On Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:59:36 -0500, phorbin wrote:
If you don't need much, find a piece of rail (found mine while wandering
along the RR tracks).

I've got a foot long piece of rail handed down from my father. Of
course, it's not an anvil shape for manipulating metal, but it's fine
if you need something solid under a hammer and your project.