JWL IronWorks

08/18/2023

https://youtu.be/b-FMdSExbvc

Join Chris Schafer Ironworks forging a set of double calipers based on a design in the book "Forge Work" by William L. Ilgen.

08/01/2023

https://youtu.be/mIMgRWWlqsA
Forging an Axe Drift.

Chris Schafer @ JWL Ironworks makes an axe drift out of 4140 steel on the power hammer.

07/19/2023

Making up some power hammer tooling. The two on the right are still blanks. Mild steel. Handles start out as 1"x1/4"x36" with a 4" spring.

07/11/2023

testing some new tools for the power hammer.

06/05/2023

https://youtu.be/WgxRAZ040V0

Chris Schafer @ JWL Ironworks makes a single piece shepherd's hook byu breaking down 3/4" round stock, forge welding, and creating decorative twisting elements!

05/05/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQdMo8Ijs_o

Forging a Power Hammer butcher tool @ JWL Ironworks with Chris Schafer

04/16/2023

https://youtu.be/zNzq6VTsYvw

Restoration of a American Tool Works High Duty Lathe from the 1910's. On this episode I will show the reassembly of the cross slide and the compound on the ...

04/11/2023

https://youtu.be/77UL7KfLDDM

Forging a few leaf hammers @ JWL Ironworks by Chris Schafer

04/09/2023

Forging Rivet Tongs at JWL Ironworks with Chris Schafer

04/09/2023

https://youtu.be/ExbVB8yyUtE

Restoration of a American Tool Works High Duty Lathe from the 1910's. On this episode I will revisit the amount of work that went into cleaning up the parts...