May 10, 201610 yr Open Mouthed or Closed Mouth PickUp/Flat Stock Tongs. That is the Question?????? Plz help
May 11, 201610 yr Author I have some bolt tongs for railroad spikes and square stock but they are only 5/8 and i use em for round sometimes, i was useing some tongs that i found our were fire tongs for flat but they arent to good for it, i wanna hold leaf springs and other flat stock. i was told some walf jaws would be good but flat would be better by lots of difernt ppl so idk
May 11, 201610 yr Universal tongs, no not wolf jaws. Dane thing won't let me past a link. Let me PM you
May 11, 201610 yr Dang thing still won't let me post the link, For the rest of you, the link is to "ultimate tongs" here on IFI
May 11, 201610 yr http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/16260-the-ultimate-tongs/?do=findComment&comment=165031 Just for you Charles ......
May 11, 201610 yr Thank you Dale, blo--- er ruddy thing kept displeasing the post, stand alone or as part of another.
May 11, 201610 yr For flat stock I prefer closed mouth tongs . The draw back on closed mouth is they are width suspect .
May 11, 201610 yr If you use a pair you'll change your mind, I'm a farrier, so my stock and trade is flat stock bent the hard way.
May 11, 201610 yr 1 hour ago, Dale Russell said: http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/16260-the-ultimate-tongs/?do=findComment&comment=165031 Just for you Charles ...... If only the photos were still there....
May 11, 201610 yr https://plus.google.com/photos/117030057799529631445/albums/5451920122058541745 Brian's public album
May 11, 201610 yr 7 minutes ago, Charles R. Stevens said: https://plus.google.com/photos/117030057799529631445/albums/5451920122058541745 Brian's public album Thanks!
May 11, 201610 yr Charles thanks for Brazeal's pictures. You're a real help. SLAG. Edited May 11, 201610 yr by SLAG spellling yet again.
May 11, 201610 yr Agricultural engineering in development, intermediate blacksmithing: a training manual by stokes has a good step by step of a set of bolt tongs, this can be tweaked to make a set of similar tongs. You can find the Pdf Paying it forward, Slag.
May 11, 201610 yr Charles, One good favor deserves another Try F.A.B.A's monthly Jnl. of April 1987. Page 6.shows a variation on the theme of Mr. Brazeal's universal tongs. They seem to have been designed by Mr. Francis Whitaker There is a third very versatile tong design called a "three point tong" that was disclosed in their Jnl..Check their subject index. It originally appeared in an A.B.A.N.A. publication at the end of 1986. I mention these references for your information and possible use. I am not playing a one up-man-ship game. I'm just trying to be of assistance I would have sent, this, in a personal message, to you, but I do not know how to do this yet. Regards & thanks SLAG.
May 11, 201610 yr No no probblem, Slagg, adds to everyone's knowledge base, including mine. To PM, click on my ugly mug, when my profile page opens up click on the envelope. The box that opens is very much like any other thread.
May 11, 201610 yr Your guess is a s good as mine... Then again I can't read my own writing half the time.
May 11, 201610 yr I think it was supposed to be width "specific" and auto correct or typing faster than the speed of thought got posted instead. I often type faster than the speed of thought, it's like a super power you know. Frosty The Lucky.
May 11, 201610 yr In that case it would be thickness spacific, but the usiversals handle a wide range of shapes and thicknesses. Don't get me wrong, three diferant sizes would be nice. And one would still need the odd ball
May 18, 201610 yr On 5/11/2016 at 11:33 PM, SLAG said: Charles, One good favor deserves another Try F.A.B.A's monthly Jnl. of April 1987. Page 6.shows a variation on the theme of Mr. Brazeal's universal tongs. They seem to have been designed by Mr. Francis Whitaker There is a third very versatile tong design called a "three point tong" that was disclosed in their Jnl..Check their subject index. It originally appeared in an A.B.A.N.A. publication at the end of 1986. I mention these references for your information and possible use. I am not playing a one up-man-ship game. I'm just trying to be of assistance I would have sent, this, in a personal message, to you, but I do not know how to do this yet. Regards & thanks SLAG. Slag, if you sent it in a PM then the rest of us wouldn't know about it.
May 18, 201610 yr On 5/11/2016 at 11:33 PM, SLAG said: Charles, One good favor deserves another Try F.A.B.A's monthly Jnl. of April 1987. Page 6.shows a variation on the theme of Mr. Brazeal's universal tongs. They seem to have been designed by Mr. Francis Whitaker The direct link to that journal is here.
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