A 12 Ft Wheel Starts with a BIG Hub | Engels Coach Shop 

Mr Engles' channel is one of the honest few that does not employ misleading title captions to solicit viewers. It is a rare gem among mere pebbles.

The level of this man’s skills and ingenuity never ceases to amaze to amaze me. Man is a national treasure

Using car brake rotors as mounts......simply ingenious Dave!

A man who starts a project that he knows will take him years to complete is a man looking toward the future.

Nobody makes me feel inadequate like this channel does.

Been subscribed to your channel since the Start of the borax wagons. Love every episode👍

Work now for a project you can't really start for 3 years. Simply amazing.

That steady rest and the band is really cool.

My Dad had a lathe when I was a kid. I used to go to sleep with the sound of him turning pieces of wood. I still find it has a soothing effect, all these years later. Thanks Dad, and thanks, Brian.

I love a woodworking project that starts with a chainsaw!

David, You have gone over the top again. That is one doozy of a "steady rest"1!!!!!1

This is going to be very interesting. I will be looking for more videos on this project. In the mean time I'll take what I can get. Take care, jack

I’m a 28 year old chairmaker, and am getting ready to fire up a 1919 Fay and Scott extendable gap bed pattern makers lathe that has 10’ between the centers (15’ with the bed full extended) that I picked up recently. Pretty dang excited to turn some big stuff on there, this video is wholly inspiring, and nice to see an example of what turning on a somewhat similar lathe (albeit metal), with similar tools, looks like. Thanks for sharing!

I just noticed you're using brake rotors for centering the tailstock....genius!

I was waiting, and half expecting, for you to fabricate a 22" twist drill to bore out the centers. :^)

been a while since u turned hubs, those r some big logs.

Looks like a place where you just leave the keys in the truck.

I remember watching you fish out the hubs for the borax wagon and how they were soaked in linseed oil (I think) under pressure before being used as part of the wagon. That was some time age and I have been hooked ever since. Good Stuff 🙅👍

I like your modern bathroom scale! 😂❤😊

Definitely not procrastinating when you prep now for a job you know you can’t truly start for another 4 or 5 years. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I was wondering when the 12-foot wheels would start! I imagine Dave needed some "recovery time" after the 10-foot wheels. Probably didn't even want to THINK about another set of wheels on that scale for a while! Looking forward to the completion of the sheep wagon and the manure spreader.

You are off on another "Adventure," and I love looking over your shoulder! Great Video (AGAIN)

I saw a green wood bowl turner who would rough out his turning from green wood the pack them in a cardboard box with the shavings from the piece he just turned. He would seal the box and leave it for half a year in a cool dark place. This would eliminate a lot of cracking and warping.

Well Dave, you have given me a new goal in life. I want to live long enough to see you complete these two twelve foot wheels. Good luck to both of us. { I am 77 }

Loved the “wore out” door step into your shop. Reminds me of a young couple in England bought a very old cottage. The stone door step was so old it ha worn out to a large hollow. They measured it and visited the local mason. He asked “ did you not flip it”? Years past when a door step “wore out” one merely flipped it and used the once buried side for next centuries. So couple went home and ‘flipped it’.....guess what someone else had already done hundred or two years before?

I just noticed that your steady rest is mounted to the carriage, and not the ways. Interesting approach. Thanks, Dave.

"I have never had to go out and buy work." 🤣

Bringing in logs by yourself like trying to herd cats😊

Once again, I am smitten with yet another tool you bring out of your toolshed that is the absolute perfect thing for the thing you're trying to do. In this case, it was that massive lathe, with it's endless group of accessories, that is used to turn huge pieces of wood. I know you've been doing this for decades and have probably assembled hundreds of specialized tools, big and small, some multipurposed, others, very specific but I wonder if you ever come across a task requiring something specialized that you don't have and which hasn't been made since 1903.

Whoo wee Cottonwood! It must have been quite the smell turning that log!

What a patient man you are Dave to embark on such a mammoth task, but if you need some wheels you have to start somewhere. When you talk about the number of years devoted just to drying these hub blanks out I only hope to live long enough to see them finished. Well done again.

Здравствуйте привет из Нижнего я думаю из этих бровин будите делать колеса это хорошо на станке работаете отлично как профессионал хорошего вам всем здоровья да хранит вас господь Нижний Новгород Юра жду новых видео спасибо

I watch cutting edge engineering out of Australia. Different work same dedication to excellent results. I said to myself Curtis would put a steady rest on and run a boring bar through that, here comes Dave with the steady rest. 😊 And I envy you western guys your old Toyota's,ours all rot to the door handles around here.

I have difficulty planning for next week, let alone 3-5 years hence!

The job isnt all flashy paint and sparks, thanks for sharing. Charles

I read a book about wood that said a log on the ground can have as much or more moisture content than a standing live tree. I believe it

You and your work totally amaze me ! ❤ 😊

Wow after all these yrs I give Dave advice...when I hit door I turn my walker one wheel not two...helps to get over hump.

You are just having a bussmans holiday today aren't you Dave? As long as we get to go along for the ride. LOL

The scale is incredible thank you

194 pound block spinning on a lathe. WOW!!!

I love the threshold of your shop. It shows the many footsteps from the time it was installed to today.

Now that's a lathe. A lot bigger than my little pen turners lathe. Love the channel.

Ah hah! As soon as you said the wood was cottonwood I understood the high moisture content. We had cottonwood trees on our property in Colorado. The tree retains a tremendous amount of moisture to carry it through the dry periods of each year. I, too, think boring out the centers will accelerate to drying process nicely.

Always clever. I like you always taking extra steps to be safe.

