most of the head scales are small, beadlike and arranged irregularly.
Habitat and range
They are widespread in Australia in eastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales. They may be encountered on the ground, draped across boughs of trees or coiled up in undergrowth. They are frequently found residing in the roofs of houses even in well settled suburban areas, rainforest, wet or dry eucalypt forest, heathland, pasture, agricultural and urban areas.
They are active by day or night (nocturnal and diurnal) feeding mainly on "warm blooded" prey like possums, rats, flying foxes and birds, and occasionally poultry, domestic cats and small dogs. Attempts at eating cane toads are fatal. They lay up to ~35 eggs (so watch out, Neil. I think she has found a place to lay her eggs!). They sometimes exhibit unpredictable and aggressive behaviour, particularly when nesting. Bites are not venomous, however the bites can cause lacerations. Common in Queensland and the best pest control one can get for free.
I am a snake catcher in Airlie Beach and I have relocated many large specimens up to about 3m without any problems.
Love your work, Neil. Keep up the great videos. I love watching you work.
Thanks very much for the info Neil! I'm not worried about it at all other than if it gets one of the dogs. They sleep in the house at night but they do spend all day around the shed. I'm checking on them regularly just in case but I'm not too worried! :)
Here I thought it was a Trouser snake, who habits humid areas south of the equator, often found in dense bush
@@PaskMakes You will probably find the snake is in more danger from the dogs as they are JRT's and they will team up against the snake if they cross paths.
Carpets tend to be nocturnal and rest during the day, so the pups will only encounter it if they find it on the ground during the day. As the dogs are regular visitors to the shop, this is unlikely.
If they do, just remove them from the scene. See if you can encourage the snake to move until it relocates itself higher up and out of harms way.
I haven't seen it now for a few days, I think it may have moved on. For a week leading up to this video I saw it several times! Thanks again for your knowledge! :)
Wait, you have flying foxes? Australia you never cease to amaze
I wouldn't have guessed Australia until you showed a small tail that is the size of most entire snakes anywhere else, blew it off like this is everyday, and went on with your work. You guys are either the manliest men on the planet or just freaking insane. From the few Aussies I've gotten to know in Canada I'd have to say the jury's still out. Got video, got you a sub. Cheers.
There has been a large anvil in my family since long before I was born.
I'm 67 now and finally know what the square hole is for. Now to make some tools to fit in there.
I learned something today.
👍
Pretty handy having free pest control roaming around.
That's how I look at it! :)
Pest control, it's big enough to do pet control!
I like that you folks in Australia use the word “reckon” about as much as we do here in the Southeastern U.S. (East Tennessee).
I also had a black snake about four foot long hanging out in my little shops last summer.
He didn’t really bother me, kind of give me a little start when he fell out of the rafters one day but he helps keep the rats and mice in check. I’ve wanted an anvil for years but can’t justify the cost.
Enjoyed the video, again. I reckon I’ve watched it a couple of times.
Nicely done sir.
Is that a common thing to have a huge snake like that just hanging in your shop in Australia ?
Sweet lord he's huge.
That will be his supper
I guess in Australia anything that isn't actually venomous just kinda gets ignored...
It's a beautiful animal; I just hope it's compatible with small dogs :-O
Not extremely common but that's a harmless snake so it's mostly decorative (unless you're a rat... or a very stupid puppy)
It is fairly common Antoine, we had one living in the roof of our granny flat that was twice the length of this one and three times as fat! :)
Coincidentally, he no longer has the granny for the flat. ;-)
Thanks for not harming snake, I believe he enjoyed watching you as well.
Seeing snakes like this just out and about reminds me WHY I live in Minnesota, where 8 months out of the year, the air hurts my face!
I really dig this. A lot of the joy that I get from making things is the problem solving as well. It's not just that i'm gonna make the thing, it's HOW i'm gonna make the thing. Good job man.
Thanks mate! :)
@@PaskMakes Any time. I love your videos. Keep up the good work. :)
"who does this belong too?" someone way bigger than i expected, less danger noodle more danger tree trunk.
He just wants to be petted.
This was really helpful, specifically for someone who has been fantasizing about blacksmithing. Thanks 😊
good video. like that you made it from very low cost scrap. i might of also converted one of the holes to a nice pritchel hole. well done!
