Reassembling the Wagon Rear Axle we are Preserving | Engels Coach Shop 

this is one great program i could sit and watch him all day

I hope you are not the only one that keeps this trade alive. You are a master at what once was routine. Thanks for keeping history alive and well.

And at the end of the day, all of the several dozen square nuts were perfectly aligned with their neighbors. The world is a crazy (and yes, scary) place at the moment but a 25 minute visit to Dave's shop somehow makes things feel a little bit better. Once again, thanks for allowing us along on this wonderful journey Dave.

I replaced 20 pickets on my backyard fence yesterday. Also did some minor structural repairs. Probably spent 5 hours total. By the 20th picket my hands and arm were tired...no, worn out. In my defense, I'm 9 months since neck surgery and this was the first real work I've done since, but Dave is slinging that hammer all day long. I guarantee you, after shaking hands with Dave, you know you've shaken a man's hand.

My daughter and family stopped by from Texas today. Thanks for letting them look around.

Love it. Walk in the house take care of everything that needs to be done is done and what do I see? Engels Coach Shop uploads. Time to relax and watch a man do some crafting on some histor while he makes it look so simple.,

Dave.. A video of you working is a good thing to see we always learn from A Master Craftsman

It's great to see this old technology repaired even if it is for display. There's a lot more to one of these wagons than us 73 year young'uns knew about. I really appreciate your videos. Most of us older guys who grew up in farm country have seen these rot away for our entire lives. good to see a few survive. Regards, Solomon

Thanks very much fun to watch you work.....l am old now but...l can still remember helping Mr Maxwell load hay onto a wagon pulled by a team of...Mules one name was George the other was named Betsy....That was back in the 1950's a long time ago...!

I like to watch your vintage & old cart repair & to build new one. You are really incredible...

it's a pleasure watching you

Ce n,est pas un simple travail, c,est un travail d,artiste,je suis impressionner. Quebec Canada .

The most impressive thing I saw in this video: Drilling a hole halfway from both sides and getting them to line up in the middle.

Nice and easy watching for a friday evening after a long week 👍👍👍👍👍

Hello, It is a joy to watch you work. Many thanks. A Yorkshire man in Scotland.

Another fine video - thanks for taking me along.

Thanks for another great video.

Hats off for remembering where every part goes!!

My entire working life i have been into wood and only rarely strayed jnto masonry. Metalsmithing was the dark arts. However, no one enjoys sèeing a bit of cold steel take on the heat until it is glowing or listening to the sound of a hammer striking while the subjected piece rests on an anvil. The visuals evoked are soothing yet thought provoking. Dave,,, a huge thank you sir. See ya next week sir.

I will definitely be standing by until next week.

Compliments on your video skills - you always point the camera exactly where I want to look! Thanks, Dave, for letting us watch.

That’s a nice piece of ash 👍

I really enjoy watching your work.

I recently told my father about this channel. He was an amazing woodworker. We would enjoy discussing the videos. He passed just before Father’s Day. Thanks Engles Coach for adding to my fond memories of my father through your videos. I love you Dad.

Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship!

What a pure pleasure , I always count the days till the new video. I find it so relaxing. Maybe my age but i love it. beats anything on TV, A BIG THANK YOU

As always, Thanks for sharing...

Your comment about latex paint was the answer to why my wooden gate rotted so quickly.

20:48 Some people may call it OCD but i call it perfection 👌 when he loosen up 🔧 just a smidge the square nut to leave all in same position 😉 this guy's a Legend 👌

No guard on the bandsaw wheel? Your skilled beyond words but a lucky man! Keep em coming!

I just want to thank you for your help me during my cancer treatment, I have been stuck in home for over a year and hope that I can get strong enough to get to see you, I am in remission but the virus is preventing me from traveling, God bless you and keep you safe and healthy.

In a way, as much as Daves work is marvellous. I think another marvellous part, is that there are people out there who put their hands in their own pockets to pay Dave to do the work. Without the 'Historical Philanthropy', most if not all of Daves work.....well you all know what I am saying.

I think of my dad watching you work. He was born in 1905, some of his siblings where born in the 1880's and 90's He often talked about wagons and buggies. Mom remembered them well too. She was born in 1910. Your work ethic always make me think of them. (If your going to do something, do it right or not at all.) I often still hear that phrase in my mind when I am watching your videos.

Sir.........you are a master of what you do

Once again, Thanks for the video.

Dave, your craftsmanship is a real pleasure to watch. I never get tired or watching your videos. Thank you.

