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tongs ? 06 Aug 2011 14:00 #1

ray tyron OFFLINE Very Senior Member Posts: 781 Karma: 0	Picked these up at a farm sale. Jaws are about four inches and spring steel. Im thinking they are a dental tool ?maybe hoof testers. There has not ben a smith on the place for as long as anyone can remember but there was a lot of fullers and tongs so there pretty old. Any ideas ?regardless there hoof testers now. Attachments: Photo0558_6441.jpg (45KB)
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RE:tongs ? 06 Aug 2011 14:31 #2

chris bunting OFFLINE Master Posts: 1468 Thank you received: 9 Karma: 5	look more like crucible tongs to me chris
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RE:tongs ? 06 Aug 2011 18:55 #3

JR Farrier Service OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 182 Karma: 0	Hoof testers or used to heat a can of turpentine or reducine or the like over a fire
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RE:tongs ? 06 Aug 2011 19:29 #4

ray tyron OFFLINE Very Senior Member Posts: 781 Karma: 0	I thought about the can or crucible thing to but spring steel ? And he made the jaws come together perfectly.
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RE:tongs ? 06 Aug 2011 22:17 #5

Gabino OFFLINE Very Senior Member Posts: 848 Thank you received: 13 Karma: 7	For take wooden brand in the fireplace.
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RE:tongs ? 07 Aug 2011 09:58 #6

Ray_Knightley OFFLINE Master Posts: 4219 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 0	They are for pulling Nose hairs Out! Or Chris is right..
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RE:tongs ? 07 Aug 2011 14:41 #7

Ronald Aalders OFFLINE Master Posts: 3072 Karma: 0	Judging by the shape and the size a can holder would be my bet. Maybe the guy when he made them considered the continuous heating and cooling of the tool and considered a better quality steel for the job, so the tongs would outlive him? Wich apparently they did........:cool: Ronald Aalders
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RE:tongs ? 08 Aug 2011 22:08 #8

brian robertson OFFLINE Master Posts: 1327 Thank you received: 22 Karma: 3	I use similar shaped tongs when forging large billets under the power hammer. With the spring steel I can make them much lighter weight than with mild steel. Less weight=less fatigue=more control
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RE:tongs ? 09 Aug 2011 04:21 #9

ray tyron OFFLINE Very Senior Member Posts: 781 Karma: 0	All good possibilities. Concerns of steel becoming brittle have led me to think milder steels as a better choice for tongs but I guess he a person was diligent about cooling it would not be a problem.
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RE:tongs ? 09 Aug 2011 10:43 #10

Red Amor OFFLINE Master Posts: 3358 Thank you received: 22 Karma: 5	There called gurra tongs they sre used to hold onto the gurrars of bulls n unruley stallions while we trim there hooves not tight mind you just lettin em know whos boss yeah
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RE:tongs ? 09 Aug 2011 12:09 #11

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Ray, the habit to get into with spring steel tongs is to dip them in the water BEFORE you pick up hot steel NOT after; they are then allowed to air cool a little before you could quench them at a critical temp.

i've been using light weight tongs since I took a class in industrial forging yrs ago from Steve Parker. Steve's everyday forge work consists of 40lb billets under a 2500lb hammer; his tongs look like chop sticks; all made from 5160(spring stock)

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RE:tongs ? 09 Aug 2011 14:26 #12

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brian robertson wrote:

Ray, the habit to get into with spring steel tongs is to dip them in the water BEFORE you pick up hot steel NOT after; they are then allowed to air cool a little before you could quench them at a critical temp.

i've been using light weight tongs since I took a class in industrial forging yrs ago from Steve Parker. Steve's everyday forge work consists of 40lb billets under a 2500lb hammer; his tongs look like chop sticks; all made from 5160(spring stock)

that's probably a habit I should pick up. Ben using the smell of burning hide as reminder to cool my tongs for too long. Red. Good plan might try them on my new helper.

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