[TheForge] Log tongs?

[CGRAF]

The old coal furnaces used to use an apparatus to remove large clinkers 
overall it was about 5 feet long.
A 3/8 or half inch pipe with a rod down the middle.
On one end of the pipe there was a fixed "thumb" That end of the rod had 
two or three tines splayed out to act as "fingers" The other end of the 
rod had a loop for pushing and pulling the rod. The rod was about eight 
inches longer than the pipe when finished.

Such a thing worked real well for logs up to 5-6 inches if they are 
short enough.

Just a thought.

Mike Graf