That simple twist is brilliant, wish I thought of that when I started! Took me at least 3 attempts to get something that worked, ugly as sin but useable enough to make something better! Most beginner smiths try tongs first, silly but if you have none its the first thing you need!
Excellent work, thanks for posting. I've gone back to this video a few times now during my own attempts to make tongs. This is probably the best tong making explanation video I've found.
steel parts you don't want heating up while in the forge, use a tool to brush water over the surface. In japanese blacksmithing a "tebori" is used, its a strongly compressed bundle of straw that's been soaked in water. or use a ladle
You just earned a sub! The violin sounds, the last 3 seconds of the vid, your 'ugly' tongs are genius, and the fact you use a bolt as a rivet (me too!). Top quality stuff!
Vice grips are good. Just take them on and off the metal. Also, you can put a wet rag on the metal sticking out of the forge to keep it from getting too hot. They turned out great, nice work Seb!
Joe Makes you said it! I have seen weirder & uglier hand made tools. Function is key but form is always nice too! You got it goin Sebastian! & violin saw nice touch!
Those “ugly” tongs are great… low maintenance, no fussing, work great, don’t talk back to you. It’s the “pretty” tongs you need to watch out for... always needing oil, high maintenance, “keep the rust off me”, always bitching. Oh, sorry, we were talking about tongs - got carried away. Great work! Love the spartan forge area. How heavy is your anvil? I love the dull thud when you hammer on it, sounds dense and heavy. Thanks for sharing the video. You do really good work (that I can mimic when I get my forge set up someday 🙂)
Ollari's Thanks for the reply! Anvils are damn expensive here in the USA. I’ve been searching for an affordable one for years, but no luck. I was given a piece of railroad track (from my awesome neighbor who’s a welder) that’s about 40 kilos (80 lbs or so), but I still need to form it into an anvil. It’ll have to do for now. Thanks for sharing your videos, I find them very informative & funny!
Yeah, same here! They ask for 3-5$ / kg . I’ve been searching for the past couple of years for something like this. Railroad tracks are nice and affordable especially with that weight what you have!
Dude, nice simple vid. Two questions. What was in the jar at the end that you used to treat the tings and can you give me a closer look at your multi-tool sheath please
Awesome job! But most blacksmiths leave the stock a little longer and don’t cut it to size until the very end, so that way they don’t need to hold the piece they are working on with tongs hehe or you can simply weld a rod to the end of it to use a handle and not burn your hand, and then cut it off when you are done forging ;) but your final product is beautiful. Keep up making great things. And love your forge btw.
for a second I thought you had gotten a drill that makes a drill sound, great to get to meet you at makers central btw thanks for punching me in the face :)
Nice work buddy, two ways to make tongs. (Ugly or not they did the job) good to see you at MC again, just wish we had more time to chat. Take care. 👊👊👊
The "ugly" tongs to hold the main tongs are just as awesome, in my opinion, haha! Great stuff
Haha! thanks!They are just good enough to get the job done.
Loved the hacksaw part!
The old blacksmithing dilemma: to make tongs, you gotta first make tong-making tongs
*Needs tongs to hold tongs. Looks at vice grips holding the bottom tool. Makes different tongs.*
Love it.
Hahahaha! 😅🤣😂
Thank you! For some reason this tutorial made sense to me when the other videos didn’t.
I like your sincere honest approach to smithing. You had a problem, so created a solution. Excellent video.
Those temporary tongs are great imo! The grinder noises when drilling cracked me up!
The basic tongs you bullshitted together we’re absolutely brilliant. Ugly maybe but beautif in the simplicity.
The idea to adjust the tongs when they were conected is just brilliant!!!
That simple twist is brilliant, wish I thought of that when I started! Took me at least 3 attempts to get something that worked, ugly as sin but useable enough to make something better! Most beginner smiths try tongs first, silly but if you have none its the first thing you need!
Excellent work, thanks for posting. I've gone back to this video a few times now during my own attempts to make tongs. This is probably the best tong making explanation video I've found.
steel parts you don't want heating up while in the forge, use a tool to brush water over the surface. In japanese blacksmithing a "tebori" is used, its a strongly compressed bundle of straw that's been soaked in water.
or use a ladle
I like what this guy’s about and I like choice of tools.
You just earned a sub! The violin sounds, the last 3 seconds of the vid, your 'ugly' tongs are genius, and the fact you use a bolt as a rivet (me too!). Top quality stuff!
Thanks Ben!