Dave is now playing to the crowd every week with his trick shot - drilling through from one side and finding the hole on the other to perfection.

Excellent job as Always Dave

Amazing work! Enjoy watching your videos.

Well I had to share something I just learned. Some of you may already know this but some may not. I have family in Deadwood and we're going next spring so I looked at the distance to Joilet. In doing so I looked up the Wikipedia page for the town. That's when I found that under notable people Dave is listed as one of the famous people from the town. I couldn't help but find that wonderful. So there you go. Dave is listed as famous on the internet. I hope I get to see the shop

Mr Engel I hope you and your family are doing well. I can not recall seeing you ever use a modern Cap Head Bolt, only Carriage Bolts. Is this where the term came from the coach and carriage industry? Any idea when the hex nut and cap head bolt was invented? And it was great to visit with you back in February, thank you for having me!

PLEASE DON'T stop making videos! WE enjoy watching you repair, & preserve, (& Sometimes completely manufacture them from scratch, IE, Borax Wagons) the relics of days past.

It is dedicated work, wonderful, one man army, like all in one

Hello Sir It is a pleasure to see you working And saving the history of the Stellmacher Handwerk 😉👍 It is a little bit of magic to see you putting a hole straight and even free handed through a Big peace of wood Greetings and best wishes Yours Frank

Fascinating thanks for posting

Ive watched a LOT of rebuilds and restorations over the years ... i think this is the first time I have seen someone anneal a weld. Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Always very interesting thanks for sharing 👍🇦🇺👀

Friday night is Engles night

I read "Wagon Rear Axle" and I thought "bah!" then I watched and now I wish I could give you 2 thumbs up. Must be a joyfull bliss being a kid hanging around your shop and stealing with eyes wide open, as I used to do when I was a ten year old.

Makes Friday evenings complete watching Mr Engels putting things right. Thanks again!

20:48 - back off the nut just a little to make everyone line up square...

When I used to splash around on the old Thames Sailing Barges (as volunteer crew) we would sometimes get new wedges cut for the battens that secured the hatch cloths. These would be cut from oak and the trick was to put them in a sack and, when at anchor or moored alongside, they would be lowered into the water and left for a few hours - the longer the better. This would get rid of the blue dye that leeched out when the timber got wet. Failing to do so would result in blue stains down the hatch coamings and across the deck, which looked a right mess. Especially if the deck had just been painted :-) Thank you again for your wonderful work, good to hear a soothing, friendly voice in these strange times. Take Care, Stay Safe :-)

Thank you Dave. 👌

Sir as always love the video's and like the comments below, Yes we all know you get paid to do this work, And I love the fact that thru you some history stay's alive. And can looked back on later. But I wonder off all the people that watch Your video's, Whether they see what I see, and that is the passion you put into your work. Thank You again Sir, job well done.

Preserving history is so Important. It's amazing to see.

Thanks Dave

I grew up in England in the counties of Surrey and Hampshire , spent a lot of time in the 50s and 60s on farmland with horses and carts still being used . They had a scent and a feeling of permanence that stayed with me . Your videos take me right back , not in some golden summer way but to the work , the horses , the men cursing when they thought us boys couldn't hear , hiding out of the rain under the cart . Great video 👍🇬🇧

The saying is “I love work! I could watch you do it for hours!” Watched you enough to hit the “like” button BEFORE I watched the video. Love it!!!

The secret is out as to how Dave drills an accurate hole from both sides of a 5 inch piece of wood and they meet exactly, he cheats by holding his finger over the target end! I must remember that. Wonderful skills as ever.

Great job Dave, it’s always enjoyable watching you at work and seeing how easy you make your job look to be. Fantastic save, thanks for sharing with us. Fred.

Dave Engels, the Charlie Dunn of Coachwork.

Best part of my week. Thank you Dave

Even the out of sight nuts on the bottom were clocked. Details details details! :-) Keeping the old look is a talent.

That vinegar and iron filings works a treat. Its going to look amazing when its refurbished. I love watching your skills Dave ,you are truly an all round craftsman. Your attention to detail makes for entertaining viewing in these troubled times! Thanks for taking us on this journey...

I have been watching for more than two years....and I look forward to each video as if it were the first. Utterly fascinating.

really i impressed. when you make welding make like a wax candle. so nice.

you can almost see the wood reaching up to grab the paint off the brush..

