MotoMike Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Made from 1'x 3/8 flat stock. Used my new chisel to split the halves per JLP recent video on tongs. made the reins about 14 for the extra leverage and of course the jaws are different. two tools to make this tool were my new chisel and my new monkey tool. I will need to modify the jaws yet I think to allow easier entry into my forge opening. I'll get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfeile Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Nice job Mike! those are looking pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 WAY better than my third, forth or eight pair of tongs. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Shawn and Ben, Thanks guys. I learn something new every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 What I took away from this was that the technique where you split the tong halves from one piece of stock using a hot cut chisel, it takes much less time as the reins need only be refined as opposed to being fully drawn out. If I had made a set of tongs with short jaws, they would have been done pretty quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Nice job, They look great... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 Thanks Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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