I think you dont realize how precious it is what you do in putting these Videos up for us to watch. By doing that you preserve the Knowledge of your Craftsmanship. Who now a days knows how our Ancestors build these Wagons and wheels. I love that you only talk when it is needed so that the Viewer can steal with their eyes your Knowledge and learn by looking. So keep up the good work.

I wake up on Saturday morning like a kid on Christmas day knowing I get to watch your shop in action. Its the best no BS and no jabbering just to fill up the time with superfluous, unnecessary commentary like a CNN person would do assuming that who ever is watching is dumber than a bag of hammers. Keep up the good work!!

I spent my tender Boy Scout years living in the Mojave desert and I just wanted to say, I've tasted Mojave desert hot water from my canteen and know how thirsty you've gotta be to drink it. 1200 gallons of 100 degree water has got to be 1200 times worse. And this wagon's construction is so beefy I can hardly believe it. Really a marvel to watch the construction.

What a massive beast you are building. Thanks so much.

I really appreciate you keeping history alive with your videos!

Interesting how the pitch of sound changes as you set the spokes. Even with machine noise it lets you know when it seats itself into the hub. Thanks for another great video- truly amazing.

What amazes me, is that there was an original that stood the test of time.

Dave, good work again. A shop cannot have too many clamps!

Enjoyed the video Mr Engel. Those are going to be some big heavy wheels. Y'all take care and God bless.

Thanks for explaining the details. Those grease fittings are pretty slick, no pun intended. The way the spokes are fitted makes me appreciate just how handmade these wheels were and are. Even the bolts add strength and rigidity. Thanks for sharing the process with us.

I kept wqiting for the soft Saxaphone jazz to kick in.. Watching you sir is so relaxing.. Thanks for making the effort to video your work..

Sweet dreams you must have at night, dreaming about your work ahead and enthusiastically waiting for dawn.

Dave, I can so sympathize with that moment of hesitation after putting the spokes in that first hub as you surely thought "OK, now where the heck am I going to put these things?" Shops are never big enough, no matter how big they are. Thanks again for these videos and sharing what you do. All the best!

My 91 year old mom commented on how slim and trim you are. I replied of course he is look at the workout he has every day at work! Thanks for producing these great videos of a vanishing art.

FRIDAYS ARE ALWAYS BRIGHTER AFTER WATCHING A REAL CRAFTSMAN .(STILL WATCHING) GOD BLESS YOU, YOUR FAMILY ,AND HOME

My Friday night fix. Thanks Dave.

You can never have too many clamps 😊👍

I love the bit at the start of the video where you take your patient and plonk them in a comfy chair and start drilling. You could be a dentist in your spare time. ;)

Awesome is the only word I can think of too. Great stuff. Cheers

Great work Dave, can't wait to see the wheels done. Long way to go. Great detail!

Looks like the dance hall will be getting a new barrel of sawdust. Thank you for sharing sir!

Never ever get sick of watching you work, you’re a true Craftsman. 👍

@nknatewood8226

5 жыл бұрын

Phantomthecat: In _one hundred percent_ agreement! 😁😁😁

In see at times a chair is not always a chair. You are so good at what you do.

that oil you soaked those hubs in made a great coller in the wood. thanks for a great show. cant wait for next time.

Thank you David, from South East Asia

"Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's workshop" Forgive me for I have sinned! Great work.

Man I really enjoy your style of work. One man solving the way to handle all that bulk and weight. Thanks Mr. Engels

Thanks for showing us the process.

Those are "Jolly Good Felloes." And I'll bet you've heard that kind of corn more often than you'd care to remember. Another great video by the way.

You sir are a national treasure. Cheers

Awesome, thank you for making these videos!!!

That wagon will be quite a load empty. I read they pulled 1200 gallons of water for the mules, and that's about 5 tons. The borax was 30 tons. I'm surprised 20 mules were enough. Thanks for the video.

