[TheForge] Tongs & power hammer - a safety issue?

Mon Jan 12 15:34:01 2004

Yea I could see twisting maybe. I don't know about you. but when I am
pounding on something I have held in my tongs I have all my fingers wrapped
around the reins trying to hold on. I don't want it jumping out and becoming
a hot projectile.
When I go to set something down then I move one finger to the bottom rein to
open the tongs.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GHS" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Tongs & power hammer - a safety issue?


> I think somewhere in the Clifton Ralph tapes he mentions not sticking
> your fingers in between the reins. I believe the concern is not pinching
> your fingers of , as twisting them off if the tongs twist around.
>
> Mike Graf
>
> marc3rd wrote:
> > I don"t know about your tongs but most of mine when the jaws are closed,
the
> > handles aren't closed. Even the one's that do when you use the right one
for
> > the stock you have, they don't close. So when you are working the stock
even
> > if the jaws get under the dies the stock should prevent them from
closing.
> > Also the jaws are shorter than the handles so the force should be a lot
less
> > on the handle side. And the handles themself have some spring in them.
It
> > might hurt like heck but lose a finger? Hmmm...
> >
> > The only time I have my fingers between the reins is when I am tring to
open
> > them. When I am hammering I have all my fingers gripping to keep the
piece
> > from leaving the jaws.
> > Has anyone actually heard of this happening? Confirmed not Darwin Awards
> > stuff?
> > Marc
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bruce Freeman" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 8:39 AM
> > Subject: [TheForge] Tongs & power hammer - a safety issue?
> >
> >
> >
> >>Just back from Gichner's Hammer In.
> >>
> >>Bob Patrick mentioned a danger of getting tongs under a power hammer
> >>(by accident, of course) - hammer slams the jaws together, and if you've
> >>got a finger in the way, you lose it.   Solutions:  Don't put your
> >>fingers between the reins, and don't get the jaws under the power
> >>hammer.
> >>
> >>But of course I immediately "invented" a safety tongs for which this
> >>wouldn't be an issue.  Question is, is there any real need for such a
> >>safety tongs?  0pinions, please.
> >>
> >>Bruce
> >>NJ
> >>
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