How to Mount an Anvil - Cool Trick 

When I get to a point in my life where I have a "launching anvil" I will know I've made it.

Shooting anvils into the air! God bless America.

"this is my launching anvil" I think that's the test to know if you have enough anvils. :)

I would of never guessed this guy would be crazy enough to launch an anvil.

After watching your videos I decided to clean my anvil up enough to read the maker and weight and was pleased to see the words "Hay Budden" 156 lbs. Thank you for all the wonderful videos. You've inspired me to make some big changes in my life. I hope one day to have the honor of shaking your hand. Again thank you sir.

Intelligence without arrogance, wonderful!!!!

Why does a network not pick this guy up? Just baffles me they will invest in a tv show about people who make no contribution to society but yet this fella goes on his own to teach.

I've been a class one welder in the UK and Australia for 36yrs and today my wifes gifted me an anvil for my 55th birthday 😊 if I could only subscribe to one channel on here it'd be yours. We need a bit more of you in the world brother, thanks Buddy...

You had me at "Launching anvil", subscribed..

Concave the bottom of the stump with a grinder; stops any wobble.

I work with my hands on a daily basis and I love this channel. Great knowledge being spread here, entertaining, and honestly comforting. It's like going and talking to a good neighbor, reminds me of spending time with my dad as a kid with other mechanics, machinists, and other skilled men. Nothing like it.

How to mount an anvil, from the rear of course. Now those bent bars you screwed into the wood, they will rip your leg (shin) wide open if you are not thinking about sharp metal sticking out of the wood. Cover them with something, leather, wood, sheet metal or whatever. Just cover them. Or you could turn the anvil 90 degrees so the horn and heel line up with the brackets. You are less likely to get close to the horn and heel as you are to the sides.

I feel like this channel is basically what I would've learned from my Grandpa if I grew up around him.

“Launching anvil”! LOL The unsurpassed, unbound joy of living rural.

America needs a lot more dudes just like you! Well done sir...great channel! 👍

Love the random launching anvil bit 😂😂😂

Picking up the hot punch simply accelerates one's punch assessment skills.

I am 43yrs old and after seeing this vid... I am missing my grandpa.... He used to teach me so many things.

Haven't touched a real anvil probably since metal shop in middle school many moons ago (I don't think the small one on my Craftsman vice in the garage counts?) and now I am one of many who will automatically watch any video with EC and anvil in the title-keep up the good work sir! (Now off to my Anvils Anonymous meeting ...)

i am an old retired auto body repairman,old school. in my day we repaired just about everything.however in the early 1980's they went to hss and hsla steel as i am sure you already know.you are extremly well versed in metal and it,s propterities.i really enjoy your channel.keep up the good work.

Never picked up a hot drift punch... But when I was a young lad I was watching my grandfather cut a piece of wood with a saber saw. The blade broke and fell to the floor. Wanting to help grandpa I immediately reached down and grabbed the piece of broken blade... Instant education. And that little lesson has stuck with me for years.

5:52 "This is my launching anvil, where I blow it into the sky for the Fourth of July!" YOU *_WHAT_*

That's a great technique for leveling off the stump. Thanks.

Yep, the channel is awesome. Many thanks for all the posts. I know my son & I have reaped the benefits of it together many times.

Scott, I come from a long line of carpenters and craftmen. I was about 3 when dad started taking me to his shop, and the first "project" I built hangs on my shop wall nearly 60 years later. You are the genuine article, and do the best channel on youtube, hands down. Your work and contributions are deeply appreciated.

I want a launching anvil, this show and the Montana Englishman metal working channels are awesome. Thanks for doing this.

My favorite channel on RU-vid. Thankyou for sharing your wisdom with the world.

I think we need a video devoted entirely to the science / craft of shooting anvils! 😀

I really like your channel, always interesting and enjoyable. I love your old tools. The tool you used to take off the bark is another tool that is nearly lost to time. We would call it a bark spud down here in the middle of North Carolina. Keep 'em coming. Love the anvils by the way!

Dropping the torch into the pritchel ... all star maneuver. Thumbs up and thanks for the time you spend on these videos.

Your delivery so polished and content so worth watching. Thank you!! Jim

Your knowledge is always appreciated!

Love the Bob Villa style, one foot up on the block, pose at the end...sure to be classic soon

I don't think I'll ever use an anvil. However, like most men, I love to watch a genuine craftsman talk and work. However, I follow your teachings on ladder-safety and manual handling on a regular basis.

That outro of you walking out of your shop is the kind of life I dream of having. Beautiful. One day!