Geeee Dave, you even have a CUTE little tool for spreading the glue. I use my finger, but now I have to build a glue spreader JUST LIKE YOU. O ya, I was at Home Depo by the way and bought 37 more ball peen hammers just so I can be just like you....Much love, Rick

Hello Dave. Looks simple and very technical at the same time. That equals skill. You know your stuff for sure.

I'm guessing a felloe can never have too many clamps. Beautiful attention to detail again I only wish I could see it up close.

The first real job I had was drill press an hot riveter man that brings back from over fifty years ago Great video Thanks for sharing

Another great video Dave. Thank you for sharing.

Good thing it's nice and quiet in the shop. Distractions could be rather expensive...again and again and again. Thanks for sharing Dave.

Always makes my Friday bright! Thanks for posting, David! steve

I think I saw the famous glue spreader used. I would venture to say these wheels are far superior to those made in the 1800's.

The wheels just keep getting heavier each time you add more pieces to them. Stay safe. Thank you for letting us watch.

Another bad day made better, thanks!👍🏼

Once again, thanks for presentin. 😎👍

Great job as always and I am very glad to see you using that lift to move those wheels, have been afraid we would see you get hurt one day lifting those super heavy parts.

A treat as always. Thanks !

You certainly get some beautiful wood to work with Dave. That poor mans oak (Ash) would look beautiful in finished cabinetry never mind a wheel felloe. One of the ladies in the woodworking club built up 4 layers of 3” ash to make blanks to turn 12” columns to use for legs for one end of the kitchen island she was building. They “turned” out nicely.

@joeinthebush

3 жыл бұрын

I use it in snowshoes... Cause it's tough as nails But not as angry as oak...I was thinking of trying a pair made of oak .. ash is a common tree here in N Ont. Though I've never seen tree's big enough around here to cut such large planks like those..the grain runs pretty true...make a lot of ax and maul handles from it too.

I was wondering how you were going to lift those! Thank you again for sharing this. All the work and then editing videos too. You are truly amazing.

@WhatAboutTheBee

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! I thought he was just going to lift them up the way he set them down. Mr. "Hercules" Engel will now demonstrate his feats of strength! Edit: because I can!

@ranchdude4367

5 жыл бұрын

@@WhatAboutTheBee Dave "DON'T HAVE NO KRIPTIONITE" Bee man!!!

Just magnificent David! Stay safe.

The mechanic in me wants to fit grease seals to those hubs! It must have been a bugger keeping the sand out of those plain bearings. Nice job, great video. 👍

@JasperJanssen

4 жыл бұрын

The wear from grit in the grease is a) why they have grease nipples that can push the old grease out and b) why they’re seated on a taper - wearing down you would just have to tighten the axle nut a bit.

Big job again!

I find your videos very interesting and informative. I really enjoy technology and your work shows that there was very complex technology involved in the design and construction of wagons and buggies more than 150 years ago. Thank you!

Master Craftsman

That clear wood must be expensive, I've never noticed a knot anywhere. Nice.

many thanks for making these pretty videos

I look forward to Friday just to see your work.. Your such a craftsman

I'm really enjoying this series. Thanks for making the effort to film it so nicely. I'm intrigued as to why you didn't stagger the joints in the felloes when you doubled them up. Instead of having butt joints going all the way though the double width rim, you could have had joints only going half way through. Surely this would have made a much stronger wheel. Is there some constructional reason why this isn't possible, or is it simply that this is the way it was done on the original that you are copying?

Another great video! I love your work, thank you for taking the time to make these excellent videos!

Great job - again.

..great job, i never knew how wagon wheels were made..thank you ..

Heading to Bishop next Thursday, hope to see the finished product in living color.

Thank you. Good work

What satisfying looking work! It'd be great to be an apprentice.

Truly awesome work...👍🏻

He has mastered manipulating the Spoke Time Continuum.

Wonderful.

