This month we will start on a project that will take two sessions to complete. We will be making a hammer. In March we will be making the tools needed. In April we will form the hammer head. The tools we will need to make are a slitting chisel and a drift. Continue reading ABNC March 2017
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BBQ Tongs
Below is a video on forging a set of BBQ tongs. It will take you through the major steps I took in making these tongs. I had not made a set of these before I started this video so it was a learning process for me as I forged them. This is reflected in the video. There were several false starts and changes of approach as I went through it. I had to heavily edit the final recording to get it down to about 30 minutes from the 1 hour and 20 minutes of the full video.
That said, the basic approach I took is sound and will work well. Some things to keep in mind as you watch this: Continue reading BBQ Tongs
Making EZ Tongs from 3/8″ Round
On Saturday, 8/13, we will meet at ABNC for our usual 2nd Saturday skills building session. At that session we will be making some tongs. They will be patterned after instructions supplied by Sean Conner (AKA Whitesmith of Blackstone Forge). But we will have a slight change in our approach.