matto Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 found some tongs what where they for: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Couple more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 all for special jobs, custom made tongs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 On that 3rd picture is there a bevel on the hollow tube part? If so it was a punch for leather or gasket materials. I have one that looks very similar but is solid instead of a tube and I use it for holding sheet metal; original use??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Yes there USA bevel I was thinking leather, what did the bolt hold? Did you bolt the leather piece down then punch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 If that little pin in the lower jaw is centered on the tube when the jaws close, then it may have been a gasket punch. Leather gaskets for gasoline torches??? Who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 or it may have held a "softer" base for the punch to come down upon; or both, or... The neat thing about custom work is that it's custom; another is that you do not need to use them as they originally were; you can use them for any task they look like they would work for even if it's decoration on the wall of the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 The pin is centered. The tongs in the first pic I am told were for cultivator shovels or shovels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 We don't know the scale, but the first two pics remind me of a form of farriers' brazing tongs. The shoe was held and the elongated jaw applied pressure to the calk or 'grab' at the same time. The calk was held in place while the forge braze was effected. The fourth pic reminds me of what we call "ball tongs" except that my ball tongs have slight curves to them. One jaw is hot split and the other is narrowed and centered over the split jaw. You have a "three point landing" on the ball shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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