Wait a minute forget the anvil.. You have giant anaconda roaming around in your shop, and you are like lets play a guessing game??? If we saw that here in the US we'd either jump 6ft in the air or 18ft side ways, and that's only the manly men.
Haha! It's not so bad, pretty friendly really! ;)
Yeah and in the US you have a president. Aussies have a Queen.
Hope your dogs stays clear of that fellow
yep. that would be terrifying in my country. overhead too. faaack.
Actually, in North Carolina, we'd just lean back and pick up our O'Henry 44 and blow it's head off. And then make a nice pair of cowboy boots out of its hide after deep frying it's innards and serving it with some collard greens.
The snake was probably attracted to the heat inside and coming out of the room.
That anvil you made was AWESOME!
If only you could teach the snake to use a sledgehammer.
Another use of the hot cut hardy tool that I learned from Torbjorn Ahman is to split kindling. You might not need kindling to light your forge, but when I saw him do it I thought it'd be a great way to make dowel blanks.
I like the idea of splitting dowel blanks - Thanks! :)
Mr Pask ! I really enjoy your videos from day 1 and I'm a huge fan of your simple but effective style... Jeeez it seems Australia beats hands down every other place on this planet for the "I live here but some wild creatures are ok" thing. Thank you so much for entertaining us and sharing your whereabouts with the rest of us !
No worries Remy - glad you enjoy the videos! :)
I'd be worried about that big arse Python eating the dogo
This is a great idea. We have a lot of these thrown away recently when they put in a new rail line. Going to go get one and work on one this weekend.
Just a tip - when putting down the angle grinder, turn it the other way (upside down). That's actually the proper way. Took me a while to get used to it, but it's much safer. You don't risk breaking the disk, or having the grinder run around the shop
Thanks! I've been doing it like that forever, that's why I keep the guard on just for that reason, never caught or broke a disk yet! :)
I really appreciate th practical applications tht can be utilized in making 'Adapters' (such as yor 'Bending-Fork') !
That's one big danger noodle
Nope Rope...
@@bryanh6856 murder spurgurder
Not dangerous at all. I handle many of them. They are so docile.
my new favorite name for a snake... thanks Glenn
Nope noodle
Wow. 100 degrees Frankenstein and a shop full of snakes and the dude is still out there banging away, meanwhile I’m skimming through my excuses Rolodex looking for some choice procrastination ideas...great work, my man. Keep it up.
Why i could never live in Australia...
Insurance company: Did your shop burn down because of neglecting your forge?
Me: Nope... there was a snake, it had to go.
Great project, might just solve my anvil needs! We had a block of land about an hour north of Bundaberg for a few years, and one day encountered a python like this one, but big enough to swallow up one of our Aussie Silky Terriors, who narrowly avoided by snake dinner lol.
4:46: This is a good sign. It means plenty of scrap wood challenges to come!
Neil, you went up a point today in my esteem of you when I saw the Ozito name - really is the bummiest bum end of tools if ever a bum there was - being utilised by a true craftsman. And so I realised something that I always kind of knew: that there are those who must have the best of everything, and there are those who will always make the best out of anything.
Well spotted - a new pile of scrapwood! Thanks Dave, I learned with that welder and it still does what I need but I'm probably ready to upgrade now. I don't see the point of getting the best when you're learning (unless of course you can easily afford it) if it doesn't work out and you don't enjoy it, you haven't lost too much! :)
Thanks for the video Niel. At this rate you will get me interested in metal working.
Man, I've been binging your videos the last few days (and have been watching for a while) and I always think "gee, I just love the weather, the scenery, the accents, the excellent COVID response, living in australia would be such a treat.
Then snake. And nope nope nope nope.
love the live in pest control he has been busy and is eating good . lol nice work good video Sir,
That python and temperature is both why we need more Australian makers on TH-cam, and why there aren’t
Just a tip: if you hollow out the bottom of the log just a bit and leave a rim around the out side, this will stabilize the rig. Less surface area I contact with the ground. You don’t need to remove too much material.
That's not a snake... THIS IS A SNAKE!
yes Crocodile Dundee :) he was THE DUDE !! of DUDES :)
ahh
snake dundee... not the same ring to it. but probable a fabulous movie
I understood that reference... 👉🏼👉🏼
that tiny little dog you have would be a nice appetizer for your wild life friend... just another day in Australia I guess it's not unusual to see a 10-foot snake and your garage..
