Just getting started so how to make tongs is very important. If I can get the process down I can make them cheaper than I can buy them. Whether just starting or experienced cost I would think would be an issue. Quality also of course. I don't reajjy know for sure but I would think making tongues would be good practice for other forgeing projects. I have to start somewhere might as well be here.
These old videos never get old Roy. Good information is always good information. I appreciate what you do for the craft and the sharing of all the hard work you've put in over the years. Looking forward to seeing your masterpiece here some day in the future.
Hey Roy! I really liked the way you simplified the process into the step down sets. Going from on side of the anvil to the other and creating the space for the boss before offsetting it makes it look so much easier to keep things uniform! Thank you so much!
+Robin Borkowski thank you for letting me know I am a subscriber of Daniel mosses Channel and I believe he puts out a lot of nice content so I'm definitely glad to have him shout me out! Thank you for watching the video God bless
Roy, very good👍. Loved the hole video.thanks for going slow and breaking it down in sections. Most helpful video on tong making.👍👍👍 . very good idea on sharp corners on the anvil. May the Lord continue to bless you. ✌. I'm out.
I've looked at several videos on making tongs and this buy far has been the most info I have ever gotten and yes I'm gonna try this for sure thanks a lot
Just tried this method. It was also my first attempt at making tongs. I am so glad i watched this. Didnt finish them yet but i got the boss on both to be the same and next will punch out the hole and finish them up. Twas a very well thought out and helpfull video.
Great job. There are a million "how" videos on tongs, but very few "Why" ones. It's nice to see the reasoning behind why we set down where and how to determine where the set down should be in the first place. Thank You!
Very helpful, thanks for taking the time to explain everything. It's always good to know what size material is being used no matter what your are making.
Question: How many ways are there to make tongs? Answer: How many blacksmiths are there? I learn something new every time I see a tong video. I really like the method you teach here to establish the boss length before doing the boss set down. Also, it is genius to make the additional set down on the rein to help keep the bar parallel. Thanks again for the many helpful videos.
I’m new here, just wanted to say I love your channel. I’ve been a welder since the 90’s, and 4 years ago started fiddling with knives. Just got my first anvil the other day, 210lb german trenton. Going to use your channel to help me discover my inner smith!
When I get back to forging, I am going to learn to make tongs. I made one half of a tong a while back. I just haven't had time to fire up the forge for a while. To many other projects right now. Thanks for the video.
Between this and the BAD Tong Method for Beginners video, I feel pretty confident about giving your methodology a try with a lot easier path to success. I've watched other channels make tongs and they all (even "pros") fall victim to warping and twisting that requires extra work to get the job done. That they manage the extra work without pause doesn't make them efficient, just practiced. However, my arms prefer efficiency.
Thank you again Roy you have just explained why I am having problems creating a good boss. That is aside from my inexperience of course. The edges of my anvil are very rounded from years of someone elses work so I do not get a sharply defined step down like you show. I do have a couple of ASO's and will use one of them next time.
Fantastic video sir! Very well explained. I have a short attention span and I was glued to the screen... haha My only regret is that I didn’t find this video before I failed at 5 attempts of making tongs 😂
Thanks for teaching about what size thickness to start the build.My first sets are ok the they get hot and open up making them dangoerous to work with. Thanks Roy again
loved it mate i have been beaten to the measurements which is great that im not the only mm person out there i feel i can make these tongs at the moment my biggest problem is sharp corners God bless you buddy
Been watching tong making videos for months now. Every one has little differences, i’ll just take it all on board, mix it up and try everything to find what works for me! I do agree with the bigger stock to start, tried a 10mm round bar on my first attempt and it was far to thin!
I have discovered a very important fact: Getting confused when forging your first set of tongs (just fired up the forge with my son for the first time) and combining two methods... leads to some seriously annoying mistakes on my part. so I took a break and will have a go again in a couple days to get them done. Need a tool forge a tool? I am doing that. I am forging my tongs. Great video, and will focus on ONLY this method next time.
