I was trying to find a picture of my grandpa's pipe anvil but I never knew what it was called until now. I have a few pictures of it from about 75 to 80 years ago. He had a sheet metal blowpipe and steel business in San Francisco. It was located under the bay bridge. When I finally find the picture, I will post a link to it. Thanks for uncovering the mystery!
You Sir, are a clever man. I cant stop watching your videos. Amazing craftsmanship 👍👍👍💪💪🍺 I have 4 x 54 chev pickup cabs that need alot of work. Floor pans to sills etc the list goes on. You have given me inspiration to build the tools to make the job that little bit easier. All i wanted to do was build and restore cars when i was little. Im 50 now and i quit my job to follow my passion. Thank you brother💪💪👍👍 all the way from Australia.
I was not exactly sure what a pipe anvil is until now. Count me as a new subscriber. Now I need to prowl the local recycling yard and see if I can find me some pipes.
Love your work and fab tips! I need to repair the bottom of a 1948 Dodge pickup. The bottom rolled edge is rusted out... how would you roll that 1 inch diameter?
I got some free pressure tanks that weigh a freakin ton and ive cut one of them apart, and its a half inch to three quarter inch thick and needed a torch to cut it but used my 9" angle grinder and about 10 wheels cut it in half and made a bullet trap with some plate steel I had...this is a badass idea to do with the other half
Thank you Fitzee, it's these type things that beginners like me spend hours wondering "how are we going to make a trans tunnel ?" and you done shown us a very usable dare i say indispensable rig. Merry Christmas to you and yours from cold snowy Winterpeg.
You could always just stick a 1" longer length of smaller pipe inside the foot for stability and just slide it out to whatever side you're putting the pressure on.
Real good invention people get all comfortable with the high-tech stuff then their earnings are still paying it off with that tool your first job everything's 100% earnings.
Like someone else said, I too had never heard or seen one before this video. Thanks for being creative and sharing. I like your style of teaching. Because of your videos, I now feel confident that I too can make repairs to my truck body that would normally cost me hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thanks again and God Bless you! Happy New Year!
@@fitzeesfabrications Great idea Thomas Evans! A pipe anvil has been on my list for a while - still scrounging pipe for it. If I recall, when Gene builds them he bolts the little pipes to the big one. If I do it that way and drill a second set of holes 6 inches or a foot from one end I could make circles and be able to move the bolt and have the full length again when needed. Thanks Fitzee for another great video!!
I find magnet clamp gets dislodged too easily two are far better. I usually find (in spite of solid tacks) a long weld pulls the job out of line so I do about 1/2” then do diametrically opposite.
Outstanding idea, I've never seen one before and I do have some extra pieces of pipe laying around. I like the idea of something on the bottom of the legs. Either flat bar or even a piece of angle iron. So many uses for something like this. Thanks and Merry Christmas.
Well I built a smaller version, just 28" long. Used a 5" 3" and 1 1/2 pipes. Put feet on it, drilled and tapped my metal bench so I can remove it when not needed.
Fitzee you legend! This is the second fabricators video in two days I have been lucky enough to ‘catch’. Definitely got this project in ‘The Pipeline...’. ...................🤔. ...........................😏.. .......... the common sense approach has got to be the way forward. Thanks for sharing..👍🏻👍🏻
Have you ever considered teaching high school of community college courses? I know there is a real need for auto shop teachers and you have a natural teaching style. The Newfie accent is a real plus too. Regards, G R
Thanks for the videos you have save saved me so much time and money. I enjoy watching you create and you do it a way that the average person can replicate your projects without going broke.
Happy Holidays to you and yours Fitzee. Making tools, fixtures and jigs from "scrap" is half the fun! Didn't know you even owned a welding helmet. Bet by this time next year you'll be over 100k subs.Thanks for posting buddy.
