Thank you sir. Greetings from South Africa.

Fantastic best tong video yet!

@johnbennett7772

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

nice tongs. your a really good teacher.

Loved watching your video even if it was 6 years ago!! 😉🔥 🔨 See ya again real soon!!

Very informative! Thanks John

I have been watching and learning many different ways to make tongs and I have only successfully made 3 pair. I have tried this method and already have 5 tongs that fit all the stocks that I work with. Thank you so much for this video and keep up the amazing work!

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear they have worked out for you. Thanks for the feed back!

Great tong making video. The easiest I have seen so far. I will definitely be making some of these!

Thank you very much, you realy explained everything very good and detailed. With the help of your Video I think I can finally make my own Tongs! Sorry for my English, and Greetings from Germany!

I must say that I've watched a lot of videos about how to make tongs and this video is by far the easiest video so far that I've seen for making tongs. Good job!

@johnbennett7772

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you got some good from it.

great tutorial video on some easy tongs. I am going to give it a shot.

@johnbennett7772

3 жыл бұрын

Let me know how they turn out.

Excellent, these are really easy first tongs, I have made a few different jaw styles with these tongs now, really a great set of tongs and so simple to make.

Not the strongest but really the simplest tongs you can make. Thx for sharing.

Thank you very much for sharing Sir. Its highly appreciated

Simply brilliant, great for a beginner blacksmith

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you got some good from it!

Awesome! good idea 👍 thank you for taking the time to do this and share it, happy new year 🎉🎊🎍

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it. Happy new year to you as well.

excellent idea! been wanting to make tongs for a while now and your way is very easy and you explain it thorouly thanks John

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, let me know how they turn out if you give it a go.

Outstanding!

Thank you. I´ve been getting by with a pair of flat tongs, and been looking for ideas of how to make my own with my limited tooling. Very detailed and easy to understand explanation from start to finish. I have too many tongs, no blacksmith ever said! 😃

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

I hope you can make several different styles using this as a guide. Let me know how they turn out!

@DieselDahl

6 жыл бұрын

I need to get me some 6 x 25 mm flat bar (that would be the closest metric equivalent to 1/4" x 1") , I found a pice of 5 x 25 mm, slightly shorter than in your design, so the reins will be shorter, but that might actually be a good thing since they will be thinner/weaker. I have riveted the two parts together, and tomorrow I will proceed with heating and twisting the bits. I used a combination of a jigsaw and a sawzall, but next time I will probably use a cutoff wheel, as it was a real pain to cut with the sawzall 🤪

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

I have used a cutoff wheel on similar tongs in the past. Let me know how they turn out!

Thank you for the video, I may be late to the party but this has helped me greatly. I've been struggling making my first pair of tongs and this gave me a 5th wind.

Very good video.

i know this video was published a while ago but i wanted to say thank you. I am not a fan of drawing out and am just beginning in my journey. I need several sets of different tongs. this method will help me immensely in making them. I will personally be starting with 1/2 x 1 " stock as I have found that I prefer a chunkier reign, However this method completely removes the necessity of drawing them down from the parent stock twice for each set. now i just need to break the corners and round them out and forge the bit to finish a pair. I should be able to knock out a few pair a day and still have time to do other practice.

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped you out!

That is the simplest tong build I have seen John so will be making a set to replace the welded reins style I did initially with only a modicom of success. Thanks for the tutorial.

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

your welcome

Made my first set today! Not nearly as clean as yours but they work and will get us back a bit from the forge. Thank you so much for this. Looking forward to making a few more.

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Glad they turned out out for you. servicable first, nice will come.....it really will!

You certainly are a masterful instructor. This is the best demonstration for us beginners that I have ever seen. Thank you, John and have a good New Year.

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I am glad you got some good from it!

Impressive, Great video

@johnbennett7772

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great design. Loved it. VERY useful.

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it.

Wow... That was great. Very simple and easy to follow. I would given you 10 👍 if possible. Really awesome instructional video. Teach us more please. And thank you for sharing.

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

I am going into my busy season but I will post videos when I can.

Nice job! Love the idea

Your A Freaking Genius!!! Functional Art! Gotta Love It!!

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Thank you.

fantastic video thanks

Thank you!

Where there's a will there's a way ! Great idea m8 ,you can do all sorts of tong shapes with that design ,thanks for showing .ive subbed .Ant from Wales UK

Thanks for the great idea. You could move the idea up to intermediate by cutting out the reins and then forging the boss and bits to your specs. It’s a great way to avoid having to draw out long reins or forge weld them on using the drop tong method. Extra bonus: thanks a ton for showing me that you can do long cuts on thin stock using a portable bandsaw table. The whole time I was wondering how you would work around the five inch depth limitation.

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

New blades help a lot, Yes you could forge the boss and bits. That would work well, especially if you don't have access to a power hammer.

This video make me happy thank you very much.

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Прекрасное видео! Более простой метод невозможен! Спасибо!

Great video! Please teach us more master smith!

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video John. I will be making a few sets of these. Thanks sir!

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

Hope they turned out all right!

Nice idae⚒️🔥⚒️ Pat from Belgium

Brilliant and so simple Well done Sir

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Great work.... as always

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Looks like a very simple method

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

I think so.

Awesome video sir...thanks for the info.. happy New year

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you and happy new years to you and yours!!!

Excellent! Thanks for the video

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

I built a table for my dewalt portaband and use it just like you are.

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

They are handy especially if you put a foot switch on them.

well done!

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

thank you

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Is the band saw blade twisting when you make that long straight cut? I have the same type of set up, only with a different porta-band, and it looks like my blade will have to twist significantly for the materal to make it past the body of my saw.

I made a set of these. I have a question... would it be better to drill a relief hole at a tangent to the corner in order to make the cutting easier?

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

You could, I've not tried it. Thanks for the suggestion!

Good video very useful. May I ask where you are able to buy the rivets

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

I get my rivets at Blacksmith bolt and rivet supply.

Красава! Снимай ещё!

What saw blade are you using in the porta band? I have yet to find a decent blade. What TPI should I be using for flat stock like you’re using. Thanks

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

I believe it is a 10-14 variable pitch. I think they are olson but not sure, any quality name brand should do well.

Nice tongs. As a word of caution, when twisting the jaws be sure of the direction of the twist. Depending on which blank is on top (left or right) the twist direction is important. If its twisted the wrong direction the jaws will be locked and unoperable. Guess how I know this...lol

@BoyNamedStacy

6 жыл бұрын

HWPcville so true! I thought about that when he was twisting them and came here to mention it. Sorry I didn’t get here sooner 😜 Just think of all the experience you gained though!

@mynxl

6 жыл бұрын

Your not alone..😯

@6969smurfy

5 жыл бұрын

lol i'll have to remember this. I'm gathering my things up now to get started.

need a video with Round Stock. Everyone uses flat bar.

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

Flat stock is easier for beginners,

Hi John Bennett , love you're videos ! Why don't you do more videos ?

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

It takes about a day to shoot, edit and upload a video. hard to find the time. I posted a new one today and hope to get more up on a regular basis.

@justinrockwell2505

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnbennett7772 thanks i will watch it today ! I understand about the time . You have been a big help to me ! Thanks again

I mean it’s good but most beginners don’t have a metal bandsaw

I suppose if you were masochist you could probably get away with doing that with a hacksaw. LOL

@johnbennett7772

5 жыл бұрын

The first pair was, takes awhile.

4 quarter inches and then 16/187th of an inch to the left. Why can't Americans just adopt the metric system? Appreciate the video tutorial but damn the system.