[TheForge] tongs out of round stock?

[Chris Worsley]

Phil,
I agree with you. I have used round stock for tongs, but have ended up squaring it all up. Used it because it was there.

Chris
Alexandria VA

Phil wrote:

> I was looking at the techniques section of WINIKOFF'S KEEN-JUNK PAGE the other day:
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> http://www.keenjunk.com/_bsj/200205_17-1.htm
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Phil Rosche
> Summerville, SC