Forging an Offset Jaw Tong (bent knee style)

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5 жыл бұрын

In this video, I make one of my bent knee style tongs.
website: www.gstongs.com
email: glen03@earthlink.net
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@anthonykent7983 5 жыл бұрын

Man I do love the simple elegant yet robust look of your tong. Great work ! Thanks bro Anthony Kent

@davidhillman7004 5 жыл бұрын

They work well hold better than any other tongs I have in my shop

@anthonykent7983 5 жыл бұрын

Hi David that's great you have some. I don't have any of Glen's Tong's they are on a wish list tho! I like that they are short tined, I've even cut down some older tongs to use better! Great stuff thanks bro Anthony Kent

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

They work well for my purpose. Thanks for the kind words.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Recommendations really help business. Much appreciated.

@rigidironworks9834 5 жыл бұрын

Glen, I would bet if the average person saw those tongs prior to watching the video, they would think they were machined. Well done. Mike.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that's true but I'll take it anyway. Thanks for your support.

@random40s 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely top tier quality work! 👍 Those are some very well made tongs! I like how you dealt with the boss area. Quite different than most people do.. Keep up the fantastic work, and the great videos. Glad your post vice is getting put to work.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I've tried making tongs in so many different ways. This is my latest way though who knows, I may change this eventually. Very glad you like this and I appreciate your kind comment.

@jamesmcmillen4828 5 жыл бұрын

Good morning, Glen! Hey, I saw where Dan Moss gave you a shout-out in his rivet-less tong video. Keep doing what you're doing, man. Cheers.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I saw that. Very glad to receive the shout-out. Thanks for letting me know.

@libertymart9954 3 жыл бұрын

I'm very displeased that you couldn't make the tongs more complicated. Lol. Great job and a beautiful finished product;

@gaz0463 5 жыл бұрын

Just the usual high standard of craftsmanship I’ve come to expect from you. Really nice job Glen. Take care.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Tongs are the thing I feel most comfortable making. So I'm glad you like this one. Thanks.

@danielcrawford7315 5 жыл бұрын

Looking vey good looking tongs. Neat use of the "drumsticks" lol

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of "half" projects that I need to find a use for like this. Thanks.

@wild_willy_from_twin_city4526 5 жыл бұрын

Just fine art,..... I built my forge to make knives. Old smithy told me to make all my tools. Now I enjoy making my tongs, punches better than knife blades.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

The first thing I ever really made was a pair of tongs. And all these years later it's still mainly all I do. Talk about being in a rut... Thanks for your kind comment.

@grizzly22485 5 жыл бұрын

Glen, your style is great and intrigues me. Love your videos...

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. This style is versatile and probably the style I prefer using most.

@nestorknoxs3795 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job!!! You made them look so easy!!

@TheOldaz1 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job, really like the brass finish as well, thank you.

@petedetects7012 4 жыл бұрын

I can see.myself making tools like crazy . I really enjoyed watching this video. Thank you

@HanLan4884 4 жыл бұрын

Я не кузнец но смотрю с удовольствием спасибо за работу

@stantilton6408 Жыл бұрын

Great job Glen! Thank you for sharing.

@TalRohan 3 жыл бұрын

Nice little tongs Glen, I particularly like that you do that extra bit with the handles ready to not only look good but take a tong clip

@wint3rsmith42 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent work as always Glen.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the kind comment.

@BennettTheSmith 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful efficiency of movement and technique as always :) Also, perhaps it's incidental to where you have had to set up, but having the strong-but-diffuse daylight coming in from behind you makes it much easier to see detail in the metal that might otherwise be lost to glowing metal and white balance compensation.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comment. Most of my camera work/setup is incidental as I don't have much choice given my space restrictions. So I'm glad the natural lighting is working out.

@suminagum6605 10 ай бұрын

You make it look effortless, great job !

@Psyrus88 4 жыл бұрын

I'm collecting everything I need to begin smithing and - desiring to make some tools of my own - was a tad daunted by the prospect of forging my own tongs. You've completely demystified the process for me. Thank you so much for your videos, and practical instruction and demonstration.

