[TheForge] RR Spike tongs

[Jerry Smith]

Is it possible for somebody to post the tongs that
they have made, that would help visualize what people
are talking about.

Thanks,

Jerry

--- Rob Fertner <rfertner at cox.net> wrote:

> I don't anneal them and I forge them intact. It's
> just a quick and easy to
> make the spike tong. But I will admit that they're
> not pretty. :-)
> 
> Rob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of Kenny O.
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:28 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] RR Spike tongs
> 
> Rob Fertner wrote:
> 
> >....Now, what I do for spike tongs is to take a
> pair of nippers that I've
> picked
> >up cheap at an estate sale and convert them..... 
> >  
> >
> Yes , I have a few of these for sure. The nips are
> much higher in C than 
> other tongs.
> I have a pair that I annealed, I think I will cut
> the rivet and make it 
> easy.
> 
> Kenny O
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