Jaymes Stevens,

First question I have is how much space do you have available for a storage rack, and is it close to a wall? Not everyone has shop tour videos or photos, but I have noticed that it seems like there are three good options I hope to build out:

1) Long Term Storage Wall rack: 

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2) Short Term mobile rack stand:

Anvil Stand Immediate use: 

I plan to try and integrate all three to my shop if room allows so that I can work more efficiently. I will be posting an inquiry about best anvil stand. 

For my long term storage it's either in a work cabinet or on a wall mount like Michael posted.  
What I prefer is a small table area near me, just a little mobile metal cart with a flat top works, to have my stuff laid out if it's an unusual project. Sort of a mise en place for forging. Then I just have all my regular use items attached to the anvil stump. 

I've gotten used to the leather loops around the anvil stumps at the local forge group. Have a couple of smaller loops to hold hardie tools and such, makes it pretty easy to do 90% of the stuff I want to do right away with tools right there. But I'm fairly minimalist in my tool selection and use right now, haven't gotten that itch to get a dozen types of chasing hammers and all the texturing tools and such yet. 

Bobby Best,

Great advice! Kinda like a "Throw table". Much better than dropping on my concrete. 

We have a rectangular anvil stand with tool racks on all four sides. I posted a pic in your anvil stand thread. We also have another anvil stand I made for a much smaller anvil that is now the swage block stand. It was made from offset laminated 2x12 lumber to create 1-1/2" square tool racks on two sides.

There is another table/stand that came with my 160# Vulcan anvil. This holds drifts, chisels and some Hardy tools. I'll take a pic of that tomorrow. The big Hardy tools lay on the floor between the power hammer and the swage block stand.

I did put up a single wall rack for extra hammers and stuff. I'll take a pic of that tomorrow as well.

All of this stuff, including the power hammer, forges, and press is encircling the anvils. Everything is one or two steps away from the anvil. Nothing makes me shake my head and sigh like watching a video where someone pulls a billet out of the forge and walks halfway to Georgia to get to the power hammer.

Well, it's not the shop tour you were hoping for, but this is the current setup. The smaller table to the left of the anvil with some drifts, punches, some wire brushes, and a couple of Hardy tools like bicks, mandrels, the cutoff and a guillotine fuller.

Two log sections that serve as a catchall and Liz uses these to shape sheet metal pieces for her artwork. You can see the corner of the anvil stand in the lower right. That gives you an idea of proximity to the anvil.

If I turn around at the anvil, I am facing the slack tub, the hammer rack and the swage block stand between the slack tub and the power hammer. There are a couple of tools and other bicks  in the swage block and all the sledgehammers are stationed there. Hanging on the wall in the upper right there are some power hammer tools and kiss blocks. These hang below a small shelf with extra dies for the power hammer.

The entire forging area fits in a space roughly 14 ft by 9 ft.

I hope this helps.

Joshua C States,

Look at that cone, holy cow!! I wish we would have a new post on the ABS page where all the older smiths would do a shop tour. I know Caffrey has a multi-series walkthrough and I constantly go watch peoples videos where they walk through their shop and talk about their smart tool builds and "must haves". Karl Anderson's talk about his emergency shut offs on his forge are amazing too. 

Yeah, that cone mandrel is pretty cool. I don't use it much, but Liz does in her artwork.
It was stuck upside down and buried about 2 feet deep in someone's front yard. They were using it as a planter!

Thanks Joshua! That helps a lot. I have an anvil stand and another freestanding rack, but I definitely need to reconfigure a bit for better flow so I'm not wasting heat time.