# Crafting aluminium tongs

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-aluminium-tongs/21236>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [September 2, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-aluminium-tongs/21236 "2019-09-02T01:36:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-aluminium-tongs/21236/1 "2019-09-02T01:36:14Z")

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So I want a FOODCO kitchen buddy, which means I need a Hand Press + Die, which apparently means I need aluminum tongs. I have 6 aluminum ingots, but I guess I don’t have the recipe? Which seems odd as I have Fabrication 7. They are craftable, right? The information I can find seems a bit confusing / out of date.

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**Author:** ![Malkeus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/malkeus/32/12037_2.png) [@Malkeus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Malkeus)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-aluminium-tongs/21236/2 "2019-09-02T02:27:07Z")

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Where are you getting your information from? I can’t find a recipe for the foodco kitchen buddy or the hand press and die and as far as I can tell aluminum tongs don’t exist anymore. I’m using a search program to look through the .json files in Build 9576. This is the only recipe I could find for tongs:

> {  
> “type”: “recipe”,  
> “result”: “tongs”,  
> “category”: “CC\_OTHER”,  
> “subcategory”: “CSC\_OTHER\_TOOLS”,  
> “skill\_used”: “fabrication”,  
> “difficulty”: 3,  
> “time”: “30 m”,  
> “autolearn”: true,  
> “qualities”: [{ “id”: “ANVIL”, “level”: 3 }, { “id”: “HAMMER”, “level”: 2 }],  
> “tools”: [[ [ “forge”, 150], [“oxy\_torch”, 30] ] ],  
> “components”: [[ [ “steel\_lump”, 1], [“steel\_chunk”, 4], [“scrap”, 12], [“pipe”, 3] ] ]  
> },

edit: Ok found the press recipe, doesn’t need aluminum tongs specifically, just tongs in general.

> {  
> “type”: “recipe”,  
> “result”: “press”,  
> “category”: “CC\_OTHER”,  
> “subcategory”: “CSC\_OTHER\_TOOLS”,  
> “skill\_used”: “fabrication”,  
> “skills\_required”: [“gun”, 2],  
> “difficulty”: 5,  
> “time”: “45 m”,  
> “book\_learn”: [[ “manual\_shotgun”, 2], [“manual\_rifle”, 2], [“manual\_smg”, 2], [“manual\_pistol”, 3], [“recipe\_bullets”, 2] ],  
> “qualities”: [{ “id”: “ANVIL”, “level”: 3 }, { “id”: “HAMMER”, “level”: 3 }],  
> “tools”: [[ [ “tongs”, -1] ], [[ “swage”, -1] ], [[ “forge”, 50], [“oxy\_torch”, 10] ] ],  
> “components”: [[ [ “scrap”, 6] ], [[ “element”, 2], [“hotplate”, 1] ], [[ “cable”, 2] ] ]  
> },

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-aluminium-tongs/21236/3 "2019-09-02T05:34:07Z")

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Mostly from old wiki pages and forum posts. I said

> [@Paul\_Blay](#):
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> The information I can find seems a bit confusing / out of date.

😛

Anyway, I have all the components so it must be the books I’m missing. 😕

Using steel tongs with gunpowder is pretty brave though.

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**Author:** ![Kadian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kadian/32/214_2.png) [@Kadian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kadian)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-aluminium-tongs/21236/4 "2019-09-02T06:03:44Z")

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Using [http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com) for my infos, set to search the experimental.

> The FoodCo Kitchen Buddy:  
> Primary skill used: fabrication(4)  
> Required skills: electronics(3)  
> Time to complete: 60 minutes  
> Tools required:  
> 1 tool with [hammering](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/qualities/HAMMER) quality of 2  
> 1 tool with [metal sawing](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/qualities/SAW_M) quality of 1  
> 1 tool with [bolt turning](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/qualities/WRENCH) quality of 1  
> 1 tool with [glare protection](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/qualities/GLARE) quality of 2  
> [welder](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/welder) (100 charges) OR [makeshift welder](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/welder_crude) (150 charges) OR [integrated toolset](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/toolset) (150 charges) OR [acetylene torch](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/oxy_torch) (20 charges)  
> Components required:  
> 1x [steel frame](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/frame)  
> 1x [vacuum sealer](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/vac_sealer) OR 1x [makeshift vacuum sealer](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/makeshift_sealer)  
> 1x [food dehydrator](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/dehydrator)  
> 1x [water purifier](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/water_purifier)  
> 1x [food processor](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/food_processor)  
> 1x [hand press & die set](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/press)  
> 5x [copper wire](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/cable)  
> Byproducts:  
> (none)  
> –  
> This recipe can be found in the following books when fabrication is at least the required level:  
> [DIY Compendium (level 3)](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/textbook_fabrication)  
> [101 Crafts for Beginners (level 3)](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/manual_fabrication)  
> [What’s a Transistor? (level 3)](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/manual_electronics)  
> [Under the Hood (level 3)](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/manual_mechanics)

So there’s that. The Hand press & die set doesn’t need Aluminium Tongs, Malkeus is right there:

> Hand press & Die Set:  
> Primary skill used: fabrication(5)  
> Required skills: gun(2)  
> Time to complete: 45 minutes  
> Tools required:  
> 1 tool with [anvil](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/qualities/ANVIL) quality of 3  
> 1 tool with [hammering](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/qualities/HAMMER) quality of 3  
> [pair of metal tongs](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/tongs)  
> [swage and die set](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/swage)  
> [electric forge](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/forge) (50 charges) OR [acetylene torch](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/oxy_torch) (10 charges) OR [charcoal forge](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/char_forge) (50 charges)  
> Components required:  
> 6x [scrap metal](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/scrap)  
> 2x [heating element](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/element) OR 1x [hotplate](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/hotplate)  
> 2x [copper wire](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/cable)  
> Byproducts:  
> (none)  
> –  
> This recipe can be found in the following books when fabrication is at least the required level:  
> [Shotguns: The art and science (level 2)](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/manual_shotgun)  
> [FM 23-16 Army marksmanship manual (level 2)](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/manual_rifle)  
> [The Submachine Gun Handbook (level 2)](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/manual_smg)  
> [The Tao of the Handgun (level 3)](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/manual_pistol)  
> [The Handloader’s Helper (level 2)](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/recipe_bullets)

Hope this helped. From what it looks like you don’t \>use\< the steel tongs for use in the Set, you just need it to handle the components, which are most likely pretty hot, thanks to the Welder. 😉 Makes sense, since a hand press & die set usually doesn’t need a tong of any kind…?