Those guys do amazing things thanks for your comment

Dude i saw a vid like that i can't really recal but more or less it was a sandalesless sitting on the ground indian dude ULTRA RAPIDLY welding 2 MASSIVE blocks of steel... while doing exactly nothing but looking at it chilling, no automation. I'm a aspiring physicist and an engineer so it pisses me off not to remeber how he did it -fuck reactive masks or just googles of course why use that when you can implement the "turn your eyes away" failsafe- But idk again if he had some.sort of mechanical, electrical pulley or whatever to pull it but it basically went like that: Dude does his best to drop any protection equipment assurong he is well grounded Dude does a couple manuel welds. Then fills up the rest of the gap with welding sticks, and somehow manages to get his welder to slowly creep forward perfectly weldong those 2 together Those 2 versions are both cool to me but i have to say the ingenuity of assessing the "i'm probably gonna die one day doing this" with the "yeah but i really want to just sit dow." Is admirable

Hope you enjoyed the video thanks for the comment 👍

This old anvil would have benefited from building up with weld. But getting it hot enough to avoid cracking would be “interesting”

@@davidelliott5843 it already had repair patches from previous welding attempts over its life

It is a fair size of a machine and can certainly take it but wouldn't like to give it any more, not really the best material to be cutting either

@@homemade_projects Were you just using carbide inserts or cubic boron nitride tipped inserts? The CBN inserts for interrupted cuts would have made light work of this job.

@@howardosborne8647 carbide inserts. The material was quite hard not your general purpose steel

It had a slip chuck

Thanks

Yes 👍

Anvils are not hard . They are tough if they were hard they would shatter when struck.

@@craigmyers2936 bro get close to an anvil at least once in your life before saying things like that. Anvils are often up to 55HRC, wich is knife hard for tough blades.

​@@jeanladoire4141i would tend to agree it was not soft steel but very difficult to cut thanks for the comment

@@craigmyers2936or as the original comment suggests, it’s got a hard skin/ it’s case hardened. You’d struggle to fracture something that size too

Thank you for your comment yes experts everywhere 😂😂

I did not exactly say it was a proper restoration only used the hashtag but I would agree on your methods. Was not my idea to do this job this way as a few have already complained, only doing what i was asked. Far as i know will end up a garden ornament

Do you think the welds would hold?

@@Janith1980 no wouldn't be great to be honest. There are a few cracks in it to would just be following those around

@@Janith1980 Likely if done well. Lost art.

​@@nickreagin9585😐

Your right It was perfectly fine before i started but that's what he wanted 🤷‍♂️

@@homemade_projects I can’t judge, I’m in a position to not do stuff. :o) And I do :D

@@teamidris ok thanks

And the other way, I’ve just been making a aluminium donut for a winch rope guide. Always fancied one. Harder than it looks, I had to use the finger sander to get it to look nice 👌 @@homemade_projects

@@teamidris oh very good just watch the aluminium is very soft will wear quickly and destroy your good work, nylon has very good properties for such things

That's all the customer wanted 🤷‍♂️

Absolutely 👍

and now it is a functioning anvil

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clown

​@@subtleusername5475🤷‍♂️

Lol its just an anvil, the only history there is whacks with a hammer lol

Its a heavy one 👍

Notice that you rarely see new equipment in the USA? Yeah, it’s not looking good.

@@DutchStar we just bought three new 5axis machines. They're pretty new alright!🤣

Brilliant 👍

Thanks for your comment. All the customer wanted was a skim and i think it was only to end up an ornament. I guess there are some real anvil enthusiasts out there

That's entirely up to you, this is all i was asked to do by the customer. Thanks for the comment

This is what the customer wanted 🤷‍♂️

That is not a perfectly good anvil in the slightest

It was a nice anvil 😬

how was it a perfectly good anvil? It was useless.

@@cplcabs it was old and well used

I completely agree with you but i was asked to do this not my choice, that's what he wanted terrible really

There is an alternative, the anvil can be repaired. Two methods, you can build it up with a stick welder or you can use explosive welding to weld a plate of AR500 or AR680 steel to the top.

@smh9902 wait wait wait, hold the f up! EXPLOSIVE WELDING????

@@magmadragon75 wasn't too sure about that one 😂

@@smh9902 the job was to skim the top wasn't asked to weld it just following instructions

This one definitely did not get any softer i can say and also had welded patches showig it's lifetime of hard work

Its a hard cast not face hardened

Was cutting like hard steel not cast iron

@homemade_projects some of the really old ones are forged, modrens are cast

@@Airman.. possibly forged

Yeah and its not my anvil either, wish it was its a fair good size one then i would join them as the wear was perfect the way it was

But it is ruined, so what is there to laugh at?