Thanks, Dave. Can’t wait till next week to see how you handle the braking system. I LOVE your videos. So many thanks to you and your wife for sharing your knowledge with us so generously. 👏👏👏👍

HELLO from chihuahua mexico, one more wonderful episode of ENGELS COACH SHOP, thank you for the video and the information, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

Engels Coach Shop, Dave, I love that shear used when making the bracket for the reach. Awesome piece of history right there!

another Good one ! Someday I would like to come visit your shop.

Thanks Mr. Engel. Watching many of your videos I have a better understanding of the difference(s) between a rebuild, a restoration, and a preservation. Fascinating work.

@20:48 I caught you setting all the nuts square to the axle! Hmmm.

Goed bezig met een geduldig werk

Always a pleasure to watch a man work when he knows what he is doing and how to do it.

Just more excellent work now archived on the internet for the rest of the world to learn from. Thanks again for sharing your skill and knowledge with us Dave.

Another terrific video Dave - gee.. they seem to get better each week! I'll ask you a couple of questions about making these videos - first, as much as you're able to carry around in your head all the various parts' locations, and how they go back together (amazing), are you also thinking about your camera locations and lens settings while you're working with the parts? Have you got some kind of all powerful gut instinct going on - telling you.. "okay, I think I'll move the camera a bit closer and zoom in on this action, then turn it and...?" That's just another one of your genuine talents! Also, I'd like you to give us an idea of how much longer it takes you to accomplish an assembly process when you're also shooting the video, and framing each shot in the camera. Double "regular time?" Triple? Maybe a whole lot more, no? I'm gaining an even greater appreciation of your skills, as I watch your videos now, and try to note just how many changes in set ups there are, just in a particular small portion of the assembly. Some of those clips are just a few seconds long - but they sure make it all much more visually interesting, and keeps the "action" as it were, progressing quite smoothly. I'll just add, that editing all of the clips together, has got to be a huge project in and of itself! It's all certainly quite worth it - we all remain the beneficiaries of so many aspects of your talent, skill, and experience! Again, thanks tremendously for putting so much of yourself into these online video lessons.

Nice job !!!

Nice one Dave. Thanks for having Us.

Screwdrivers must be the most versatile tools in anyone's shop.

Thank you Mr Engels for these excellent instructional videos of the coach and wagon trade... absolutely amazing the level of Craftsmanship in these wagons of the old West.. God bless you and your family.. till next week stay safe and take of yourself 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🕊🕊🕊🕊

Some of us would rather hear the machine than music ❤

Always superb, don't know what I would do without my Saturday morning fix! I sit down with my breakfast, turn on laptop and your always there, bliss

Watching you disassemble, repair and reassemble all of those components was very complicated. I can't imagine the work in creating the original equipment. Great Job ...

The more I watch this channel, the more I'm convinced that your shop is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. How do you have room for all those tools and supplies, and still be able to turn around? 😳😄

I'm glad their is someone else that uses a hacksaw besides myself,once again thanks for alowing us to look over your shoulder.🤗🤗

I absolutely love watching old things renewed and respected but I just realized another big reason I adore your work and videos. Its because it's such a pleasure and rarity seeing someone completely love what hes doing. I hate my job and these videos give me an escape

Thanks Dave, another great lesson in fixing up old equipment!

Thank you so much Dave. You always make my day better after watching you work.

I have never seen a weld annealed but a great idea, nor have I anyone that can drill from both sides and hit the hole perfectly! Amazing craftsman!

Enjoyed the video Mr Engel. That's a difficult puzzle with all those parts. Thanks for taking the time to produce the videos. Y'all take care and God bless.

Again an amazing demonstration of repairing something old with new pieces but it still looks old. Great teaching session Dave

Once again a master class from dave GOD Bless you an yours love from TEXAS

Grateful that I could watch, thank you Dave.

Dave, Thanks for turning down the volume when you use your press, it saves me from having to turn mine down and makes the viewing much more comfortable.

Your talent for drilling long straight holes is uncanny . I love watching a fellow artist / craftsman AND drooling over many of your unique tools .

I'm might be a complete man if I owned just one of those pieces of equipment. Especially that shear. ;-) Thanks.😆 Love the videos.

*I keep catching myself thinking that a refurbishment/repair job would be pretty much the same amount of work, Dave, but maybe more satisfying or more straightforward somehow. My guess is you know better because we just see the edited versions that inherently make it hard to perceive/register the total amount of effort different things take. Either way, it sure is a lot of work. Nicely done.*

Thank you. I'm still catching up.

And once again, Thank You Mr Dave