Forging Class Tongs - DF In The Shop

[@TheWoodsroamer]

Thank you for taking the time to provide these excellent instructions. Wonderful video.

[@mountainwolf1]

@DF - In The Shop i watched this video a year ago and your hammering technique saves not only my arm but my back aswell thanks a ton for your wisdom.

[@andrewoperacz7427]

Really enjoy all your videos. Thank you so much for sharing all you know, to help better out love for blacksmithing!!!

[@TheOldaz1]

Nice job, thanks for taking the time and explaining the process.

[@outdoorswiththemick]

Good to see you back!! Really enjoy your method of explaining the processes.

[@adammilan6434]

Underrated channel, I just turned 18 and im trying to get into blacksmithing. A lot more technique than I thought but that won't stop me! Thanks for the help!

[@df-intheshop330]

Keep with it. It's only complicated if you make it complicated. Let me know if there is any way I can help.

[@adammilan6434]

@@df-intheshop330 Will do! Only tricky thing is finding an anvil but imma lookin haha.

[@df-intheshop330]

The only essential part of any anvil is the square block in the center. That's available anywhere. Go to a scrap yard and find the biggest square block you can afford (or handle). As long as it is steel it will work. It doesn't have to be hard.

[@adammilan6434]

@@df-intheshop330 Yeah I currently have a big I-beam, anyways thanks for the extremely helpful videos.. made this a whole lot easier. Keep it up! 🙂

[@gabrielnavarro8721]

Great video, I like how you put some close up footage and some overview as well.

[@kennethdodds2323]

I like this method--clean, simple. The bender for the jaw is good. Arc welding the reins makes good sense.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Really great video Dennis! Thank you for taking the time to make it :-)

[@ajwhittlebang6977]

The dynamics of hammering is so misunderstood but you explain the nuances well. It is a tad offputting watching a left- hander for pointers when I am primarily right handed.....takes me back to when I learned to shear sheep...taught by a lefthander. The really detailed translation to the correct handing is profoundly empowering. Thanks for sharing.

[@mage8838]

Thank you for the explanation of your leg movement. It lakes perfect sense . you get so much more power from the leg drive.

[@tobystout7363]

I love your anvil ruler. That's awesome

[@SivaKumar-bx3fn]

Thank you for sharing your Instructions to punch holes in Tongs.

[@DBacaMaker]

THOSE are absolutely the simplest bolt tongs I've seen so far. Welding the thinner reins to the heads is the path I will try next.

[@df-intheshop330]

It's how most tongs were made by smiths working lone or in small shops. I just replaced the forge weld with an arc weld to speed up the process.

[@patrickwoolery6000]

I would love more tips about efficient hammering technique. Thank you for the explanation of using the legs.

[@df-intheshop330]

This is the video I did a few years ago. It's not a great video but it will give you the idea until I can get around to redoing it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIKckqdqr7Wpms0

[@bushcraftrebelknifes8970]

thanks for the info and it was great to watch you work

[@texasshantyman6358]

Just want to thank you for all your videos. I’ve learned more just scrolling through your videos in an hour than I’ve learned farting around KZbin from one channel to the other. Bravo.

[@johnjude2685]

Looks much easier to do the weld 2 dia. round bars. Less stress for the steel also I'm going review this for in late fall I will be back in forge ( that you help design) . Again I love your teaching Thanks Sir

[@asuperstar]

This was a master class. Thank you

[@rowanferguson]

Very informative, thank you.

[@sheep1ewe]

Based on my own practical experience i can tell that the steel it self will break before that rivet comes off, this method gives an incredible strong result. (I know since i had to take apart some tongs riveted this way in order to repair them...)

[@tomfarrow710]

excellent tutorial, just wish that I could do as good as the worst pair you ever made. I just don't get some part of this tong making . I will keep on trucking . Thanks

[@df-intheshop330]

Trust me the worst pair I ever made looks the same as everybody else's worst pair. It's just practice - we all start off the same way.

[@aslob9321]

Been there, done that!

[@jeffreydustin5303]

Can you do it without the hardies? I don't have a v groove or the bending fork and so on. I have a hammer, an anvil, and a forge and some tongs from Amazon.

[@df-intheshop330]

Oh course you can. The tools I'm using are just make the job easier they are not essential. If you have a step on your anvil you can shape the jaws in that. You can also use a piece of angle iron, or just blocks that are clamped to a bench. The bow can be shaped freehand or around a heavy bar if you don't have a horn on your anvil. It doesn't need to be bent in a jig. There is always a number of different ways to get a job done.

[@michaelrobertson8795]

Great video brother

[@fieroboom]

Is there a video of the anvils you made? I'm extremely interested in that...

[@df-intheshop330]

Go to my channel page and you will find playlists of all my videos.

[@waylandforge8704]

An excellent demonstration, as always. Could you devote some time to demonstrating your stance and hammering technique please. Unless you've already done it elsewhere. Thanks again from Down Under.

[@df-intheshop330]

I do have a video on this - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIKckqdqr7Wpms0

[@lifeline369]

Hey Denis, what do you think of having a class where you teach students to make their own tools?

[@df-intheshop330]

Mostly I do that on KZbin but if this program takes off making you own tools will be a major part of it

[@MrBakkerBolletje]

what clip do u use to lock the tongs?

[@TheGrmany69]

Again, COOL CHANNEL!!

[@patrickcassalman1049]

Hi dennis loved this video. Are you located in sault st marie by chance?

[@df-intheshop330]

Yes I'm in the Canadian Sault.

[@clappercl]

Glad to see you again, Dennis 🙂 Why the re-upload? The first seemed okay.

[@df-intheshop330]

Sorry, this was a Patreon video and I forgot to add the end screen, proper title and description before transferring it to youtube. The video is the same

[@clappercl]

Ah, I see. No need to apologize, I was just curious. Watched both anyway, not well enough to catch that though apparently! Lol!

[@konohaguy]

Can I draw out the 1/2 bar instead of welding?

[@df-intheshop330]

Of course you can - this is just another way to approach the problem.

[@calvin5358]

I would love to have some tongs like that to hold 1 inch round

[@6969smurfy]

Dennis. Been watching awhile now. Very good teacher. R u a yupper ?

[@df-intheshop330]

Thanks, I'm just across the border in the Canadian Sault

[@OuroborosArmory]

It wasn’t till you showed the wide body shot that I realized you were left handed...

[@df-intheshop330]

That's true, not too many of us around. Just reverse everything in the video and you'll be fine :-)

[@OuroborosArmory]

DF - In The Shop I have no problems following, you are an excellent instructor, as you explain everything so well. This is why I haven’t noticed, and I have bee watching you for years :)

[@calvin5358]

You must have a third arm💪🏾

[@samsungwoke971]

Mantsp

[@MrJacksaun]

your videos are to short..