Great video, thanks! After my forge is finished and i got some practice this will me my first project!
Végre egy élvezhető magyar kovácsolással kapcsolatos videó! Szerintem király. Kíváncsian várom következő munkáidat!
Köszi szépen Zsolt!
Hahaha the transition from saw to anglegrinder was nice. Had to rewind and watch it again. Well done
These came out great! And you editing style really is something else. Keep up the great work!
Thanks a lot Man!
A nice quiet anvil! Some videos have setups sounding like a church bell being struck with each hammer blow.
it is nice to see the block out of your previous video. Agian another great video with the crazy sounds end i love the effect on 2:35.
Thank you very much Chris!
@@Ollaris You are welcome my friend!
Always offering up inspiration. Thank you!
That was cool as heck man! Thanks for sharing, I know you have a family Sebastian, we appreciate you taking the time to make great content!
Thank you very much Larry! Thanks for your support!
Es excelente, extraordinario ver lo que realizas. Gracias por compartir tu conocimiento.
So far 1/3rd the way in.....love the music over dubs....bloody brilliant editing keep it up!😉
Nice job mate thanks for showing us how you made them , Greetings from Wales UK .
Great video. I must say you have one super anvil and the violin playing was good stuff.
Had the exact same problem making my first pair of tongues, had nothing to hold em good but now I'm killing it 👍good video
Oh man i love your content wish It could be more often but i guess quality vs quantity
Thank you very much! I’m working on something in the background, so sadly I can’t put out that amount of videos.
To be fair, both sets of tongs look quality enough to use. Great video
Thanks James!
Talk about hitting the ground running, Seb! Awesome work!!
Thanks Jim!
Glad to see some blacksmithing here. It will be nice to have more :)
More what?
@@Ollaris more blacksmithing videos
They will come! I can promise that
Sweet awesome nice work, Seb ! Glad you started forging !
Thanks Remy! So far i love it!
I lost it at 1:26. Excellent production value! :D :D :D
I would love to start forging steel thing like you have.
I look forward to your future projects
Thank you very much Clint!
Very cool, thank you for sharing your story. God bless you and your family
Thanks Carsten!
Te han quedado perfectas, yo tengo ganas de hacerme unas. Un saludo amigo.
my friend. very nice. thank you so much. be happy.. bravo...
Thanks!
I like your lateral thinking, well done.
Wooow...🤩🤩♥️♥️
Very Nice...👍👍
You r Great..🌹🌹
Thank you Sir..🙏🙏
(i am an indian 🇳🇪🇳🇪🇳🇪♥️♥️)
Might have to give this a go once I've got my forge up and running!
It is a lot of fun! Great beginner project but also challenging enough to learn something along the way.
Wieder ein 100%Video von dir
Dankeschön fürs Zeigen
Dankeschön Bernhard!
Well done my friend!!
Thank you very much!
This is a great video...I appreciate it. I`ll be making a couple sets of tongs, soon.
Vice grips are good. Just take them on and off the metal. Also, you can put a wet rag on the metal sticking out of the forge to keep it from getting too hot. They turned out great, nice work Seb!
Pfff, too easy. 😅Thanks man!
Sehr gut gemacht !
Danke!
Great video. Do you have video on how you make your forge and burners?
Really great work, man! Beautiful! 😃
Thank you!
Awesome work man...In the end you have two of them 😎
Thanks! I’ll probably need to make a couple more of them. 😅
“How to Make 2 pairs of tongs”.
But what about the tongs to hold the tongs to hold the tongs? 😂😂
Actually there were no tongs used to make the tongs which then were used to hold the tongs. 🤣😂😅😅😅 #tonginception
Ollari's 🤯🤯🤯
@@Ollaris ظكة؟
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Nice presto changeo with the cutters.
Nice tongs, Sebastian. Cool vid as always!
Billy
Thank you very much Billy!
That was fantastic. Great work. Thanks
Well done, good job
Thank you very much!
The violin played when the hand saw started cutting and I lost it. 😆😆😆.
man trained in the fire! 😁😁
Hahahaha! Im sure the Hungarians will understand this! 😉
Joe Makes you said it! I have seen weirder & uglier hand made tools. Function is key but form is always nice too!
You got it goin Sebastian! & violin saw nice touch!
Thanks Jason!
