Anvil use can be as simple as a base for straightening bent metal or as complex as making metal bowls or other decorative work.
Anvils are multi-purpose tools developed by and for blacksmiths, but you don't have to have a forge to put an anvil to use in your shop. In my home farm shop, the anvil was simply used as a base for straightening bent or twisted metal.
I've got a wish list a mile long for shop tools and fixtures, but one thing stands out among them all … an anvil.
I've blogged in the past about sharpening chainsaws. At its most basic, that means using a round file on the saw chain's cutters and a flat file on the guides.
