MOblacksmith0530 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 So here is a link to a video we made last Saturday of the forging of one complete tong half and partial work on the other using a smith with two strikers. Hope you all enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsoldat Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Nice work, You guys make it look easy. Makes me wish I had a striker or two to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOblacksmith0530 Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 We did practice it a couple times a few weeks ago t make sure we were in fine form. We had tried another technique with alternating strikers and it was confusing so we went sequential and it worked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Now THAT looks like the way to go MO, you selling those strikers? Two to a pak I'm guessing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOblacksmith0530 Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 You can't afford em one drinks like a fish the other eats like a horse. Seriously two great guys and a lot of fun to work with. We are going to try it again as soon as we can get together and do some more tools and such. We have done a few punches out of sucker rod and can do all the drawing in one heat with enough heat left for the smoothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiltsbilt Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 love the Kilts that is way cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I like videos that demonstrate wot can be done with practice. You certainly have it down to teamwork. There is an old form of smith/stirker comunication that has the smith lay his hammer on side on anvil to signal the striker to stop. In a small shop with young smiths that have good hearing it may work well,,but in a big shop with multiple stations and lots of ambient noise it wouild help for sure. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOblacksmith0530 Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 If you noticed when I got my signals right I put the hammer sideways on the heel to stop them, and tapped the heel to call em up. We tried a hit and miss where I would strike between each of their blows but that is going to take a lot more practice. When it was on it was real good but when one of us forgot the sequence it got scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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