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43 years of blacksmithing, wood working, steam bending wood, wheelwright, paint and striping, upholstery; this channel shares some of the daily workings of a modern carriage shop, building traditional style carriages, coaches and wagons. New video every Friday. Thanks for your interest.
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Hi Dave and Diane. Please could we request a rope or chain on the anvil? Not only for your own ears, but the ringing is hellish to listen to on the video.. thanks so much for all of your amazing content. Truly awe inspiring.
Many folks wouldn't think about bringing a pile of rotten and rusty "artifacts" anywhere near their shop or barn or whatever. But at Engles it's the very thing to do. Canvas next... what a ride!
Does anyone know how long it would have taken from start to finish to make such a wagon back in the day, in a frontier town, a big city or in the barn on the ranch?
The stove pipe is upside down. In it's current orientation creasote can leak out the seams, I realize it probable won't be used but I just had to point this out. Love your videos, you are one of my youtube mentors.
While I enjoy the coaches, carriages, buggies, traps and such, watching the restorations of equipment and specialized wagons is even more fascinating, maybe these types of vehicles are even more rare, at least where I live. I imagine there was a straw tick and maybe sheep skins to sleep on in there originally.
Hello Sir David, I've commented on your hammer a couple of times but missed your replies or descriptions. It is a unique looking hammer and "it is fast"!!!! LOL Perhaps in a coming episode you can mention it's origin. I watch all of your vids but for some reason never get notices of comments from hardly anybody on RU-vid. I'm subscribed I've tried changing the bell symbol but found no difference beginning to end. Your manure spreader made a nice backdrop picture while you worked on the door. So the saying goes, "Rome wasn't built in a day", and I suppose the collection of tools, your vast experience in restoration makes your work look easy. You are leaving a legacy that will be hard to replicate. THANK YOU!!!!!!
Been "followin' along" since the beginning, and this project has been driving me crazy. "Save all you can". Sure I get it. But save it in the state it's in after sitting out in the rain and snow all this time? That door handle was the last straw. LEAVE the accumulated rust and stains? What self-respecting sheepherder would let his equipment get in that state? The thing is neither fish nor fowl - not recreated nor restored. This will not certainly not look like it did when it was in use. Sometimes "The customer is always right" just isn't a good enough excuse to do something wrong.
A project I would like to see from you is to build a wagon from scratch. Perhaps your favorite from the years you have spent repairing others. Build it the way you want, with the best features and structure you admire.
What a fabulous job (as usual). Now, is there an old coffeepot waiting to be displayed, or is Dave going to make a new/old coffeepot for the wagon out of discarded hardware and nails?
Dave How do you estimate the price for a job like this Sheep Wagon Do you set a fixed price before starting or do you have a way to adjust the price as you go along Best regards Reuven
If you want to age new galvanized metal, we use 'T wash' also known as 'Mordant solution' it gently etches the surface, we do this so we can apply an undercoat, otherwise it won't stick to the new galv, greetings from Wales 🏴
One might think the stove pipe should be oriented so that that small end feeds down into the big one, so any water coming down from the outside, does not run out between the seams.
Another great video Dave, I was listening to the background track, very reminiscent of the Smokey and the Bandit tunes, I looked and the credit is to Reed Mathis, Jerry Reed did all the Bandit tunes, could this be the same man?
