[TheForge] RE: Smithing Question - Hold down

[Frederick Faller]

I made a hold down out of an old tire iron that I bent
into a traditional hold down in the pritchel hole. The
foot was shaped a bit so that it will straddle shaped
metal. I rehardened it after shaping.

I have found it surprisingly effective for holding
work. I lay the work on the anvil, swing the hold down
over it and hit the hold down down into the pritchell
hole. It's fast and accurate and the release is simply
to knock the hold down up out of the hole from the
bottom.

I had tried a number of different things, but this
traditional approach was by far the best.

Frederick Faller
--- Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net>
wrote:
> i HAVE A LENGTH OF 4 LINK WIDE DRIVE CHAIN THAT
> HOOKS ON THE FAR SIDE OF 
> THE ANVIL STUMP AND (oops)drapes over the face. On
> the near side of the 
> anvil is a stirrup that hooks on to the chain..stuff
> the work under the 
> chain and step in the stirrup.....Pete F
> 
> Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> > When I need a hold down I use my saddle anvil in
> the hardy hole.  Just lift
> > it up slide the work under and give it a tap to
> tighten it up.  It only
> > takes about two seconds and the work is still hot.
> > 
> > I'm not sure I have the term right, but what I
> call a saddle anvil is a
> > piece of leaf spring that has been bent into an
> "n" shape and welded to a
> > post for the hardy hole.
> > 
> > 
> > Steve Austin had spring loaded hold down that is
> foot opperated.  It is fast
> > and easy to use but looked like it was in the way
> all the time when not in
> > use.  It might have had an easy way to move it out
> of the way but he left it
> > in place the day I was there.
> > 
> > Pat McCarty has a hold down made from a pipe
> clamp.  It just screwed down to
> > hold the work.
> > 
> > You can always just use a loop of chain with a
> heavy weight on it.
> > 
> > Robert Ehrenberger
> > Shelbyville, Mo.
> > 
> > 
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Frederick W. Faller
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