Beginning to Rebuild an International Wood Wheel Wagon, part 1 

I don't comment often. But every week when I see you have uploaded a new video, it makes my day. I live alone except for my wife's little dog and consider you one of my online neighbors.

This is fascinating. When I was a teen in southern Kentucky, many folks had an Owensboro 2T, 2 1/2T or 3T wagon in a barn somewhere, a relic of the still fairly recent days when they'd farmed with mules. Mules didn't entirely go out of favor in the area until the fifties and sixties, due to the area being remote and rugged, and fields small, and many folks far enough from the nearest gas pump to make tractor farming impractical. One old fellow in our neighborhood was a hermit. His family had been quite prosperous back in the day, and he'd stayed home to care for his parents until they'd died. By that time, he was middle aged and unmarried, and he remained living in their home, preserving pretty much everything as it had been when they were living. He actually had two "team wagons" pushed into a barn and a corn crib. One was the usual Owensboro, which I believe was a 3T, and the other was one of these. I suspect the reason for there being two was that his father had both farmed and logged. The International was probably for picking corn, and the 3T Owensboro was a logging wagon. The International was in very good condition at the time. All I saw wrong with it was a rotten felloe where it was in the mud a little. The color was the green you showed on a bolt, with yellow wheels, kinda reminiscent of a John Deere.

Люблю смотреть вот такую работу!... Сейчас можно такой кузов сделать из металла! Быстрее, крепче и долговечней!... Но вот такой кузов красивее!! - Дерево, ковка... В этом есть какая-то Эстетика ремесла и Эстетика эксклюзивности изделия!!! Респект! )))

I love how coach builders from yesteryear knew how to strengthen their coaches without adding rigidity that could weaken the coach. Pure genius! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Dave for sharing your trade with us and of course the knowledge that you have accomplished. Your skills are outstanding. Some folks have no idea the time for research you put into a build or repair before ever accepting the job. Keep up the good work and videos and I’ll be waiting for the other ones on this build.

I have never seen anyone hammer the fast in my life.

Sos un maestro de las obras que haces .teacher wood.Saludos desde Argentina Cesar

.I see you have proper feline supervision. Seriously, thanks for keeping the old arts alive. My dad did horse powered farming in the Forties. He turned 80 acres of weeds into a thriving dairy farm, behind a horse. My Mother's family farm had horse rakes, and was a loose hay operation into the Sixties.

I teach Quality Control at FIU. Not only is your work great quality but the precision is deadly.

I like old Internationals and seeing old Internationals being restored but I think this is the oldest International that ever watched being restored. Very nice job and thank you for keeping history alive.

old school riveting, and everything else.... magnificent !! thumbs up!

This is what I want. Have my own barn and some tools to make things out of wood. At 35 plus years I founds myself far away from that dream. I am as low as I can get. I ges I am out of focus because things happen in life. Always helping others but myself. I am still young no reason to give up of course. Thx for sharing!

You've got your vids 'bang on' just the right amount of speed and commentary. Definitely one of my favorite watches.......thanks.

Can never get tired of watching these types of videos. I'm in the process of rebuilding an old end dump grain wagon in which the sides and ends were riveted together. It's just finding the rivets to replace with now. Great video. Cheers :)

I was a part of rebuilding a 1902, 3” cannon a few years ago. It was, and still is, a great source of pride when it was finished. Doing work like this would be a great hobby.

I never knew that IH made covered wagons. I used to have a 1970 Travelall when I lived in Colorado and that thing was well built and so it seems so we're the wagons that came before them. Looking forward to the next installment.

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I can put it into words, I simply amazed by your craftsmanship and the talent that you have in building the arts of work. I can imagine how must time you have put into this life long journey of this art. I watch you and keep my eyes and ears on what you ch parts say and what you haven't said. just looking in every part and pieces that you laid you hands-on and the knowledge of how each pieces fist together and what it should feel and look like to the eyes and the touch. I'm so glad your channel popup and I stop to see this art of amazement. Thank you for showing this to the youtube world I have subscribed and can't wait till you finish each of the projects

There was an old farm wagon like this that was abandoned in the woods across from my house as a kid. I presume it had been left there back when the woods were still a field. But I used to rip off pieces of scrap metal and bring them home. Nice to see what it might have looked like new.

