Thank you for pointing out my idiocy. There is still the problem on the ingots sinking into the anvil. Luckily, you can get them back by clicking on one of the other ingot on top of the anvil.
How do you use the radial selection screen? when someone wants a one handed sword, and I use 2 ingots, I create a hammer head, if I try to use the radial screen, nothing happens, it opens up and I can choose hammers or swords but if I click on sword, nothing happens, and if I hammer the head after clicking sword, nothing happens other than changing the hammer variety. I'm completely confused on how this works.