Venomous snake = Danger Noodle.
Non-venomous snake = nope rope.
do not boop. or you will get the hurt juice.
Slippery tube dude
long boi
Non venomous nope rope noodle bois get gentle boops on their snoots
Nice video and great idea. I would have heated up the metal before welding the two pieces together. Also, you really need a chop saw (or a cold cut saw which is better), and definatley an oxy-fuel cutting torch for thick metal. It makes all the difference in the world. I’d recommend oxy/propane, as propane is easier to handle than acetylene.
Just another day in australia. Everything goes as usual.
Great idea with a great execution. That's how to show off how blacksmithing and the human brain coerce with each other in situ.
I think you should call your new pet Monty.
haha, good one !
A python that size is probably a Marilyn.
Since he's a local 'stralian he should be named Bruce or Mic.
So great to see genius in a random simple post like this, great line Eduard!!! AAA+++
Mouse control comes in all different shapes. As long as he doesn't eat Dodge. Great video!!
🎶🎶 scrap steel challenge.. nice job Neil . what a gorgeous python 😍. mate of mine looked up from reading the other day and had a 5ft tiger snake at his feet
That would be a much more scary prospect! :)
Good idea on scrap steel challenge
That has a catchy jingle to it.
Awsome video bud. I wish i had a workshop like that.
Neil, 100 degrees, a hot forge, and a snake. Can’t get much better than that! Love the video’s, keep them coming. Would love to see an old fashion woodworkers tabletop bench made for joinery, double vices and dogs, etc….been thinking of building one myself.
Great video thanks for sharing, I'm pretty sure that snake is the best rodent repellent anybody can have, and echo friendly,
Over three years after you made it, this video continues to be useful indeed. For me, it's good to know that my very pitiful little anvil, made of a railroad tie-plate, is a legitimate anvil after all! Also did not know about the soft steel being safer for an anvil surface. I started out by just using what's available to me; it happened to be just the right thing. Thanks!
Interesting and fantastic. I always enjoy, have fun and learn something watching your videos. Who expected a snake? Not me. Well done and thank you!
Nice video, Some of your livestock lack a leg or two
After wearing thermals since September and a fortnights solid rain I was getting serious workshop envy - then along comes an eight foot snake and I am suddenly feeling better about my lot.
Why do I always feel like "where's my face shield" even when I'm just watching a video of someone using an arc welder?
Veey good, creative and intelligent idea, thanks to share it.
What do you mean, not one of your most exciting videos? This is GREAT. I have been trying to think my way around cobbling up an anvil of some sort, and I really like the utility of this one. I'll get started on building that welder, then the forge, then the hammers then then then.... ;) And I think she's a lovely snake too, no need to worry, she's probably keeping your shop free of mice. Source - I live in Arkansas, USA. Lots of snakes and spider friends!
Thanks mate - glad it was helpful to you! :)
Another remarkable metalworking job, i LOVE when you do those
Thanks very ,much! :)
Great build, and glad to see you enjoying the local wildlife without feeling forced to kill it!
Helluva shop mascot you have there. Good show.
There's nothing about your videos that I dislike (even the python), except for the temperature on the thermometer. I've no idea how you tolerate and work in that heat.
I totally agree - I don't know how I do it either as I hate the heat! :)
@@PaskMakes Is it dry heat or super humid?
Once it goes past about 35 C it all feels the same, humidity is the killer (says the Victorian...)
Ya I get to my body temp I'm toast
Come to Washington state in the summer, in my area the hottest I've seen it is around 118°F with about 60% humidity.😂
Beautiful snake, not sure I'd be happy with that hiding in my workshop though!
Seeing that snake makes me smile knowing that I won't see one in England.. 🇬🇧
Not to put the windies up you but England has 4 species of snake. You should be good though, only one of them is venomous ;)
@@vaulthecreator ... Looks like I'll be sleeping with one eye open. 👍
I wouldn't stress too much mate, I lived in England for 10 years and I don't recall ever seeing a snake :)
Well, a non-parliament variety at least lol
@@vaulthecreator I've seen a few adders in Somerset over the years, mainly 20+ years ago.