Brilliant is the word

i can imagine u are tickled in ur heart to have such a blessed job ,that u see ur hard work and bkessed time come to be an art piece ,

I admit I cringe when I see the originals taken apart like this, but fully understand the need. Thanks folks.

Realmente eres u gran artesano que siempre busca la EXCELENCIA te felicito por tu trabajo

At 5 minutes, I was sure you were going to hit your thumb hammering the nails in the cross pieces. Even the military grade artificial human hit himself with the knife in Aliens. You're amazing.

I could afford to buy everything needed to accomplish such work but would lack the talent and ability to do such marvelous work. Smile! Oh by the way I have held a residential builders license for 34 years. Would love to be this mans neighbor.

Very nice sir l would like to work in your workshop l would feel at home working with you sir great workmen ship and your Rivets did look good 👍 can’t wait to see part 2 👏👏

Thanks for watching, I do and from my point of view it's Thank You for taking the time to make and post these enlightening video's of your expertise and superb skills that are very enjoyable to watch and see just how much work is involved to restore and keep as much of the past generations way of life. Maybe a hundred years or so from now someone such as yourself with similar skill will be using your restoration as a pattern to restore or rebuild another one just like the one you have just done, unfortunately neither you or me will be around to see that one . Just Subscribed , please keep posting the next parts to finish this splendid looking wagon.

When I was a kid in the 1970's my great grandmother had an old wagon on her property. She used to tell us stories about her family moving west in the late 1800's & how her father built the house she still lived in. My cousin & I loved those stories but I never wondered about that old wagon. Watching this video made me think of it. I would guess, there is a good chance that was the very wagon they moved west in. She passed when I was about 12 & her house was later bulldozed & hauled to the dump. That's a sad thought but we can't keep everything from the past. I would love to have that wagon though. That would be a neat piece of family history.

Love the speeded up filming of the hammering and other stuff. It's like Flash the superhero builds a wagon. :)

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed seeing the construction and the hardware used. Lots of rivets.

I have never in my life seen a man wield a hammer with such speed. Dave Engels is truly a son of Thor!

Started watching your vids when I stumbled across the one for the Borax wagon wheels, and I'm hooked. The craftsmanship in your work is amazing.

I see many people discouraged with the, old bolts that have been untouched for 50 or so years..me i think that just means for 50 years no rush, i'll spray them down with WD40 and wait some more, they'll come loose if I spray & wait enough. Might want to spray rusted parts at the beginning of a project so you really aren't loosing time while you work on the wood.. Love it

Just watched this, as soon as my time permits, I'll be watching the rest of the build of this wagon!! Like a couple of other comments, wish there was more younger people interested in this craft!! Thanks for sharing!!

A true wagon-wright, fantastic job.

00:24. Ahh! At last we meet the 'silent partner' of Engles Coach Shop! Cats ALWAYS know where the warmest places are to be found :-).

All I can say is WOW. You sir, are a craftsman and artist. Watching you is so relaxing, so enjoyable. For me, it would be great working in a shop environment such as you have! Thanks for a top quality video, excellent editing! ....13

thank you for publishing this video some real craftmanship

Nice job,good to see real craftsmanship in action

Thanks for showing the work.

Great video nice to see history repeated how things were done in the old days thanks for making these great videos

I will never do wagon buidling, but I love to watch your work. Thanks so much from Germany!

Bits of this were riveting... Actually it all was.. thanks for sharing

Thanks for another great video! However as a woodworker myself you in timelap you make it look easier than it is! Keep the videos coming and I will keep watching! Thanks again!

Fantastic

You have talent.Chapeau bas.

I just stumbled on these vids and the craftsmanship and devotion you put into your work is amazing. Definitely subscribing. Thank you for taking the time to post these.

The rivets are really neat I’d like to try that someday thank you

An awesome piece of work. It's amazing that you were able to buy a (14 1/2"+) wide board!

