Just like everyone else who grew up watching cowboy movies and seeing wagons like this, I had no idea how they were built. Our ancestors were remarkable in their trade. It amazes me how much mechanical ability and woodworking knowledge it took to build a wagon or buggy that would function properly and have a long useful life. I appreciate your videos. Your production is great.
@@Pocketfarmer1 well considering that "lol" can mean a multitude of things, within the circle of the grammar lacking text speakers, it seems your assumption is incorrect!
Truly shape and fashion these; Leave no yawning gaps between; Think not, because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the Gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen; Make the house, where Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire, and clean. From The Builders, H.W. Longfellow
My Grandad who drove an old truck on a farm when he was young used to call those side extentions 'greedy boards' so they could squeeze just a bit more on what was probably an already straining load! As always another superb video!
Hello, I watch you very regularly from France. Because of you I have started to make models of horse-drawn carts from my region (Franche Comté, France), your explanations are very precious to me. Unfortunately, I did not learn your language at school. Your translations into French, even if imperfect, were very useful for me to understand what you were doing and especially why you were doing it. I would appreciate it if you could restore it. I am sending you this message through a translator, so it will be imperfect and I hope the meaning will not be changed too much...Whatever your decision, thank you for all your videos...
Hello, I just red about your Horse-drawn Carriages you are building in a Modell-scale. That very interessting. I'm a Modell Maker of Horse drawn Carriages in Scale 1:18, too. Best wishes and good luck from Germany.
be neat to have one for a camp ground. it is a chuck wagon, help pay for food all ya can eat bbq 🍖. huckleberry ice cream for dessert i got into that sounded good omg 😳 good. if your ever in glacier national park koa next door grab some for evening dessert or just cause it’s looks good. mount Rushmore on up wards go by their in the gift shop area get some Thomas Jefferson era ice cream. get the recipe card make some at home beats every ice cream brand bar none.
Hi, Dave. I've enjoyed watching you and your wide range of skills. My first comment here. So nostalgic to watch you work using so many of the techniques I actually learned from watching my father growing up.
Ahh... the time honored tradition of adding side boards. I can remember more than once dad being surprised at the scale receipts I brought back... when I was 14... driving some late 1960's to early 70's trucks in the late 90's. What neither of us spoke about is how I made it across the scales before they closed. I often dropped the hammer on that last run. Now that I'm pushing 50 I look back in disbelief. But then I get the occasional interaction with a farm kid.... and I know it was right back then, and still right today.
Dave, it looks great my girlfriend and I enjoy every one of your videos as you explain the house and lies even if we aren't into wagons or whatever will own one the craftsmanship and the knowledge is important
It's a small world . I sent a link to a friend of mine that is also a RU-vidr Kieth Rucker . He also has a web site Vintage Machinery as you probably already know . I was sure he would be interested in your table saw . Only to find out he was aware of you and your channel but in addition to that you done some work for the Ag Museum down here in Ga that he volunteers at . Another great video thanks Donny
Thanks for the 10 reason steam bending go wrong i tried out your tips and bent 3 bow for min. Cover wagon out of ash it turn out grate Again thank for loan of your brains you do grate work in your shop I have learn a lot watching you thank !!!
What a gorgeous box , beautifully done. And your junk pile has just been elevated to possibles pile , nothings junk in my shed only things I haven't found a use for yet . Once again , it's been a pleasure 👍🇬🇧
@EngelsCoachShop love your videos. I have a quick couple of questions. Where do you get your rivets that you used in the wood wagon box? What type of paint/primer do you prefer when restoring your irons? If there are videos that answer these questions, then just point me in the right direction.
Another one of your outstanding videos Dave. Really impressed on how you extended the side boards, learned something one today. Thank you for making and posting these videos
Another day at the shop,hohum..never fail to impress..still hav to complete my bed sideboard inside runner ..glued clamped what two weeks now. lying on the ground thats the kicker..mattress still on bed frame..I'm tired..add 3 more screws..eventually..hohum..
