air gun ant 1,666 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 hi folks, I made an anchor for my kayak last night by welding 3 strips of 3mm steel plate half way down the length and then bending the other halfs back up to make the spikes so to speak, but when I was bending them back up I was surprised at how easiely it was bent. whats the best way to now harden the steel on the bends to stop them straightening and pulling out of the sand? thanks in advance ant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Don't think mild will harden. Weld a web in. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BIGLURKS 874 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Get too a fabricator too make you a stainless plow anchor or get one of the net or make one I've tried something that sounds similar too what your trying right now and I spent more time fixing the dam thing then I would care too tell any one tried loads of different variations Quote Link to post Share on other sites
air gun ant 1,666 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Cheers lads I was wondering if it would harden or not lol it won't have much pull against it really? I was anchored up using a 8oz grip lead last week in Scotland but the tidal pull in morecambe bay is quite a lot stronger! Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Make a Danforth anchor they hold well and are easy to make. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BogdanS 21 Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 If you want to make yourself an anchor that wont bend then you will need to work with some carbon steel (you cannot harden mild steel ). Take a suspension spring from a car, cut 3 semi circle pieces with an angle grinder (i would also sharp their point a little) and then weld them on a piece of mild steel or even iron that has a buckle on one end for the rope and you will have a very durable and cheap anchor. All the best, Bogdan 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 If you want to make yourself an anchor that wont bend then you will need to work with some carbon steel (you cannot harden mild steel ). Take a suspension spring from a car, cut 3 semi circle pieces with an angle grinder (i would also sharp their point a little) and then weld them on a piece of mild steel or even iron that has a buckle on one end for the rope and you will have a very durable and cheap anchor. All the best, Bogdan That's my kind of anchor, made from recycled spring steel, far better than any mild stock you can buy, cracking idea Bogdan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 If you want to make yourself an anchor that wont bend then you will need to work with some carbon steel (you cannot harden mild steel ). Take a suspension spring from a car, cut 3 semi circle pieces with an angle grinder (i would also sharp their point a little) and then weld them on a piece of mild steel or even iron that has a buckle on one end for the rope and you will have a very durable and cheap anchor. All the best, Bogdan That's my kind of anchor, made from recycled spring steel, far better than any mild stock you can buy, cracking idea Bogdan. That type of anchor would be alright on a lake, but no good in a tide, the pressure on the anchor warp alone would be enough to make it drag. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Aye a Danforth would hold. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Aye a Danforth would hold. When I first moved here there was a foundry still making anchors like that, long gone now though sadly. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnbaz 363 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Apparently we made a replica of the ones that were fitted to the Titanic but I was off with a dodgy knee and completely missed it!! The original ones are still at the bottom of the Atlantic but the original drawings are still available Noah Hingleyof Netherton was the manufacturer of the original ones, This is left out on display so maybe the OP could er... slip it in to his boot to hold him steady on the high seas! John 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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