[TheForge] Scrolling Tongs from Tinsnips?

[J. Petrila]

Just forge them out of coil springs and leave them in as forged state...

They are easy enough to make and 6 pairs is an afternoon forging fun time..

Anytime you adapt an all ready made item there will be short comings as the
items were made for what they were intended for..

On Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 8:41 AM Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dan,
>
> Not suitable.  They have squared-off jaws, and we need round cross-section.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 8:24 AM, <dantull at numail.org> wrote:
>
> > Bruce, I've had good luck using "linemans pliers". Strong knuckle but
> > just "reins" instead of "scissors" handles. yrmv
> >
> > On 2018-07-21 10:49 am, Bruce . wrote:
> >
> > > It seems to me that sometime in the last 22 years I saw instructions --
> > > possibly even reprinted in the NJBA Newsletter -- on making scrolling
> > tongs
> > > from tinsnips.
> > >
> > > Well, we need scrolling tongs for our six toolboxes.  I've picked up
> the
> > > tongs at flea markets, and tried it out on one pair, but am not
> > completely
> > > satisfied with the result.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know where to find instructions for this project?
> > >
> > > Bruce
> > > NJ
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