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Hey Fellows!

 

I just recently got my own touchmark and now I forged a pair of tongs specially to hold it. I forged it out by hand from 5/8" coil spring. It can hold 1/2" to 5/8" steel in a 90% angle. It has a built in tong clip and the reins are 1 foot and 1 3/4" inches long.

 

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Yours

- Daniel

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Greetings Daniel,

 

Very nice design..  I'm sure you are proud of you work .  100 years from now your work will still carry you name....  I might suggest if your tongs are dedicated to  your touchmark  you could put a small flat on the shaft  so that it does not slip down the shaft.. 

 

Great stuff Keep forging

 

Jim

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Greetings Daniel,

 

Very nice design..  I'm sure you are proud of you work .  100 years from now your work will still carry you name....  I might suggest if your tongs are dedicated to  your touchmark  you could put a small flat on the shaft  so that it does not slip down the shaft.. 

 

Great stuff Keep forging

 

Jim

First of all thank you Jim! And yes I am pretty proud on these tongs. But what do you mean with "I might suggest if your tongs are dedicated to  your touchmark  you could put a small flat on the shaft  so that it does not slip down the shaft.. " Could you please explain that?

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post-30666-0-96976700-1369092145_thumb.jGreetings again Daniel,

 

By filling a grove with sholder on the shaft your tongs will fit in the grove and will not slip up or down..  You may have to reshape your tongs a little but I think it would be worth it..   I have had a few misses with my touchmark and use a different system..  

 

Jim

 

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attachicon.gifpunch.jpgGreetings again Daniel,

 

By filling a grove with sholder on the shaft your tongs will fit in the grove and will not slip up or down..  You may have to reshape your tongs a little but I think it would be worth it..   I have had a few misses with my touchmark and use a different system..  

 

Jim

I do have an extreme lot of spring tention on these tongs. The touchmark doesn´t really go anywhere!

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