Forging Tong Blanks: A Different Approach 

exactly what i was thinking ..very nice

This is how every shop should look like. Anyone can clean after work is over, but they are lazy.

Yessir, back in the mix!

Yessir, working on a future hammer-in out here.

Thank you!

Yessir, thanks!

Ha, yep a long time. I've been tied up building my new shop here in Texas. All the best.

@@rigoniironworks please tell me what your secret to keep workshop so clean

@@mada0zani he works efficient and has plenty time to clean up I guess

Thanks, I used 4140. They work well enough and won't mark up the hammer dies like H13 or S7 would.

@@rigoniironworks thanks a lot, mate. I really like your work, It's accurate and clean. And so are your videos. Well done!

For now. I'd like an overhang+build a coal forge. Maybe in a few years.

lol. Shut up nerd.

The value of this channel over others is the clear professionalism. The man makes a lot of tongs, so he takes the time to make tools specifically so he can make tongs as efficiently and effectively as possible. CAN he do it with the anvil? Sure. So can a thousand other channels. Try finding more channels that focus on doing neat, professional work... And you'll come up lacking. Even big channels like Alec Steele... The man has made HOW many knives over his channel's lifespan? And not a single custom tool to be found. Back in the day, that was how you judged blacksmiths. A smith had to make all their own tools, but a good smith made tools only for tasks they completed often. So a smith with many tools that were hardly used was faking it, but a smith with many tools well worn had range and clients, proving they were good at their job and had been good for a significant amount of time.

There's always two ways to do something, John has figured out that having a large assortment of kiss blocks make him a better worker. You can't fault a guy for being smarter so he doesn't have to work harder. His way of doing things is his way and if you don't like it, well just move on. He has the cleanest shop in the world and his projects teach a lot of people how to improved their work. If he's graces us with videos because it must take a hell of a lot of time to do , just say thanks for sharing and be grateful that a guy with talent is nice enough to share some of his tricks. The world has enough negative comments we don't need to read more.

And the point of that comment was what Power hammer envy? It is what it is as I see it a good tutorial on the use of Kiss blocks and forms on a Power hammer it claims to be nothing more than that but receives negativity.

Im with you. That title promises an alternative way to make tongs (you assume in technique, for people who need to learn to make tongs) but shows how to make tongs on a power hammer. There's nothing alternative about technique, just different tooling. This is just how you make tongs on a power hammer. This is prime clickbait vague nondescript title to maximize potential clicks. No reason to not call the video "making tong under the power hammer" other than to lure in viewers who think they're going to learn a cool new technique they themselves can use to make tongs in an alternative way. And of course all critique os brushed away by fans as "jealousy" or or "other youtubers dont ever do this, this is so unique" - People, please. The man gets critique for titling his video like a doofus. There's nothing special about that and no need to defend the guy as if the critique is going to somehow hurt him. I'd be dismayed if my fans started reacting to critique like this, damn.