Homemade Anvil Made From a Wheel? 

Really well done boys. Man I would be so proud if I was your dad! Don’t forget to stamp your name and date on them for history that way your great grandsons will know who made them and when as they will last centuries. What a pair of great family heirlooms to hand down through the generations. I was lucky as I had a dad like yours and he taught me how to weld and use oxy gear and to be comfortable using machines. Now I am retired I spend a lot of time in my small work shop and although my dad has long since passed away I still remember the things he taught me, shopping for tools together and making things together. What you are learning now will stay with you for your whole life. 😊😊😊 Thanks for sharing, it brought back some happy memories. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺

Its great to see a couple of young men so interested and involved in something as industrious as metal working. You did wonderful job on them.

When you're getting those nice tight curled chips during your end-mill cutting it shows you've got a good feel for feeds and speeds. Noticed you also torch softened up the outer edge of the wheel before cutting. Smart stuff.

Great job on the anvils there guys! It sure does help having all the nifty play toys to mill the surfaces and all. Well done!

Wow is all I can say. Your father must be proud. I hope my boys have the same interests when they start getting older. Good job guys.

So nice to see what someone can do with junk yard steel. These place's are often overlooked. Enjoy the new custom made anvil.

Lemme tell ya guys, thas was some insane hardening action!. Respect......

I love videos described as “homemade” that immediately jump into using a machine shop or equipment that costs thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars.

They did a fantastic job..congratulations on their education

You bought, and effectively learned how to use the machines... The experience you achieved along the way is priceless.

Many machine shops have a large enough heat treating furnace to do an anvil that size if desire. Very nice work and choice of stock!

It's a great idea to have the whole family together on this venture,it will give them a training they can never learn in a book,hands on,all the time,thanks for sharing this with me,I appreciate it

This was a really good video! there were a few simple things that i thought were brilliant- softening the edge with the torch, the way you pre-heated before welding, the hairdrier fed fire for hardening, well done! super educational.

Well done! It would be nice to see/hear what kind of rebound they ended up with, either with a hammer or a ball bearing.

Glad to see you actually re heat treated it I worried when I saw you torching it and in the fire. Good job

If i had that machinery, i would add a hardie hole in the back. And you remind me that i still got a flywheel on my uncle's garage. Perhaps i'll make anvil like yours. Thanks for sharing!

The fact that you managed to heat treat it made my heart smile. Nice work.

Had fun watching you guy's go at it. Lots of labor in those anvils but worth every minute in experience and just plain ol fun in the shop.

Outstanding!!! I am really impressed. It really shows that y'all put a lot of thought and research into this project great work

This is the tits. Too many people looking for rail road track when there are pieces like this to be had on occasion

Nice work. Nice aso (anvil shaped object). Very inventive seeing the shape in a wheel. Good metallurgy practices. Too bad were not able to get a horn.

I agree with the other fellow. Stamp date and very excellent job. Thank you Jim Fisher.

Nice job. The anvils look awesome. If I ever make one that way I'd put a rounded horn on it to do curves and such.

Excellent work. I was surprised to see your age.

Nice job. I'm a retired machinist so a bit of info. Case hardening is usually only done on steel with a carbon content of less than 0.3 per cent, greater than that is usually heated treated. With case hardening you have to introduce a carbon agent to the heated metal. This can be accomplished by quenching with oil, not water. Case hardening has a normal penetration of only 1 - 1.5 mm so care must be taken to avoid deep marring

Fantastic job lads! If I could make a couple of suggestions. Next time you have to weld something like the braces you welded to the feet, under-cut the bottom (weld side) of the piece you are joining. You will get less weld build up even if you are doing multiple passes AND you will get a stronger weld. Second suggestion to save your ears when working at the anvil. Find you some heavy chain and wrap it around the base of the anvil. It will cut out some of the high frequency noise. Also, putting a rubber pad between the anvil base and the stand will help as well. Overall though, great job!

Excellent Job!

Very classy, very creative use of materials.

Someone commented there were no hand tools used in this and then ... at 11:30 the big blue wrench makes an appearance ! Nice work gentlemen, Thats truly something to be proud of.

Wow, that's quite the project. Worth the work. They'll be able to look at that anvil 40 years from now and be proud. But, it sure wasn't "free".

I suppose it never hurts to have full access to a machine shop and unlimited raw materials....

If my dad had a shop like this when I was their age... well the sky’s the limit

Молодцы ребята. Золотые руки. Привет из России.

I was in a junkyard these days, I saw a steel wheel and thought about making the anvil the same way, but as the wheel I saw was even bigger I thought of making the horn too.

Would have like to have seen a hammer ring and bounce off of them....other than that, good make.

Excellent job, Gentlemen!!! It's refreshing to see young men being taught the "old ways"!!! Far too many young people even know how to spell anvil...

Very creative excellent job guys if the world ends in a hundred years that will still be here!

Great job guys! A pleasure to watch your processes.... I hope your channel takes off....

