It's not that, it's more like I can see every flaw so I just constantly think. "I could do better". And with practice I do indeed do better.

Thanks I appreciate that.

Those axles are headed to tings. Already annealed the ends even to cut off the splines and hubs. And thanks. There was some struggle but in the interest of saving time I did have to trim a lot out. I tried to bend the back up once.. that was the horn issue. That's why I flattened it back out and started over with a new plan

Thank you. I figured it would be a little wider than the original pipe due to less curvature but I wasn't sure if it was going to be proportioned right. I lucked out and it worked.

@@TAS1303 it worked out quite well..

Yes it was!

Thank you sir!

When I set up at home and work last year I had no solid answer as to what way it should go so I put both anvils in opposite directions to see if there was a diffy. Since the horn on a harbor freight boat anchor is fairly useless I hadn't run into an issue untill this very moment. And while filming I did consider unbolting it and turning it around but I decided to stick with and try to adapt to circumstances. I'll be picking up a mousehole in three weeks so I now know which way to mount it.

Indeed sir!

Thank you Alex it was a fun project to build off the cuff

Thanks Luis even though I see everything I screwed up on it I'm still proud of it

Haha oh the twist ties on my badge. Yep

I actually still use that as my coal scoop. It's a little small but I'm too lazy to build a bigger one!

I'd take a cookie!

Oooh bacon. Good call Rob

Thanks. Perhaps I'll get some new jaws built for it soon. Would be nice to get it to close all the way

I like trying to do things with stuff I have on hand. Granted I bought the round stock some time back but the only plate available here is 1 inch and half inch. That would have been one hefty trowel lol

Thanks Ben I enjoyed making it. And now I get to make more of them when I get a chance lol

We tend to be most critical of our own work. I also believe those imperfections are what give it character.

Thank you. I hope you enjoy some stuff I do from time to time

Well you saw how uncoordinated that lefty action was. Lol

@@TAS1303 Almost like somebody else... lol

You betcha bud!

I bought one from kens custom iron and the second one at quadstate. And thanks!

Yes. I can for sure move it away from the forge. In this particular instance I had to do the video right then. It had to be uploaded within 24 hrs and I started with 7 percent battery. Didn't have a spare extension cord so had to sit by the surge protector. I will in the future adjust placement. Thank you.

@@TAS1303 Thanks for your reply. I look forward to future videos. I have been looking for someone locally who I can work with and learn from so I too can get into blacksmithing work. Would you mind messaging me the name of the Facebook group this challenge came up in? Maybe someone knows someone within a reasonable distance of me?

@@PiMpDaDdYMoOsE the group is KZfaq blacksmithing collective however it is a private group and unless you're a creator with consistent content they won't approve a join request or perhaps one has to be invited by an admin I'm not sure but a great resource for finding someone close to you is the Facebook group forging it forward. They even have an interactive map where everyone drops a pin on their location. Also easy enough to ask in a post.

@@TAS1303 thank you so much! I'll check that out right away. I really appreciate you taking the time to read and respond. That's a very rare thing to find on KZfaq. I'm looking forward to more of your videos!

@@PiMpDaDdYMoOsE no problem, glad I could help

I bought that lil one at quadstate last year thinking it would fit my hf. Sadly it did not and I didn't want to grind it down knowing I'd be getting a different anvil sooner or later(three more weeks)!

Thank you. The only thing I measured was the 6 inches of half that piece of pipe. The rest was all eyeballed because I wasn't sure how it was going to progress.

In my defense I had just finished editing the video and was watching the Orville and thought it might make a good intro and outro sequence. if it was live and not on the DVR I would have waited till it was over however.

@@TAS1303 .... OK, I'll give you that one ;0)