Unfortunately, there is no clean, square end on this piece of rail, so standing it up on end wouldn't really help much. Both ends are pretty jagged. Maybe I'll grind one side down and try it that way. Seen a lot of folks on here suggest that. Thanks, Charles. The size of the anvil isn't the issue. Just that the top is difficult to get anything straightened on, due to the fact that it isn't flat. I made a stand for the anvil out about 30 pieces of plywood screwed and glued together, face to face. Then I put some chains through the holes of the rail and screwed them to the stand. Still moving around a bit more than it should, I suppose. I certainly am chasing it around a bit. This is my first project. Trying to make a coal rake. The scrap bread (not butter) knife isn't doing me much good moving the coal around. Thanks for the help, fellas. I'll be haunting this forum indefinitely, as I am unemployed and there is scrap all around me.