[2022] Am I blind...

Originally posted by Valykry: …I built my first forge easily enough, but there's just not much I seem to be able to do without the tools (bellows, crucible, anvil) and try as I might, I can't find any of them.

On this point specifically, the advanced bellows and anvil don’t allow you to do anything you can’t do without them. They only speed up smelting and forging. It’s possible you’re remembering how they worked in older alphas, or you may have found some out of date information somewhere. They’re nice to have, but you could also run more forges to achieve the same throughput.