[TheForge] tongs out of round stock?

[Dave Brown]

At 10:38 07/26/02 -0600, you wrote:
>  In the video he draws out the reins by hand w/o welding.
>
>At 04:35 AM 7/26/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>>Drawing the reins out rather than welding them to the bits is the only 
>>way I make tongs anymore.  I think it's still easier to use the square 
>>stock when drawing them out.
>>
>>Phil

Lets see .... If I use round bar, then I have to square it up to draw it 
out .... right?  Square, Octagonal, Round.  Isn't that the rule of 
thumb?  So why make round bar square when you could simply start off with 
square?

Dave Brown