Blacksmithing - Forging power hammer / pickup tongs
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- In this video I make a style of tongs called pickup tongs or power hammer tongs. This is my first pair of this kind.
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Hi, I've been mechanic for fifty years, have a few old smithing tools from a house I lived in, and have forged my own occasional special tool, for most of these years. I'm retired now, with my own shop, in "farm country", and have learned a lot from this, and other videos. I've done some pretty rough and crude work, "good enough to do the job", but have been setting up to do it right, and this has been a great video, of exactly what I did wrong thirty years ago, forging a set of tongs, that have worked, barely, and will get "re-worked" next week, into a decent shape. Excellent technique, patience, hammer skill, a real pleasure to watch. Thanks for the enthusiasm, encouragement, and high standard of craftmanship!!
Thanks John! Much appreciated, good luck!
such nice skills here! you literally gave me the want to start forging! thanks million! :) i all ready made my forge and make a lift to an anvil from my grand father. and now because of you i want to make my own pickup tongues! thanks again mate :)
Great, Have fun!
Dear Sir,
I wanted to thank you for your videos. I have admired the art of blacksmithing for a long time, and watching your videos, inspired me to take a teaser course at the Memphis Metal Museum. It was not a bad choice, I remembered many of the things you did in your videos and produced a forged hook that was by far the best in the group. And yet I'd never swung a hammer before that day to strike a red hot piece of mild steel.
I will continue to enjoy your videos and learn as I can. I hope to find a someone with the equipment to further my interest, and much of it is thanks to you. I wish you a great life and joy Sir.
+Remowylliams Wow, thank you! I hope you manage to develop you interest! Good luck!
I am so impressed on how precise in length and curvature you made the tongs. It amazes me! I could watch you make things for hours!! Great video!
I could watch you work all day. It doesn’t even make me tired. Lol. Beautiful stuff.
Thanks Dave!
Recycling at its best. Very skilful drawing out the steel with the power hammer. Great work from a true Craftsman. Thank you.
Another fantastic video. I really appreciate when you speed through the repeat sections and slow down for the details. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
+Idaho 2nd Gens Thanks!
Bravo cher forgeron je vous tire chappeau tres beau travail et bien fini ! filicitation merci pour video .
Torbjörn thank you. Please keep uploading. You are passing a lot of important wonderful knowledge and skill down to generations that really need to see these things.
+Ogremanji123 Thanks
Terrific!! You are a real blacksmithing pro - and I learn so much from your videos - congratulations and thanks.for sharing
+Rick Rabjohn Thank you!
Watching you just makes me wanna be a blacksmith that only makes tongs
it is very relaxing to watch no word no music just the sound of the forged matal
Watching Torbjorn is the best stress reliever.....Love the sweet sounds he brings out of the anvil. Jc
I always appreciate how clean and neat your work looks and these tongs were no exception. Thank you for sharing
Watching this I was thinking these were a little bit "art for art's sake" but the anvil top demonstration proved to me that I NEED to make a pair. Beautiful work, as always!
+trollforge :) They will be useful I can tell, but this is my first pair and time will tell in what situations they come in handy.
i just love your videos, especially the sound, many people who make videos of blacksmithing think it's a great idea to put music, but that just kills it, nothing beats the good ol' sound of iron getting hammered that's why i really love your videos, and your craftsmanship is always a pleasure to watch!
+Jothunheim Thank you!
You have a most wonderful skill. The ability to forge metal is just fascinating. I could watch it all day long and the mech hammer is just awesome. To be able to make your own tools from someones else's scrap magic.
+Alan Byrne Thank you!
+Torbjörn Åhman will you make me a knife please
I really like to see people working with their hands and head, great video's. Thank you !!
Tack för alla videos. Du får det att se så enkelt ut, men det är ju så när skickliga människor jobbar ☺. Ser framemot nästa video.
+kallaret Tack tack... Är alltid imponerande att se skickliga hantverkare in action. Tveksamt om jag räknas dit, men nått får jag ju gjort iallafall. :)
All of your videos are so much fun to watch. It feels like I’m peering into the Middle Ages with an HD modern twist.
:) Thanks!
You are a man of great talent, it's an honor for me follow you .
+André Tomazelli (Authentic) Thanks!
Unbelievable hand forging! This is how they must have done it hundreds maybe thousands of years ago. The well controlled hammer blows quickly shaped the spring steel into a usable destruct proof pair of tongs.
I finished building my power hammer 2 weeks ago...definitely need to forge this as my next project!
Cool!
Always plenty of skils to learn from your teaching Sir.. I'm literally know you are a best steel worker.
Thanks for the teaching
Your video teaching by showing
Thanks
nice square corner, along with everything else of course. you are truly a craftsman
+akagi333701550221k Thanks!
Helt fantastiskt rogivande att se på när Torbjörn smider.
Tack tack!!
I have been watching many blacksmithing videos and you my friend are truly a master at your craft. watching you and several others here have inspired me to start apprenticeship with a local blacksmith. keep the videos coming
+Ollie Woody That's great! I'll do my best...
It really is a pleasure to watch all your video’s. This pare of tongs is a real nice design.
Wonderful craftsmanship! Your attention to detail is that of a master.
Thank you!
I just make this tong thank to this video and all instructions
Thank you for your work
Great!
Very useful tongs, the innovative design makes them very versatile, top job again. Regards from “down under “.
Great! There are not many videos out there about making different types of tongs! Thank you, keep up the good work!
+SKW Bushcraft Thanks!
Amazing craftsmanship. Beautiful work, lovely to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Jim Milne
Great work! Good to see you playing with your new toy, as well!
Such an impresive skills, both with the steel and the camera!
Really thank you for your work!
