[TheForge] Finaly a newbe can set up.

[Jim Poulimas]

Ha ha yeah don't get the wrong idea. I love forging a new set of tongs.

I have this tool steel here that really isn't doing anything....


On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:41 AM, CGRAF <adveniam at att.net> wrote:

>
>
> On 9/21/2012 9:06 AM, Jim Poulimas wrote:
>
> > Make sure the tongs you have are made for the metal piece you are working
> > with. It is well worth to buy a couple pairs of commercial tongs in the
> > beginning. It's safer, they last forever, and the work is held securely.
> > Eventually, you may make your own. And don't be fooled by the large racks
> > of tools you see in shop photographs. You don't need a lot. I have a
> > sizable amount of tongs but I only regularly use 2 or 3.
> >
> >
>
> Tongs are one of those " This would be easier if" tools.
> Have LOTS of them use few on a regular basis.
>
> BUT...
> SOMETIMES...
> That oddball with the crook in the handle...
> IF I JUST TWEAKED IT A BIT...
> Is just what I need to maintain a solid grip.
>
> OR I COULD...
> Just make another.
>
> Thus the collection grows.
>
> Mike Graf
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