Forging a Hammer Tong
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- In this video, I make an alternative style blacksmith tong.
website: www.gstongs.com
email: glen03@earthlink.net
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cleanest tongs on the web. good job as always.
Thanks for sure.
nice touch with the brass brush. I like how crisp your touchmark comes out.
That's my new logo mark. I really like it. The engraver does amazing work. Thanks.
Damn the cleanest blacksmith setup I’ve ever seen!
Glenn once again you amaze me, how your mind takes an fairly established procedure and simplifies down to nothing!!!!
I firmly believe that you could make a pocket watch out of six moving parts LOL
KEEP THEM COMING
Ha! Your comment is funny. You give me too much credit. I'll keep trying my best. Thanks for sticking around my channel.
Glen, you sure do have making tongs down to a science. Great job!
I've made enough tongs for sure. And based on that, I should be even better... Thanks and hope you had a Merry Christmas.
i like the brass accents you put on your tongs with the wire brush that is a cool look for them
This is my favorite channel by far! You make it look so easy Glen. Thanks again sir for sharing your talent with us.
I really appreciate your comment. I'll keep trying my best. Thanks.
Good looking tool. Your touch mark is nice and clean. Keep up the good work
That's my new logo mark. I'm very pleased with it. I'll keep trying... Thanks.
I don't know why, but I'm always so blown away at how insainly clean all your work comes out. Everything always looks so slick, and crisp, and not worked to death. A pleasure to watch you work. Also, how's the blacksmith bird been?? Haven't seen it in any videos in a while!
I think the way my forge is running (neutral) and the fact that I don't work at very high heat helps keep my workpieces smoother. Birds have been around everyday but the blacksmith bird has taken a break. But that happens from time to time and he always reappears. That's my good buddy... Hope you had a Merry Christmas.
Glen thinking outside the box again; the innovative thinking is inspiring. Loving that tong design more and more.
I'm constantly changing my tong design / use different methods depending on what style tong I'm making. Glad you like this. Thanks.
"I don't have a tool I need (tongs) so I will build it. I don't have the tool to finish it (rivet tool) so I will adapt." Yup that's a smith. "I'm a blacksmith what's your superpower?"
ROFLMBO YESSSS I like that.
@@danielcrawford7315 there is an apron place that has that slogan on T-shirts and a cool picture of a hammer and anvil. I just saw the add and the pic is on the aprons too
@@danielcrawford7315 I looked at your channel and saw you are subscribed to Friis forge. The apron review is one of his videos. Personally I'm more of a bladesmith
@@krknfmkr8919 ok kuul. I'll look over there when I get a chance. Thank you for sharing the heads up.
🙏 blessed days sirSir
Merry Christ Mass and seasons greetings for the new year
Crawford out 🧙♂️
@@danielcrawford7315 okay I was only saying that is where I saw the slogan and the pic. Someday I want to order some of those T-shirts. Merry Christmas to you and your family. God bless you and yours.
Great video Glen.
Makes me want to get back out in the workshop.
I love your craftsmanship and detailed explanations.
Great project Glen. Really like that tong form. Thanks!
I also like this style tong. I'm always changing things around / how I make my tongs. Thanks.
Eres un maestro en lo que haces y la calidad de tus trabajos te avala !! 👌😃👍 un saludo !!
Thanks for watching and for your kind comment.
Another useful pair of tongs to make! Thanks! You show many techniques with which I am unfamiliar. I have a platen on my bench, but I am astonished that I haven’t thought of having different diameters and, more importantly, different heights.
We all learn from each other in this craft. Thanks.
that came out really nice! it looks like it holds those hammer heads really effectively.
I really love the style of your tongs-the shape and the surface finish, both they're simple, and something about the balance between the length, the curves, and the thickness of the stock is really nice.
I think some other styles may hold better that this pair but this style is simple and versatile. And holding from the sides allows me to hammer the hammer head top without interference from the tong jaws. Anyway, glad you like my tongs and I appreciate your taking the time to comment.
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makes sense. I guess other styles hold the corners, or make use of the eye? I'm not very knowledgable, unf.
I'll be looking forward to seeing these in use, anyway.
Beautiful job, excellent fit and finish tool.
What a great video, Glen. You're way of forging and explaining the small details on fit and performance are really appreciated. Thank you so much for another great vid. Happy New Year!