Thank you. I have a large oak stump waiting to get squared up for my #110 Trenton. Your video was a great help. I plan on routing a one half to one inch deep recessed pocket for the base. Love the chain tension hold down.

first video I've seen on this channel.... totally loved it!!!

I've been planning to do exactly this for a while now. I really like your attachment mechanism. I'll give it a go. Thanks!

I like seeing how you work, how you solve problems, how productivity is accomplished. Thank you!

Love the video, great advice and talk through. I may be 5 years late, but still relevant to me. So thanks again for the video

That seems about the simplest and quickest way to get that mounted down tight. I like it.

Absolutely loved this video! Love that you work simple/ smarter not harder!

Many thanks for a very instructional video on how to mount up an anvil on a stump. I am getting ready to do this very thing in a couple days with my own anvil and it sure does help to see how to level the stump. Many thanks!

Serendipity. I laid my hands on a couple of stumps just the other day. I love the eye bolt set-up! Thanks for sharing and all the great videos.

This video just gave me a great solution for the mounting of a small anvil that I have been pondering over for a very long time. Thank you.

Ask and you will receive ... I had just watched one of your anvil videos and requested a future video on mounting anvils because we have a neat old Mouse Hole Forge anvil to mount in our barn. Lo and behold the next video is this little gem. Many thanks Scott. Love your channel and content. God bless.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Just found your channel, been watching only a few days, but trying to catch up with the ground you've covered. I like your style, and I appreciate when you say we have a lot of territory to cover. Looking forward to listening and learning from you.

I just started blacksmithing today! This was 100% what I needed, I will build it tomorrow. Thank you so much.

I admire how you have adapted to today’s world, keeping skills alive using a modern format for the world to see, I really appreciate your hard work and efforts in producing this channel, lotsa of appreciation and support from an ol school FNQ Carpenter in Sticky hot Australia 🔨👌🏼👍🏼

Thank you! I struggled trying to get a level anvil stand. Now I know how to not only make a good stump, but also how to tightly attach the anvil to it. I've tried some methods, but they just didn't work well for me.

Yet another amazing way of doing something. Thanks for sharing so much of your wisdom and experience, we younger guys appreciate it

Had my subscription at "this is our launching anvil." XD Excellent Info for me as a starter, thank you!

need to mount my new anvil and this idea with hooks and chains looks very useful and elegant. Thanks!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I love all the tools you you have in your shop.

Man I love this guy he speaks so well. I work in construction so this guy tickles my fancy. I have never even considered blacksmithing but now I'm Intrigued. Keep up the great work and great material.

As an Australia, watching you take the bark off makes me wince. Down here there's always a surprise lurking beneath the bark waiting for you

Thank you for this. I have been trying to determine how to best mount my anvil. This is going to work out perfect.

Thank you for all your videos, they have inspired me to take new routes in my work!

Well done and the speed at which you work is phenomenal.

What a fantastic, wholesome, high value channel you've created. Thank you for sharing.

Every guy should have a Grand-pa/Uncle like you. Subscribed.

Ironically the day you posted this video I was already trying to think of a good way to cut off some logs level and mount my two anvils. After seeing this I decided it was a good idea and finally got around to it this weekend. Worked great, Thanks.

Thanks for the video - a trick my grandfather told me (2nd generation blacksmith & coachbuilder) is to place a sheet of cork between the anvil and block . This enhances the "ring" quality of the anvil and makes the sound when striking the anvil with your hammer so much sweeter ,

Fantastic tip Mr. Wadsworth!! I appreciate every video!😊😊👊👊

Thank you for all your videos. Man, those grandkids i hope know how lucky they are to have a grandpa like you. Sure wish you were my neighbor. Much Love to you and your family!

I love this channel. It’s like watching a slice of home.

simplicity , my kinda deal ,... i may use this set up thx friend

We are setting up a blacksmith shop at our Boy Scout camp. I wish we had a guy like you around.

now this is Another Great Video... thank you for taking the time to make this...

Keep up all the great work you do and the effort you put in to your videos. really informative and great to see how things are done the right way with the right attitude and with a hands on ability.

very cool! I like the portability of this idea!

The only video out of a couple dozen that should me on how to figure anvil height. Thanks

I love it! Simplest is most often best. Thanks for another great video!

I can dig it, and keep up the good work, by that I mean, please don't change. You rock

How to 'square' off a stump! That's awesome!

love your work , god bless men who fix things , share things and make things :)

Thanks for this great video Loved the launching anvil sequence

Truly love these videos! Long may they continue!

