Thank you so much for this video I just made my first tool thanks to you. Next comes a knife Also this took me about 7 hours to do over the span of three days
Good job! Once you get started it gets easier. I have a pair of tongs made some years ago that I remember took me 2 weeks of 2-3 hours nearly every day before I finished them.
I have done them that way in the past, but I've found that somethings it gets hard to find somewhere to hold it when I get to the middle of the reigns. If you want to see how that would work though, check out my video on twist tongs. You could take the method I used in that video and work on either end of a longer bar to do exactly what you are describing. ua-cam.com/video/RycNklh0x1I/v-deo.html
Nice idea and it works. 😊👍You know that little step, between the anvil face and the horn? That is soft and is for doing exactly what you're doing on the wobbly and moving mild steel plate. The smith would hold any long narrows piece between his thighs and hot cut. 😉
yeah, I know the step of the anvil is a softer spot so you don't damage chisels when cutting. I use it sometimes, but on this project I didn't want to try and keep it balanced on the step and didn't have a lot of extra material for holding with my legs.
Nice video - new subscriber. You are making good content, keep it up!! 👍
Thank you! It means a lot to hear that you are enjoying the videos.
Thank you so much for this video I just made my first tool thanks to you. Next comes a knife
Also this took me about 7 hours to do over the span of three days
Good job! Once you get started it gets easier. I have a pair of tongs made some years ago that I remember took me 2 weeks of 2-3 hours nearly every day before I finished them.
I just stumbled across your video. Nice job. Have you tried fullering those inside corners and drawing out thr reins?
I have done them that way in the past, but I've found that somethings it gets hard to find somewhere to hold it when I get to the middle of the reigns. If you want to see how that would work though, check out my video on twist tongs. You could take the method I used in that video and work on either end of a longer bar to do exactly what you are describing.
ua-cam.com/video/RycNklh0x1I/v-deo.html
Good idea thanks for sharing from this foundation you could make any pair of tongs you need with just slight alterations.
Thanks! This is going to be an ongoing series on how to make a variety of different tongs. I just figured I should start at the beginning.
Brutal thanks keep up the good work and forge on.
Don't forget to ask people to subscribe 😉. You should have double the subscribers with how many people watched your videos 👍🤓
I appreciate the complement! I'm working on improving my outro for upcoming videos instead of the abrupt endings.
I enjoy all your videos 👍🤓👏👏
I want see,hammer without hammer😉😁
🤣🤣🤣 When I figure out how to do that one I'll let you all know.
10/10, video maker successfully usurps the power of god.
Thanks! I want to provide information to new smiths so they don't have to figure out things the hard way like I did.
Nice idea and it works. 😊👍You know that little step, between the anvil face and the horn? That is soft and is for doing exactly what you're doing on the wobbly and moving mild steel plate. The smith would hold any long narrows piece between his thighs and hot cut. 😉
yeah, I know the step of the anvil is a softer spot so you don't damage chisels when cutting. I use it sometimes, but on this project I didn't want to try and keep it balanced on the step and didn't have a lot of extra material for holding with my legs.