[TheForge] make shift anvil

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Hello all,
>
> As some of you know I am just starting off in the Blacksmithing feild and
> haven't yet saved up enough money to buy an actual anvil,so I had the
> idea to make a make shift anvil out of a large peice of  I-beam that I
> hope to aquire from the scrap yard some time soon.If any of you have any
> ideas or advice about this idea/subject,I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Sam

I-beam will work- just gotta stabilize the bottom so it doesn't flip on you
when you hit it. Most beginners use RR track, and cut it so it has useful
surfaces- can scan and sent you a picture, if you like.

Basicly, all you need is a hard, non-burnable surface, preferably
reasonbably smooth. Weight to it is nice, but can be overcome by screwing or
stapling it down to a stump, that IS heavy, if all you have is some steel
plate. In early Medieval period, an anvil was quite frequently a rock, and
some really nice work can be done on a stump or stake anvil.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....