[TheForge] Heads-up: Universal (?) "Tongs"

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

They look real handy!
But one  reason traditional tong design persists,
is because they are so quick to repair when they get beat up.
This looks like the tool you wish to hell you had,
about every 2 years.

On Nov 29, 2014, at 7:29 PM, Dave Smucker <davesmucker at hotmail.com> wrote:

Bruce,  Those indeed look good.  I have several vise grips with welded on "special jaws" and these would work better with your tong hand fatherr from the fire.

Dave

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> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 21:01:37 -0500
> From: freemab222 at gmail.com
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [TheForge] Heads-up: Universal (?) "Tongs"
> 
> Harbor Freight has an interesting locking pliers with a long reach:
> 
> http://www.harborfreight.com/15-inch-long-reach-locking-pliers-97609.html
> 
> It even is more-or-less straight from handle to jaws, unlike traditional
> Vise Grips.
> 
> I bought one and plan to test it for those occasions when you simply can't
> find a tongs that will hold the work tightly.
> 
> I suspect I'll eventually arc-weld different jaws to this thing, as it's
> capacity is 1/2" or less and the object grasped by thies is not quite in
> line with the "reins". Adding to the jaws could correct both of these
> limitations.
> 
> Harbor Freight also sell a couple long-reach needle-nose pliers that might
> prove useful as well:
> http://www.harborfreight.com/16-inch-long-reach-pliers-set-38598.html
> 
> The jaws on these are too lightweight to leave in the fire for long, but
> the reins are fairly substantial. I don't think the box jaw is a good
> choice for a hot tool, so keeping that cool might be important.
> 
> Bruce
> NJ
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