Am waiting again

Another lesson in being a craftsman.

This is truly enjoyable to watch. Thank you.

Thanks for showing this. Fantastic work.

I enjoy when I watch your video. Thank you.

Welcome back!! Really enjoy and missed your videos. After watching all your videos I must admit I had no idea they were that far advanced in wagon 'engineering' If I ever meet you remind me not to arm wrestle with you. Thanks again Rod

GOOD JOB

Thanks for posting this. Looking forward to the next part.

Wonderful craftsmanship. Look forward to Part 2.

I Look forward to the next part Thanks for sharing your skill and Knowledge

Nice work !

Excelente trabajo, la limpieza y orden que tiene son lo mejor!

Thanks for sharing. Riveting reminds me of replacing sickles on the old 7' sickle bar mower we used for cutting hay. I've set many a rivet in the hay fields under blistering sun. You do a good demonstration of the smoke wrench too. :) Before the gas torch they just twisted or cold chiseled them off and had the blacksmith make new parts. There was a time when blacksmiths, millwrights and wheelwrights were the technicians of transportation. If they still were today we'd have a smaller population and fewer environmental problems. And we'd all be just as happy.

absolutely outstanding,period.

You see people working who are clearly expert at what they are doing and the amount of people offering advice on how to do it astounds me.

Great work, enjoyable to watch.

Wonderful to watch and admire, excellent work. ( It makes one wonder about the travels and usage of the original )

Fascinating to watch wish there were more people learning skills like that Thanks for sharing

Very Impressive!

I'm 75 years old and would still like to build things like that. I have the machines/tools but not the space I'd need for such a project.

Am watching again should be

Yes Sir,, you are the guru of what you do !!!!!!! I had no idea that INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER . Had anything to do with the building of wagons ???? Guess I learned something new today for once. Were the side boards made from Ash or. ???? You stated that the floor was Fir, the grain just looked a bit lighter than the floor. The video was great thank you for sharing the build !!!!!!!!

Very nice

Great video! Was watching an old Western movie and it looked like they used wagons just like this!

I've been watching a lot of your videos and I subscribed, the work you do is extremely interesting, and I'm glad to see that there's still people that know how to do coachwork and wheelwright work. One of your first videos that I watched, you were putting rubber tires on a wagon wheel, and I never knew that any of the old wagons and coaches had rubber tires, it was a very interesting video, thanks.

Good Video, a master at work !!

Great video again. I really enjoy watching you guys resurrect old wagons. Looking forward to part two.

A very cool project. I was thinking as I was watching, what kind of stories lie behind that wagon, the life it lead, the struggles. Thanks for the video.

You are bloody accurate with that hammer Dave!

I had a flare box that I wanted to do this to. Finally gave in and got rid of it.

Having just started my own little woodshop, even the bits in your scrap bin are very desirable! Great videos, please keep going :)

very good

HI! Beautiful work and description.

Great craftsmanship. Awesome skill

I really do like watching you work rel craftsmanship

Poplar sideboards. Nice work.

Nádherná práce

You're sure making nice work of it!

Amazing; what a talented man.

Outstanding work. I would love to do that type work. if I had a shop large enough. and the time to do it. Love your work.

Huh, never figured that the beds would want to have the tongue and groove method. I figured that it would be better if they had a little more give so they don't snap. Interesting. Either way, great video, looking forward to the next part. It's exciting. :)

nice job. i was especially interesterd in the riveting at 3:18.

amazing job.

Nice riveting work

Always educational and interesting videos.

Great job!

its like a medevil axe that's had 14 new handles and 4 new heads lol

Bravo

hi I like your work an I'm trying to restore an old farm wagon my self your videos help me out a lot not sure what kind of wagon it is but I found it in the woods all the wood rotted away so it's just the wagon gear parts I got a little head start on it already with the front gear any tips will be helpful thanks I'll keep watching more of your videos

AWEsome ... Thanx for uploading ~

Super Travail mais beaucoup de précision , et un travail de longue haleine courage super boulot , travail propre et minutieux . Michel de Belgique.