MotoMike Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Thomas Powers, can you direct me to a pic of heat treaters tongs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 3/19/2018 at 9:29 AM, MotoMike said: Thomas Powers, can you direct me to a pic of heat treaters tongs? I'm glad you posted this. I did a quick Google for heat treaters tongs. I'm not sure now what Thomas Powers was asking about. my description above was for controlling the color run when tempering. Mine have a large mass attached to the tong jaws. I heat this mass and use it as a heat reservoir to add heat to the spine(or where and however) to speed up the color run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I'll check to see which house they are at. Basically a set of tongs with bars welded to them crossways (You can make them from worn out pull-offs or nippers some mild steel bars and a welder too) You heat up the bars and grab the spine of a blade with them and let the heat transfer. Very nice for differential tempering. (There is a variation for double edged blades that you grab the center ridge with...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 13 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Basically a set of tongs with bars welded to them crossways We are on the same page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I think I have it now. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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