[TheForge] tongs out of round stock?

[Phlip]

Dave skrev:

> 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?

As has been said before, because that's what you have ;-) In Ohio, I had no
problem getting round stock, it's finding square which was a problem. In my
part of Ohio, the few fabrication-type businesses there were only used round
or rebar. In order to find square or rectangular, I had to drive to a big
city.

Phlip