. The 20th century toolsmith and steelworker; a complete, practical, and scientific book. ordinary pairsof tongs. I have tongs in my possession that will holdfrom V2 inch square up to 1% inches square, or octagon,and will also-hold flat sizes 2 inches by % down to %square, and hold each size very firm, while the size isregulated by an adjustable jaw by moving a small boltinto different holes in*the jaw, which requires but a fewseconds to change, as shown in Figure 4. Still anotherpoint worthy of mention is to make the handles halfround. This will form a spring and will be very easyto hold, but
. The 20th century toolsmith and steelworker; a complete, practical, and scientific book. ordinary pairsof tongs. I have tongs in my possession that will holdfrom V2 inch square up to 1% inches square, or octagon,and will also-hold flat sizes 2 inches by % down to %square, and hold each size very firm, while the size isregulated by an adjustable jaw by moving a small boltinto different holes in*the jaw, which requires but a fewseconds to change, as shown in Figure 4. Still anotherpoint worthy of mention is to make the handles halfround. This will form a spring and will be very easyto hold, but have the half round as wide as is reason-able ; for example, % half round will be right and fillthe hand better than 7-16 round. Figure 5 illustratestongs specially adapted for dressing cold chisels, madewith V-shaped jaws, which will readily hold round,square or octagon. When making tongs, as Figures 4and 5, from cast steel use a very soft steel of about 60points carbon, and % square in size. After forgingthe jaws, as shown in Figure 5, the handles may be TOOLSMITH AND STEELWORKER ^. End view of adjustable tongswhen holding smallest size.
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