Tools of the Trade | Making An Anvil Stand

Jason Knight decided to weld an anvil stand one day to show his process to you. In this video, he creates an anvil stand for his 14.5" anvil with three 18.5" legs at a 23.5-24 degree angle.

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[smacksteel]

This is the exact video i needed lol. Thanks Jason!

[TingTingalingy]

"that sucks, that's a bad day" 😂

[Immolate]

Awesome video Jason. I think I'll make one tomorrow as I just happen to have some angle lying around and some 1/4" wall square tube. Figured I'd use some 1/2" rebar for the support members. I didn't see what you used. I know it's cheating, but I think I'll use my horizontal band saw instead of my fiber cut-off wheel. That thing is nearly useless. I see an evolution in my future.

[andycoppes]

When you got the torch just right and it whistles through the steel... 🤤

[GodseyKnives]

nice stand ! I dont have a shop yet I have to drag my set up outside so I got mine on a wood stump and dolly it in and out of my garage to use, but when I get a shop I am gonna do one just like yours ive used some big striking anvils with 3 leg stands like that at our blacksmith association meetings and at my friends forge They work good and you can walk around them easy to work . Good video .

[stephenborders]

Thanks for the video. I built a similar one and since my anvil was not as heavy, I filled the legs with sand. I am surprised you are not using one of the new cold cut blades.

[nathanfeusse]

Great video! I really like that design!

[donmaclean]

I'm surprised that he didn't use 80CRV2. Just kidding. Jason Knight is an awesome teacher and legendary knife maker.

[OrrCustoms]

Your shop needs a nice horizontal bandsaw. It would have made all those cuts accurate and saved you some time. Nice stand!

[mistral-unizion-music]

Question: is there a best way to orient the anvil horn? Toward the central leg or the other way? And why? Thanks

[ahforge]

has welding hood on head but not covering face. close eyes pro welding tip hahaha. amazing video

[aaronschwingel]

This guys sounds so much like Norm Macdonald sometimes 😄

[bentoombs]

Do you ever put oil soaked sand in the legs? Nice stand🤘

[timbrownblacksmithandknife]

When I comes to fabrication I'm also a measure once, guess three times and cut lots.

[melgross]

Everyone’s different, I guess, but I really hate friction saws. A 14” carbide cutoff saw is so much better. With a good one you can cut to an exact length, and the angles will be correct.

[mattgreef]

High mate would this work for a fly press aswrll mate

[sonofbr]

It seems to have a loud ring though.
I came up with a novel way to dampen the ring. I have no idea how I thought of it but I suspended weights from a rod attached to the underside of the tray. I get no ring at all and it works way better than chains and magnets.

[joshofalltradesgendron]

@JASON please help if you can. Short story I'm a master sheet metal worker journeyman for 18 or 19 yr now. Amateur blacksmith blade Smith. I have never made demascus yet and until the move and re design of my forge I'm not ready to try yet after I get consistent with San mai inset and taco I'll move on to demascus.
A freind gave me a gift of a tracker twisted Damascus with Mosaic pin and black micarta handle. Looking at it even though it's beautiful I had to do fit and finish on the blade fix uneven grinds. Few things. We are 99% sure it's a Pakistani knife we found almost an identical blade from a company called poshland based out of u.k and blades bought from Pakistan. It's my first demascus blade and was a gift from a dear friend. But during it's first ususage I noticed it's not holding an edge file digs not skates. Paperwork said made from 1095 &15&20. What would be my best course of action wrap the handle with ice water wrap cloth and use a torch and edge quench it? See if it hardens or should I as carefully as possible add some heat and remove pins and scales and go for a proper quench.? Worst comes to worse I have to remake new scales if the break.
What would you do?
Please and thank you

[johngregerson]

Would have better and easier results cutting and coping the corners instead of cutting them at 45

[danepiper]

Breaking things indicates Gorilla Genes. At least that’s what a friend of mine told me.