I'm liking your jaw offset method more and more. 👍
I'm constantly changing that around. I like to use different methods on different tongs. Thanks.
You are the very best!
That Jig is awesome!! I need one!
Make it look easy my friend... That's the nicest anvil I've seen so far!
Many people comment about my small, block style anvils. Thanks.
Very nice work! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for continuing to watch.
Lei deve insegnare future generacioni.Coplimenti bravisimo.
Thanks for watching and for your kind comment.
Very Cool. Thanks for showing your design and techniques.
Glad you like this. Thanks.
Thanks a ton for the videos they have been more than helpful.
Nice tongs and very effective grip I presume..!
As allways Thanks for sharing !!!
These tongs suit me fine.Thanks.
Another fantastic job Glen.
Thanks for continuing to watch.
Thanks
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Glen, wonderful video. Thanks for sharing.
Very glad you like this. Thanks.
Nice job on these tongs. Take care and God bless.
Thank you and God bless.
I admire your work!
I appreciate that. Thanks for watching.
Very nice I was needing to adjust my tongs
Glad if this can help you in any way. Thanks.
Fantastic work, as usual. How do you keep everything rust-free despite storing and using your tools in an outdoor and more importantly, rainy environment? I ask because I'm still deliberating as to how exactly I'm going to execute my own setup, as my only option for forging will be outdoors and the more I am able to leave outside the easier it will be.
I think just daily use helps keep rust at bay. Plus, I often rub my tools down with oil and store most tools out of the weather as best as possible. Thanks.
Very cool indeed.
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Thanks. 🙂
So would you normally choose to use 5/8" 17mm?
I do like that style...being a rank beginner it makes up fast and easy and serves a purpose. Not that I'm lazy just unskilled and under tooled. Sheepish grin 🤗
Yes it's still me even though I didnt throw a funny at u today.
🙏blessed days sirSir
Crawford out 🧙♂️
I normally use 14mm so only one millimeter more than this stock here but that one mm really make s difference. Thanks Daniel.
Looks great!! Thanks my friend
Thanks for continuing to watch.
Хорошая работа👍👍👍
what size hammer stock u use 13/4 by 2 inch?
Very nice Glen, just wondering why not make some V bit tongs to hold that square stock?
V bits would definitely hold better. But this flat style (holding by sides) allows me to hammer the top of the stock without the tong bits getting in the way at all. And it makes grasping the stock from inside the forge a little easier. Thanks.
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Thanks for watching.
brillante!
Ça a l'air si facile quand tu le fais.
I'm trying my best. Some things go smoothly, others not so much... Thanks.
Hey Glen- are you going to make those for sale? I could use a pair or two.
I might offer this style for sale depending on the size(s) needed. Thanks John and hope you had a Merry Christmas.
Nice simple build there Glen. Are you using mild steel stock?
Yes, I only use mild steel for my tongs. Thanks for watching.
What is the round disc on the end of your anvil?
That would be a magnet to cut down on ring.
like numero 1.018 saludos podrias comentar sobre mi espada que fabrique tambien soy herrero
What size square stock do you use to do the flattening of the boss area?
That piece of steel is 1&1/4" x 1" - medium carbon steel. Thanks.
Пора уже заклёпки со сферической головкой делать!
Yes, I will do "button head" rivets. Thanks for watching.
Where do you get that bending jig
Look on his website, he makes and sells all this stuff
The bending jig is my own design. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for your helpful reply.
👍👍👌👌❤❤
Thanks.
@9:32. 中。probably no one knows what that symbol is. CL.
I’m sure some will ...
Mark L. Torrey if you can read Chinese of course you know. 😬
Eric Morris & Company ... I read it as CL as well...
Center or middle. First character in the word China
Kevin Orr 中国。Middle Kingdom. 或繁体字，中國。
What's the brand of anvil?
it's a custom one he designed himself. he said he heat treated his first one himself, but I think this one was heat treated by the same shop that shaped it.
As ThoperSought said, the small, block style anvils I use are my own designs which I had made here in Taiwan. Very happy with them. Thanks.
Thanks for replying - you're correct. Heat treating that first anvil was really something - would have made a great video and reinforced that I've got a few screws loose, heating a 150 pound block of steel on a balcony...
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that surely would have made quite the video.
Tökéletes /ez is/.
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Thanks for watching.