November 17, 200619 yr G'Day all . Had this picture sent ta me by 1 of me mate's sure glad i didn't ave ta pound em out Dale Russell
November 18, 200619 yr Hellacious. I got a pair of 42" tongs from a guy. He also had some nearly as big as those, but didn't want to part with them. I'm working on it.
November 18, 200619 yr For those that are curious... those are "cat washing tongs". They're tongs used for giving a cat a bath. :)
November 18, 200619 yr I am curious as well, I suppose the tongs could have been used by Hermy to remove the teeth from the bumble. (a reference to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer tv show by Rankin/Bass; an elf named Hermy removed the teeth from the abominable snowman) Seriously though, I was wondering if this is a real tool or a gag thing. Pretty neat either way. Mark
November 18, 200619 yr Posibly used to forge crankshafts for agricutural machinery, threshing machines, steam engines etc, used with crane at balance point to manipulate forging under possibly water powered trip or drop hammer Or possibly not!
November 19, 200619 yr Author G'Day all i've e-mailed me mate who took the picture ( his missus on photo ) askin' him for more info as in " where , what & when " but till then i'm guessin' they's mock up's ( read JOKE ) tongs From what i can gather from the picture it's 1 of " many " Historical site that can be found around OZ ( Australia ) Me mate & his missus are inta lookin' at all that kinda stuff Hope this helps youse Dale Russell
November 19, 200619 yr Dale, mate, I've seen tongs this big. They are from the now defunct Murray Iron Works in Burlington Iowa. Foundry work and big forging. I'll see if I can get some pics but may be a while. Steve
November 19, 200619 yr Kallsme'n Uses tongs nearly this size in some of the forging pictures he has posted. There is also a view or two of how the chainfalls are rigged to be able to use tongs (and stock) of this size.
November 20, 200619 yr AM, Tong rings or something of the like to hold them shut. The riens are supported by susspended chains while the piece it is holding is resting in the forge or on the hammer dies.
November 20, 200619 yr Ahhh, just how do folks think they used to forge 6+" stock, grab it in their bare hands? There are quite a few engravings of historical large stock forging out there, often involved with ship building or military hardware, Jib cranes and chainfalls go way back! Thomas
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