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Published: 2012-01-16 05:04:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 314; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 0
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"Ways to feel dumb."Snapped the tongs by accidentally working the cold part instead of the hot part while I tried to adjust it. Cussed a lot. Plan to do a tong day with rebar once I get the new forge cast; a better replacement for this, plus some angled tongs for gripping the larger pieces I've been working with.
The other bit is the first attempt at twisting two pieces into an iron rose. Turns out, it's easiest to wire them together, twist the "stems" together, and THEN form the flower. And also not to work cold steel, because then it snaps.
Repeat after me; I will not work cold steel. I will not work cold steel. I will not work cold steel.
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What kind of steel did you use for your tongs.
Even cold blacksmiths tongs should not break when hit by accident. If they are that hard you wouldn't be able to quench them in water.
There are some models made from spring steel, but most are softer than that.
The broken part looks a bit burned to me, but that may be just the photo.
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My guess is rebar, though I'm not sure. And they didn't break 'cause I _hit_ em, they broke 'cause I reefed on 'em under the assumption the orange-hot but much thicker end bit would bend first.
The broken part's not burned, that's just how it broke. It didn't get near hot enough to burn.
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Could've been burned before ...
Well, it was just a thought.
We all lost tools over the years, don't grief too much.
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Eh, I'm trying to think of it as an opportunity to make new, better tongs.
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Well, gives me an excuse to make more tongs, I guess. Dad made the ones I've been using. I've got two or three designs I ought to slap out when I've got the time.
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This is what happens when you roll a 1.
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