Grate starter for my grandson he is really starting to take a interest in the craft ,so thanks Daniel for sharing .

Very Nice.! Thank you for sharing. This is Jim, Jimmy’s blacksmithing. Somehow wife and granddaughter are on this account. Not smart enough to figure it out yet how to put my other one back on. No big deal. Keep up the great work. Have yourself a beautiful day.

Looks good Dan, made a set of pickup tongs based off this style today. You’re in the top of tutorial blacksmiths on KZread

Second lol and Dan is still awesome !

Nice job Dan. I like how you show alternative methods as well from time to time

Excellent job, forging those tongs... I really enjoyed the making of it. If only I had an anvil, a forge and a blacksmith hammer in my workshop that little video of yours would have immediately encouraged me to do the things likewise... *sighs!*

Cool Tongs - I will have to make a pair like this !

@abubakrabdelkareem4652

4 жыл бұрын

Me, too...

Thanks Dan for the super easy tongs ,you really make it look easy, lol . Have Merry Christmas

very cool Idea Dan

Great video Dan

20:12 ... "maybe quench off those hinge plates, or whatever that part of the tong is called"... That's the boss. The following is as close as I can get to a complete breakdown of all of the different parts of a pair of tongs and what each part is commonly called. The tip end is the "bit". Where the tong halves pivot (the hinge plate) is the "boss". The handles are the "reins". The place between the bit and the boss is the "jaw". The place between the boss and the reins is the "crotch". The space between the bits when fully closed is the "bit set". The space between the ends of the reins when fully closed is the "rein set". If your tongs are bent inward just behind the boss so as to allow the reins to close in line one over the other, this bend is a "hip jog". If your tongs do not have a hip jog and when closed the reins are parallel (looking down at the tongs in your hand, the reins appear side by side, not one over the other) then they are "straight rein" tongs. If the end of the reins have a ball or a slight hook so as to allow for the use of a rein lock then the tongs are forged with "rein balls", or "rein hooks" respectively. A rein lock is usually a simple piece of round stock bent into the shape of the letter C and holds the reins closed so you need not rely on the strength of your hands to keep the tongs closed tightly while you are at the anvil. I hope someone finds this useful.

@danielcrawford7315

4 жыл бұрын

Ok ima have to write that down. Not at all being butt. Seriously I am learning from this...as part of my KZread university schooling on blacksmithing. That said, I'd like to thank you for sharing this with us. Still got a long way to go in the learning experience. Rather learn it right and gather the proper tools n knowledge than to just start doing it and learn it wrongly and have to retrain out bad habbits. One of the reasons I truely love this particular style of videos and Mr. Daniel Moss as a teacher/ mentor as he puts it in a way I grasp readily. Merry Christmas now 🙏 blessed be now yall Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

Look great

Seasons greetings Dan, and all the other viewers. I hope you all had a great time! Thank you for all your videos for the last lot of years. I'd like to think that I've learned something, I'm still a rank beginner but I do find that I use some of the hammer techniques while I'm practising on my easy projects. Thank you Dan, keep putting out the content.

today is my first time to the heat, made a gas forge yesterday and eager to try it out today. Great vid. thanks

Super easy to make! Awesome job there dan!

Great job and GREAT Channel. Really enjoyed each episode.

Very simple. Nice design.

Very cool Dan! Thanks for sharing!

You are right, nice and easy, even l can do that. Maybe this upcoming weekend. Merry Christmas.

3rd and new subscriber.Thanks for sharing!I'm a noob.

Merry Christmas Dan! Love your work.

Great video. Thank you !

@danielmoss2089

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Really like how you made the tongs!!!

Have a great Christmas Dan and best wishes for the new year - always enjoy your videos!!

Nice process. Thanks Dan, Merry Christmas

4th,Great job! Love your shop!

Great video mr Moss!

Merry Christmas Dan to you and yours and Happy New Year Hope this is one of the best ever. Be well and be safe.............Bill

Nice vid Dan. Hope you and yours had a very merry Christmas.

Good work

Safety glasses protect your eyes better if they aren’t up on top of your head! I like these tongs. Thank you.

