[TheForge] tongs out of round stock?

[Dave Brown]

No, I didn't mean that you'd square it up first to make the tongs.  But, 
when drawing out the reins don't you follow the basic tenet of SOR?  I was 
trying to be witty, but it doesn't seem to have worked in writing.  But 
that's not the point.  Remember the original question was "What is the 
advantage of using round stock?"  not simply whether or not you can make 
tongs out of round stock.  The key word here is "advantage"  So, if your 
stock is going to follow RSOR, why not just go SOR and maintain the 
advantage of the square stock that Phil noted when he wrote:  "It seems to 
me that with square stock, it's easier to keep things parallel and 
perpendicular."

Dave

Phil RoscheAt 02:03 07/27/02 -0600, you wrote:
>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
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>Adam
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>At 07:30 PM 7/26/2002 -0500, you wrote:.
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>>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?
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>>Dave Brown