First hammer strike doesn't even occur until @13:32 but I'm not even mad. Quality introductory information. 2nd video I've watched of yours. New subscriber. 👍
I just thought of something else that I wanted to share with you. Only ever made one set of tongs but I made mine by working down the boss area in two places. The front as is always done but also were in your video what you explain as the second set down that is where I placed my second set down. Think pliers, this makes the handles line up great. You prob know this but what do you think would it make the boss to thin. Actually I used a piece of square the size of the boss to do it and put the blank at an angle on that, just how you would normally angle it.
bucksmith88 I found my folding ruler at a yard sale for Believe It or Not $0.50 :-) definitely a hard to come by item and it stays on me all the time LOL
I never forget the 1/2 inch to metric conversion. In the Norwegian Army the .50 cal Browning machine gun is better known as 12.7 mm machine gun, or just "The 12-7". That was almost 30 years ago, and I still remember :-)
hello my brother wanted to see the operation of his hammer mechanic and details of how you built it. mainly the mechanism that makes lifting the hammer.
Great video. About to do my own. Quick question. When you did the final step down toward the reign to keep it from tapering, do you continue to step down same way when drawing out the rest?
Hey Roy, I don't know if you remember, but back at Tom Latane's Touchstone class in 2015, Steve Ash showed a bunch of people an easy way to make bolt tongs. I was too busy trying to finish my hammer, but I wondered if you had watched it.
+Alexander Hinman awesome to hear from you! Yes I remember Steve ashes demonstration on making bolt tongs. I only caught glimpses of it but it did seem pretty easy as I was trying to finish my hammers as well LOL might try showing the method off in a video sometime soon. Thanks for getting in touch and I'm glad you found the channel God bless you
I've been enjoying the channel a lot! I was just at Tom's lock-making class and I told other people about it and they seemed interested. I've been glad to see the hammers you made in class in the videos too.
yea getting too large a bar its harder then escaping quicksand to squash down on even a proper anvil, so the first bit I started to make ended up it will become a chisel or a prybar when I get around to finishing it. thats the plan anyway and yes 25 mm is one inch, its just like the caliber of a gun 25 is one inch 125 mm is 5 inches just like cannons and artillery.
Ha it is not your fault that people have a short attention span nowadays or that they complain and get their knickers in a twist because they feel the need to give out or correct you. They should politely go and........ So please do not apologize. Everything you said in the video was important. But I know exactly what you mean as I also have a teaching style channel. The problem is that media has made the pace so fast these days and my god I just can't watch some channels where they speak like they are on steroids or give you no info what so ever leaving people open to even potentially harming themselves. Click bait is the worse though and should be penalized by UA-cam in my opinion. Well explained video. Have you ever tried 3/8 by folding it on top of itself and forge welding it together? Do you think it may work?
i can see your trying to be different for difference,s sake , the boss will still elongate when thinned and you can still do that to a different degree with both boss,s you gain nothing , if you chalk up the anvil before hand you have your set in stone measurements, no trained smith guess,s measurements for making tongs .
Edgunsuk everybody has their own method of making tongs as no skilled or trained Smith would guesstimate what they need I could highly disagree with that as I know several master smith that estimate what they need by eye and come out just fine.
Just getting started so how to make tongs is very important. If I can get the process down I can make them cheaper than I can buy them. Whether just starting or experienced cost I would think would be an issue. Quality also of course. I don't reajjy know for sure but I would think making tongues would be good practice for other forgeing projects. I have to start somewhere might as well be here.
After watching your video I now believe I can make my own tongs, your step by step doesn't look hard
+Hugh Link awesome I hope this method works out well for you! Thank you for taking the time to watch God bless you
These old videos never get old Roy. Good information is always good information. I appreciate what you do for the craft and the sharing of all the hard work you've put in over the years. Looking forward to seeing your masterpiece here some day in the future.