They really were (are going to be) monsters, weren't they? 4.5 tonnes of water, 3 tonnes of wheels, heaven knows how much iron you have put into the chassis. I know the borax wagons were even bigger. I can imagine even you must have approached doing this job by yourself with some trepidation. So much work.

GREAT VIDEO !!!

I’ve tried your glueing tool and the paint can tape tricks and both work great.

I would be very interested to see you make a wheel hub .

Wow,,,fastest glue spreader ever.

Enjoyed!!

I see that 9 people don't appreciate true craftsmanship.

@skydiverclassc2031

5 жыл бұрын

Nah, it's just 9 people who couldn't fix their bicycle after it broke.

Amazing stuff, that old hide glue. Assuming that was the glue applied to bond the felloes together.

Like that glue trowel. Thanks for sharing.

Another great video sir

I find it very interesting watching work so hard. What do you do to relax.

@opendstudio7141

5 жыл бұрын

Burns stuff and then hits it repeatedly with hammers. 🔨🔨😁

Good afternoon from SE Louisiana 7 Mar 21.

Heavy work ! Thanks!

Proving once again you can never have too many clamps.

Geee Mr. Dave, some of the time you even look like you know what you are doing.!!!

Great work !

Oh, man, are you in trouble! You got glue on Mr Engel’s saw table!

U AR NOT GOOD!!! YOU ARE awesome !!!!!

Made me laugh to see you looking for a place to lean the wheel, my shops the same way I guess they all are. Wonderful craftsmanship and such large items.

I all ways did like working with wood and to watch you doing this wagon is just to Kewl

Amazing 👍

Great video Dave. But I thought for a moment there you were making a giant Jenga set.

impeccable, merci, pierre de vierzon

Dave: I could never make those wheels even if I could. I hate repetition. That one stand base looks Like a FarmAll 'H' rear wheel weight. You have likely used the carabiners on those straps countless times but be wary. A shackle and pin is much safer. You should wear a FitBit watch some day. You are likely over 20,000 steps a day. Lucky you have a steel cable for your spine! Do you have a Shop Cat? Just wondering in Carlisle ON. I never see a coffee cup or Pop can or beer bottle or hear a phone ring. No breaks there? Incredible work ethic.

@JasperJanssen

4 жыл бұрын

A) I have seen one break in one video B) editing.

Nice ash!

Hmm, keeping in mind that you're landlocked and maybe have built only prairie schooners, have you ever made a capstan, windlass, or frames for a sailing ship?

Bravo Respekt Bravo 🤝❤

大変参考になりました。

Thank you for these videos. Great to watch your evolving clamping and alignment technique with laminating the pairs of blanks. You mentioned the originals were glued, too. Do you know what type of glue?

the box says "go ahead, take a peek inside" what great mystery lies inside? As usual, great video

الله ينور تسلم

Now I understand the heavy construction. 1200 US gallons @ 8.34 lbs. per gal = 10,008 lbs or just a little over 5 tons of water. 20 teams of mules drink a lot of water in the desert.

I'd love to be able to sit down and ask you about 10,000 questions!

@banjopete

5 жыл бұрын

James Caudill , sounds like fun!

In addition to your blacksmithing skills and woodworking skills I admire your ability to manufacture the highly repetitious items required for the wheels, and their big parts too. Really, how many of us rookie woodworking viewers move parts around our woodworking shop with a fork truck? Question, before “Tightbond III” to make 8” wide wheels on the original wheels, did they use hide glue? or 8” wide wood? From time to time would you share with us how long it takes you to make a wheel, or how long it took to fordge the brake bracket that you hand cut 1” threads? We see the very short, very short, version of the time it takes you to make something, it would be interesting to know how long it takes to make the different parts. Very much enjoy your wagon building video’s. Thank you, JD/Missouri

As an aside from my comment below, it seems that one of the many uses for Borax is as a flux in metalworking. I guess it's not impossible that the flux we see being used in the videos when forge-welding is being done might be Borax, in a nice link to the wagon's antecedents.