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Jeff Wild, a retired Lutheran minister, explains how he uses a propane-fueled forge to heat gun barrels to transform the metal into garden tools. Wild was at Wexford Park on Madison's Far West Side last weekend to speak about gun violence and his efforts to bring attention to the issue.
The park shelter at Wexford Park on Madison's Far West Side served as the site of Jeff Wild's protest against gun violence. He lives in the neighborhood and brought along a forge, anvil and steel hammer to show how he turns guns into garden tools.
This gun barrel is in the process of being transformed into a combination hand spade and rake. The metal is repeatedly heated, split and pounded.
Jeff Wild uses a battery-powered grinder to cut slits into part of a flattened piece of a gun barrel in an attempt to make a combination fork and hand spade. Wild has been using a forge for more than two years but is now using his talents to protest gun violence.
A bucket of water is used to cool the heated gun barrel that is being turned into a garden tool.
Jeff Wild uses a hammer and a 75-pound anvil to form a gun barrel into a garden tool during a demonstration at Wexford Park last weekend.
Some of the garden tools that Jeff Wild has made from discarded guns.
Photos: Guns to Garden Tools
Guns to Garden Tools
This gun barrel is in the process of being transformed into a combination hand spade and rake. The metal is repeatedly heated, split and pounded.
Guns to Garden Tools
The park shelter at Wexford Park on Madison's Far West Side served as the site of Jeff Wild's protest against gun violence. He lives in the neighborhood and brought along a forge, anvil and steel hammer to show how he turns guns into garden tools.
Guns to Garden Tools
Jeff Wild, a retired Lutheran minister, explains how he uses a propane-fueled forge to heat gun barrels to transform the metal into garden tools. Wild was at Wexford Park on Madison's Far West Side last weekend to speak about gun violence and his efforts to bring attention to the issue.
Guns to Garden Tools
Jeff Wild uses a hammer and a 75-pound anvil to form a gun barrel into a garden tool during a demonstration at Wexford Park last weekend.
Guns to Garden Tools
Guns to Garden Tools
Jeff Wild's tools include a 75 pound anvil and a heavy steel hammer.
Guns to Garden Tools
Jeff Wild, a retired Lutheran minister, takes a Biblical approach to his messages about gun violence.
Guns to Garden Tools
Some of the tools that Jeff Wild has made from discarded guns.
Guns to Garden Tools
Some of the garden tools that Jeff Wild has made from discarded guns.
Guns to Garden Tools
A gun barrel that's being transformed into a garden tool cools in a bucket last weekend during a demonstration at Wexford Park.
Guns to Garden Tools
Jeff Wild uses a battery-powered grinder to cut slits into part of a flattened piece of a gun barrel in an attempt to make a combination fork and hand spade. Wild has been using a forge for more than two years but is now using his talents to protest gun violence.
Guns to Garden Tools
Jeff Wild heats a gun barrel so the metal can be bent and formed.
Guns to Garden Tools
A bucket of water is used to cool the heated gun barrel that is being turned into a garden tool.
Barry Adams covers regional news for the Wisconsin State Journal. Send him ideas for On Wisconsin at 608-252-6148 or by email at badams@madison.com.
