My Granddad worked like you from 1900 to 1935. I never understood, what exactly he was doing. Through you, I now have a hell of a respect and understanding of his work and it makes me appreciate him and his work so much more. Bless him and you.
Like you said: you couldn’t finish all the hub because you ran out of week before you ran out of work, but my question to you is you will like all of us eventually run out of life, is there someone that you know with this same passion for what you marvelously do to take over, because like a lots of old and very old trade we lost the way to do
What your giving to the future generations is priceless. I really like these "Teaching Style" videos! In the future somebody will be referencing your videos to build a wagon wheel. Your knowledge "Needs" to be past on. I truly thank you for making these videos.
I never had any idea how much work goes into to something so simple looking.. I have been following since you built the borax wagons and enjoy every video you make.
I REALLY enjoy watching you work !! Ever since I saw you building those Borax Wagons, way back, I've been following you on your channel !! You are certainly a very gifted man and God has blessed you accordingly !! Keep 'em coming my friend !!
@@johnking8679 ⚠️ God has said in the Quran: 🔵 { O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - ( 2:21 ) 🔴 [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. ( 2:22 ) 🔵 And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. ( 2:23 ) 🔴 But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.( 2:24 ) 🔵 And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. ( 2:25 ) ⚠️ Quran
It was so good to see you making wheels again. In the past it got to a point where I knew what you were going to do next, which was great. Seeing this again I still could follow along with an idea of what was the next step.
Gives new profound appreciation to those who built them centuries ago...wo the modern tools! Can't imagine punching out the spoke holes (rectangles) back then! Would they have used a hand crank drill then squared off w a chisel..bit by bit? 🤔 😳 It was all HARD WORK!
Once again your craftsmanship is outstanding. So much had work goes into these wagons. I would think that for the original builders, without all the power equipment this would have taken 3 to 4 times longer. But maybe they had specialty tools that aided them as well. Possible belt driven. Thanks very much for sharing.
A LONG time ago, my Freshman machine shop teacher told me, if you ever need to turn wood, use a metal lathe. (Oh, 1972.) Good to see David following his advice. steve
Hi Dave, I've built a lot of things, with a lot of different materials. From one offs, to production, and a wide variety of construction. The way you do things, jigged up, fast without cutting corners, absolutely impresses me. There are a lot of "tinkering" channels when it comes to old tech. Sir, you get it done. Thanks for sharing, it's gotta be a PITA dragging those cameras around.
I noticed you left the weld inside the hub bands. Why wouldn't you clean the welds up? Also why didn't you make all the hub bands the same size? Being a machinist I have always said metal working machines make the best wood working machines! Fridays are always better with your videos! Thanks Dave!
@@maggs131 I thought about that as well but with the bands being shrunk on the hubs it didn't it necessary to leave the welds on. Course Dave is the master! I would not second guess him. Thanks Maggs131 for your reply and I agree you are probably correct. Take care. Mel from Brighton, CO.
@@12345....... Thank you. You are correct. I know all about keeping things original. Been restoring a 1966 Jaguar E type and there you must keep things original! I totally understand that. But........who is going to know if one band is a different size than the other? It would make life a bit easier for Dave. Just saying. Thanks for your reply count to 12 person. :)
Hi Dave, I think you need to make another clever tool to add to your arsenal . I suggest some sort of press adapter to press on the rings onto the hubs rather than hammering them on by hand . It would speed up the operation and possibly reduce the amount of scorched wood that can be seen. I find the fusion of wood and metal work in your videos facinating. Best wishes from Wales.
I have always liked the way you have fabricobbled things together to make the things that you do. Necessity is a mother! I like the way that you use the machinist lathe to turn wood. Thanks for the entertaining videos.
I agree. What I find really amazing is that wagons and wheels were around long before lathes. At least before lathes like we think of them. So people were essentially doing it by hand and thinking how can we make this easier or quicker or stronger or more repeatable and so on over a lot of years. It required people to pay attention to details and pass what they learned on to others while wiling to accept their best efforts could be improved on by others. It's a trait not commonly found with today's workforce with engineered lifespans and wrote assembly work. But to take modernish tools like the lathe and accomplish much of the same of the past while keeping parts made 100 plus years ago in service at the same time is rather remarkable to me.
Good day the more I watch this the more I like wood turning ,,You must have a good brain to remember all and the tolerances are unreal ..I really enjoy watching ❤️👍👍👍👍🦘🇦🇺🇺🇸
Is great to see history come to life once again. Is very interesting, I can see that is a lots of work, at the end is worth every peny. Thanks for sharing 👍God bless. Kind regards from London Ingland 🇬🇧
a vanishing art and still cool to watch ... simple .... just a ton of fiddly little things to add up into one complex part . the art KNOWING which little thing to do in what order
Love your work. I have used my metal lathe at times for wood. I can't imagine back in the frontier days the blacksmith having such equipment. Thank you so much for sharing this bit of historical work.
Your wood working skills and metal working skills are absolutely amazing. how you can look at a piece of kindling and know what it looked like new.hope you can pass on your gift.
