Makeshift tongs

Sorry. I am still learning how to use the forum. Did not mean to post in the wrong gallery.  I don't know how to change it.

I have a pair almost exactly like those. Got them as part of a bunch of tools I bought and kept them hidden for a long time. Then one day I needed a pair to do what the ones I had out wouldn't so I grabbed the "fake" tongs. Darned things worked a treat, then and on other work. Now they have a permanent place on my go to tong rack. Nothing makeshift about a tool that does it's job and does it well.

Michael, please don't post several pics from your gallery in separate posts. It downloads your whole gallery in every post and uses a lot more bandwidth than necessary. Some of the Iforge membership are still on dialup connections and band width is tight. Lots live in the 3rd. world and are online believe it or not. Earth is getting cooler all the time eh?

Oh, charcoal only sucks in a too shallow bottom blast forge. If you break it up to acorn or smaller size and turn the air WAY down it'll work a lot better for you. Even a garage sale blow drier produces WAY too much air for a normal size charcoal forge fire. Check out the JABOD forge, easy to make and sideblast works much better for charcoal.

Frosty The Lucky.

Nice.  Soaking the pliers in vinegar to remove any zink plating wouldn't be a bad idea. I've always wanted to try tweaking some channelocks and welding reins on...

26 minutes ago, Frosty said:

I have a pair almost exactly like those. Got them as part of a bunch of tools I bought and kept them hidden for a long time. Then one day I needed a pair to do what the ones I had out wouldn't so I grabbed the "fake" tongs. Darned things worked a treat, then and on other work. Now they have a permanent place on my go to tong rack. Nothing makeshift about a tool that does it's job and does it well.

Michael, please don't post several pics from your gallery in separate posts. It downloads your whole gallery in every post and uses a lot more bandwidth than necessary. Some of the Iforge membership are still on dialup connections and band width is tight. Lots live in the 3rd. world and are online believe it or not. Earth is getting cooler all the time eh?

Oh, charcoal only sucks in a too shallow bottom blast forge. If you break it up to acorn or smaller size and turn the air WAY down it'll work a lot better for you. Even a garage sale blow drier produces WAY too much air for a normal size charcoal forge fire. Check out the JABOD forge, easy to make and sideblast works much better for charcoal.

Frosty The Lucky.

Frosty,

I'm not certain how that happened. I did them all in one upload, by accident in the knives gallery. I didn't mean to make them separate or anything. Sorry still trying to figure this forum thing out. Haven't used a forum in years. Mostly use Facebook for this kind of stuff

It happens because the Iforge OS is kind of hinky, don't sweat it. 

Posting groups of pics works better by attaching them from the folders on your comp. A good file size on IFI seems to be in the 100-300k range. Smaller than 100k and the pics are hard to see and much larger doesn't make them clearer. 

If you select the "Choose Files" button below the text window you can select the file you'd like to attach, upload it and place it in the post by selecting the + symbol in the small pic that appears below the window. 

Chances are it'll fill the window and then some, double click in the picture and you can resize it by dragging the corners or sides. 

It's not a rule and heck Glenn sometimes posts multiple pics from the Gallery we just try to keep the bandwidth down for members who have to live with dial up connections. 

It's just part of the learning curve here and something newly weird pops up now and then to keep us all on our toes.

Frosty The Lucky.