10th!!!! (whatever ). Greetings from Michigan Dan. Thanks for sharing and have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

Love tong videos

Yep a fair bit easier , the running commentary was also funny lol :} "If you don't burn the material " lol

@danielcrawford7315

4 жыл бұрын

Merry Christ Mass and seasons greetings brother. Hope it's a great season for you and the clan sirSir 🙏blessed be now Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

..20 something-er-ruther, Great job Dan! Every video i learn more. Merry Christmas to you Mz Ella and the rest. p.s.- those Asian characters on your armm does that mean- you want fries with that??...hahahaha!!!!!!!

Nice tongs! I'll have to give them a shot, I need more tongs, I have a nice rack I put on my forge and I want to fill it lol.

Dan, a note on the jig for this set of tongs. I found that a round forming hardy (3/4") raising and blocking one side to the level of the material to be bent works the same way on the anvils. Same principle. I wish I could send a pic.

@danielmoss2089

4 жыл бұрын

I also did it this way but the video was getting to long so I cut it out. Thanks for the info. Sorry I cut it out.

Another great video Dan! A great Christmas day gift for me Downunder. @3:52 Can you explain why metal twists in unwanted directions during forging. I see it happen in my work and I need to correct more often than you do. Hope you have a merry old Christmas with family and friends.

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The look alot like what you find in viking age archaeology

The next step: Use a small drill bit on the boss and then use a sharply pointed round drift to make the rivet holes. That way you leave much more material for the shoulders of the hinge.

@glennmartin6492

4 жыл бұрын

Slitting and drifting would make for neater results but drilling and drifting is easier.

Are those lefty tongs? I’m always confused as to which side the top reins is on. Happy holidays!

Hi Dan, do you have a video showing your main coal forge and how it works if so please send me a link. Merry Christmas and thanks for the great videos!

@danielmoss2089

4 жыл бұрын

I don't have one sorry.

HAMBER ON MATE!

How do you get such a smooth surface during forging? My pieces looks like a battlefield where many mortars landed. I've tried to round the edges of my hammer but it barely made any difference. PS: I'm using a regular hammer that I've modified by rounding it's edges. Where I live (Brazil) a forging hammer costs about 250,00 dollars.

Уважуха.

Question instead of rig could I use one of those things nthat squeeze and hold something in place

Would be easier to make it from 5/8 square? i love the metod, but when i try to forge round stock without tongs it gets complicated... thanks

Great video Dan love your craftsmanship, not to be a smartarse bro but those glasses should be on your eyes when drilling not on your forehead, I've had crap in the eye and it's not cool, be safe and keep up the great videos.

@danielmoss2089

4 жыл бұрын

First for the glasses call. I know and I wanted to know who would say some thing first.

@danielmoss2089

4 жыл бұрын

Silky mistake lol

@fearlessferrousfire

4 жыл бұрын

Give him a brake because i do it to, even after having stuff in my eyes multiple times, the glasses just fog up and you can’t have as much precision with your work while wearing them Merry Christmas

@danielcrawford7315

4 жыл бұрын

@@fearlessferrousfire merry Christmas brother and happy new year's! 🙏blessed be now Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

What type of steel is it

@danielmoss2089

8 ай бұрын

Just mild steel buddy

Easy to make AND functional?? Dan, are you flirting with me?? :P

Another great demonstration Dan look out for a email from me 👍

@16:50 Engage Safety Squints. 🤓👀 🧐👁 😵🕶 Errors in judgment tend to accumulate

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Can't understand a word he says.

@danielmoss2089

9 ай бұрын

That might be because your a bit thick!

Super Simple? Terminology a beginner won't understand, jigs, welding. Advertising a "super simple" anything is going to attract beginners and this is not for beginners. This video should be called a really "overcomplicated tongs" Its a good video, just has the completly wrong title.

@danielmoss2089

4 жыл бұрын

I did show how to do it with out the jig.

@danielmoss2089

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how many Tongs you have made nor shown people to make but I think your comments is misinformed. Learning how to make jigs is an important part of blacksmithing and I covered the process. I'm not sure you even watched the whole nor listen to most of what I said. They are super simple and I could 100% get some to make a finished set that they could use easyer than other techniques. This is ment to be a helpful video and your trying to make it out to be something it isn't.