This is an very interesting video for me and i like watching your progress in building the hubs. I think in Germany the wheelwrights used oak instead of ash.Great, Thanks
I've been watching you make wheels & all that it takes to machine the hubs out. You are very good at everything you do. To me making the hubs has got to be the most time consuming and pain in the BUTT to make. Now I know why they made the C&C machine for (*.*)
Hey Dave, Watching you build these Hubs takes me back to shop class, working on an overhead belt driven lathe in school. We worked on metal but the principal is the same. Lots of awesome vintage machines in Brooklyn Technical High School which was built in 1922. I would have loved to see how these Hubs were built by hand without the convenience of electrical machines. I wonder if it was similar to the Singer sewing machine which was driven from a tilting footrest that was operated by your feet, which would spin the hubs in order to make them cylindrical. Great Video. Thanks
Excellent!! Love watching you make hubs. I've got a couple questions: Do you have a stash of wood blocks drying in inventory? How long do you dry the stock before making hubs? Also, do you paint the ends of the blocks so that they dry slowly to avoid cracking? I knew a guy who turned bowls and he would cut a tree down, buck up lengths of rounds, paint the ends, then throw them under his house for a few years to dry.
That was really interesting, seeing hubs made from scratch like that. Wow that's a lot of work. Seems like good, old, stable blanks would be worth a lot too. Those were some hefty chunks of wood.
Dave did you make any changes to your metal lathe to be able to turn wood. Speed ect. I have 2 large metal lathes and only need one. So after watching you I am thinking about making one a wood lathe. THANKS Dan H
Just do it. No difference at all. Just a bit messier is all., and the saw dust will soak up the oil in your lube points. Other than about that, and 20 other things, no difference at all.
I love watching you work. It's fascinating to see & I appreciate the work you are doing to preserve this knowledge. One thing I have wondered & haven't seen is Are the boxings steel or cast iron?
Another great Video and I see you have been getting lots of use out of that Grizzley brand mortising machine . If you ever get chance watch the video on the history of that company !
"I ran outta week before I ran outta work" You're the best, Dave!
"Ran outta week before I ran outta work" Boy if that ain't a phrase for the ages right there!! Love the channel, love the vids sir. Hats off to you!
Clearly one of the best channels on TH-cam.
My Granddad worked like you from 1900 to 1935. I never understood, what exactly he was doing. Through you, I now have a hell of a respect and understanding of his work
and it makes me appreciate him and his work so much more. Bless him and you.
Amazing Godly gifted; thank YOU for allowing us into your world. God Bless you and Mrs. Engels.
As a retired Industrial Arts teacher, I always take pleasure in watching your videos. No computer technology, just good basic skills. 👌
Like you said: you couldn’t finish all the hub because you ran out of week before you ran out of work, but my question to you is you will like all of us eventually run out of life, is there someone that you know with this same passion for what you marvelously do to take over, because like a lots of old and very old trade we lost the way to do
dont you just love it when they do something really with ease but it has taken a lifetime to learn
What your giving to the future generations is priceless. I really like these "Teaching Style" videos! In the future somebody will be referencing your videos to build a wagon wheel. Your knowledge "Needs" to be past on. I truly thank you for making these videos.
Once again, Dave: Thanks so much for allowing us to tag along.
Doesnt matter how many times he does the same thing, it's as interesting as the first time you saw it!
I always remember to like the video even before I see it, because I love every video Mr Engels puts up.
It’s a pleasure to watch an artisan create those beautiful and useful works of art. Thanks!!!
Some of your jigs are probably the only ones in existence. Very enjoyable time spent!
He did have to modify that mortiser special to suit his needs (he even did a video on the process).
I miss the wagon wheel builds. Always fascinated by your work.
I'm always amazed how much abuse all those wheels can take, and yes, they are rough when he takes the old ones apart
I never had any idea how much work goes into to something so simple looking.. I have been following since you built the borax wagons and enjoy every video you make.
I REALLY enjoy watching you work !! Ever since I saw you building those Borax Wagons, way back, I've been following you on your channel !! You are certainly a very gifted man and God has blessed you accordingly !! Keep 'em coming my friend !!
@@johnking8679 ⚠️ God has said in the Quran:
🔵 { O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - ( 2:21 )
🔴 [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. ( 2:22 )
🔵 And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. ( 2:23 )
🔴 But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.( 2:24 )
🔵 And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. ( 2:25 )
⚠️ Quran
Spellbinding. I see so many little details in the work process that ensure a successful end product. Thanks, Dave.
Always a pleasure to see you at work.🍀
It was so good to see you making wheels again. In the past it got to a point where I knew what you were going to do next, which was great. Seeing this again I still could follow along with an idea of what was the next step.
Always a pleasure to watch you at work, Dave. Please keep up making videos for us!
Another reminder if it were needed, of the breadth of your skill set. Making hubs could be a trade on it's own.
Love to see all the hand crafted jigs and fixtures!
