Now he trains pipe welders at the Mechanical Trades Institute in Atlanta. For a lot of people though, welding is something you get your first look at in high school. If thatâs where you are now, hereâs what you should do: take every shop course you can in welding and metal fabrication.ow he trains pipe welders at the Mechanical Trades Institute in Atlanta. For a lot of people though, welding is something you get your first look at in high school. If thatâs where you are now, hereâs what you should do: take every shop course you can in welding and metal fabrication.
There are as many different types of tongs as there are blacksmiths that make them, the most common types being plain flat jaw tongs, v-bit or hollow bit tongs, bolt tongs, pick-up tongs, and box jaw tongs.
While you can sometimes find them for a reasonable price at auctions and antique stores, making your own tongs is a great way to practice all the techniques of blacksmithing: 1  fullering to isolate sections of metal. 2  drawing the metal out. 3  rounding, punching and drifting the rivet hole.  upsetting to make a 1  rivet. welding on the tong reins.