Blacksmithing Easy Ten Minute Tongs 

I followed your instructions and made a set today. Took me a bit longer than 10 minutes because it was the first time I used my forge, but they turned out great. Thanks

Hi I have threaded 10 mm Booker rod. Can I use that to make the tongs or no good?? Too thin? Or is it to soft? Any reply appreciated 🙂👍👍👍. Oh btw I was thinking of making a pair of tongs from an old pair of electricians pliers with welding longer handles? Only problem I have is if electricians pliers are high carbon steel and I use Booker rod as the handle? It won't weld properly? Cheers

Love it when "10 min tongs" takes a 16 min video. Between hammerin' and meltin' I try to catch a bunch of smiths on YT (Black Bear, Torbjorn, Big Dog, Christ Centered, ....) but you and Glen (GSTongs) are certainly two of the most inovative/creative/out-of-the-box smiths out there. Along thos lines, I can see (or imagine) advantages to having your forge "outside" your smithy but have you found any disadvantages? Keep it up as I've said before and thanks; as little as you may think it is your efforts (and of course ?niddridge?) are making an impact on the world. Thanks.

I got me dong caught in me zipper, Now they dubbed me with the name of Jack the zipper.

Love this! Thanks!! I haven't made any yet, have watched a bunch of vids and seemed a bit complicated. I've been using Vise Grips, pliers, and long needle nose pliers, and they all suck! The Vise Grips hold well, but the angle of the jaws and handles make them awkward to hold, and they leave some nasty tool marks.

NOT 10 minutes. It's still a decent how-to.

Well done sir, letting people know that you don't have to have expensive material to make your first pair of tongs I thought that was an awesome video. The Simplicity of that is wonderful thank you for sharing!

Wah bagus 👍👍

Love it Peter, simple, cheap, fast, functionalbe. Job done Nice one mate

Whack it like a maniac...now that's more my speed! Thank you for this video!

I just take a old pliers and weld a pipe on the handle..

I gotta thank you I just started blacksmithing and could not make tongs to save my life but finding your video helped me out so much and just made my first set of tongs thank you so much their ugly but definitely do the trick

Yes sir yes sir yes sir you made some tongs a lot faster and a lot easier than other blacksmiths that I have seen and your method if we're a lot better and easier than others I have seen. Nuby bladesmith here in Texas fixing to make himself some european-style forging tongs

I love your down to earth,no nonsense approach. I made a pair of these a few of years ago, exactly the same method. Made them to grip 9/16th" round. Old coil spring...tool steel for chisels, punches and wood turning tools. I use them regularly. Cheers mate.

Mate I love fuggley tongs lol , nothing wrong with them I say , they do the job and that is all I want from a set of tongs . 👍

thank you ! i have made tongs but your method is simplest. i need to make a pair of ax tongs. i will just make the jaws long and bend them down

Thankyou for this...I was struggling hard in my beginning...but your video really made it that simple....my first set came out great.. . Awsome job by the way....

The most impressive part of this video is your knowledge of both the metric and imperial systems. I need to quit being a dumb American and learn the metric system already.

Ten minutes tongs making but 30 minutes video rolling.

Well i made it in 3.5 hour not exactly 10 minutes but i'm ok with the results

Really liked this. I've worked with Australians on several occasions, they have a wonderful "can do" attitude. We once had that attitude in the USA, now we need to redevelop it. My first time here, I subscribed. Best regards😃

Just found you channel great projects subscribed

If only we knew how you truly feel about re-bar.

Ça fonctionne mais ça reste quand même un peu du bricolage du point de cue du processus. Il y a moyen de faire beaucoup mieux en mois de temps. Si vous prenez le temps de mettre en forme les pinces avant de les assembler, cous allez gagner beaucoup de temps et de qualité. Il est très facile de les mettre en forme avec une griffe d'enclume. Il est également bien plus rapide de réaliser le décalage des mords avant d'assembler afin qu'ils se croisent correctement un fois assemblés. Salutations d'un forgeron d'art français.😊

That's not cool. You set me up with that clickbait

The thing I always love about British craftsman, is that they always keep thing interesting.

Thanks very helpful!

Reinforcing bars? Why not railroad rails? 😁

Good video Terry, got lots of the Makita family in my workshop as well as a few Bosch! Makita guys are great, very reliable but lack the precision of the champagne and caviar family Bosch! Makita are happy with beer and peanuts and do do a great job and last forever so its up to get what you pay for! Tongs are good, not great , but quick and simple. Subbed to see more, keep forging!