Hey Roy! I really liked the way you simplified the process into the step down sets. Going from on side of the anvil to the other and creating the space for the boss before offsetting it makes it look so much easier to keep things uniform! Thank you so much!
great as always. Daniel Moss a very talented British blacksmith gave you a very complimentry shout out today
+Robin Borkowski thank you for letting me know I am a subscriber of Daniel mosses Channel and I believe he puts out a lot of nice content so I'm definitely glad to have him shout me out! Thank you for watching the video God bless
Roy, very good👍. Loved the hole video.thanks for going slow and breaking it down in sections.
Most helpful video on tong making.👍👍👍 . very good idea on sharp corners on the anvil.
May the Lord continue to bless you. ✌. I'm out.
Ii have struggled with this tong making for a year now, so now maybe even I can make my set that actually work. Thank you.
I've looked at several videos on making tongs and this buy far has been the most info I have ever gotten and yes I'm gonna try this for sure thanks a lot
very smart way of making tongs, and very well explained and shown. thank you!
I don't know why I haven't seen this video before now, but I really like this method. I can't wate to try it for myself.
I didn't realize for a while after your second live stream that I tend to watch your videos the most. So props to you, an keep doing what your doing.
Best tong making video I have watched! Thx for sharing it! Have a blessed day in Jesus name!
I thought I was going to be dissatisfied BUT it was an excellent tutorial! Thanks and God bless you Roy.
thanks for showing us ,i wish i had a quid for every pair you ever made id be rich i bet ! Ant from Wales UK .
Best tong video because it's explained. Nice work.
brilliant video! really helped me. God Bless
Just tried this method. It was also my first attempt at making tongs. I am so glad i watched this. Didnt finish them yet but i got the boss on both to be the same and next will punch out the hole and finish them up. Twas a very well thought out and helpfull video.
ok tongs demystified! another helpful video. thx
Great job. There are a million "how" videos on tongs, but very few "Why" ones. It's nice to see the reasoning behind why we set down where and how to determine where the set down should be in the first place. Thank You!
Always great info, Roy!
Thank you 😊
So helpful, live this video!
Very helpful, thanks for taking the time to explain everything. It's always good to know what size material is being used no matter what your are making.
once more you have the uncanny ability of delivering the info I need! thanks!
Question: How many ways are there to make tongs? Answer: How many blacksmiths are there? I learn something new every time I see a tong video. I really like the method you teach here to establish the boss length before doing the boss set down. Also, it is genius to make the additional set down on the rein to help keep the bar parallel. Thanks again for the many helpful videos.
I appreciate your tutorial videos, nice job thanks.
I like your method christ !
Going to give this a try this weekend. Thanks for the video.
I’m new here, just wanted to say I love your channel. I’ve been a welder since the 90’s, and 4 years ago started fiddling with knives. Just got my first anvil the other day, 210lb german trenton. Going to use your channel to help me discover my inner smith!
When I get back to forging, I am going to learn to make tongs. I made one half of a tong a while back. I just haven't had time to fire up the forge for a while. To many other projects right now. Thanks for the video.
Love the talking! Especially when I get great information from it!!!
Outstanding video! Really helpful. I will have to follow this as soon as I get more coal.
Again very informative, well explained and well done.
Thanks Roy I'm learning lol
descriptive! not long boring talking! keep em coming!
Between this and the BAD Tong Method for Beginners video, I feel pretty confident about giving your methodology a try with a lot easier path to success. I've watched other channels make tongs and they all (even "pros") fall victim to warping and twisting that requires extra work to get the job done. That they manage the extra work without pause doesn't make them efficient, just practiced. However, my arms prefer efficiency.
Very good video, I like ur rational of tighter edges on the Anvil. Thank you
Very well explained. Now I want to go make some tongs.
Great tong video. I've watched several, but I'm finally understanding.
