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so my first pair of tongs work ok but they took forever to make(and I over did it and hurt my elbow), so on this set I did things differently (work smarter not harder). first I hopped on AutoCad and designed my tong blank so I know where to drill and cut the all the blanks so they are close to the same. then I printed it out and made a couple patterns out of some wood. drilled all the rivet hols and then took the 14 pcs to school and cut them out with their torch. Then i had 14 blanks ready for 7 pairs of tongs. so enough gabbing and here is a pic of my firs pair using this method:)

 

tks frosty 

thank you

ya flux spoon, it would also be cool to hang it by the stove for a tasting spoon when im cooking.

 

So after I shut down the forge and stuff then came back in the house the wife starts putting nails in the wall to hang some aprons. So I told her to give me an hour and went back out to the shop and made her some hooks to hang it on:) 

ill have to try that

finished up my poker today, and to warm up I made a spoon :) pics

out by the fire pit last night and I took this pic, its the basket twist I put on my first poker. the poker isn't done yet going to finish it up today and will post the full pic of it when its done.

 

tks guys, they work well even at our fire pit last night I was using them to pic up the burning pieces of wood that fell on the ground lol.

ya welded the reigns on there around 22" long total, ill probably shorten them. But they weren't getting in the way at all today so maybe ill leave them. Forged out a couple key chains today out of 3/8", it was fun:)

 

tks guys. Vaughn tell you what I don't regret it. I got it because I figured it would be more neighbor friendly then the coal forge I built, and fuel is a little easier to get.

Got my new diamondback 2 burner economy forge today!! Man does this thing cook:)  So I whipped up a tong rack and hook. Since I made the rack I had to make my first pair of ugly tongs, but the good news is they work:) here are some pics

that cone is sweet

im going to have to get me one of those swage blocks

humm vid didnt work try a link:) http://s1188.beta.photobucket.com/user/hiltsbilt/media/blacksmith/100_0080.mp4.html

here is a little vid of it in action my first time using it

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looken good

i made box bellows they work good..

you could forge out a spoon , watch a youtube vid of a guy demonstrating that to a crowd.

wow talk about bad ideas.. lol smoothbore

I like the look of the wood forge very cool, david your forge you built is way cool also. now i want to build one lol

what a cool little forge, I might have to make my own one of these days very cool idea

well the torch was stolen today along with $90 worth of steel and my welding helmet and gloves, the rest of my tools and stuff where at my new house so that's good, but when i went to cut up my long pcs of steel and get the rest over to the new place everything was gone, mabby the police will find it, but i doubt it my luck isn't very good. im glad my anvil wasnt there its the only one i have seen for sale in my area in 8 months

ya works grate, only have had 2 forge fires been moving and might be a little while befor i can get set up at the new place

im interested do you have a blue print you are following?

no blue print, it's 12 in. square on top, and 6 in. square on the bottom, and 6 in. tall. The tuyere sticks 1-1/2 in. above the bottom so I dont have to worry about clinkers.
Here's a finished pic.

here is a link to the vid i watched for it bud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfMvhpAZ_g