Finally Finished My RR Anvil Stand

[CTBlades]

10 hours ago, ThomasPowers said:

Fun to manipulate hot steel with "the engineer's thumb".

Absolutly, I have a few different sizes I want to monkey around with. 

2 hours ago, Jackdawg said:

Nice job. Got a lump of rail iron I want to stand on end like that, but I was thinking of "sharpening" one of the flanges (? not sure if right term) to make a cut off "built right in" so to speak.. And radiusing the other so it was a nice curved surface to work on for fiddly bits - like a mini horn.

Thank you. I have seen lots of different things done. I've seen a couple fellows do the cut off on one side and even ground a fuller in the web.

[Lou L]

Looks great Ray!  I guess that, at some point, you will decide to turn one of those narrower edges into a bottom fuller.  You could move steel fast with a nice radius on the spine of that thing.  Let us know how the steel smashing went!

[Charles R. Stevens]

Try googling "another rail iron anvil Iforgeiron", Jackdawg

[Jackdawg]

2 hours ago, Charles R. Stevens said:

Try googling "another rail iron anvil Iforgeiron", Jackdawg

Cheers Charles, I believe that was where I first got the idea to try it, shall save the page for when I get around to it now you have helped me find it again!.

[Charles R. Stevens]

Remember that project was intended to get your brain working! What do you need in an anvil?