​@@aliceeliot6389there are plenty more anvils about

It certainly was tough going

Thanks for watching

You may be correct but i was only doing my job 🤷‍♂️

As i said not my choice to do this job 🤷‍♂️

Thanks is heavy duty machine 👍

Its still an anvil but now flat

Yes if it were mine or up to me it was just perfect the way it was

Thanks

Thats brilliant sounds a good repair, all this customer wanted was a skim flat and far as I know was only to end up an ornament unfortunately

@@homemade_projects yep if a customer only wants it flat deck it and send it on its way, no need for them to spend more money for what they don't need.

Your right, i actually did this for free. It wasn't a big job and just for an old timer too

@@homemade_projects nice

@@shaneallard6008 👍

It's for ornamental use as far as i know

So did I

@@homemade_projects It's a piece of living History. Metal has a "memory". Dent it and it stays dented. Bend it and it stays bent. Like some people. LOL There was a small speciality forge down the street from where I grew up: Precision gear/bearing "trains" from variable hardness, stacked metal cores -- before the advent of CAD/CAM machining. In 4th Grade, I used to stop and watch them work on my way home from school, and on Saturdays. That Summer, before going into 5th grade, I was there watching, whenever I wasn't hopping trains or seeking mischief elsewhere. The foreman approached me early in July. He invited me onto the floor for a closer look. Hot Work. I was a fledgling artist and would show them my drawings on lunch hour: Space Ships, Aliens (multiple-breasted females), and Fantastic Worlds. Long and short: I couldn't work the floor, so they sent me to drafting/engineering to learn the trade. I learned quickly. Nice blend of Creativity, Math and Science. By the start of school in September, I was drafting helical gear trains. Good teachers. Good Men. Hard workers. Turned me around. I worked Saturdays during the School Year, and two 4-hour days a week during the Summer. They ACTUALLY paid me for something I was willing to do for free. 13 years later (mid-1970s), I was writing computer programs/apps. I developed a program for digitally-automated CAD, on machines with a whopping 256k RAM! In Short: More than once, I'd crack a smile remembering those start-up days, and the working men who took an interest in me. So... What does all of this memory lane "stuff" have to do with anvils? 1): Good, Hard Work leaves and indelible impression on the tools of the TRADE; among which Humans are numbered. 2): No matter how bent a piece of metal might be, it can be worked back into shape with the right amount of heat and the right pair of hands. 👍

Thanks for that comment i really listened to your amazing story and completely agree with you entirely and if this was my anvil I would have never modified it from its original hard worked life but this customer wanted a skim off the top and I couldn't convince him otherwise. Soul destroying having to do this and ive probably done worse in the past for other people that's what your up against in this world. Thanks again for the comment

It certainly has done some work

Sounds good 👍

I did quite alot 😬

No that's it finished as is

Thanks

It's what the customer wanted so it does not matter 🤷‍♂️

There are weld patches from previous repairs

No the rpms are correct cutter cannot cut any faster

The customer might ask where his anvil is ??

@@homemade_projects I see...I watched with no volume but then was laughing at some comments about ruining it.

@@TerminusHostilia yeah thats their opinion i was doing what the customer ask for skim the top

Thanks 👍

Thanks

Ok

No coolant or it would have soaked the place

The rpm was correct for the cutter but thanks for your input. All this job required was a skim off the top. It is an old machine and the table has many scratches

Recast it are you serious? How much work is involved in that process 😂 i do agree it could have been left alone but customer wanted a skim not a 100k bill for recasting 😂😂😂

@@homemade_projects I meant, this extreme condition certainly needs extreme solution.

@@NicleT there are many ways of repairing it personally i would have left it exactly as it was but others have suggested welding and building up the metal even welding hardened plates on top but it simply came down to what the customer wanted and i think it is simply going to end up an ornament somewhere. Thanks for your comments

@@homemade_projects exactly. It is beautifully carved by time of hard work. Almost asking for his retirement by itself.

@@NicleT it's definitely due a rest 👍

😂

Its a good work horse 😊

Yes that's all customer asked for but there are several ways to repair this

It was hard right to the last cut

Its not for me 😂😂😂

That could harden the metal even more. The cutter did get through it just had to take it easy. Thanks for the comment

@@homemade_projects as i understand it depends how fast you cool it. Yes i know cutter will go through this, but my hart is with this honourable mill

@@AK-vx4dy it done ok there where a few hard bits and had to change tips a few times but got there in the end

To anneal (soften the hardness) of that anvil would require heating the whole anvil up to cherry red heat and letting it cool very slowly in a cooling kiln or wrapped in insulation blankets. Running a torch over the top face won't achieve anything useful.

