Brains Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Howdy, I found this site by searching for tips on tuning my burners only to find out that I built them all wrong to start with. I made it work with what I had thanks to the wealth of information from Frosty and several others and I now know where it all started going down hill. Thanks to all the contributers for their wealth of knowledge and their willingness to share. Anyway, after getting my forge "working" I was dead set on making myself a pair of tongs first and have been watching videos by GS tongs and many others to familiarize myself with some of the techniques needed. I know a lot of people say that tongs are not necessarily a beginner project but i really didn't want to buy a set. I also found an old post on here about taking a 20' 1/2' square stock and cutting to 5" lengths. Take the first and draw out to a taper and then repeat with every piece. Repeat steps to make hooks by doing each step repeatedly instead of just making 50 hooks one at a time. Anyway it sounded like a pretty good exercise to practice some basic steps so that is what I plan to tackle next! Thanks for sharing and for having a place where newbies can ask questions!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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