The additional capacity boards. Call 'em "Hungry Boards" here in Australia. But I've seen some doozies on utoob, in Asia etc. I mean, when do we stop putting extra boards on...?
Whatt an interesting video. I'm a fan of the Borax-Wagon and just building a Modell in Scale 1:18 for myself. It makes a lot of fun to do that. Best wishes from Germany
Thank you, Dave. A couple of videos ago I asked what those uprights on the frame were. Now I know. In addition you have explained to me the mystery of "Body by Fisher" on all General Motors cars at least through 1980, and still today for all I know. Clearly 130 years ago, one trade made the "frame" and another trade made the bodies. In this chuck wagon we see the body dropped onto the frame which has the axles, wheels, steering, and power source. When wagon making changed to automobile making the automobile body was made by the Fisher Body Co. and the frame, engine, axles, and wheels were made by Oldsmobile. When I worked for General Motors in the Final Assembly Building at Oldsmobile in 1974 this was still the case. The bodies were made in a separate factory three miles away. They were trucked to Final Assembly, and hoisted to the second floor. Then, after the entire frame was assembled the body was lowered onto it. In fact the same frame could be a sedan, station wagon or a hatchback version of the same model
Once again, today's class session was over altogether too soon and we find ourselves already waiting impatiently for next week's installment! As always, thanks for allowing us along Dave!
Please consider making a "short" video on riveting. What I really want to know is... How long do you shape the rivet with just the hammer and when do you bring in the shaping tool. 2:38 💖🌞🌵😷
wow when i look at that wagon i see money . just that one piece of popular you started out with plus all that labor and steel . i think i could buy a used truck cheaper .. good video
Dave uses his craftmanship to make carpentry look effortless, but I often think about the person 100 years before doing the same job but without the modern tools. I think of the builder with blacksmith drills and a brace and just a block and tackle lashed to the beams in a barn. It's a true testament to the skills people acquire over the years.
True, but the old timers also thought they had it made compared to their dad and granddad with even fewer tools. It's not really so bad, what they didn't have for tools they made up for with brains. And they were VERY smart.
Wow the waggen is coming along nicely 👌. Ofcorse there is a purpose as to why there is all the parts on waggen or anything tips of mechanical or machine's. Kind regards from London UK 🇬🇧 to all.
I would like to ask a question about your rivets please. Do you use something specific for the rivet, or is it a brite nail with the tip cut off. Thank you for your time and what you do. I am a master wood finisher And journeymen carpenter and I learned some tips and tricks from you before but honestly I never knew about the rivets. I love the concept and would like to learn more about it thanks again
With the expansion an\d contraction of wood, You made the side boards and extensions a very tight fit. Are they meant not to be taken out, if so when they swell how would you get them out? Thanks
Im from finland and i love your vids. Friday night i stay up until 12 oklock just to see what you up to this week. Im coming to visit you. Do you have any hotels in joliet?
At about 3:00 where he's attaching the verticals the long box boards, are those long rivets he's using? They look just like regular nails, but if you've ever tried to peen over a cutoff nail like a rivet head, you know that this doesn't really work. Nails are hardened, tempered wire, not the relatively soft steel used for cold rivets.
Hello Dave. On the most recent Scoutcrafter video, he complained about the typical long thin handles on ball peen hammers. I suspect they are made that way to reduce shock to the user and provide some recoil for the next swing because peening is so different from driving a nail. You are certainly an expert at peening rivets and such. What do you think? Do you like to use a ball peen hammer with a long handle, or a short one? Does it make any difference to you? Thanks again for all your amazing videos!
Hi Dave, I did not realise how much work went into building a wagon like this. Perhaps it is living in UK haha. Many thanks for ALL your superb uploads teaching us some transport history and what went into making travel possible.
What is all this crap about investing and bitcoins? Mr. Engles builds wagons, wheels and other things from the past, and he does it the way it was done in the past. I understood nothing about investing in this video.
