I know what I'm doing tonight. Thanks for another great instructional video.

Best video yet for making these.

Probably the best explanation and instructions for making tongs on the internet

Roy, I actually feel like I can now make a set of bolt jaw tongs with no reservations. No anxiety over what comes next or layout questions etc etc. Your teaching methodology is trustworthy my friend. Thank you.

Ive been searching for a long time, to find someone on KZread that is a great instructor on blacksmithing. And i beleive i have finally found one. Thank you for your very instructional videos. Hard to start blacksmithing here in my small town in michigan. Not much around here for training or tools but thanks to you i beleive i can create my own mow thanks

I made a pair of these after watching your video and they turned out to be my favorite set of tongs! Thanks Roy.

I have watched this video no less than a dozen times. I keep expecting the Friday night live to about these tongs. Thanks for making this video.

You must be a perfect teacher. Its right to the point. And seems very doable!

You all ways make it look so easy but with practice a can do project thank you.

I somehow over time have missed this video on making bolt tongs. Very good demonstration, short, sweet and to the point. Your method dispenses with some of the more complicated means of making bolt tongs out there. I'll definitely use this way in the future bolt tongs I make. Well done!

Wow great Video.cant believe I didn't see it before great job of institution. Thanks

Excellent tutorial, a pleasure to watch. Thanks for including the metric info as well.

Thank you very much for your Insight .my first attempt I failed but now I have gained some confidence

I really was avoiding your page because of the Christian theme,but i decided that was closed mindedness and man i am impressed as a brand-new blacksmith i have learned alot from you and want to thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge and look forward to learning more about the craft from you. Thank You for all you do.

My concern was always with the offsetting of where the rivet goes. It never occurred to me to put the rivet in first and hammer the jaws into place. Thank you so much for the demonstration. GOD bless

Every Blacksmith Must have these Tongs. Thanx for the video

I am learning more and more, but not quite ready to pull the trigger yet. Thanks for your knowledge.

Got flat & wolf jaws...this is my next project ..first thing tomorrow..👍 Keep these quality instructional videos coming.. For beginners like me they are invaluable..thanks again

Good video. Will be watching More.

@ChristCenteredIronworks

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Great video. As soon as it warms up a little outside I’ll be trying this out.

Very nice set of tongs. Thanks for sharing.

Beginner blacksmith here,Ive been watching tongue videos trying to wrap my head around them and the process.Still apprehensive about trying to make them...but not now,what a great video and explanation of the process,by far the best tongue how to video out there,thankyou sir!

@ffolted

6 жыл бұрын

tongue lol been a long week ~shakes head~ TONG!!!

Love it mate, that was really good. Lovely symmetric's and all.

It looks so easy when you do it.

THANK YOU! These are on my list. Fantastic tutorial

Very well explained. The technique is outstanding! thank you.

@ChristCenteredIronworks

6 жыл бұрын

+Glenn Felpel I'm glad you enjoyed the video thank you for your feedback sir! God bless you today and all that you do

Brilliant video, quick clean and informative. Good work

Great vid Roy, am really impressed with the way you have integrated metric into your videos. This beginner blacksmith in Australia is loving it! God bless

You make it look so easy, gonna give it a try, thank you for the tutorial!!

As always you hit it out of the park this will make life easier for me and many others you bless my morning. Thank you and God bless you both. 📖✝

Fantastic video Roy thank you! Great work!

I finished my first pair of Bolt tongs following this video. I think they turned out great. I will start another pair for bigger stock tomorrow. I need the practice drawing out... thanks for sharing this.

very descriptive, you made this look easy enough for me to want to have a go.

Great tutorial! Thanks

Nice job Roy!! I always get a lot out of your videos,GREAT instruction as always,GOD bless you as well.

Lol. just tried it. Got 1/4 x 1 inch stock. Burned 10 lbs of charcoal. Managed to draw the reigns down a whole inch! 😂😂 Had a ton of fun though

you're a good instructor! thank you for the lesson

@ChristCenteredIronworks

6 жыл бұрын

+dgt3800 thank you very much for the compliment! And thank you for taking the time to watch the video God bless you

Awesome video. I'm just starting to imagine myself forging instead of just stock removal.. your a good teacher and injoy your thoughts, again great video and thanks for this lesson buddy

Very nice tongs. Going to have to try and make a pair thank you

Love it!

Thanks Roy.

great tutorial, excellent instruction.

@ChristCenteredIronworks

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Roy love your video's and cannot wait to get stated. Just need to get the forge and anvil than I can rock and roll.

This was a great video by the way, I learned a lot.

Thanks Roy great lesson time for me to try my hand at it now

Good job!!.

It seems most of my blacksmithing questions have answers in the form of a video. Lol I tried forging a set of bolt jaw tongs today and ran into a several issues. I ended up bending the rivet which made the tongs really funky and then I left the tongs to cool and they locked up on me. After some tweaking and adjusting I scrapped the tongs and am starting over. Live and learn!!!

I have been trying to make box jaw tongs with no success so far, tomorrow, I will give this a shot. It looks more like something I can do.... Thank you for the video. I appreciate it...

