Sheep Wagon Brakes are Unique | Blacksmithing a New Brake Assembly | Engels Coach 

Special place in my heart for the sheep wagon. Too old now, but enjoy watching you work on it

Thank you Mr. Engels I enjoyed every minute of that. Your smithing was great,even got the lathe and mill into action.

Dave, All the metalwork that you do, I’ve never seen you putting a Touch Mark to anything you’ve made. I know it’s an extra step in the process, but I think it’s about time, don’t you? You go through a lot, put in a lot, its only right that you put your ‘name’ to it. Keep up up the excellent craftsmanship. Your standard is one in a million. Truly.

Another example of metal moving magic. Forging the lip on the handle for engaging the notches was especially impressive to me. I love the stepped up speed and lack of boring explanations for every move you make. Just right!

What a fine and versatile trade you have, Sir. Blacksmith, woodworker, painter: a cartwright really is a Jack-of-all-trades!

Hey! that 50s linoleum in the bed of the wagon was on the floor of my families kitchen!

Mesmerizing for sure.

The wagon will stop when the horses decide that it will stop. It's more of a parking brake to stop it from rolling away. Helpful when parked on a slope or when the wind starts howling, for sure. I suspect that it isn't fun to wake up in the middle of the night as your wagon is rolling down hill on it's own. Thanks for the effort to film and post the video and sharing your interesting line of work.

I sure enjoy your videos and I do like the boring explanations because I am not a metal worker and any explanations is good as book learning to me. Thanks for your excellence is passing on your trade. You are the example to be observed and copied. Thanks for sharing.

A good brake on a wagon is important to take the weight off the horse when going down hills, it also gives the horse a rest. The brake also saves the britchin part of the harness from strain. On very steep hills l have the brake on enough that the horse is slightly in draught, which is much safer. Another very good video, thanks.

Fabulous! Thanks for the wonderful insight into this world of nearly forgotten crafts you have kept alive Mr Engle ✅

You are truly a National Treasure to this country by preserving these vanishing skills of a bygone era. Having them on video will preserve a true reenactment for future-generations that want an authentic representation. Far too much ego and trap-crap on many other channels. Thank you so much for keeping what you do real.

I enjoy your videos and admire your skill. I usually watch twice. First to see what you are doing and then to check out the stuff around you.

Always a joy to watch you work. Thanks for sharing.

Fastest hammer in the wild west ... :) I very much love your videos - with deep respect for such a versatile craftmanship and that you keep the history living for years to come. Thanks !

Yep, no words necessary, just gettin' it done like a Boss! Good show!

Thanks Again for another Friday afternoon where my imagination is free to roam!! Smithing seems to make maximum use of metal's grain as it is moved and adjusted to suit!! Mr. Dave, it is always a pleasure!!

I did enjoy watching that, thank you.

Enjoyed this very much. Congrats on being the go-to-guy for this type of craftsmanship!!

You, fine sir, are a renaissance man. A wheelwright, a blacksmith, a finish carpenter, a mechanic, an artist, a videographer, a producer, a .....

Outstanding workmanship and a pleasure to watch!

thanks again for making my friday

And again very skilful and professional work, thanks for the video.

Another great video. And I have been enjoying the pictures you have been posting lately of the countryside.

Always enjoyable, thanks for sharing.

Great job!

Excellent work !!

Yet another masterclass....👍🏻

Brilliant to watch a craftsman at work.

Wonderful. Thank you.

By the way the vinyl sheeting/flooring used inside the wagon likely dates to the 50s to early 60s I have seen that design a couple to times, but remember it because the same design was on the kitchen floor In my high school girl friends home in the late 60s. Seen silly to remember it after 50 year, but make a lot of memories it the house.

Thanks for the entertainment I was sweating just watching, so interesting.

She sure looksa lot better than she did when you first started. Cant wait to see it finished.

Nice, really nice. You have a great skill!

I sure do enjoy watching your videos, keep up the good work!!

I do a little blacksmithing myself and this guy is pretty darn good. He used some difficult techniques and made them look simple.

Excellent blacksmith work! Very enjoyable video viewing! ….13

Very good work thank you for bringing us along. I love the work you do.

Great video. Thanks

Thank you Mr. Engels. Nice job.

