[TheForge] tools, tongs, etc

[Ron Childers]

Sean Conner, aka "Whitesmith" at 10 years old did a demo making twist tongs
on iforge WWW.anvilfire.com but he is an exceptional kid. There are several
demos about tongs with pictures on iforge.

Ron C


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 8:40 AM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [TheForge] tools

Sorry, Frosty, I didn't mean to stomp on your toes.  Really, your twist
tongs description was excellent (though pictures would help), and those
(punched and riveted) should probably be the >second< pair of tongs a
beginner makes.  If we REALLY want to be purists, we could give
instructions on making tongs of wood, made with a flint knife...

But I operated for so long (before learning to forge) by making do with
capabilities I had (drilling, bolting) that I still often think in those
terms.

Bruce
NJ