Muy útil. Gracias por compartir tus conocimientos y experiencias. Aprendo mucho mirando tus videos. Te envío un vran saludo desde Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, república Argentina.
I can't count how many times I just grabbed a piece of 1/2" round bar to use as a fuller when an actual simple fuller would have been exponentially better. Thanks Ron.
smart looking bit of kit Glen, I like the way you attach handles to your tooling ..wrapping round instead of going through makes for a stonger tool in my opinion...also easier to reuse all the bits should they become needed for something else. Those tongs are great too. Thanks for sharing
The top-bottom hot punch the guillotine you talked about doing a few months back. Turned out pretty good! I guess for the fancy version, you could drill a hole in the bottom of the set dies, put a tool steel rod in there and pin it in, couple of different sizes like half inch, 10mm or whatever you want to use for your different pin sizes
if you dropped in a flat top die after you finished with the double sided die would that then allow the bottom die to punch the slug up into the top void as there is now no section of die right in that hole with the flat die in the top?
I like at the beginning you choose to forge instead of grinding. I also hate grinding. I feel it is a waste of material, so I prefer to forge most of the piece I am working on, so very little grinding filing or sanding is required. Nice work as always and great idea godbless and good health.
Idea for your hole punch dies. Make a second top die with a hole drilled in it for the bottom die to push the slug into after making the initial punch.
I love those little anvils he has. I wonder after the milling those what hardness they are heat treated too. And what type of steel he uses in those anvls.
All of my small, block style anvils are made from 4145 and are completely heat treated (hardened) top to bottom. They aren't extremely hard, maybe 50 hrc at best but this steel also work hardens over time. Thanks for watching.
@gstongs you do a good job of keeping your anvils in excellent condition. They have very few dings And dents .paying attention to use hot steel and careful hammer placement.
If you drilled 2 centred holes into flat dies, and press fit two short punches into the holes, you could save all of that cutting and filing for the punching dies. If it works, you can claim that it is both, "Bonehead" and "Cement Head" approved. We knuckle heads have to stick together.
That's a very good idea and one I will get around to trying. And after one heat, I might be able to remove the bottom short punch to punch the hole completely through. Thanks and yeah, we hammer heads got to stick together!
Thank you Glen! Always my honor to support the efforts at GS Tongs. Another useful tool for the shop!
Hey Robert, your extremely generous support over the years has helped me /the channel a lot. Thank you. 😬
Your usual genius at work. Particularly the double sided punch. I love it. Gonna have to give it a try. You're an inspiration Glen. Thank you!!
It works for sure but I can improve upon this will some small tweaks. Thanks for watching.
Very nice dear 🎉
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Muy útil. Gracias por compartir tus conocimientos y experiencias. Aprendo mucho mirando tus videos. Te envío un vran saludo desde Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, república Argentina.
Thanks for watching and for your kind comment.
I wish the hot steel would behave for me like it does for you. So clean, nice work. Thanks for taking us along 👍.
Ya..... I hear ya I keep beating the steel into submission but it still seems to disobey....lol!!! 😂
Trust me, hot steel doesn't always behave for me! I'm constantly learning and re-learning. Thanks.
Nice guillotine punch idea! Glen, you just keep thinking of new stuff so the rest of us don't have to!
This works fine but can be improved upon I think. Thanks Bryson.
Your tings just keep getting better. Nice work.
I just keep making adjustments here and there to my tongs, etc. Thanks George.
Fullers.... so simple, so useful.
I can't count how many times I just grabbed a piece of 1/2" round bar to use as a fuller when an actual simple fuller would have been exponentially better. Thanks Ron.
Your tongs look amazing Glen. I am amazed how perfect they look.
I'm always changing my tongs for one reason or another. Thanks for all your support.
Wow, both the fuller and the tongs came out amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Steve, the fuller works fine but I think it can be improved upon. And my tongs are constantly changing... Thanks for everything.
smart looking bit of kit Glen, I like the way you attach handles to your tooling ..wrapping round instead of going through makes for a stonger tool in my opinion...also easier to reuse all the bits should they become needed for something else. Those tongs are great too.
Thanks for sharing
I do my handled tools in all sorts of ways but this way does seem sturdiest. I'm constantly changing my tongs... Thanks.
The top-bottom hot punch the guillotine you talked about doing a few months back. Turned out pretty good!
I guess for the fancy version, you could drill a hole in the bottom of the set dies, put a tool steel rod in there and pin it in, couple of different sizes like half inch, 10mm or whatever you want to use for your different pin sizes
I like your idea about drilling a hole in a flat bottom die - I will give that a try when I get time. Thanks for sure.
if you dropped in a flat top die after you finished with the double sided die would that then allow the bottom die to punch the slug up into the top void as there is now no section of die right in that hole with the flat die in the top?
Yes, that may just work - similar to how I punch directly on my anvil face. Thanks.
I like at the beginning you choose to forge instead of grinding. I also hate grinding. I feel it is a waste of material, so I prefer to forge most of the piece I am working on, so very little grinding filing or sanding is required. Nice work as always and great idea godbless and good health.
I completely agree with your comment. Thanks for watching and I wish you the best as well.
Beautiful!
Thanks.
Great job. Thank you 😊
Thanks Gary.
Well done friend!
Thanks Billy.
Idea for your hole punch dies. Make a second top die with a hole drilled in it for the bottom die to push the slug into after making the initial punch.
A very good idea that a couple of others also suggested. I will give that a go when I have time. Thanks.
I love those little anvils he has. I wonder after the milling those what hardness they are heat treated too. And what type of steel he uses in those anvls.
All of my small, block style anvils are made from 4145 and are completely heat treated (hardened) top to bottom. They aren't extremely hard, maybe 50 hrc at best but this steel also work hardens over time. Thanks for watching.
@gstongs you do a good job of keeping your anvils in excellent condition. They have very few dings
And dents .paying attention to use hot steel and careful hammer placement.
A bolster that fits into that guillotine setup over the bottom die would probably work pretty well to drive out the slug too.
Yep, good idea.
Yes, someone else also mentioned this so it's something I will try for sure. Thanks.
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Thanks for watching and commenting.
💯💯👌👌👌
Thanks for sure.
A parte mais bonita você não mostrou, que era colocando o pino!
I will certainly do more tong videos and show riveting the two halves together. Thanks.
If you drilled 2 centred holes into flat dies, and press fit two short punches into the holes, you could save all of that cutting and filing for the punching dies. If it works, you can claim that it is both, "Bonehead" and "Cement Head" approved. We knuckle heads have to stick together.
That's a very good idea and one I will get around to trying. And after one heat, I might be able to remove the bottom short punch to punch the hole completely through. Thanks and yeah, we hammer heads got to stick together!
@@gstongs Just call me Mako, Tiger.
Hey, do you still have the touch mark hookup? I need a phone number mark. Perhaps also “Handcrafted in Rockwood PA” do you still have my email?
I do still work with the engraver. I believe I have your email but maybe it would be best to email me.
gstongs@gmail.com
Thanks.