Informative and interesting! Loved the video and thank you for including the imperial system.

I would like to say as a young man who wants to start smithing I have seen all theses smiths use power hammers, and hammers that cost hundreds of dollars. Thank you good sir for showing me that I don’t need the most expensive tools to start a life long dream. Also as a young American man I was very confused by many words in this video lol. None the less thank you kind sir for teaching me a very valuable lesson! Your changing the world one person at a time. Keep going and don’t stop being you. Much love from America!

Why has everybody else have to make it seem so hard? Thanks.

Just my style quick and easy

Thanks man this was really helpful I needed a knew pair

This was the first item I made with my backyard forge. THANK YOU! You provided just enough info to get me started, while being quite entertaining in the process. I wailed away on "not hot enough' rebar wondering why it didn't move as easily for a bit.... all good, this is how we learn. Specifying how important the angle on the bit will help others in the future. Make the mouth (bit) flat folks, if not the item your grabbing will move around.

A question for those of us with CDO(similar to OCD, but the letters are in the correct order), what type/brand of hot glove are you using to hold the rebar?

There is already a "Hack Smith"

It would still take me a week. Lmao

Very nice! Thank you for the instruction.

This video was absolutely perfect. All I wanted was a simple right to the point down and dirty way to make tongs. Being new to blacksmithing this is such a helpful video Thank you!

As a young woman watching this over my bf's shoulder...…10 minute tongs but it's a 16 min video.

you get a like just for saying WW-Z. you would have gotten one anyway though. Keep up the good work!

Very entertaining .. nice one

G'day from Australia great video going to try make these

For yo Peter , Good Morning !!!!!! Once again you have done a Great Job ! Wonderful information for the beginner and a man or Woman who is low on funds , A great way to make a number of different , but useable Tongs ! Will be waiting for your next Video ! Take Care and Be Safe ! KEEP HAMMERING !

You're a riot dude. Great stuff subbibh

Great Video. Thanks

It's decent, but having done the traditional method as a newbie who could barely get his forge to temp, I don't think it's fast or easy enough for the quality loss There's also nothing wrong with quick methods, but the traditional way is good for the soul

That was very helpful. I'm going to go and make a set of these. I'll give you a shout out in that video when it comes

Makita is originally german

Helpful to me. Thanks very much.

I will try to make some

I will try to make some

Very good video 👍

This guy is my new hero

Lol like a tick.

👍👍👍

Thanks i enjoyed this

Love it Mate

Nice to hear an Aussie accent. Good instructions for making a set of workmanlike tongs. Not trying for beauty - that’s for the things we use the tongs for. Thank you!

Great clip.... I just made a brake drum forge . My first project was a horseshoe letter opener. Vise grips are ok...but I really need a set of tongs! I think I can replicate your set! Thanks for helping a beginner.

Thank you for these instructions! Easy to follow and perfect for me(a amateur blacksmith with limited resources) lol

You made it look so easy Bravo

Subbing lol

Great info, thanks for sharing.

Well done. When I made mine, I drew out the reins before installing the rivet/hinge pin, just to have more leverage and distance from the heat.

Sometimes using rebar is saving too much money. I used it once for tension rods. I coated it with black tar. It was 1/2" bar and it rusted away to 1/4" in the middle in about 1 year. I knew not to use it in structural but I didn't know how fast it rust under tension. It seems to work okay if you hide it in cement though. Don't throw them tongs away, they would be good for cracking walnuts.

Dude it literally take his 10 minutes just to get to the walk from his house to his forging area

That anvil sounds dead

Wait, he speaks english and uses metric system for the drill... i bugged

I gotta get some tongs to make my tongs. Ha

Starting a forge build for the first time ever today and this was just what I needed to get started. Thank you sir

Thanks for the video, I have a question though... isn't this what's referred to as a left handed tong, (held in the right hand)? From what I've gathered in my research, a tong for the left hand (what is referred to as a right handed tong) should be overlapped in the other direction, with the upper rein under ones thumb, and the lower under the fingers on the outside. Their like sissors in that they work better one way as opposed to the other.

Very useful definitely gonna make them

Beauty's mate thanks for that.

Maravilloso trabajo amigo saludos 🤗

May be put a V grove in the tong , then it can hold round and square bar.

Quit babbling and get on with it please.