That simple twist is brilliant, wish I thought of that when I started! Took me at least 3 attempts to get something that worked, ugly as sin but useable enough to make something better! Most beginner smiths try tongs first, silly but if you have none its the first thing you need!
Excellent work, thanks for posting. I've gone back to this video a few times now during my own attempts to make tongs. This is probably the best tong making explanation video I've found.
steel parts you don't want heating up while in the forge, use a tool to brush water over the surface. In japanese blacksmithing a "tebori" is used, its a strongly compressed bundle of straw that's been soaked in water. or use a ladle
You just earned a sub! The violin sounds, the last 3 seconds of the vid, your 'ugly' tongs are genius, and the fact you use a bolt as a rivet (me too!). Top quality stuff!
Those “ugly” tongs are great… low maintenance, no fussing, work great, don’t talk back to you. It’s the “pretty” tongs you need to watch out for... always needing oil, high maintenance, “keep the rust off me”, always bitching. Oh, sorry, we were talking about tongs - got carried away. Great work! Love the spartan forge area. How heavy is your anvil? I love the dull thud when you hammer on it, sounds dense and heavy. Thanks for sharing the video. You do really good work (that I can mimic when I get my forge set up someday 🙂)
Ollari's Thanks for the reply! Anvils are damn expensive here in the USA. I’ve been searching for an affordable one for years, but no luck. I was given a piece of railroad track (from my awesome neighbor who’s a welder) that’s about 40 kilos (80 lbs or so), but I still need to form it into an anvil. It’ll have to do for now. Thanks for sharing your videos, I find them very informative & funny!
Yeah, same here! They ask for 3-5$ / kg . I’ve been searching for the past couple of years for something like this. Railroad tracks are nice and affordable especially with that weight what you have!
Vice grips are good. Just take them on and off the metal. Also, you can put a wet rag on the metal sticking out of the forge to keep it from getting too hot. They turned out great, nice work Seb!
Awesome job! But most blacksmiths leave the stock a little longer and don’t cut it to size until the very end, so that way they don’t need to hold the piece they are working on with tongs hehe or you can simply weld a rod to the end of it to use a handle and not burn your hand, and then cut it off when you are done forging ;) but your final product is beautiful. Keep up making great things. And love your forge btw.
Joe Makes you said it! I have seen weirder & uglier hand made tools. Function is key but form is always nice too! You got it goin Sebastian! & violin saw nice touch!
Nice work buddy, two ways to make tongs. (Ugly or not they did the job) good to see you at MC again, just wish we had more time to chat. Take care. 👊👊👊
for a second I thought you had gotten a drill that makes a drill sound, great to get to meet you at makers central btw thanks for punching me in the face :)
There's something Darwin about this...you need tongs to make better tongs. Or tools begat other tools? : ) Whatever, cool video, those tongs turned out fabulous! Cheers! : )
Dude, nice simple vid. Two questions. What was in the jar at the end that you used to treat the tings and can you give me a closer look at your multi-tool sheath please
The "ugly" tongs to hold the main tongs are just as awesome, in my opinion, haha! Great stuff
Haha! thanks!They are just good enough to get the job done.
Loved the hacksaw part!
Thank you! For some reason this tutorial made sense to me when the other videos didn’t.
The old blacksmithing dilemma: to make tongs, you gotta first make tong-making tongs
I like your sincere honest approach to smithing. You had a problem, so created a solution. Excellent video.
The idea to adjust the tongs when they were conected is just brilliant!!!
Those temporary tongs are great imo! The grinder noises when drilling cracked me up!
*Needs tongs to hold tongs. Looks at vice grips holding the bottom tool. Makes different tongs.*
Love it.
Hahahaha! 😅🤣😂
The basic tongs you bullshitted together we’re absolutely brilliant. Ugly maybe but beautif in the simplicity.
That simple twist is brilliant, wish I thought of that when I started! Took me at least 3 attempts to get something that worked, ugly as sin but useable enough to make something better! Most beginner smiths try tongs first, silly but if you have none its the first thing you need!
Végre egy élvezhető magyar kovácsolással kapcsolatos videó! Szerintem király. Kíváncsian várom következő munkáidat!
Köszi szépen Zsolt!
Excellent work, thanks for posting. I've gone back to this video a few times now during my own attempts to make tongs. This is probably the best tong making explanation video I've found.
steel parts you don't want heating up while in the forge, use a tool to brush water over the surface. In japanese blacksmithing a "tebori" is used, its a strongly compressed bundle of straw that's been soaked in water.
or use a ladle
These came out great! And you editing style really is something else. Keep up the great work!
Thanks a lot Man!
