>Has anyone experimented with a heated anvil surface? This would make welding
>and working on small pieces much easier.
For welding small pieces just put a solid block of iron (4" x 4")
on the edge of the forge. Use that as an anvil for your initial
welding. You don't have to move to the anvil and block is also heated by
the forge. read Streeter.
Aodhfin