​@@howardosborne8647that would have been quite some job doing that but i don't think was going to be used as a working anvil again possibly just a garden ornament

It was but done the job 👍

It seems to be hardened throughout the entire metal. Its definitely not any softer

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Yes possibly but what can you do wasn't mine to begin with

@@homemade_projects That makes it difficult, if it's not yours. Wouldn't be good for business to steal from customers. I understand.

@@tummytub1161 hopefully some day i come across one that size or bigger and i will not be skimming it flat

It was running at the best speed and feeds it could cut at for such hard material. Thanks for your comment

Iam perfectly sure he could thanks for the comment 👍

Enjoy 😂

Then RIP anvil it has done an amazing job ✌

Thanks 😂😂

Not much better here 😂😂👍

I know can't simply be replaced

Right all that work over the years made it perfect now its just a new one lol

@@evilelvis8989 i personally wouldn't have done anything to this lovely old anvil, it was perfect the way it was

Because that is what the customer asked for. Alot of people do not agree and comment about how this anvil has now been destroyed and to be honest i completely agree with them i was just the man that followed orders. Thanks for you comment

It was fine thanks

Yes there are some patches of weld from previous repairs that just isn't the best. Well spotted 👍

It's only a skim off the top don't panic

Because they are very heavy 😂

That was my job complete and he seemed happy enough

That's unfortunate

The mill was actually quite a substantial machine and was not the problem it was the hard material. The matter of doing the job was as instruction not my choice as already mentioned in other comments

You can get cast steel as well. This anvil is definitely cutting like steel not cast iron

That's your opinion, i did exactly what the customer wanted and he was very happy 👍

Its just about the same as it was

Its all i got asked to do skim it down. There was loads of previous welds i cut through

@@homemade_projects I get it now. I presumed it was your own anvil. Doing someone else a favor, I get it.

@@patrickhayes3099 If it was mine would've have bothered at all. Now all the lovey wear has been taken away as some people have said ive destroyed it

It's like being a chef at a high end steak house and someone orders their steak well done and swimming in barbecue sauce. All you can do is shake your head. That said, I would never upload a video of myself desecrating a steak like that, even if it's exactly what the customer ordered. Internet-educated "blacksmiths" consider anvils to be on the level of holy relics and will get actually personally offended by this.

@@charlesstaton8104 that is unfortunate and i do agree except i did upload it for educational or entertainment purposes and if it needed done then i done it the best it could. While machining through it i did notice alot of repair patches with weld so maybe not destroying such a perfect one after all as its had a hard working life

Too late done and finished 😂

No this was all the customer wanted just a skim off the top

Not much i refuse 👍

Yes at least 👍

Thanks

Yes that would be good if i had a machine like that but remember this was only a rough old anvil and as far i as i know was going for decoration somewhere so wouldn't be too fussy

Thanks

😂

Probably around half an inch. I think this was for a decoration piece so wouldn't be too important.

Yes they took a pounding 😮

All the customer wanted was a skim

Haha i don't think so

Table is fine

It certainly has

Thanks for your feedback. I done exactly what was asked 😀

Its a good bit worn 😂

Oh dear

Its running overspeed as it is for a 6" cutter on hardened steel have to save those tips

@@homemade_projects Maybe for hss, absolutely no way your running that at the max speed for hard steel. No way on earth.

@@Whateverpoopiepants well the tips were wearing out every few cuts so your solution would be to increase the speed to wear them even faster ???

@@homemade_projects You mean the tips were chipping ? They aren’t wearing out. My solution would probably have been to knock the outside skin off with a grinder and then go at it with an aggressive cut. You’ll find with carbide you can’t get a decent finish without working it hard.

@@Whateverpoopiepants the tips were not chipping but wearing as i say. This was a very old hard grade steel and was removing over 1/2" of material. At first cut the tips were sparking due to to high rpm. When lowered the rpm it stopped causing sparks and tips lasted abit longer. Carbide has limitations on what it cuts this was no ordinary steel lots of patches of weld / harden areas and contamination from casing not your best quality stuff

It was left as you see 👍

That was all i had to do for this job skim the top but the steel was still sufficiently hard

Thanks

Thanks

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I think it was for ornamental use not for actual work

No it's fine only a skim off the top

Could be iam not to sure

It was free of charge 😁👍

@@homemade_projects canny beat free lol nice one 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁✌️

@@chopperhehehe thanks 😂

@@homemade_projects iv got one needing done . I don't tink mine be free lol . I might weld up the uneven bit first 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁✌️

@@chopperhehehe i would do a test area first, this one has been welded before and left rough patches. Only after cutting i can see it's a steel some are cast iron and will affect your welding. If your across the water probably too difficult to get here to start with. You could do a half decent job with a angle grinder. Good luck 👍

If you think so 🤷‍♂️

What's it for? No for forging metal on

@@homemade_projects Haha no, the type of the milling machine

It's a polish machine PREZEMY LOWE MILLING MACHINE