I'm sure that a lot of your projects and restorations will be around for a long time but the re creation of the borax wagons has earned you a place in history.
I don't often post comments on videos online, but just thought I'd take a moment to say how much I enjoy following along with your videos week by week. They have become one of the highlights of my viewing experience. Not only are you a master craftsman in many different disciplines, you are keeping alive an otherwise dying art form, and documenting it for future generations to learn from and enjoy. Also the pacing and editing of your videos is superb. Bravo sir! And keep up the good work...
Dave, I always wait to watch your videos until Saturday morning. I get up early, while the rest of the family is sleeping, brew a cup of coffee, and watch your video of the week. It is one of the most satisfying parts of my week. Thank you so much for making these available.
Dave you are truly a craftsman. Not to take anything away from you but the men that built these things (all of the wagons you restore and build) did it with far more primitive tools and knowledge and available to you. You sir and the original builders deserve a place in our history.
Dave,Your are an amazing person to your multiple crafts. I watched all the episodes,thank you for teaching and showing us how hard it must have been, and taking us back through history. It is a fantastic documentary and i tip my hat to you Sir and all involved. greetings from Holland Europe.
Wow!! Look at the size of that brake beam!! It's huge!! However understandable considering the weight it has to stop. It's really coming together now. Very exciting!!
I was trying to determine if you were more skilled at blacksmithing or carpentry. After much deliberation I decided the answer is Everything. I enjoyed this video as usual, keep them coming. Mounting the tank will be a good one.
James Wieser . You forgot to mention / drawing .painting .sewing , modifying and inventing machinery and tools and adapting them to do operations they were not designed for .
Hi Dave, just returned from vacation to watch three episodes one after the other. its wonderful to see a real craftsman at work. I love your workshop, and the tools and equipment you have , it appears much of the equipment is made in shop for a particular purpose, i just love your videos, just keep them coming . In the 1950's i spent time helping out on local farms, we would often use big old wooden wagons, some very large, haymaking time would always bring out large wagons. All the best to you and Diana.
Wow, when you see it coming together, you realize how massive it is and the work it took to make all of the components. You are a gifted craftsman and one of a kind!
Your skill with your hammer blower is amazing to watch, I wish half the people could actually appreciate your skill. If you haven’t tried it you can’t appreciate it Be Safe Theron
I apologize but you have a gift that I really enjoy. The way you work with the tools and angles and the Smith work, I’m afraid that if I ever cam to your shop, I’d have to use a chin strap to keep my mouth closed. GREAT videos.
I am still amazed every week by the skills that you posess and the strength that it takes to handle these large wagon parts ! For the I dont remember how many times , HATS OFF TO.YOU SIR !! Thank you for not only preserving the trade , but for shareing it with those of us that are so very interested it westward history and the vehicles that allowed it ! YOU ARE THE BEST !!!!
I'm continually amazed by how big each component is, because of this project, I've spent hours looking at freight wagons, and learning about them, and I have not been able to find anything even close to the size of these wagons. Wikipedia has a page about the borax wagons, I hope someone updates that page, so when people look them up, they will know these have been built.
Yup - it Friday Night at the Coach Shop. Makes my week it does. Amazes me how you can gage by eye those angles and get them right. Thanks for bringing us along on this build on this part of history.
Sir, I envy you in your abilities to create and all that that entails but, I also envy you in your humilty in being able to share and bring a measure of joy and contentment to so many people..How I wish I were able to bring and give so much to so many as you do, and weekly yet ! Respect and admiration to you sir. Albion.
Them look like old ferriers chaps. , a smiths chaps used rawhide patches around the high contact areas...but what you got going seams to work well.. I love that your passion conveys or insights others to follow...but it appears dat der sitzpinkler brigade has overwhelmed us with idiocy und meritocracy and leaves little room for the curious...you keep a teaching and maybe that blind squirrel will find a nut. You, my friend are a very rare item and would love to jaw with you on any topic. You are the best of the best...old school German masterholzwright here...
That wagon is the most beautiful piece of hand built old tech machinery I've ever seen. You are a craftsman of old , building things the way they should be built.
Thanks for sharing. I really got hooked on this project. Only one video left to watch. Very educational and entertaining. A Jack of many trades and a master at all of them!!!!! I don’t know how far you went in school but you should have a few Doctorates.
I wish I had a job like this. When I work with my hands, it allows me to use a different part of my brain, the analytical and technical side. I typically carry alot of anxiety and worry but when I get to work with my tools and focus on the task at hand. . . Alot of those feelings go away and I'm content.
Always something interesting & the ability to make it happen. Another great video Dave, thank you for putting the extra effort to share your shop in action..... It's appreciated by so many, including myself 👍👍!!!!!
Hey Jim ! Just read your comment and was wondering about that word "uffda". That's exactly what we would say in Norwegian meaning "ooops! / oh no! / that's bad " etc. Minnesota Norwegian expression ? And how come the mules speak Norwegian ? Have a nice weekend !
One of these days i’m going to visit your workshop just to se your tools and machines for real and ofcourse talk to you for real. I also working with Wood but not as Fancy work like you do. In finland where i come from this wagon work is a forgotten art.
I did not guess what you were making good thing you told me. The wagon is starting to come together nice nicely. Thank you for letting us watch how things are made and put together.
Enjoyed the video Mr Engel. I've said it before and I'll say it again. You do some mighty fine work. The tank frame fit perfectly. You are making history. Y'all take care and God bless.
Angel Dawn Morningstar You beat me to it getting your answer posted. I have to admit that I was at first thinking the doo-hickee’s were for the thing-a-ma-bob though.
By the time this beautiful wagon is finished it's going be so heavy with iron and wood and possibly even a full tank, it will need a team of Clydesdales to pull it. It will be a magnificent sight. I hope we get to see the finished wagon with the team of horses hitched.
I’ve admired your patience which Leeds to a quality product and you surely deliver that. But what I most admire are those screw jack. I’ve figured a million uses for them. Keep this trade going.
Great work as always, you should be very proud of the quality work that you do.Not many people left whith your skills. Thanks for the video,catch you on the next one.Best wishes. Stuart UK.
It's amazing how he makes these metal parts. It's like he's made hundreds of them before but I think these parts are a one time thing. The guy is a master of his trade that is for sure!
