Rant: I used to forge all my tongs from scratch, but my buddy in Boise got me a pair of those new bolt jaw tongs for my birthday.

I spent maybe 20 hours making my first set back in 2010, filing and fitting everything by hand. Now I just heat and tweak a $40 set to fit the stock I'm using that day, which saves a ton of time. Do you folks still make your own tools, or is buying and modifying the new standard?

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kai4632d ago

You said you heat and tweak a $40 set to fit the stock. Does that feel like cheating after putting in all that hand work before, or is it just smart?

riley8602d ago

Call it a cheat code for when my hands get tired of the hard work.