Made myself some new scroll tongs

[wolfshieldrx]

Forged them out yesterday from 1/2 inch round stock. I think they are the nicest looking tongs I've made to date. Practice, practice...
Thanks for looking...bart

[archiphile]

Those are slick man. Beautiful work.

[Frank Turley]

Those are nice. Years ago, my first pair were of mild steel, like 1020, not A36, and the first time I used them, the jaws sprung open. Subsequently, I've made three pair of 5/8" round auto coil spring, the only heat treat being air cooling.

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[Pat Roy]

I need some of those, thanks for the inspiration.

[Steve Sells]

I would buy them. Nice work

[maddog]

I would buy them. Nice work

ditto

[fciron]

My first tongs were scroll tongs too. I was sent out to the scrap pile for an old spring, so, even though mine are butt-ugly, I'm still using them 17 years later.

Bart, yours are really nice, I'm jealous.

[clinton]

They look great. What type of material did you use?

[wolfshieldrx]

Thanks for all the comments. They are made of hot rolled mild steel. I've had a couple people tell me "shoulda made em out of medium carbon steel...". I guess if they don't hold up, I'll make another pair out of some auto spring I have. Or, what do you guys think about "high" carbon RR spikes? thanks again...bart

[clinton]

Coil spring works good, I made a set of tongs using potato digger chain, it is 1/2 diameter, straight and hard stuff, just forge and use as is

[Francis Trez Cole]

the first pair I made was from railroad spikes Bill Epps method they have served me well for a few years.

Those are a real nice pair of tongs.