@gstongs 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad my videos can help you in any way. Good luck in your blacksmithing. Thanks for watching.

@stanervin6108 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely done, Glen. 👍

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like this tong. Thanks.

@larryfetters212 5 жыл бұрын

I could watch that over and over. I love my tongs!!! Ty

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I always feel I can do better on the next pair. But I guess that's the way a lot of craftsman feel about there own items. Thanks.

@davidrichards5594 5 жыл бұрын

Glen, Great to watch you make those, I like the way you use hand tooling as "dies" to form the different areas instead of just beating them out. Seems more consistent....Dave

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Even for someone who has very simple tooling like myself, there are certain tools that just make life easier, especially for operations that need to be repeated many times with consistency. Thanks.

@kensmapleleafretirement 4 жыл бұрын

Nice tongs. Thanks for sharing your project....

@paulvanzweel8287 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely made tongs and video. Inspiring stuff for making great tools with a simple process!

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I am minimalistic in my approach to everything. Nothing I make could be considered fancy - just simple and straightforward. Glad you like it. Thanks.

@unboostedpueeblood Жыл бұрын

Nicely done, as always.

@nntimberwolf2197 5 жыл бұрын

These are awesome!! You made a pair of these about a year ago. They are sooo handy. Your work is very high quality. Than you sir!

@nntimberwolf2197 5 жыл бұрын

You made a pair for me about a year ago. Thank you sir. I should really proof read before I send a message. Keep up the good work, sir!

@larryking606 5 жыл бұрын

Now those are a very Professional Made tongs ! Beautiful ! I know you are proud of them ! Keep Hammering !

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comment. This style of tong is probably my favorite to use. Good luck in your work.

@larryking606 5 жыл бұрын

@@gstongs Thank You , KEEP HAMMERING !

@yorkshirejoinery2869 5 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video! Great to see how easily you make it look creating such wonderful tongs! Well done! Need to get practicing, want to make my own set!

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comment. I'm sure whatever tongs you make will work well.

@grandadz_forge 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Such clean forging.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Of the things I make, I feel most comfortable making tongs. Thanks.

@jimh7345 5 жыл бұрын

Nice work Glen....as always!

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated.

@BigWillSD 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video Glen!!

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

As long as there are folks wanting to watch, I'll do my best to pt out videos. Thanks.

@davidhillman7004 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome set if tongs great video

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

One of these days, I want to change up my video style. But when that day will come is another story. Thanks.

@bearsharkp3901 5 жыл бұрын

Looks good as always. Your style of tong is my goal for smithing this summer. 👍👍👍

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I wish you the best and appreciate your support.

@madworkxtrouble2274 5 жыл бұрын

Hey 👋 gst Nice pair of tongs. Ur vice holds up very well 👍great work again. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I'm enjoying using that leg vise. Thanks.

@Kulis747 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@demastust.2277 5 жыл бұрын

Save the plugs/slugs that you punch from the tong halves, or from the hammers. You could drill a little hole in the center of them and make beads with them

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Never thought of that. Might be able to make something with those slugs that my wife might appreciate. Thanks.

@tgweeve 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing job!!!

@lenblacksmith8559 5 жыл бұрын

Really good Glen love the style of your tongs, and these are really good and handy for holding stock that can pass through.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

This is probably my favorite style of tong - pretty versatile. Thanks.

@lenblacksmith8559 5 жыл бұрын

@@gstongs Yeah good aye?

@alfredovergara6974 4 жыл бұрын

que chulada de trabajo muy bonito

@henryviera7825 4 жыл бұрын

Ur work is soo clean, i wonder how u keep the scale down

@neilyeag 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite tongs by far, I have several styles and use them all! But mine doesn't have that fancy end detail! Maybe I need some more....

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I might have to leave the fancy ends to you. You recommending my tongs really helps... Thanks.