You just earned a sub! The violin sounds, the last 3 seconds of the vid, your 'ugly' tongs are genius, and the fact you use a bolt as a rivet (me too!). Top quality stuff!
Thanks Ben!
I like what this guy’s about and I like choice of tools.
Hahaha the transition from saw to anglegrinder was nice. Had to rewind and watch it again. Well done
Great video, thanks! After my forge is finished and i got some practice this will me my first project!
To be fair, both sets of tongs look quality enough to use. Great video
Thanks James!
That was cool as heck man! Thanks for sharing, I know you have a family Sebastian, we appreciate you taking the time to make great content!
Thank you very much Larry! Thanks for your support!
“How to Make 2 pairs of tongs”.
But what about the tongs to hold the tongs to hold the tongs? 😂😂
Actually there were no tongs used to make the tongs which then were used to hold the tongs. 🤣😂😅😅😅 #tonginception
Ollari's 🤯🤯🤯
@@Ollaris ظكة؟
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Es excelente, extraordinario ver lo que realizas. Gracias por compartir tu conocimiento.
Had the exact same problem making my first pair of tongues, had nothing to hold em good but now I'm killing it 👍good video
So far 1/3rd the way in.....love the music over dubs....bloody brilliant editing keep it up!😉
Nice job mate thanks for showing us how you made them , Greetings from Wales UK .
Sehr gut gemacht !
Danke!
A nice quiet anvil! Some videos have setups sounding like a church bell being struck with each hammer blow.
it is nice to see the block out of your previous video. Agian another great video with the crazy sounds end i love the effect on 2:35.
Thank you very much Chris!
@@Ollaris You are welcome my friend!
Oh man i love your content wish It could be more often but i guess quality vs quantity
Thank you very much! I’m working on something in the background, so sadly I can’t put out that amount of videos.
Always offering up inspiration. Thank you!
The violin played when the hand saw started cutting and I lost it. 😆😆😆.
Talk about hitting the ground running, Seb! Awesome work!!
Thanks Jim!
Glad to see some blacksmithing here. It will be nice to have more :)
More what?
@@Ollaris more blacksmithing videos
They will come! I can promise that
Great video. I must say you have one super anvil and the violin playing was good stuff.
Sweet awesome nice work, Seb ! Glad you started forging !
Thanks Remy! So far i love it!
Those “ugly” tongs are great… low maintenance, no fussing, work great, don’t talk back to you. It’s the “pretty” tongs you need to watch out for... always needing oil, high maintenance, “keep the rust off me”, always bitching. Oh, sorry, we were talking about tongs - got carried away.
Great work! Love the spartan forge area.
How heavy is your anvil? I love the dull thud when you hammer on it, sounds dense and heavy. Thanks for sharing the video. You do really good work (that I can mimic when I get my forge set up someday 🙂)
Thank you very much! Hahahaha! Good one.
The anvil is about 75kg , but it’s bolted down really well which helps reduce the ringing.
Ollari's Thanks for the reply! Anvils are damn expensive here in the USA. I’ve been searching for an affordable one for years, but no luck. I was given a piece of railroad track (from my awesome neighbor who’s a welder) that’s about 40 kilos (80 lbs or so), but I still need to form it into an anvil. It’ll have to do for now. Thanks for sharing your videos, I find them very informative & funny!
Yeah, same here! They ask for 3-5$ / kg . I’ve been searching for the past couple of years for something like this. Railroad tracks are nice and affordable especially with that weight what you have!
Te han quedado perfectas, yo tengo ganas de hacerme unas. Un saludo amigo.
Vice grips are good. Just take them on and off the metal. Also, you can put a wet rag on the metal sticking out of the forge to keep it from getting too hot. They turned out great, nice work Seb!
Pfff, too easy. 😅Thanks man!
du bist der grösste💪 sehr guter inhalt, clevere idee👌🍀
Dankeschön Lukas!😉
Wieder ein 100%Video von dir
Dankeschön fürs Zeigen
Dankeschön Bernhard!
Awesome work man...In the end you have two of them 😎
Thanks! I’ll probably need to make a couple more of them. 😅
Simple but effective. Nice. Your sound effects crack me up 😂🤣
Thanks! Glad you like it!
You gotta have tongs to make tongs 😂 super job they will serve you well 👍 was great to meet you last week mate hope you had a good weekend.
Thanks Alan! I had a blast, hopefully see you next year!
Awesome job! But most blacksmiths leave the stock a little longer and don’t cut it to size until the very end, so that way they don’t need to hold the piece they are working on with tongs hehe or you can simply weld a rod to the end of it to use a handle and not burn your hand, and then cut it off when you are done forging ;) but your final product is beautiful. Keep up making great things. And love your forge btw.