Just found your channel a few days ago. I'm really enjoying it and gleaning so much! As for the pipe anvil, it's probably thick enough to just drill and tap it with 1/4-20 and use bolts instead of reaching in with a ratchet....
Thank you for sharing. Brilliant, another to add to the list lol got my material to make a sheet metal brake, like yours that you showed us, just gotta find time now in between life 😂😎 have a nice Xmas and once again thank you for sharing your experience with us all, I’ve learnt so much, hope to load pics of my tailgate in the new year, it’s nearly done 😊cheers from Adelaide, South Australia.
Thanks again Tony. I do mobile PDR and paint repair for car Dealerships, a good customer gave me a bay to set up shop. In Alaska We get trucks that still have life in them but get rust above the rear fender wells. Just a little metal work and some paint blending and their ready to go. 😊
This a good idea. I have to do one project on the ford ranger rear quarter panel. Since it is a small one off project I think I will make mine out of ABS pipe scraps I have. I'm sure bending 22 gauge sheets will be no problem. ABS is fairly strong.
Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something new. I'm going have to make one of these this winter. It will beat clamping a pipe to the bench.
Just saw your Vid on setting up the welding machine. It has given me new inspiration as I have been kind of intimidated by it all.......I have three machines and have some success here and there ( I replaced the floor pan on my Pontiac wagon ) but in general I have neglected to try different approaches. So Thanks Man !
You are just bloody amazing. It was brilliant just watching you build that pipe anvil. And watching what you do with cars. That others would just scrap. At the first sign of any rust.
Fitzee, if you find the feet on your stand are too short, you could make removable extensions out of the same pipe with an interior sleeve. Hold in place with a through pin. Then just remove when you go into storage.
Fitzee, that’s fantastic and you make it look so easy! Thank you sir, I’ll be making one of these to replace the skin on my 66 Bronco top… hahaha, wish me luck. 👍
All the work sharpening hole sawz.. never again! Gene and Chad and Fitzee should have a contest who can build a car with no tools or supplies. I am of course joking. I cannot wait to get my garage built in the spring!
I think you give Gene credit for this anvil . But you taking the time to show how its built was great I will be making one since Im doing an old school custom of my 49 Mercury undoing some of the stuff the guys before me did that in my view of old customes just dont fit like the billet rear view peps as an example thanks for the advice Merry Christmas keep these videos coming my friend
That's a really great tool you've built there! So many applications really smart. Thanks for the idea. Had a thought about your top heaviness and wanting to still keep it close to the wall. If you cut off four lengths of pipe that'll just fit inside the feet you could telescope them out when you're using it and then slide them back in when you're not.
Another surprise - I didn't even know these were a thing, but now I know how to make *and* use one, thanks to you. Could you join the pipes a little inside from one end so you'd have an open end to form with? That could allow you to do longer (but narrower) work. Great watching you sculpt with a few passes; pros do make it look easy.
Hello Fitzee`s, Well Mn you are one kind of a Metal Artist. Innovative and Creative-Allways a pleasure watching you constructing new inventions, have a Great Holiday week. Greetings Hubertus.
just a thought ,,find pipe that fits inside the floor legs when your using the anvil slide them in getting a wider foot print , then when done pull them out and hide inside the tubes out of the way that way your not tripping over the long legs ,, like the idea of the cross brace to stand on to keep it from rocking.. another great video .. could also do the cross brace with pins at each end drill holes in your legs .. drop in place stand on it while in use .. remove for storage .. makes sweeping around the anvil easy with out the cross brace in the way .
I am a Body and Frame Man by trade for over 40 plus years that is an ingenious idea I wish I would have had one but I will make one now. That thing's handier than a tit on a greased boar hog.
You know that's funny. I was looking at the weld squinting and thinking, how is the computer making this look so bright. I was wondering if anyone else noticed. Thanks for that comment Brian.
Butting steel pipe as you do saves a lot of time over using the calculations found in welding books! Validate your 2nd Amendment Rights! Constitutional Carry
