Homemade Anvil

[rossbotics]

Very well deserved

[McDesign]

Couldn't be more deserving!

[Tuomas]

Congratulations Tuomas - your Anvil is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

Interesting win. We always consider Thanks votes in deciding the winner each week, but we rarely see such an outpouring of votes in favor of one of the top contenders that it outweighs any of the other deciding factors, especially when so many of those votes are from previous winners.

Further interesting is that railroad track anvils are extremely common, which makes it more difficult to win with such a tool. I believe this is our first winning anvil, and I think we chose a good one. My best guess is that the popularity of this one is based on its small size, its shape, its aesthetically pleasing base, and of course the excellent watch-me-build-it video. You can't help but walk away from this video thinking about building this tool.

Some nice picks this week: a Lathe Cutter Height Gauge by rgsparber, an Extended Point Live Center by rossbotics, a Rotary Mower by Vyacheslav.Nevolya, a High Speed Spindle by Christophe Mineau, a Bench Bull by morsa, a Small Bead Turning Tool by Christophe Mineau, a Sander by webby's rigginations, as well as a Wood Lathe by webby's rigginations.

Tuomas - you'll be receiving a $25 online gift card, in your choice of Amazon, PayPal, or bitcoin. Please PM me your current email address and gift card choice and I'll get it sent over right away.

More importantly, this is your 3rd Homemade Tool of the Week win! I've just added the bronze wrench-on-pedestal graphic to the awards showcase in your postbit, visible underneath your avatar.

Great job, and you're in excellent company joining these other 3-time winners: rossbotics, mr95gst, Paul Jones, Christophe Mineau, immortalx, scorch, Brendon, Frank S, mklotz, Vyacheslav.Nevolya, brianhw, jjr2001, olderdan, tonyfoale.

Here are all of your winning tools:

<div id="blocks"> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/dremel-belt-sander-attachment"> <img src="/uploads/152068/dremel-belt-sander-attachment.jpeg"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/dremel-belt-sander-attachment">Dremel Belt Sander Attachment</a> <span> by <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/builder/Tuomas">Tuomas</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/belt-sander'>belt sander</a>, <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/dremel'>Dremel</a>, <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/rotary-tool'>rotary tool</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-dremel-lathe-conversion"> <img src="/uploads/157425/homemade-dremel-lathe-conversion.png"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-dremel-lathe-conversion">Dremel Lathe Conversion</a> <span> by <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/builder/Tuomas">Tuomas</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/lathe'>lathe</a>, <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/dremel'>Dremel</a>, <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/modification'>modification</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-anvil-37"> <img src="/uploads/169793/homemade-anvil-37.jpeg"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-anvil-37">Anvil</a> <span> by <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/builder/Tuomas">Tuomas</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/anvil'>anvil</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Thank you very much. Didn't expect to win anything, so it feels even better. 😊

[Jon]

Also forgot to mention - great diversity of tools here. You wouldn't expect someone who won two Homemade Tool of the Week awards with Dremel tools to then win a third time with an anvil.

[Frank S]

Diversity is another huge draw to HMT There is something here for just about everyone interested in most any tool you can imagine.

[Tuomas]

Did something with it.. and it works just like i hoped.

[Frank S]

Very nice work. I didn't realize you had ground the step into the heal end of the anvil. I think I've only seen this done on jewelers and watchmakers anvils.That feature just raised the little anvil by another bar in my book. For one thing you now have the perfect place to formed clamping cap over the heal, the step will provide a locator stop you can make several of these should you like in them instead of pritchal or hardy holes you could drill and thread holes for attaching forming jigs or dies on one you could make a reverse hardy by adding a square stud you could then make dies and punches which had square sockets instead of the male square hardy's
There is really any in-numerable specialty tools that could be made for this all while remaining level with a anvil face when attached, only your imagination is the limit
Again good job

[Tuomas]

Thank you very much Frank! I didn't know that shape has a "name", i just shaped it to shape that i tought to need. ��

[Frank S]

Actually the correct name for what I called the step is table. many types of anvils have the table or step as I called it on the horn end some only have a half table protruding from one side of the horn.
Clarance the man I worked for as a kid had one of those in the back room.
Oh by the way the most comfortable height of a navil for most folks is to stand beside it and rest the second knuckles of your hand on it while making a loose fist you can whail away with a 3 or 4 lb hammer all day long and still have enough energy left in your arm to knock out Mike Tyson with 1 hit, but then again no self respecting boxer would ever dare to tick off a Blacksmith

[Tuomas]

Thank you very much for the information Frank. And.. Lol, for the boxer.