@glmm9969 4 жыл бұрын

Ótimo trabalho! 🇧🇷

@diegocalabria2272 4 жыл бұрын

muito caprichoso, parabéns ! satisfação de ver

@gstongs 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support.

@user-oc5fi6gi7u 4 жыл бұрын

Very good!

@xxxxxponchin 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Glen, you make it look very easy but of course it is not, thanks for sharing and take care 👍

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Like with everything, at first things seem complicated and there's a learning period needed for most of us. But once you have enough practice, things get less complicated and less mysterious. Thanks.

@normpowell3566 4 жыл бұрын

Norm. Hi Glen. Nice work. What make is your forge Also, I notice your always setting down. So you must have your anvil close to the ground. What make of anvil are you using? Thanks

@parveenjohal5009 4 жыл бұрын

Great Job ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@RanjitSingh-pl6rw 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@christobotha7191 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@TobyFireandSteel 5 жыл бұрын

Glen as usual mate love the video. Really interesting way of doing your tongs. Different to mine but I like it. Thanks for your hard work.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you find this interesting. I often admire how others go about tongs and I guess everyone borrows some aspects from everyone else. I've done tongs in so many ways and this is just the latest. But if I know myself, it's sure to be changed... Thanks.

@TobyFireandSteel 5 жыл бұрын

@@gstongs So true and that's life right? Always learning, always trying new things.

@purohitdhruvi572 4 ай бұрын

Good work

@oneshotme 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed and gave a Thumbs Up also

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Your continuing support is very much appreciated.

@goukir8299 5 жыл бұрын

Muy bueno como siempre máster.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comment. Good luck in your work.

@matthewseitz6855 5 жыл бұрын

Hey glen beautifully done!!! Could you tell me what size of stock you start with

@jacoblovato904 4 жыл бұрын

Cool anvil!

@wyoblacksmithtools3097 5 жыл бұрын

Love those bent knee tongs! What kind of angle grinder disc did you use to clean up the jaws? Do you fuller around the rivet hole to isolate it, or? Thanks, Jerry

@ohiovalleyforge5383 10 ай бұрын

I really like that rounded detail at the end of the reins, will the tongs I've ordered have something like that on them?

@isaacsalazarcarrasco6906 5 жыл бұрын

Excelente ¡¡¡

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you continue to watch.

@dianatenefrancia109 2 жыл бұрын

Great and nice

@mikestewartakastewie5685 5 жыл бұрын

I love watching your videos!!!! Ya make it look so easy!!!😎💪 Are you not in the USA? Just wondering... Thank you for all the awesome content!!🙏

@matthewseitz6855 5 жыл бұрын

mike stewart I believe he lives in Japan

@CockatoobirdmanBill 5 жыл бұрын

Glen What kind of steel are your vises 1018 cold roll / hot rolled or some kind of heat treat stuff? thank you for all your vid's Be well and be safe.....

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I changed the jaws on my machinist vise and they are hot milled, mild steel. I prefer the jaws of my vises be "softer" and smooth so as to not dig into hot workpieces. I'm not totally sure about the leg vise but it seems to be ductile iron, not very hard. Thanks.

@yoitsgunattack 3 жыл бұрын

you forge at very low heats I think like a high red was the brightest. How come? are you using tool steel to make tongs or something?

@TheRonald6524 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job 👍. Really enjoyed this video!!!!

@tbkustomknives8907 5 жыл бұрын

What steel do you use for your tongs?

@ademdogan7213 5 жыл бұрын

J'aime beaucoup tes vidéos parce que tu fais ça avec juste un marteau et une enclume tu n'as pas besoin de pleins d'outils comme certains.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple man and my tools reflect that. Nothing fancy but that suits me. Glad you like this aspect of my work.

@user-uh1oy4pq7b 5 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍

@wyoblacksmithtools3097 5 жыл бұрын

Love your tongs! It would take me over 2 hours to make even a subpar version of those tongs. How long was that for you? Thanks Glen. Jerry

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

If I wasn't filming myself and didn't do the decorative ends, I would say one hour to make these tongs. But when I film myself, it takes longer, at least an extra half hour. Thanks.

