I have rasied at least 50 dents using the anvil aproach. Not to be a smart-ass, I respect Mike O a lot, and I have to admit that I may have been wrong in how I used the dent raiser. It has worked for me and others but Mike O has probally raised more dents than I ever raise and it is his bussiness to do it right. Maybe there is no one right way to do it. In any event go slow and polish the hammer face until it is smooth as a babies butt. Plugs work well but many of us do not have a metal lathe in the shop to make a series of plugs. His tip on steel pilots is a good one. You can see them for sale often on Ebay.