Another great video, thank you for yoour time and effort in making them. And I didn't know you also had a mill, is there any thing you don't have in your shop? Just kidding no shop has it all...

Very clever arrangement

Thanks for all your videos. Merry Christmas

Human ingenuity

انا اعشق هذا الرجل

in case of emergencies, use brake ratchet as saw to make firewood

It's a pleasure to watch youre videos

That lino is the same as I have on my bathroom floor.

I did enjoy it..thank you for sharing your videos. You have inspired me to make my own wagon. Thank you again.

wagoneers will weep, when you quit workin truly a lost art .

Very good. Thanks for sharing your skills. Your multitalented and very good at all your skills. Enjoy watching you create.

Fantastic

Where can I purchase that high speed hammer and file? Was that on sale at Amazon or eBay? Nice work machining those parts. Thank you for sharing. Makes my Fridays a little more enjoyable.

Amazing how much hand work goes into a single wagon and to think that at one time there were tens of thousands of different kinds of wagons. Also, Sunday is Fathers Day, there may be a new pair of gloves for somebody soon.

All I can say: That's too cool! . . . .Curious though please: What was the real time of the brake assembly?

Nicely done :-)

Amazing work as always but that brake ratchet looks like one heck of a leg catcher.

Awesome :-)

I have a brother that plays with draft horses and i would study how some of the farm implements were made . mowers mostly have intrigued me . but all of them down to a potato plow i found fascinating .. just like your work .. thanks for the video

I wonder what some of those pieces would look like if Janelle made them

Thanks

Great work. Wonderful. But I don't understand why the cheesy linoleum was left in place. 😜

Very cool. If you deliver it to Meeteetse, or the owner comes up and gets it, I hope I'm in town to see go through.

have never sein a brake like that, before.

I certainly hope you never get carpal tunnel. then you could not make more videos. great video. thanks for sharing.

Well that's done, time for a brake!

Beautiful work again. I am totally amazed watching you and others smithing metal from raw stock into the parts you make. I am guessing that as the brake lever is inside the wagon the operator is sitting or standing inside when driving the wagon? Please correct my terminology where I get it wrong.

Are you following a set design for the brake, or do you just figure out a solution and make it? The way you freehand the smithing is so professional and skilled. Great work!

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Again outstanding in your work. is this your design or is that the way it was made in the old day. thank you

Was the brake handle on the inside to keep the cattlemen from pushing the wagon off the cliff?

Love it. What's the ultimate disposition of the wagon? Is it a museum piece or is a shepherd going to be using it? Either way, I'm awed by the workmanship.

As always a great video. Question, where do you get your costume made gloves at! LOL!!!

Fantastic ....did you drill and cut those teeth with a band saw, or drill and use the plasma cutter ?

Just curious as to why the teeth on the brake ratchet were made on the outside of the bar, where you would snag your clothes on getting in and out of the sheep wagon? Couldn't they have been cut on the inside and the bar set out a ways from the bench to prevent this from happening? It would also protect the brake handle from being snagged and bent. I do like your skills and appreciate your videos. Thanks!

Great job. Why is the brake in the living area and not near where the wagon gets hitched up?

So do you drive it from inside ten?

was there a notch already cut in that box for the break rod or did you cut it , also why the location of the leaver in the door way ? thanks for sharing

You need a monkey or something to hold the nuts on the other side wild you tighten the bolts. I reckon you could train a racoon, they look pretty handy.

Blacksmithing too?

As much as a fan as I am of these videos< I fail to understand why the vinyl flooring material was kept in the rebuild.

Good job. Hopefully that laminate is going away...

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a sheep wagon with no brakes.

shouldn't the "break teeth" be on the other side or should I say "inside of the bracket" with the lever in between the bracket and the wall so you don't rip your leg open when going past???

Never throw away a good pair of gloves.

Why would one want/need to operate the brakes from inside?

Wow! Someone might say that you do a pretty good job of replicating machine made metal parts but no they got that wrong, the machines do a fair job of replicating HAND MADE PARTS.! A pity you had to leave in that 1970’s era vinyl flooring.

Nothing says original on a wagon like old linoleum

I'm sure the wife with a "darning" needle can patch up them gloves while ya eat yer supper

You're not going to fit many sheep in that...