@benterbieten9540 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work. What it that button like object on the end of your anvil?

@nhojcam 3 жыл бұрын

It is a magnet to reduce ringing of his anvil when struck.

@kevinorr6880 4 жыл бұрын

What are you doing to get the gold-colored finish that I think I see? I like it. Does it burn off?

@andynichols3464 4 жыл бұрын

Heats tongs 15:50 uses regular wire brush to clean scale, 16:00 switches to what looks like a brass brush. I wonder if it is purely asthetic or if the transfer helps to retard oxidization. Either way I like it.

@gstongs 4 жыл бұрын

Andy is exactly right. I brush the tongs with a brass brush (when workpiece is slightly warm) to transfer some brass to the steel to help prevent rust. It will wear off with use but can always be reapplied. Thanks.

@gstongs 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your help. You said it perfectly.

@steelzzzzzzzz 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Glen, nice video. i had a question: at 11:20 you are using both hands, so how are you holding the tong steady? with your leg somehow?

@tehbonehead 5 жыл бұрын

Now you know his secret... He has three hands!!

@BillRodgers2 4 жыл бұрын

As a new subscriber, how do I get ahold of a few of ur tongs

@gstongs 4 жыл бұрын

Check out my website and email me directly. www.gstongs.com glen03@earthlink.net Thanks for watching and subscribing.

@Onlyliveonce 4 жыл бұрын

Супер👍👍👍

@boudur3819 3 жыл бұрын

SUPPER .

@aldenmarasigan8745 4 жыл бұрын

Nice anvil

@younesmeddouer7534 4 жыл бұрын

الله يبارك⁦🇩🇿⁩⁦🇩🇿⁩⁦🇩🇿⁩

@allyblair 5 жыл бұрын

well done Glenn. Great video as always. I have noticed that it does not seem as if your entire forge gets up to temp. I was wondering if that is by design or just something that happened?

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I normally run my forge at a low psi - around 4psi. But the small firebox does evenly heat up. I think it may be the camera or camera angle that is misleading as far as color. Thanks.

@jennyzosangafanai6123 4 жыл бұрын

Is it necessary to harden in water?

@JustinTopp 4 жыл бұрын

@joelpugsley3697 4 жыл бұрын

Jennyzosanga Fanai it is mild steel which cant be hardened

@mariotoro460 4 жыл бұрын

Master iron.

@hughlink7341 4 жыл бұрын

What is the cost for a set of those tongs in this video

@gstongs 4 жыл бұрын

I normally charge $37 per tong. Thanks for watching.

@stevenk8189 4 жыл бұрын

@@gstongs Seems way to cheap for a handmade piece like this. Looks awesome.

@shawnwells762 4 жыл бұрын

Do you sell your tongs at all?

@DenJSmith 3 жыл бұрын

Check his website. It is listed in the description.

@bragg77 4 жыл бұрын

Raymond Scott Thompson...

@Jonny0926 4 жыл бұрын

What is your anvil made of? Seems like tool steel... maybe D2?

@HiltsyAdventure 4 жыл бұрын

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@patrickpitz1879 4 жыл бұрын

crazy that thing doesn't have ANY ring, that thing is silent.

@user-nv8pq7zr8q Жыл бұрын

Respectfully, what is your point other than to complicate something that is otherwise easy to make?

@sandeepmalpotra4439 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice sir please one tongs gift me

@JF-fx2qv 5 жыл бұрын

Did I miss that "decorative ends video?" I will check. I don't give out kudos easily, but these tongs are worthy. Also note worthy ... the video was done well. The only segment of this video I would've enjoyed more is a voice over while you were rotating and indenting multi sides of each tong piece, but as the video continued I was able to see the reasons. Good job Glen.

@gstongs 5 жыл бұрын

I did the decorative end treatment a few weeks back. I have a lot of "half" completed project like that which I like to find a final use for, like this pair of tongs. I'm always thinking I need to find a better balance between talking too much and talking too little. Thanks for your suggestion.