+cphzoo28 Thanks!
It''s got to feel great for you to build such an excellent versatile tool...sure was great to watch you do it. Beautiful and artful work! Thanks for sharing your Craftsman/Artisanship with us! A real pleasure and learned a lot. ~PJ
+pjsalchemy We will see how versatile they are! This is my first of this kind, but I feel they will be a great addition to the shop.
brother watching your video s another world I feel as if it is in your hands health God give you and your family healthy long life amine.
Yeeeeeees a new video. Thanks, Torbjörn, amazing as always.
+Jordan McIntosh Webb Thank you.
Jag har aldrig hållit på med smide, och kommer aldrig smida något själv.
Men jag älskar dina videos.
Tack för att du inte lägger någon sketen musik över dem.
+wrgnstjn blgnwrn Tack! Vem vet.. en vacker dag står du med släggan i handen :)
Beautiful set of tongs there Torbjorn.
Well that's another pair of tongs I need to forge. Great video as always! Thank you!
It's raining here, I just programmed 10 hours of your videos into my chromecast 👍🏻
Das hast du sehr gut gemacht danke
Excellent in every aspect. Loved it.
Another excellent piece! Thanks for taking the time to do this!
Terima kasih pak Torbjorn atas video²nya... anda luar biasa sekali...
The trick at @3:50 for hammering to a specific thickness is pretty cool.
Beautifully done, sir. Glad to see a new video.
Torbjörn, you are a pro! 👍
Pretty nice demo, again. Especially that "How they work and what you can do (crab) with them-part".
Every video is a joy
What a dynamic build! So inspirational!!
This is so awesome ! Beautifully done . Tack så mycket ! En sådan bra dokumentär .
+ᴺ ᶱ ᶯ ᶷ ᵐ Tack!
Quite fascinating how over the course of all of the videos of yours that I have watched, your increase in skill is very noticeable. You are goo and getting better every video! Great work and great videos.
+kwillheat Thanks!
great tongs. I have alot of hand made tongs i use at work for forging i do. Keep up the good work.
I love everything, except the plastic gloves. Wonderful forging!
nice work on them square corners... I know a lot of people who call themselves smiths who can't pull that off
Outstanding hammer skills enjoyed this content 🇬🇧👍🏻🇬🇧
I really enjoy your videos. Please keep up the good work! I'm a fan.
Спасибо ,что показываешь свой опыт работы . Ваши наработки иногда помогают в моей работе . мне интересны ваши работы)
+равиль гарифуллин Thanks!
жду следующих ваших работ)
Very nice Torbjorn!
16:03 makes me think of an excited dog waiting for the ball to be thrown.
haha, you're right. The pneumatic hammers always look as if they are impatiently waiting! god bless
Well done ! I think i must make myself a pair of those tongs - the look really practical.
Really very good job! So perfect tool! Congratulations!
Excelente sr. Torbjorn ahman.
Beautiful work, very relaxing to watch
Thanks for the video! They can't come fast enough! :)
+Dennis B Thanks :)
You make buitiful tools,love it
excellent work done.
You make everything so perfect!!
Jonathan Eriksson I agree he really does.
wonderful video and amazing work
amazing video and amazing technique! i love the making of new tools, thx for sharing!!
greets from Chile ; )
+UlrichVIII Thank you!
I know the video has been up a while.....but just a thought. When you forged the up set corner on the jaw....you struggled with the steel bending between the corner you were forging and the end of the jaw where you were striking the steel to upset the corner. it may help to isolate the heat by quenching the jaw end down with in 1/2" of the corner. Also start upsetting at a 45 degree angle, once you have a good upset formed then you can complete the bend to 90 degrees and true it up......just a suggestion that may be easier for you. This tip was past on to me by my mentor and it made forging an upset corner much faster and simpler. As always thanks for your videos....
No quenching on this one, it's spring steel. Thanks anyway.
Torbjörn Åhman
then you can use a torch to isolate your heat if your worried about quenching.
Schöne arbeit!
Gratuliere!
A sua arte nos dá prazer,não fique tanto tempo sem postar videos,pois assisti-lós é um grande aprendizado e um deleite para os prazerosos na arte.
+Salomão Silva Oliveira Thanks.
À propósito eu assisto seus vídeos sempre é estou aprendendo muito com você. Que Deus ilumine você e sua profissão
Great video as usual. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Beautiful work
Nice work!
Holy crap. That anvil is enormous.
he has a nice one doesn't he?
Very good video again! :) Thanks very much Torbjörn! :)
este tipo de trabajos son los que me hacen amar aun mas herreria...
Another epic video, Thank you!
as always a great job
Amazing work as always! Thanks for sharing.
o mais perfeccionista Ferreiro q já vi parabéns você um grande mestre
Я восхищаюсь вашей работой. 👏👏👏👍
Excellent as always!!
from TRG Malaysia nice jobs
Maestro ahora buenas noches que buen trabajo ha hecho con con la tenaza
Nice video Torbjörn as always. Could you please make a short video of your fire place and the blower you're using . Just like you did in the powerhammer video previously .
+Leon Temlin Might do that since several people have asked... it's nothing fancy though :)
Very usefull tong you made here. well done as always. Greetings from germany
+Josh Muhl Thank you! Danke!
thank you your videos are very precious and appreciate. ciao enzo
Thanks!
Always excellent .good luck .
thats awesome i just relized you did the green house video. great job
Thanks!
Good job. You're skillful.
Very Good Master
Great craftsmanship !
I like those notches that allow you to pick up cornered items. How has this tool held up over the last 4-5 years?
It has worked nicely. Still going strong even after a few bad blows with the power hammer on them.
That was fantastic!
I can watch this for hours