[TheForge] tongs out of round stock?

[Mike Sweany]

 probably cause the round stock is handy.:)
  Phil <blacksmith@about.com> wrote: I was looking at the techniques section of WINIKOFF'S KEEN-JUNK PAGE the other day:

http://www.keenjunk.com/_bsj/200205_17-1.htm

There was a page or two from the Blacksmith's Journal about making tong bits from round stock. I have always used square stock, most commonly 3/4" square.

What is the advantage of using round stock? It seems to me that with square stock, it's easier to keep things parallel and perpendicular.

Phil Rosche
Summerville, SC
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