Thanks Leo!
Really great work, man! Beautiful! 😃
Thank you!
Wooow...🤩🤩♥️♥️
Very Nice...👍👍
You r Great..🌹🌹
Thank you Sir..🙏🙏
(i am an indian 🇳🇪🇳🇪🇳🇪♥️♥️)
I lost it at 1:26. Excellent production value! :D :D :D
I would love to start forging steel thing like you have.
I look forward to your future projects
Thank you very much Clint!
So, you making a tong to make a tong? That's great idea
I learned quickly that it’s important to have a backup set. Forging tongs without tongs is not easy.
Might have to give this a go once I've got my forge up and running!
It is a lot of fun! Great beginner project but also challenging enough to learn something along the way.
Very cool, thank you for sharing your story. God bless you and your family
Thanks Carsten!
Well done my friend!!
Thank you very much!
Joe Makes you said it! I have seen weirder & uglier hand made tools. Function is key but form is always nice too!
You got it goin Sebastian! & violin saw nice touch!
Thanks Jason!
This is a great video...I appreciate it. I`ll be making a couple sets of tongs, soon.
Good project brother. It was nice meeting you. In the future we have to see each other again and drink more beer. 😂😂 I hope to learn English. a hug
Thanks Rocha! Yeah, it was nicer to meet you! I think with enough beer we could speak any language! 😅😂
Nice tongs, Sebastian. Cool vid as always!
Billy
Thank you very much Billy!
Genial amigo para ser la primera vez, te ha quedado de lujo. Saludos.
my friend. very nice. thank you so much. be happy.. bravo...
Thanks!
Nice work buddy, two ways to make tongs. (Ugly or not they did the job) good to see you at MC again, just wish we had more time to chat. Take care. 👊👊👊
Thank you very much Martin! Next time!
I do not care for twisted bit tongs. BUT yours are AWESOME!
Thank you!
I like your lateral thinking, well done.
That was fantastic. Great work. Thanks
man trained in the fire! 😁😁
Hahahaha! Im sure the Hungarians will understand this! 😉
That’s just what megiver would have done. Nice vid. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
the ancient version of a brand new package of scissors requiring scissors to open
Awesome video, i have something to do tomorrow 😂
Really nice!
Thanks brother!
f*cking great vid broh!!! thanks from the world's end! (Ushuaia - Argentina... the falling country xD )
Awesome work! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thanks Fred!
Sweet anvil you got there. 👍
for a second I thought you had gotten a drill that makes a drill sound, great to get to meet you at makers central btw thanks for punching me in the face :)
Hahahaha! Why would I do that?
to make a photograph even cooler :)
I was a bit worried, no one asked me that before 😅😂🤣
Good Job,...... Forge some reins out on the temporary pair and have two good sets of tongs,....
There's something Darwin about this...you need tongs to make better tongs. Or tools begat other tools? : ) Whatever, cool video, those tongs turned out fabulous! Cheers! : )
Thank you very much! Yes you are right about that!
Great video. Do you have video on how you make your forge and burners?
Szep kis fogo.csak igy tovabb( a patkot mar nehezebb lesz elkesziteni de bizros vagyok benne hogy az is meglesz)
Köszönöm szépen! Na az biztos hogy az nem most lessz. Böven van még mit tanulni.
Great work mate! You'll have to come over to The Forge some time for a play!!
Thanks Steve! That would be great!
Beeindruckend! 😎👍
Danke Basti!
Well done, good job
Thank you very much!
Nice presto changeo with the cutters.
Great job! Thank you for the video! :)
Köszönöm!
Hey man
Great Video
Love the anglegrinder scene;)
Very good job 👍
Thank you
Very Clever!
Thank you very much John!
Some cool stuff
good job!
yeah if i had all that forging equipment I could also do it :D:D:D hahah it was awesome! the small tongs are worth a video! :P
Hahahaha 🤣🤣
Seus vídeos melhoraram muito na edição! Muito bom cara
Nice job 👍👍
Thanks Derrick!
Dude, nice simple vid. Two questions. What was in the jar at the end that you used to treat the tings and can you give me a closer look at your multi-tool sheath please
Una genialidad, saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
Good job !
hay those are great..thanks for the video
making tools for making tools! haha cool video!!
Thank you 😊
Some Inception shit right there. He made tongs to make tongs!
both pair of tongs are cool
Thanks
you have a very clean workshop? how do you do it!.
This is a great video. Nice job!
ficou show de bola , parabéns.
I like the beats.
*makes tongs to make tongs*
very meta.