Great job on the plate. I like the snake we just have copper heads and rat snakes here in Kentucky
Thanks Chris! A lot of people here kill a snake as soon as they see them but I like them too and leave them to themselves! :)
Thats very handy... U dont need to pay more then 150$ for some used anvil and it isnt that heavy so u can place it almost anywhere... Really nice
Awesome video! I’ve been wanting to make a custom anvil for a while. I work in a very large steel fab shop and have access to a ton “no pun intended” of crane/train rail. The one you made is super simple and very useful. Thanks for the vid !
If I saw a snake like that in my shop here in Maine, I'm almost certain I'd probably crap my pants! On the other hand, I can see the benefits of not having to worry about mice, rats, and other small critters running around and nesting in the shop. Oh yeah, nice solution to coping with a small anvil.
OK fine anvil and quick thinking BUT what about that snake ??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Stelios - he's one of the friendly sort! :)
@@PaskMakes I understand you know that and probably you are in no risk my friend, but I see your JR dog going around and are you sure it's safe for him too...? nature is nature buddy !!! :)
My father's Jack Russel would regularly tussle with 5 foot Black Tiger snakes and they're venomous, Pask's hanging mate isn't, doggo is fine :)
@@vaulthecreator I am familiar with the curiosity of JRs, I have 2, but I have no experience at all with snakes, that's why my Q? to Pask.
Glad to see I’m not the only one using self shielding welding wire lol
Because that happens every day, 8' python just chilling in the rafters of my shop. NOPE!!! House for sale tonight. HA!
Haha! I don't mind the pythons, they keep the mice and rat population down! :)
Sell the house? No, burn down the house.
@@PaskMakes pythons, plural? 😮
Umm, here in Finland , Eurup, cats TaKe care of that business, not snakes....
@@PaskMakes As long as the snake in question isn't poisonous, i'm OK with it. 👍
As always a pleasure to watch.
Great and simply, great pleasure to see your work always my friend! And that friend in your shop, wow, love it!
Thanks mate! :)
Great video, awesome guest!
Jeez, it's crazy that snakes can lift their entire bodies like that
OMG!! That snake is HUGE!!!
Does the python pay rent? Or why are You so comfortable with him hanging around? ;)
Think of him as a pest control operative.
Wonderful project.
First...too bad it wasn't in your wood working tools, cause then you could have had "Snakes On A Plane."😂 ...And second...ever thought of making your own Anvil? You've got the skills...
Haha! I like it! I've thought about it but haven't seriously considered it! :)
Great project! Anvil prices have gone through the roof (no pun intended) since TH-cam showed people how useful they are!
Just going to comment to say how lovely your local area always looks, but for some reason I've changed my mind! I hope you had a good zoom on that camera!
Is that snake a pet? If its not I couldn't take my eyes off it once I first saw it. Good video once again.
Thanks Christopher! It was no pet! :)
This was a very exciting video to me. I have to look for a scrapyard near me.
I wonder why that video is about making an Anvil and not panicking about that huge snake! Is that your pet :-?
A lot of respect for the great work that you do!
Thanks very much Abouzar! Not a pet, it's a wild animal! :)
They don't bother you as long as you don't bother them they don't try to eat something that they can't eat
I just found your channel and I love your simplistic style of videos. You obviously have some skills in making things too! Nice little anvils. I'm subscribed now.
Nice idea for a striking anvil and it turned out really well. 😊
On a different note, I like snakes, but carrying on working with one that size hanging around........ are you crazy?!?!?! Please tell me that you knew it wasn't poisonous? ....... actually, please tell me it wasn't poisonous full stop, whether you knew it or not to start with?
Glad you liked it Glen! Yes, I knew it wasn't venomous! :)
I thought everything in Aus was venomous?
Was that a carpet pyt gun on?
Stupid autocorrect....carpet python?
I’m worried about the snake eating the dog. 🤦♂️
Well done Good Sir!!
Be careful!
I had a "BOA CONSTRICTOR CONSTRICTOR" from the Amazon and she ate my dog pinscher.
When my son was born, I donated it to a biologist friend who returned it to the natural habitat.
Oh wow, that's definitely a good reason to give it away! :)
Why would you leave the snake unattended to roam around and kill your dog?
@@he-mansuncle7661 I had not thought of that before.
They grew up together ...
I was stupid for not thinking better.
