Seeing stake dollies are expensive to buy, set about making some. Had the head of this old Cyclone mash hammer and needed something with a dome. Using nothing more than a 9" cutoff wheel, cut the taper into it and trimmed the top. Finished it off with grinding and sanding to get this.

Some more stake dollies made. I cut up a Cobblers dolly that I brought home from Warsaw Poland a couple of years ago as a souvenir. As it is cast steel I welded the 5mm-3/15" plate tapered boxes on to them in quick succession and stack them on top of each other to slow the cooling rate. These work really well as can be insert into things deeper. They have different profiles as well.

The more shapes the better and even used a towbar tongue as the flat top and square one end and curved at the other is handy. So is the hole. The odd shaped one is just something I carved out of some 16mm-5/8" plate with my 9" cutoff grinder. Each corner and concave radius is different. Just got given an Australian cobblers anvil this time that was my wifes great grand fathers. I made a template from sheet metal for one side the the taper boxes to suit the stake dolly stand and cut the 4 sides the same. Can see one ready in the background.

Welded the boxes onto the ends and they fit nicely into the stand. Different profiles and lengths, as include the heel, to the Polish one. You can also buy these already with a tapered end and a stand that bolts to your work bench. I have seen Canadian ones that bolt to the floor also with interchangeable heads. On camping holiday recently and picked all these up for $40 at the Moama market.

Altered the bases of the bigger ones so they fit the stand. The smaller ones I have made to fit the hardy hole I have in my anvil and welding bench.

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