3 Different Ways To Rivet Up Tongs!! Tips and Trick to help you put your tongs together! 

Thanks dude your keeping me alive and sane

Sorry I did such a bad job lol. If the cameras on the rivet will go wrong.

@@danielmoss2089 oh no not at all. I thought everything was just fine and I can replicate everything you did. No power hammer but i can get a good approximation with hand tooling.

Thank you and it's a pleasure.

Used to do it like that but the bolts seem to get me going nowadays. Thanks for the great comment.

If the mating faces of the hinge plates aren't tight up against each other and remain tight up against each other until the rivet is set then this can happen @ Shamrock Forge. If your rivet is a tight fit this is actually a little easier to avoid as you can use the set (or a suitably sized monkey tool) to tap the mating faces of the hinge plate together and the rivet will keep them in place till you can give it that first, good setting blow. Otherwise the trick is to keep heavy downward pressure on the uppermost tong as you initially set the rivet to ensure the mating faces are tight up against one another until everything locks. Once its locked in place you can ease off the pressure and go on to dome the head with the snap, free up the reins etc etc. If you're doing all that already and are still having an issue then look at the punched holes themselves, are they tapered or drifted? In what orientation are the tapers if not? Hour glass or barrel? One is likely to 'lock' far better than the other during that critical first setting blow. Hope that makes sense.

we have all been there. nice comment.

Seems like ball ache but if it works for you. I alway find upsetting in the vise marks the edge of the material you don't want to mark.

Thanks for the comment dude. Means a lot and I'm greatful for the support.

Daniel Moss yeah it does leave a flat on the material but that get put into the hole and upset into the piece. It’s a quick and dirty rivet for sure

I smashed this video out so it's a bit rough. Trying to build the channel a little but. So I'll make some mistakes. I think I did say it was forklift truck tyne or 4140. If I didn't sorry.

I have started using brick acid takes about 2hours and they are all clean.

Na bro me too. Lol

@@danielmoss2089 yeah I even tried using a magnet to stick things too while not using them.....it magnetizing Steel so trying to put something back in the Forge makes a little tough when it won't let go lol. Cant when for loosing but makes for good comedy in vids

Grease of the hammer me thinks. Gotta stop licking it lol.

Also first one and I'm surprised it took so long lol

😂 I had to comment on it. It’s impossible to stay clean in the shop.

I'm not sure if it's going to be an issue just yet but the place I buy mine was running low. I'm assuming the farrier that goes there did the same thing I did and brought up a load. Plus a couple of hobbiest have reared the ugly heads lol.

Went made and finished of the pallet. They said more is on its way.

Acid will do it, vinegar even. Dan mentioned using brick cleaner.

Sure did. Covered it in a recent video can't remember which one it was lol. Sorry.

I know constantly got something going on. It's not good lol

You shouldn't did I do that?

@@danielmoss2089 I think Triple Driver is referring to your flatter. Looks a bit hammer-y

That's often due to the fact I was talking shit lol. I made this video very fast and I'm sure there's lots of issues. Thanks for the feed back still learning.

Just gone half 10 here.

I was just think I haven't seen a Chris comment for a while. How's things hope you and the family are well?

@@danielmoss2089 im good and hope you are. i will drop you a mail as I want some tools and been having nightmare with patron stopping my sponsorship but I will drop you a mail privately

Looking forward to it talk soon.