FieryFurnace Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 This is not really an instructional video….just entertainment. This shows the process of forging a pair of 1/4x1 1/4 offset tongs. Starting material is 5/8 round 5160 steel, cut 8.5 inches long. The tooling used is pretty simple. I have a 100 pound self contained power hammer with a full flat die on top and a “near side/far side” offset die on bottom. The near side / far side die is just like using half-hammer-face-blows on the near side and far side of the anvil. The deep U-jaw is formed in a spring tool I machined for the purpose. Total overall length is trimmed down to about 18 inches after forging. It takes 5 heats to forge a half, 10 to forge both halves and 1 to set the rivet and line them up, so a total of 11 heats. IMG_6414.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 The video won't play for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Good Morning, I just waited patiently, it loaded by itself. A very interesting Video. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 It's almost 290 mb download Randy, it takes a while even on a broad band connection. It's a good video well worth the time. Well done Dave, thank you. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Loaded for me pretty quick, sweet video FF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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