[TheForge] tongs out of round stock?

[Adam Whiteson]

Well no,  I make tong reins out of round stock and I dont square it up 
first.   Of course it does  get square because of the way its worked but by 
then its halfway drawn out

Adam



At 07:30 PM 7/26/2002 -0500, you wrote:.

>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
>
>_