The XL Workshop is Metalcraft's flagship metalworking tool kit - a complete bench-top setup for fabricators, ornamental ironworkers, and engineering training establishments. Everything you need to bend, twist, scroll and shape mild steel in one package, built for commercial workloads without 3-phase power, hydraulics, or compressors.
What's in the kit
Who it's for
The XL Workshop is built for users who need professional-grade metalworking capability:
- Commercial fabricators producing gates, balustrades, balconies and ornamental ironwork
- Industrial workshops that want reliable, hand-powered bending capacity
- Engineering training centres, colleges and universities teaching metalwork and fabrication
- Craftspeople and ornamental ironworkers scaling beyond hobbyist tools
What you can make
From a single XL Workshop: driveway and garden gates, balustrades, balcony rails, stair rails, garden arches, hanging baskets, decorative panels, signage, light furniture, sculpture and bespoke wrought ironwork. The kit covers everything from delicate ornamental detail through to commercial-scale gates and railings.
Why buy the kit instead of the tools individually
The XL Workshop bundles every Option Pack and accessory you'd otherwise add separately. Each tool is designed to work alongside the others - shared scroll profiles, compatible fixings, and a unified workflow - so you can take a project from straight bar to finished assembly without retooling. The bundled price is lower than buying each tool with its add-ons à la carte.
Working capacity
Stated tool capacities apply to Hot Rolled Mild Steel and Annealed Bright Mild Steel. Working beyond these limits, or with materials of greater hardness, may reduce the operational life of the machines.
For full per-tool specifications, see the individual product pages: XL5+ Power Bender, XL Twister with Basket Maker, and Mk 3/4 Scroll Former.
