Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Hello. And a merry christmas from Germany! Yesterday I was in my forge again :) - finally after two weeks of no forging :( - and completed my pair of tongs and a bottom swage with help of the new tongs. The tongs are based on Toby Hickman´s way of making them, that was adopted by TechnicusJoe for hand hammering and welding on the rains in this video of him. The jaws, the arch and the boss are forged out of 20x10mm (0,8"x0,4") flat bar mild steel and the rains are forgewelded on 10mm (0,4") round mild steel. The bottom swage is forged out of 40mm (1 1/2") cold rolled 1045 tool steel quare stock. You all have a good day! Yours - Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptree Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Guten Morgan Daniel, from Southern Indiana. The tongs and bottom block look very nice. In the mid 70's I spent 28 months in Hanau au Main. I have many memories of visits to Frankfurt au Main. Merry christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Guten Morgan Daniel, from Southern Indiana. The tongs and bottom block look very nice. In the mid 70's I spent 28 months in Hanau au Main. I have many memories of visits to Frankfurt au Main. Merry christmas :) thank you! Cool I am in Frankfurt am Main! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 Here is a video in which I am using the tongs to forge the bottom anvil tool also to be seen on the picture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkTCQmjz4qQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Another excellent video Daniel. Those tongs certainly seem to do the trick. I absolutely love your shop. I'm very jealous. I wish I had access to something like that. May I make a comment about your sledge hammer work? You may find you have better results if you let the hand closest to the head fall to your other hand while you swing. That should give you a bit more leverage than you seem to be getting now. I look forward to you next video All the best. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 Another excellent video Daniel. Those tongs certainly seem to do the trick. I absolutely love your shop. I'm very jealous. I wish I had access to something like that. May I make a comment about your sledge hammer work? You may find you have better results if you let the hand closest to the head fall to your other hand while you swing. That should give you a bit more leverage than you seem to be getting now. I look forward to you next video All the best. Andy You mean it will be like when a ballerina makes a pirouette and then pulls her arm closer to the body to gain speed? Good idea, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Effectively yes. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cBTKcSPKnaw The gentleman on the left is doing what I mean. As he lifts the hammer he slides his hand up to near the head to make it easier to lift. But as he strikes his hand slides down to meet his other hand. You can see it here also. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8d5w7zxJJWs All the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricko13 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Here are those same links but for desktops (I have had this issue before when trying to share links from my ipad) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBTKcSPKnaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d5w7zxJJWs Thanks to both of you Daniel and Andy for sharing these videos! Learning a lot here! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Cheers ricko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Nicely done Daniel, the tongs look well made, strong without being over heavy. The bottom tool looks well made as well though I can't tell it's struck surface shape. I'll get to your video a little later. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironduck Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Here is a video in which I am using the tongs to forge the bottom anvil tool also to be seen on the picture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkTCQmjz4qQ Daniel, I'm a bit late to the parade, there's been a good deal of deserved encouragement and positive feedback given by others, but I'd like to offer some unsolicited recommendations. Now please don't take any of this negatively. You're young and show tremendous talent (you tongs are well made), so this is all the more reason that it would be a crime if you were to leave the craft prematurely due to frustration, fatigue, or injury (I mention that only because you seem really tense in the film - relax your shoulders and breath naturally). Now for the benefit of others, digital cameras are notorious for showing hot metal as being hotter than it really is, so my first suggestion is to let that beefy chunk of metal soak up some more heat and reheat it long before it gets to cherry red (that's likely what it was when the video showed orange). You'll find the metal moves easier and you don't have to work as hard (more on that shortly). A good example of what I'm talking about is at 3:26 into the clip - you'll notice the outer surface of the metal is moving lengthwise but the center is not keeping up (that's one of the reasons for the spikes at the end of your stem). I realize that tapered stems are all the craze, and I'm not going to comment on their time or place, but what you desperately need is a set of butchers, a set tool, and someone competent to strike for you when you are trying to move stock that size. Making bottom tools out of 1-1/2" stock on a 100kg anvil with a 1.5kg hammer without someone striking is boarder-line madness. The persistence that you show is commendable, but we should be working smarter not harder - the craft is more enjoyable if you're not beating yourself up at the anvil. Besides, you've got to make that arm, and all its joints, last a long time yet. (I won't belabor this point any further - I've taken off my medical hat.) Otherwise, real nice work. Be the future of the craft. -Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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