I'm the same way. Only way for me was to watch a million videos and then do it step by step. Moving pretty good now. Great video
Thank you, much less troublesome way of doing it, I always seem to have trouble getting the spacing but going 180 works out great for me.
thanks again for your time and effort to bring us great content this will help me tomorrow being that what's on the books God bless
Thank you again Roy you have just explained why I am having problems creating a good boss. That is aside from my inexperience of course. The edges of my anvil are very rounded from years of someone elses work so I do not get a sharply defined step down like you show. I do have a couple of ASO's and will use one of them next time.
Thats an easy method, Thanks pal.
Fantastic video sir!
Very well explained.
I have a short attention span and I was glued to the screen... haha
My only regret is that I didn’t find this video before I failed at 5 attempts of making tongs 😂
this process is way easier to understand I'm going to try it tomorrow thanks
Thank you for this vid, tongs are hard to make for me and I keep practising.
I'm heading out right now to try your method.
Cheers😎
Another sub!! Great details in your video!
Thanks for teaching about what size thickness to start the build.My first sets are ok the they get hot and open up making them dangoerous to work with.
Thanks Roy again
loved it mate i have been beaten to the measurements which is great that im not the only mm person out there i feel i can make these tongs at the moment my biggest problem is sharp corners God bless you buddy
Thankyou so much I really needed this!!!!
+Jaxxon Koethler you are very welcome!
Top stuff mate.
Thank you, clear instruction it makes a change
+Denis Farrissey your welcome :-) thank you for the great comment God bless
Nicely done
Been watching tong making videos for months now. Every one has little differences, i’ll just take it all on board, mix it up and try everything to find what works for me! I do agree with the bigger stock to start, tried a 10mm round bar on my first attempt and it was far to thin!
i'll give it a go, sounds more simple and user friendly
I have discovered a very important fact: Getting confused when forging your first set of tongs (just fired up the forge with my son for the first time) and combining two methods... leads to some seriously annoying mistakes on my part. so I took a break and will have a go again in a couple days to get them done. Need a tool forge a tool? I am doing that. I am forging my tongs.
Great video, and will focus on ONLY this method next time.
Thanks for this good video, very informative. Here is the conversion for 3/8". In mm it is 9.5250mm.
First hammer strike doesn't even occur until @13:32 but I'm not even mad. Quality introductory information. 2nd video I've watched of yours. New subscriber. 👍
Nice work, thanks.
Thank you very very much :-) glad you liked the video God bless you and hope you have a great rest of the week
Not seen to boss made like that before going to give it a go. Thank s for sharing.
+Daniel Moss glad you enjoyed the video Dan! Yep this is only one way of many LOL let me know how you did :-)
I just thought of something else that I wanted to share with you. Only ever made one set of tongs but I made mine by working down the boss area in two places. The front as is always done but also were in your video what you explain as the second set down that is where I placed my second set down. Think pliers, this makes the handles line up great. You prob know this but what do you think would it make the boss to thin. Actually I used a piece of square the size of the boss to do it and put the blank at an angle on that, just how you would normally angle it.
Anybody else watching this while sitting on an anvil
Good Lord Roy, got metal in the fire, get to forging!!!😜😂🤣
That was simplicity at its best.
What type of steel do you use for tongs?
Guess I know what I'm doing this weekend haha.
Thank you
Love the tool making videos. Making tools is much better and developes your smithing skills even more. Where did you buy the folding ruler?
bucksmith88
Yeah, I've trying to locate one as well.
OKBushcraft the're hard to find, I have even tried flea markets and nothing found yet.
bucksmith88 I found my folding ruler at a yard sale for Believe It or Not $0.50 :-) definitely a hard to come by item and it stays on me all the time LOL
I bought a 2 foot folding rule from Pieh tool,
I've seen them at Lowe's & The Home Depot.
I have 2 chunks of 4 or 5 inches round and I need to make tongs for it and I don't know how big of square stock I need to make tongs from
Great video...ty
awesome
Wounderfull video
Nice one dude.
