4X6 Oudtinx Steel Bench Block Anvil Jewelers Tool Metal For Jewelry Stamping 3/4 Inch Thickness Review

I have a couple of these. One I use to stabilize my iPad stand. It's tall and want to fall over. This compact five pound beauty makes it sit nicely.Also, I have found that many sandwiches are made better by setting them under pressure for several minutes to blend the flavors and cause the ingredients to adhere. I used a cast iron skillet for awhile. I bought one of these and use it, with a small cutting board, to compress sandwiches. Works a charm.In both cases, I bought rubberized paint (of…

I like that the edges are chamfered and not just a sharp corner. The working surfaces have been milled down somewhat smooth but they still leave faint marks on soft metals like copper. I use this block to shape and a chrome mirror finished one to knock those faint marks off. This works great and keeps the chrome finish from getting chipped up so fast.

The Block is a very nice chunk of hardened steel. It is used as a base for a Morse Code key that uses magnets to hold it in an operating position. The key was designed to be used on a metal top table but to use it on a wooden top table it needed some easily attachable ballast.

Item looks like it has been previously used. I am returning for a replacement. We will see if that one is better. Update: second one is worse than the first. Returning it.