Genial amigo para ser la primera vez, te ha quedado de lujo. Saludos.
du bist der grösste💪 sehr guter inhalt, clevere idee👌🍀
Dankeschön Lukas!😉
Those “ugly” tongs are great… low maintenance, no fussing, work great, don’t talk back to you. It’s the “pretty” tongs you need to watch out for... always needing oil, high maintenance, “keep the rust off me”, always bitching. Oh, sorry, we were talking about tongs - got carried away.
Great work! Love the spartan forge area.
How heavy is your anvil? I love the dull thud when you hammer on it, sounds dense and heavy. Thanks for sharing the video. You do really good work (that I can mimic when I get my forge set up someday 🙂)
Thank you very much! Hahahaha! Good one.
The anvil is about 75kg , but it’s bolted down really well which helps reduce the ringing.
Ollari's Thanks for the reply! Anvils are damn expensive here in the USA. I’ve been searching for an affordable one for years, but no luck. I was given a piece of railroad track (from my awesome neighbor who’s a welder) that’s about 40 kilos (80 lbs or so), but I still need to form it into an anvil. It’ll have to do for now. Thanks for sharing your videos, I find them very informative & funny!
Yeah, same here! They ask for 3-5$ / kg . I’ve been searching for the past couple of years for something like this. Railroad tracks are nice and affordable especially with that weight what you have!
Simple but effective. Nice. Your sound effects crack me up 😂🤣
Thanks! Glad you like it!
Really nice!
Thanks brother!
Good Job,...... Forge some reins out on the temporary pair and have two good sets of tongs,....
Dude, nice simple vid. Two questions. What was in the jar at the end that you used to treat the tings and can you give me a closer look at your multi-tool sheath please
That’s just what megiver would have done. Nice vid. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Awesome work! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thanks Fred!
hay those are great..thanks for the video
Very Clever!
Thank you very much John!
Awesome job! But most blacksmiths leave the stock a little longer and don’t cut it to size until the very end, so that way they don’t need to hold the piece they are working on with tongs hehe or you can simply weld a rod to the end of it to use a handle and not burn your hand, and then cut it off when you are done forging ;) but your final product is beautiful. Keep up making great things. And love your forge btw.
Thanks Leo!
Very good job 👍
Thank you
I learned quickly that it’s important to have a backup set. Forging tongs without tongs is not easy.
You gotta have tongs to make tongs 😂 super job they will serve you well 👍 was great to meet you last week mate hope you had a good weekend.
Thanks Alan! I had a blast, hopefully see you next year!
Sweet anvil you got there. 👍
Una genialidad, saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
Some cool stuff
Seus vídeos melhoraram muito na edição! Muito bom cara
both pair of tongs are cool
Thanks
good job!
I know this is a couple years old.. but what was the goo in the jar you wiped on after it was done? petroleum jelly or lard are my only guesses..
It was homemade paste wax.
ficou show de bola , parabéns.
for a second I thought you had gotten a drill that makes a drill sound, great to get to meet you at makers central btw thanks for punching me in the face :)
Hahahaha! Why would I do that?
to make a photograph even cooler :)
I was a bit worried, no one asked me that before 😅😂🤣
Great work mate! You'll have to come over to The Forge some time for a play!!
Thanks Steve! That would be great!
Nice work buddy, two ways to make tongs. (Ugly or not they did the job) good to see you at MC again, just wish we had more time to chat. Take care. 👊👊👊
Thank you very much Martin! Next time!
I like the beats.
Nice job 👍👍
Thanks Derrick!
Great job! Thank you for the video! :)
Köszönöm!
Hey man
Great Video
Love the anglegrinder scene;)
Nice!
Is it bee-waks you put on in the end?
Yes
Good job !
I do not care for twisted bit tongs. BUT yours are AWESOME!
Thank you!
you have a very clean workshop? how do you do it!.
That’s a Beautiful anvil where did you get it?
So, you making a tong to make a tong? That's great idea
Beeindruckend! 😎👍
Danke Basti!
Awesome video, i have something to do tomorrow 😂
Good project brother. It was nice meeting you. In the future we have to see each other again and drink more beer. 😂😂 I hope to learn English. a hug
Thanks Rocha! Yeah, it was nicer to meet you! I think with enough beer we could speak any language! 😅😂
Szep kis fogo.csak igy tovabb( a patkot mar nehezebb lesz elkesziteni de bizros vagyok benne hogy az is meglesz)
Köszönöm szépen! Na az biztos hogy az nem most lessz. Böven van még mit tanulni.
Nice.
This is a great video. Nice job!
brilliant
Thanks
Great Job😇😁😇
What is the stuff you apply to the tongs at the end of the video? Thanks