Forming and shaping on top of the stump

You can pound or grind dents into the top of the stump and shape your parts from these.When you pound a little dent into the top of the stump, you can take the many rounded hammers and form the metal, or dome it is another term.Many different forms of metal can dent the stump. you can pound a metal dowel or bolt shank and that leaves a rounded groove. You can take a chisel with the end dulled a little and create a fold in the metal. Many uses for this method. It also does not scratch the metal either.

Forming hammers

Here are some of the forming hammers.Some are adapted and ground and polished from other uses and some are purshased jewelry hammers.You can probally see the difference.

The polished steel plate and the rubber pad

Here are a couple more additions to your stump. The polished steel plate is to stamp and flaten your sheet without damaging it. The rubber pad has many uses including just sound deadneing. You place it under the steel plate to lesson the sound made when pounding on it.Rubber pads can be used for forming also. This pad came from a broken conveyer belt. Another found object.

Silver making anvil stump

Here is the way a silver making stump should look like.