Hammers and Tongs

Audio Archive for the Tinkers Shop 11-30-13   (Right-Click to Download)

	Wooden Mallets used in hand forging a 'Bloom'   These are still used today in small Iron ore Bloomeries to do the compact the molten iron  and slag product. After the inital work is done the 'Strikers' switch to ordinary Sledge hammers.
	An Early Stone Hammer
	A line drawing of the common Ball Peen Hammer.  These are found from the very small to the very large.
	A comparison between 3 types of Peen Hammers: A- Ball Peen  B- Straight Peen  C- Cross Peen
	Two types of what is referred to as an Engineers Hammer or a Hand Drilling Hammer. Both weigh about 3 #.
	Trip hammer (aka a helve hammer) of the St. Michael's Furnace property – Museum of Iron of Saint-Hubert (Belgium). Used in finery forges, for drawing out blooms made from wrought iron into more workable bar iron. Trip hammers were usually raised by a cam and then released to fall under the force of gravity. Historically, trip hammers were often powered by a water wheel

	Farriers Tong  The Common Farriers tong.
	Riveting Tong   Used to grab and hold heated rivet in place while hammering.
	Round Nose Tong  Used for smaller flat and square stock.
	Round Nose Tong  Used for small objects that have a head on them.
	Bent or 'Duckbill' Tongs  Used for curved flat stock.
	Square nose Tongs  Used for flat or rectangular stock.
	Box Tongs  Used for square or small round stock.
	Single Box Tongs  For square stock.
	Deep Bar Tongs  Used to grab and hold Round stock.
	Vise Grips Invented  by a blacksmith as a replacement tool: "New Tool Is Both Pliers And Wrench" (Popular Science, Dec. 1935)
	Standard Slip Jaw Pliers
	Bent Nose Pliers Used in putting decorative twists in hot iron.
	Twisting Wrench These can be made from an antique Spanner or Pipe Wrench.