[TheForge] Log tongs?

[Bruce Freeman]

Log skidding tongs, if that's what you mean, have very short handles,
but then have links to a ring or something so that when lifted they
close on the log.  The reversed point on the tongs digs into the log
and weight of the log closes the tongs.  Scroll down in the following
page to see the picture:
http://www.crosscutsaw.com/13.html


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:
> This last weekend I had someone request a pair of fire place, log tongs. I
> have never made these. Do you have any suggestions on the design /
> porportions of such tongs.  He wants them to be 32" total length so I was
> thinking 10" for the jaws and 22" for the handles. I would appriciate input
> from those of you that have made them.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
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Bruce
NJ