ChitownMetal

I ended up using 1/2 threaded rod. Its a heavy solid base, can't complain. My next project would be to build a natural gas forge. I have searched the forums but hadnt found what im looking for. I want to use a old 134 freon tank, ceramic insulation coated with a ceramic paste. I am having trouble deciding on how to build a burner, I want to use 1/2 inch pipe since I have enough of it. Any ideas would help.

I am going to use 4x4's and mount the together verticaly. I was going to take the wood stack to a local lumberyard or a factory and see if they could band the pile together using heavy metal bands, like the ones they use to ship metal pipes. I will use a router to cut a area for the anvil to set into. Then fabricate some hold down brackets.

I have a few other pictures I took. I hope these pictures can describe the mass I have.

I will snap some other pic's this week. A little history on myself.... I have been hitting metal for the past 25 or so years. Not blacksmithing but collision repair, I have always liked fabrication. Over the years I have held on to many different kinds of metal, my wife is always asking what the F$%k is this now. I have all kinds of 1/4 stock and angle iron. I love it.

It was free so the price was right. I was told that this was used in a body repair shop a few blocks from lake michigan. The person that gave it to me said he had worked at the shop an old man came in and was talking to my friend, he had said you see that anvil, I used to use that back when this place was a horse stable. A horse stable turned body shop. That conversation took place aprox 30 years ago.
Does anyone have any idea what this guy is?