It's OK, it's a boa constructor. Helps around the workshop.
Great inspiration Neil!
I thought you were going build a snake wrangling hook with that bending jig!
That would have been a good ending Kurt! :)
Oh nice build btw! Makes me want to hunt down a coupler and get at it!!!
So fantastic and love the extra tools!!! I have a chunk of mild waiting to become a striking anvil! I’m definitely gonna add a hardy hole and make some tool also!! Thanks Neil!!😊💚
No worries Jed - Although it's not the real deal I reckon it will work out well enough for my needs! :)
I’m sure it absolutely will!! I’m looking forward to seeing it in the future!
Where does Jed say he's using a fishplate, give it up mate it's getting boring! :)
Cool workshop "pal" there! A good reason to turn the lights on and not walk into the workshop in the dark - beautiful python.... and to all the US/OS viewers, also a legally protected species, as a native animal... Not sure I could concentrate hammering knowing it was over my head though... much kudos!
That’s a handy Hardy hole. Seriously though is that a common thing to have pythons just hanging about?
Thanks - it is pretty common! :)
From the sound of it, he's in a reasonably rural sort of area, though, having said that, their native habitat can be found anywhere, even quite close to city centres. The human density tends to disagree with them, so they either move on, or are moved on.
You only have to go half am hour from the city to find pretty dense scrub land that would pretty comfortably support creatures that size, were it not for human traffic nearby.
But as many have said, pythons are non-venomous, posing threats mainly to chickens and small pets. They do a good job of keeping vermin in check, possums out of rooves, etc. They pose minimal threat to our lifestyle, unless they find their way inside, but even then, they just get relocated. Knowing of this beautiful serpent's presence, I wouldn't doubt that little dog stays inside at night!
Australia mate..where hippos are flying and fish are having a smoke! I love how crazy you are down there people 😄🍺
6months I spent in oz with my brother in Brisbane. He lives in a rural part on open fields... browns, taipans, and spiders the size of a football.... nope not for me that, chill went down my spine thinking back when I saw that big bugger! Apart from that loved the video, I have never seen one of these before but love the versatile nature of it.
. . . a small verse about Brisbane / Timbuktu:
When Tim and I to Brisbane went
We met three ladies in our tent
So they were three and we were two
I booked one and Tim booked two
Sorry it bought back spine calling memories but glad you enjoyed the video! We're about an hour or so from Brisbane and love the wildlife here! :)
@@PaskMakes he's in caboolture... pretty sure that's how you spell it. I agree it is amazing and a little island on your doorstep... but my god did it open my eyes haha.
Yes that's how you spell it, about 40 minutes away from us! :)
Nice work Pask! That Python was amazing mate. Gotta admire how it can climb right up a metal wall. I hope that you released it back into the wild................ :)
Thanks Steve! They're incredible to watch - I didn't do anything with the it, just left it to itself! :)
@@PaskMakes good for you Pask Makes :) I LOVE AUSSIES :)
had to laugh at all the Yank's reactions to it :)
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Good work....I got a big kick out of the snake. We always had rattlesnakes to contend with and a fella sorta got used to them. Better watch your great dogs around that python!
Nope, just nope. I would burn the shop down.
Just found your channel- looks like I've got some catching up to do!
I've got cats that hang out in my shop, the snakes stay mostly in the chicken coop. Thankfully, they're not nearly as big, so I can move them out when I find them!
Great looking channel!
Great video, think I would have wielded a square piece of metal to the 1st piece like you did with the 2nd one, but you got a nice forge, use it.
Putting a hand grinder face down with it still going bothered me almost as much as the snake, not that I'm afraid the snake will hurt me as I'm afraid I'll hurt myself by walking up on them. So far this year caught 2 black snakes & 1 chicken snake & took em dat from the shop.
Machine shops or metal shops (here we call them both the same) you could probably pick up a decent size scrap steel plate for cheap or maybe free if the workers having a good day lol
Thanks for showing that
Looks like you might have a carpet python hanging around. I guess that means you shouldn't have a rat problem. Love what you're doing on your channel. Great stuff
Thanks Matthew! :)
It’s the first video of yours I’ve seen and I’m subscribing!
Me too!
Nice anvil like object, I just use a 6"square of 1/4" plate but it's only good for light use.
I hope you named the snake Monty.
Good job