What about flat? Sould I try it?
Translations for metric
1/2 inch-13.5mm
5/8 inch-15.6mm
3/8 inch-10mm
1/2 inch = 12.7 mm
5/8 inch = 15.9 mm
3/8 inch = 9.5 mm
Atle Olav Dahl oops sorry about that must have gotten my calculations wrong
I never forget the 1/2 inch to metric conversion. In the Norwegian Army the .50 cal Browning machine gun is better known as 12.7 mm machine gun, or just "The 12-7". That was almost 30 years ago, and I still remember :-)
25mm is an inch.... 12.5mm is 1/2 of that. pretty straight foreward
1 inch = 25.4, 1/2 inch = 12.7 and that is according to my Calculator. So if you divide 25.4 x 2 = 12.7 and that is straight forward.
hello my brother wanted to see the operation of his hammer mechanic and details of how you built it. mainly the mechanism that makes lifting the hammer.
Great video. About to do my own. Quick question. When you did the final step down toward the reign to keep it from tapering, do you continue to step down same way when drawing out the rest?
If your going to forge steel.. you have to have tongs! Might as well make them right and for your need.
Thanks for the video...
I'm stealing John West comment, great vid
Thank you
Hey Roy, I don't know if you remember, but back at Tom Latane's Touchstone class in 2015, Steve Ash showed a bunch of people an easy way to make bolt tongs. I was too busy trying to finish my hammer, but I wondered if you had watched it.
+Alexander Hinman awesome to hear from you! Yes I remember Steve ashes demonstration on making bolt tongs. I only caught glimpses of it but it did seem pretty easy as I was trying to finish my hammers as well LOL might try showing the method off in a video sometime soon. Thanks for getting in touch and I'm glad you found the channel God bless you
I've been enjoying the channel a lot! I was just at Tom's lock-making class and I told other people about it and they seemed interested. I've been glad to see the hammers you made in class in the videos too.
Best tong 101
Round stock is ok if you know how to blacksmith
9, 12 and 15mm is the size of tour stock small to large
yea getting too large a bar its harder then escaping quicksand to squash down on even a proper anvil, so the first bit I started to make ended up it will become a chisel or a prybar when I get around to finishing it. thats the plan anyway
and yes 25 mm is one inch, its just like the caliber of a gun 25 is one inch 125 mm is 5 inches just like cannons and artillery.
Ha it is not your fault that people have a short attention span nowadays or that they complain and get their knickers in a twist because they feel the need to give out or correct you. They should politely go and........ So please do not apologize. Everything you said in the video was important.
But I know exactly what you mean as I also have a teaching style channel. The problem is that media has made the pace so fast these days and my god I just can't watch some channels where they speak like they are on steroids or give you no info what so ever leaving people open to even potentially harming themselves. Click bait is the worse though and should be penalized by UA-cam in my opinion. Well explained video. Have you ever tried 3/8 by folding it on top of itself and forge welding it together? Do you think it may work?
Bigger the better I say for tong material
5/8 = 15.8750mm
i can see your trying to be different for difference,s sake , the boss will still elongate when thinned and you can still do that to a different degree with both boss,s you gain nothing , if you chalk up the anvil before hand you have your set in stone measurements, no trained smith guess,s measurements for making tongs .
Edgunsuk everybody has their own method of making tongs as no skilled or trained Smith would guesstimate what they need I could highly disagree with that as I know several master smith that estimate what they need by eye and come out just fine.
alot of useless opinions.. just share what facts you've confirmed. round bar is quite easy to square up....
The video is great. But why use Jesus as marketing? Not cool.
If you took 5 minutes to go look me up and my bio you wouldn't make such a foolish statement!... Jesus is not! I repeat not! A marketing tool...
@@ChristCenteredIronworks I did take those minutes before I commented. They’re always well invested.