I guess i forgot to mention that the items i have acquired were all free, I have ran figures on rough interior of the forge and i've been in a debate for leaving off the other dome and come up with roughly 900 cubic inches which i understand in a bit much, but it was free and i have 100lb propane cylinders.
I have looked into the possibility of just making a small forge to start with and one burner. I could always hold off on the large guy and turn him into a foundry when i start making bronze.
I appreciate the coming back to reality comments, its why i'm here
the 2 inch plate was going to be an inverted anvil till i came across the post anvil. I'm going to hang onto it and possibly trim a 4" piece off the 18" and either heat treat that to be applied to the 2" face or just make a laminate anvil with some heavy heavy welds (from a 400+ amp welder which might ruin temper) or without heat treat just hard face it with some stick welds and machine mill it down.
One thing i do have is access to supplies maybe just not always the right ones
Thomas Powers, if my information serves me correct all steel can be hardened, just some not as well as others. Also with homebrew (another passion of mine making mead) its all about process.