[TheForge] Log tongs?

[Jerry Frost]

If they aren't wearing steel heels when they crap bricks turn em in!
Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter fels & phoebe palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Log tongs?


>  Hell:
> I'm promoting full employment for blacksmiths!
> If osha ever saw my shop they would crap bricks.
>
> On 10/20/2010 5:21 AM, Andrew Vida wrote:
>> OSHA spy!
>>
>> peter fels&  phoebe palmer wrote:
>>>    So clearly, the well equipped hearth absolutely has to sport several
>>> dozen sets of tongs,
>>> made to accommodate the wide variety of logs available.
>>> Anything less is dangerous!
>>>
>>> On 10/19/2010 5:33 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
>>>> Bob:
>>>> You'll run into the same problem you do with forge tongs and off size 
>>>> stock.
>>>> If the log is large across you find the handles too far apart to get a
>>>> comfortable grip. The ones made like a scissor lift with a second hinge
>>>> point are easier to hold onto but they get shorter as they open wider. 
>>>> A
>>>> nother is to make the handles different length. The fixed handle is 
>>>> long
>>>> with an easy to hold end and another spot to hold onto while the far 
>>>> end has
>>>> the log tong point. The mobile handle is shorter with a lot point on 
>>>> one end
>>>> matching the fixed handle, there is a hand grip handy to the second 
>>>> hand
>>>> hold on the fixed leg. This lets you grip a log and have a good long 
>>>> handle
>>>> for leverage without it being flexible.  None are perfect though, maybe 
>>>> get
>>>> an erector set and experiment. If you do find the perfect log tong be 
>>>> sure
>>>> let us know.
>>>> Jer
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Bob Ehrenberger"<eforge at centurytel.net>
>>>> To: "Paul N"<crosspein at sbcglobal.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by
>>>> ABANA"<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 6:56 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Log tongs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Paul,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I was planning on making the jaws a semi-circle with the end 
>>>>> about
>>>>> 10"
>>>>> from the hinge. My thinking was that you would need the leverage to 
>>>>> pick
>>>>> up
>>>>> a log of any size.
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert Ehrenberger
>>>>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>>>>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>>>>
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