Back in the day I looked for swamp elm for my anvil stand.. It's a very fiberious wood and it's tough as nails. Used it 15 years and it was as sound as that first time I used it all those years later. Thanks for the forge talk, I've missed it as its been a long time sense I've seen a working shop. Samuel Yellin was my inspiration back then. I met his son decades ago and he was a great host showing me around he and his dad's still working forge in Philadelphia.

Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please.

I'm a newish gal to this channel but I have very fond memories of the anvil my father had in his shop, he was a bike mechanic for many years before moving on to saleperson and finally as a manager of a bike shop but he had an small anvil in the workshop out back for all sort of things that needed one solid piece for hammer work or adjusting frames (before they became more standardized bikes they are today). I've picked up a lot of things from him and thankful for him for as I can knock up a frame, to fix a car, "hard work" and given me that drive to not shy away from it and do my best with my hands, regardless of my gender. I digress, I love watching your videos, including anvil and it brings back all my childhood memories working with my dad.

Love your videos and I've just bought my first anvil at age 30 after watching your videos. Maybe I'll have a collection like you one day! Thanks Dan Leicestershire UK

You sir, are a beast of a man. A man well above other men. Must be in your mid 50s, but you're in much better shape than I am, and I'm likely less than half your age! I could say it's because I have lung cancer, and only one lung... but honestly I just use that as an excuse to be lazy! Haha There is NO WAY, I could be lifting an anvil that size... not half its size, on my best day! You deserve my respect. You have it. You deserve my subscription. You got it! You deserve my thanks, for showing me useful tips and inspiring me to get back into my workshop and leave a few marks before I'm dead. They might be small marks, and ugly ones too... but they will be mine. I'll leave my crooked ugly dangerous end table to a relative just so I can laugh from the grave! "This end table sucks! It broke my phone, I broke my toe on it... and I think it electrocuted me somehow! How!? It's wood! Ugly wood!" "It's my brothers. He made it. We're keeping it!" Me.. ded -> "hehehe idiots. Lol throw that junk away! Sentimental fools! Haha ohhhh! Another smashed toe! Nice!" Anyway, again... you deserve my thanks. So thank you. Inspiration, motivation, and metal momentum to actually achieve anything. I see videos like jimmy Diresta and think.. "I could never build that level of skill, or afford those tools!" Or hipster makers, and think "Well they are fit, and healthy and strong. I can't do that stuff..." But your videos make things seem so doable .. you just need a axe and a hammer and you can take on the world! No matter age, or size, health or body type. Just do what you can with what you've got. And I plan to. So thank you. Edit: after I sent that I realized it sounded a bit rude, but I didn't mean your age should limit you, it was just an observation. My reason for loving these videos is again the fact that he makes it seem simple, doable. Doesn't lie and say it will be easy, but if you do the work you get good results. He teaches that you dont need an expensive state of the art shop, that used tools, older tools and stuff most people would turn up their nose at, he gladly embraces. More often then not, he makes cuts by hand, does stuff the old school way and lacks an elitist attitude even though one would be well deserved. This man is the elite among humans. Just hope that clarifies and I didn't seem like I was saying "U gud even tho u old af yo! Yolo! Myspace!" Or whatever the youths say these days.

I just found your site. I have a 425 lb Fisher that's about to get repaired because of you. I also really dig that tie down. Not that my anvil wiggles much...I love seeing the little guy running about absorbing this. Nicely done!

Thanks for posting!

What a good bunch of folks!

Dear Essentialcraftsman. After watching many of your great videos on anvils I have been on a hunt for one for my so called shop. Well I found one in Oregon. Once I get it cleaned up I will shoot you a picture. I want to do some research on it. Thanks for bringing back the importance of working with your hands and getting back to the basics of manual labor. Love your channel and all of the information you give to all of us. Bryan

Very nice instructional video...Thanks!

Love the bit about picking up hot punches. Did that probably the second time i was forging... Kept a water bucket around ever since

Great! One of my next projects to get done. Persimmon log though!

I've been looking for a good old anvil, shoot one my way. Thanks, good tip.

So good, thankyou tradie. Your the top man. I can learn from you.

Thanks for the great idea for leveling a stump! Great video.

Great video! Looking to buy my first anvil this week

Another great video. I never tire of your videos and I always learn something when I watch.

Another wonderful video, thanks.

Just mounted my anvil using your method. Thanks.

I have been very, very fortunate to have been given a 204-pound anvil and will be mounting it onto either a log or a based made of laminated sections of logs if I can't find one large enough. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Loved the ending. All grandfathers should have a working usable shop full of the things that make young kids enthused about visiting and most importantly learning, the important things in life, hard work,great tools, and the knowledge to use them. Great video

Can't wait to see Leo use the forge for the first time