[TheForge] Log tongs?

[dan tull]

Bruce,
See fireplace log tongs.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com>
To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored 
by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Log tongs?


> 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
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