May 3, 200818 yr my hands are calloused and burned in several places, but i just finished a pair of tongs. my first project. thanks iforgeiron.com, couldnt have done it without ya.
May 3, 200818 yr This thread is worthless without photos. I wager you pair of tongs will soon be you favorite and you will fondly remember every hammer mark. Good going.
May 3, 200818 yr Congratulations! A pair of tongs is a heck of a first project, most folk start out with "S" hooks and the like. Pictures please. Frosty
May 3, 200818 yr I remember my first pair of tongs. Due to the only material I had at hand and to the fact that I knew nothing about different steels at the time, I constructed them out of re-bar. I must have spent 8 hours trying to get the two halves to conform. Punching the holes and constructing a usable rivet was another issue. After much frustration and a lot of four letter words, I finished them...and they seemed to be working pretty well. I was kind of proud of myself. The next day after quenching a project I was holding them with, they cracked and broke in three places around the jaws. :(
May 3, 200818 yr Author i'll try to get some pictures up soon. they aren't the most attractive pair of tongs, but they will pick up a RR spike easy enough and i aim for that to be my first knife-related project.
May 3, 200818 yr Hehehe . .everyone's treating this like it was ure first grl ..which isn;t far off. ..considering the time, pain, money and feeling u put into going this far!)
May 4, 200818 yr Author it actually kinda reminds me of that. i was nervous and excited, and kinda worried about how it would turn out... and also it seems kinda like that because the first one wasn't so great and i think i have alot to learn. haha!
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