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Daniel.85

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1/2" and 5/8" cold rolled round 1018. I'll use up to 1" round for when I make bigger tongs too. 1018 has been great so far, couple thousand feet of it through my shop and havnt had any defects, sometimes it even hardens to much to drill if I quench it too fast.

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Most the shape is forged under the power hammer, I do a little cleaning up on the anvil and I shape the jaws in a swage. My "jig" for the jaws and boss is a 1" block with rounded edges lol, I plan on coming up with something a little better so I can get a cleaner and more consistent boss. I cleaned up that tennon tool I showed you before and it works a lot better now too.

 

I need to work on my rivets as well, I don't have any special tools for them, just smash and peen.

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Very nice.  I like the class that the finials impart.  Yea, it's a tool and doesn't need to be fancy, but a bit of fancy also doesn't hurt the function.  Rather tolkienesque, in my opinion.

 

I think all three examples are quite nice, but I'm curious why you didn't include a tight scroll to the outside of the reins as well?  I think that would flow well.

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Yep I am a big fan of rounded transitions to the bit, and thicker up close to the boss.  I have had too many fail because of too "neat" of a demarcation between the bit and the boss.  Nice rounded corners, and strong taper just make for a longer lasting tool.

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Francis, I think I agree with you, I have had a few issues when shaping the jaws because I have them too thick sometimes. Basically there is something about each part on them that I still want to tweak a bit, I'm guessing the only time that wont happen is when I'm so old that my main goal is just to not poop myself when I swing a hammer.

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