Great video ))) Thank you )))

Sweet, I know what I’m making tomorrow Thanks Roy 👍👍🍻🍻

@ChristCenteredIronworks

6 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Talbot that's awesome to hear I'm glad I could inspire you to make something :-)

Great video Roy! I'll be out in my shop working on some Mokume Gane today and I think I know what I'll do in between soaks now lol. Anyway I hope you heal soon and know that I'm praying for you just like so many others are as well. God bless you and Jessica and keep forging Sir.

@ChristCenteredIronworks

6 жыл бұрын

+David L. Heyder Jr. That is awesome to hear! Thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers Jessica and I really do appreciate those. Look forward to catching up with everyone on the livestream on Friday. God bless you

Sweet, measurements in metric! Appreciate it!

First time on your channel. I am impressed with your smithing skills! Just getting started in forging and need some tongs. Offshore vise grips don't cut it.. Thanks for the tutorial and will try your methods. This should be hilarious 😃

Another good one sir.. keep them coming lol. I'll have a shop full of tools sooner or later.

@ChristCenteredIronworks

6 жыл бұрын

+John Coffee you just got to get busy brother! Your shop will be full in no time LOL

very good video Roy! im even going to try this out :)

So what makes bolt jaw tongs so infamous? And this is the best video I've seen on making any type of tongs

Suddenly it all seemed doable (learnable 😉)

Nice job!Thx for sharing this video. Have a blessed day in Jesus name!

great work roy would they hold railroad nails or would they need extra width in the rounded area

Gonna have at maken a pair now

Good video. Just finished making my first set of tongs by following this video. They're of course not as pretty as yours, but they are functional.

Love the videos only question is how many tongs do you have and do you have a pair that you use more than others

Hi, I am new to blacksmithing, and have been watching some of your videos. Thank you for making them. They are great! Can you tell me what type of steel you are using to make these bolt jaw tongs?

Roy, have you got a video showing how you draw out the reins for tongs made this way?

I started trying to make my first pair of these last night, but I only had 1/4 by 1 1/2, so I had to start by reducing the cross-section of my stock. I've started drawing out the reins, but my hammer hand ran out of strength at that point. I'm hoping to finish them up tonight.

When you set your jaws with that 5/8 square bar have ever use a bolt to give your tongs teeth to hold a part? Great video. Thank you...

Would I be able to do this without a post vise?

Good video. It would have been nice to at least know the size of the rivet to get an idea of the strength needed to hold a 5/8 Square in this style of tongs.

Question. I go to the horn to put the curve in. Is it easier or is there an advantage to using a cone hardy?

@ChristCenteredIronworks

6 жыл бұрын

+scott elliott the only advantage to using a cone Hardy is the ability to watch the curve take shape easier.

@Scott.Elliott

6 жыл бұрын

Christ Centered Ironworks makes sense. Thanks

Really cool video. Do you sell your tongs?

@ChristCenteredIronworks

3 жыл бұрын

Not currently, but we occasionally give them away in livestreams.

@divanavitch

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChristCenteredIronworks cool figured I’d ask. Thanks for all your hard work. God bless

Roy what is the weight of the hammer you use ???

I was glad to find a Christian Smith. "Praise the LORD".

Why couldn't we see the riveting?

@scottreynolds4827

4 жыл бұрын

Just use round stock. Score it so you have enough length on each side when in place. Heat the tongs. Heat the stock you scored. Place tong hinge plates atop one another on top a bolster of proper thickness. Place round stock into the two halves. Break off the stock and upset the exposed end. Flip over and with out that bolster , head the other. Finish off the flat heads with a cupping tool to round them/dome them. Allow to cool. Work the reins with a bit of oil on the hinge. They will loosen up.

Do you put on how did you put that bolt in I didn't get that.

@ChristCenteredIronworks

5 жыл бұрын

Yes a entire series on the tongs and rivets in the form of a playlist :-) thank you for taking the time to watch God bless

Why do you use the vertical bic instead of the horn

How do you make your rivets so round

@ChristCenteredIronworks

3 жыл бұрын

There is a complete video series on riveting :-)

A Give away that sounds fun what are you giving away

@ChristCenteredIronworks

6 жыл бұрын

+Justin Wells the giveaway will be for the knife tongs that I made in last Friday nights demo. So be sure to stop in on Friday for the livestream! God bless you Justin for taking the time to watch bud

@justinwells2451

6 жыл бұрын

Christ Centered Ironworks Thanks for the speedy reply I will be there btw thanks for the bolt tong demo I think im gonna try to make a pair

How come everything I forge looks nothing like what I was aiming for?

I like and found Torbjorn Ahman method of making bolt tongs way more effective and practical. Mainly because you leave very little material for the vbits leaving them weak and unable to really wrap around the square stock.

I don't think I ever said anything bad about your videos as.I am a fan but going on metrics distracts my thinking as our inch and feet must distract across the pond...Sudjest posting measurements would work for my happiness.....But either way your videos are helping me learn.Thanks Roy.

@ajsiemers

5 жыл бұрын

I, on the other hand, was pleasantly surprised by it.

You know I need to use your phrase on myself, "and then be done with it" I swear I over hammer things all the time, even though it's done on strike 15, I will just want to keep hammering until strike 27. It's some kind of blacksmithing OCD.

Please! No more metric and sae measures! Pick one! Lol great video

@ChristCenteredIronworks

5 жыл бұрын

Naw that won't happen still going to use both...

Why didn't you show installing the rivet????