Great job! Such a great piece! On a side note, I watched you move the pieces and heard Bill and Ted say, “Heavy metal!”

Oh man that would have really been nice had you tapered the drop and made it like a small horn

Those anvils came out fantastically, guys. Just peel off the bark from stumps, otherwise, they will rot really fast.

Nice to have all the right equipment to make it.

Yeah like some of the other guys said was really nice to see some young guys getting out there and creating something that they're probably going to enjoy the rest of their lives and actually getting outside and building something I realized you left the mic off but just seeing how the file reacted to the steel what break you guys managed to get a decent heat treat😊

AWESOME JOB! LOVE THE CLOSE CAPTIONS TOO!!!!!!!! AWESOME

Талант художника!!!!!!! живой пример¡!!

Amazing work. Love the finished product.

Nice work, I would be proud to drop that on a roadrunner

Good inspiration...I think you can give a little touching again at half that the circle iron. That my sugestion. That great for now I think. 👍👍👍 Good job.

Try "Shop Made". What home has a milling machine like that! :P

Nice work guys. I wish I would have gotten into metal work. But I followed my Dad and became a master Carpenter

Nice ASO's! If your temper isn't too hard they should perform well and last many years! Keep up the good work! You did very well!

You did a great job.

I certainly hope these young me got a "A for their efforts! Outstanding work!

this is a good work you have tempered and its a heavy anvil but you have forgotten clinking with your hammer on the anvil and listen the sound

Excellent concept to practical completion.

I wish we had scrapyards like that in Calgary!! Everything here is off limits except for selling scrap, no buying allowed

I wish I had access to all the tools and metal

nice to see someone making something, anything other than knives and swords. Something useful.

Great video, First time I have been show what the welder see's when the arc is struck. Thanks makes more metalworking understandable, especially coming from a woodworking show "Jay Bates" ISFATW!! Thanks Steve in SE Pennsylvania

Something very satisfying seeing an end mill make hardened steel look like cheese

Awesome bless you and your sons.

Ребята, вы просто молодцы! Респект и уважуха!

Beautiful pair of anvils!

I love the McGyver elements. Your sons have the fire and the will, keep fanning the flames and they will surpass you.

Оригинально и круто.лайк. За проделанную работу подписка.удачи в дальнейшем.🤝

You guys did a great job. Next time though, you might want to chamfer those edges a bit before you weld. They will hold fine as is, but its just good form to get that extra penetration.

SSSOOO Satisfying. You boys brought tears to this ol welder / fabricators eyes. Worked 37 yrs. for a refuse company. Garbage trucks, giant compactors, roll off containers and the like. Those crews sure tore up some equipment regular like. I so loved welding, swingin a hammer on glowin hot steel and fabricatin stuff. There was nothin we couldn't - black smith make. - So loved when the office folk'd come over to the shop area and try 'n explain what they wanted / needed. And we'de diagram it out for em on our giant welding table with a nub of chalk. They'de say - YEAH - YEAH THAT'S IT can you guys do that??? Can ya make that??? Course we knew we could. But we'de have a little fun with the Boss's son and some times the Boss hisself. But we'de get er done. And most times exceed their expectations. I surely thank you for yer fine videos.

nice work you guys did

I think if ancient blacksmiths Would have had access to steel modern machine tools and welding equipment There would not the first cast anvil ever had been built ! I only dream of having a anvil as nice as one like these !

Excellent job guys!!! You really Rocked it Out!!!

You're deep enough in the metal game to know better that to throw anything galvanized in a fire. Absolutely amazing anvils btw

Put some Bee's Wax on those lag bolts. A lot of Bee's Wax. It will keep the metal from rotting out the wood.

Good job , boys! Good luck!

I'm impressed ! Great work guys. Very cool

I was really looking forward to seeing the holes get drilled

Отличная работа идея шок.

Very nice build guys

Your gonna go far kids

Very nice job young men.

Very creative young men. I would love to own one and call it my anvil. 👍🏼👍🏼

The country is only alive as long as it has young people who do this. Regards from Russia.

Géant work ! Great talent ! Bravo!!!!!

Great job fellas

Fantastic job, boys. And as others have said, I am so impressed at your age. It's great to see the youth doing hard, yet doable, physical labor and creating something...other than code. Btw, how'd you get the wheel and what were the final weights of the anvils? Thanks and great job.

Damned fine work. Well done.

Nice job.

Impressive and and great work

Great video and a beautiful anvil at the end, my compliments and thanks for sharing

Well done!

Looks like all you need to start blacksmithing is a Bridgeport mill, horizontal band saw, torches, welder....

Great job buddy, and beautiful result 👍

U shouldnt use compressed air. Little piece of steel can get into place that could make serious damage to mill.

Glasses! good job!

Welding shots were great

I wish I could buy one of your anvils

looks wheely nice!

You guys did a good job👍

Because of the shape and density under the striking surface and that it’s rounded - your anvil is better than 99% of the anvils on RU-vid … Excellent work 👍

Real good job you have done.

You’re going places, young men.