As a wood turner, I'm surprised that the end caps have only three screw holes. I have a 10" diameter end cap from Oneway Canada and it has at least 16 screw holes, which I use for 20" log blanks. By the way, you make good use of a metal lathe for wood turning!

good one Dave a lot of time goes into those big hubs looking forward to the finished job take care Rich

Hi Dave, and Diane, this was an unexpected surprise! Plus I thought that there was only one 12' wheel. Yet another exciting project to break things up a bit. Even if we have to wait a few years to see its completion. It is scary watching you spin such a big log. Thank you for sharing, and have a great weekend. 🪵

Someone might say that this was mostly a boring video. I still watched every minute, thanks for the Friday installment!

Cottonwood was very important in American history as well Dave such as gunpowder. Once again sir thank you for your amazing content.

There is a gentleman in The Twin Cities that built and perfected a massive microwave oven that he uses to dry logs the size of your hubs in lengths up to six feet. Gets the job done WITHOUT SPLITING, in days. Creates massive vase sculptures out of those logs.

My understanding on wood moisture is, for every 1 in, it's 1 yr so, for "logs", whatever the circumference measures, say, 18 inch, will take 18 years to properly "cure". For a moment, I thought you were going to say, "this boring job is... a bit boring" hahahaha. Another great video, cheers :)

I’m going to go with you being stronger than you look.

That's quite a labyrinth to navigate, Dave

Happy Friday Dave and Diane!

I love those vented discs for holding the log in the lathe!

Love the brake rotor recycling there Dave, great idea!

Don't be mistaken that the video is sped up. It's actually slowed down to half speed. That's how good he is. Thanks, David. Always enjoyable. Always impressive.

I appreciate your taking the time to walk thru the process of making hubs, I’ve always wondered about the process and even thought about how I would go about it, this is an eye opener for me and I will be watching and enjoying the process as it goes along. Thanks for the video.

An other awesome project...... looking forward to the next video.

It is amazing to build such an impressive landmark for your driveway marker. Everyone that passes by will remark there's Dave and Diane's house. I watched him make them on RU-vid.

I've never seen one but my son has a friend that has made a vacuum kiln to remove the moisture from slabs that he uses to build slab wood counter tops and tables,I searched RU-vid and found a number of examples, might give it a look see.Thanks for another entertaining video to say the least🤗😎🤗😎

So very interesting.

Think you need more stuff in the way!😂😂

Preparing for a future project. I seem to remember that Studebaker used American elm for their hubs and they stored their blanks 7 years before they were turned into hubs. They inspected the blanks every couple of years for cracks and defects. I would think you could take a broken bit with the Morris taper and build a flat bit of two inches and a length of 20 inches for the pilot hole through the blanks.

Looking at the tread on your man door I would say that has been there for a while.

I really appreciate your work. I have my great-grandfathers buck wagon running gear in our barn loft. I'd love to have a master wheel-wright/coach builder/blacksmith/etc such as yourself restore it. But... I'm on the east coast and have decided to use your videos to help me get it to "show only" status. Maybe I can get it to be able to pull, but at least get it to be in a stable condition. Thank you for your dedication to this craft!

You know Dave..... as pilot holes go...... that one is impressive 😝

Yes!! Back to the basics! Love it

Most people kick back and relax for fun. Dave, on the other hand, works his tail off! I sure enjoy watching.

great use of break disks.😃

I watch your work to relax after my work.

Mr Engle's you are strong man 💪 and hard working 👍👌❤️ God bless you and your family ❤️🙏

Maybe with the wood removed and the hubs resting inside instead of outside, they could dry quicker than 5 years. Love ALL of your videos. Thanxz

Millers Lite, one of my favourites👌

...............G'day Dave and Diane, love your work and looking forward to next episode. Cheers and God bless, Malcolm.

you must have a strong back Dave be Care full

That is an impressive lathe and quite an unbalanced load to turn without coming off the floor. Wowee

Absolutely fascinating ! Thank You

3 year drying, dang that is a lot of moisture!

I know that you do everything the right way, so I am surprised that you are not using hard wood for those wheels.

You have created a great shop full of the right tools to do your work. And that required a lot of effort! Much appreciate your videos.

Maybe you should ship them to the folks with the Borax wagons for storage. Their "lack" of humidity might hasten things a bit. LOL Sort of a natural kiln.

Love the repurposed brake discs. And the shop made steady rest is brilliant.

Have you finished the Shepherd's van Dave? I couldn't see it in the background. I saw the muck-spreader there shining away but not the van. I began to feel that I knew that old bachelor shepherd. 😊

Stay safe and we'll see you next time.

Dave, it amazes me what you can do. Fasinating. Thanks for letting me follow along.

We have some old cottonwood barns still standing. Cottonwood 2x4's just don't let it get wet.

Seal the end grain of the log with a product called Anchor Seal to even out the moisture loss, and help prevent checking. You can even coat the whole thing once it is opened up to keep the moisture loss even.

damn it another cliff hanger

Thanks to you Mr. and Ms Engel !!!!!

A new and interesting video to watch. Thanks Dave.

Thanks again Dave......

Thank whatever gods may be for the mass of that South Bend lathe: the eccentricity of that log would send anything less skittering across the shop floor or straining at its bolts!

Nice steady rest Great tool engineering

Certainly answered a lot of my questions I had at the beginning of the video by the time I got to the end. Thanks! I learn something new every time I watch!

Amazing work how come you dont have a million subscribers yet good luck Dave

To prevent 'cracking' or 'splitting' of your hubs, paint the cut ends and force the drying to take place around the perimeter

Was wondering if you have been doing any work on your boarding house? Haven't heard anything about it in quite awhile.

Always good to see the process. It is heavy hard work. I wish I had the tools you do. Good time thank you. God bless !