Gives new profound appreciation to those who built them centuries ago...wo the modern tools! Can't imagine punching out the spoke holes (rectangles) back then! Would they have used a hand crank drill then squared off w a chisel..bit by bit? 🤔 😳 It was all HARD WORK!
You are the king of homemade jigs!
If you ever decide you want an apprentice it would be amazing to learn from someone with your experience and skill.
Once again your craftsmanship is outstanding. So much had work goes into these wagons. I would think that for the original builders, without all the power equipment this would have taken 3 to 4 times longer. But maybe they had specialty tools that aided them as well. Possible belt driven. Thanks very much for sharing.
Thanks for taking the time to show this. Seeing the mortiser and your indexing jig was a treat!
Thanks Dave. I never get tired of watching you build hubs. Hope you and Dianne are thawing out up there. LOL See you next week.
Two years later and I get an answer for someone wanting to know what the metal shaft was . Thanks for mentioning the " boxing "
Good afternoon to all from SE Louisiana 25 Feb 22.
Very interesting, very educational, very informative, very knowledgeable. Thanks
Seems like every job I do around my place, I run out of week before I run out of work. I really like watching you work, you make this look so easy.
A LONG time ago, my Freshman machine shop teacher
told me, if you ever need to turn wood, use a metal lathe.
(Oh, 1972.)
Good to see David following his advice.
steve
Absolutely fascinating, really great to watch, thank you.Bob Bristol ,Great Britain.
Appreciate all the hard work you do a n for sharing have a day love from TEXAS
Hi Dave, I've built a lot of things, with a lot of different materials. From one offs, to production, and a wide variety of construction. The way you do things, jigged up, fast without cutting corners, absolutely impresses me. There are a lot of "tinkering" channels when it comes to old tech. Sir, you get it done.
Thanks for sharing, it's gotta be a PITA dragging those cameras around.
Buen dia,desde argentina!!!gracias maestro por estos videos,cuanta enseñanza,lo veo siempre.
And another outstanding episode, you are one handy fella,thank you for all your efforts🙂😋🙂😋
LOVE WATCHING YOU WORK YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY!
There's alot involved in making a Hub but you make it look so easy, thanks for sharing Dave 👍
Such accurate dimensions turned out of wood.
I noticed you left the weld inside the hub bands. Why wouldn't you clean the welds up? Also why didn't you make all the hub bands the same size? Being a machinist I have always said metal working machines make the best wood working machines! Fridays are always better with your videos! Thanks Dave!
I can only guess the welds were left because they may actually help hold the bands in place
5:00 explains the band diameter
@@maggs131 I thought about that as well but with the bands being shrunk on the hubs it didn't it necessary to leave the welds on. Course Dave is the master! I would not second guess him. Thanks Maggs131 for your reply and I agree you are probably correct. Take care. Mel from Brighton, CO.
@@12345....... Thank you. You are correct. I know all about keeping things original. Been restoring a 1966 Jaguar E type and there you must keep things original! I totally understand that. But........who is going to know if one band is a different size than the other? It would make life a bit easier for Dave. Just saying. Thanks for your reply count to 12 person. :)
I assume it acts as a key way . The hub bands 1:39 .
Hi Dave, I think you need to make another clever tool to add to your arsenal . I suggest some sort of press adapter to press on the rings onto the hubs rather than hammering them on by hand . It would speed up the operation and possibly reduce the amount of scorched wood that can be seen. I find the fusion of wood and metal work in your videos facinating.
Best wishes from Wales.
Best minutes of the week! Enjoying some wonderful craftsmanship!! 🤩
Dave, really enjoy these short videos which serve as a refresher to me on how you do things in the shop. Thank you for putting them together for us.
You are an amazing craftsman. Live the videos
I have always liked the way you have fabricobbled things together to make the things that you do. Necessity is a mother! I like the way that you use the machinist lathe to turn wood.
Thanks for the entertaining videos.
great device for measuring internal and external circumferences!
It's amazing what you can accomplish with a lathe. a machine of many task's. thanks for sharing. ECF
I agree.
What I find really amazing is that wagons and wheels were around long before lathes. At least before lathes like we think of them. So people were essentially doing it by hand and thinking how can we make this easier or quicker or stronger or more repeatable and so on over a lot of years. It required people to pay attention to details and pass what they learned on to others while wiling to accept their best efforts could be improved on by others.
It's a trait not commonly found with today's workforce with engineered lifespans and wrote assembly work. But to take modernish tools like the lathe and accomplish much of the same of the past while keeping parts made 100 plus years ago in service at the same time is rather remarkable to me.
Good day the more I watch this the more I like wood turning ,,You must have a good brain to remember all and the tolerances are unreal ..I really enjoy watching ❤️👍👍👍👍🦘🇦🇺🇺🇸
Is great to see history come to life once again.
Is very interesting, I can see that is a lots of work, at the end is worth every peny.
Thanks for sharing 👍God bless.
Kind regards from London Ingland 🇬🇧
That was amazing you are a master craftsman!!!!!!
a vanishing art and still cool to watch ... simple .... just a ton of fiddly little things to add up into one complex part
.
the art KNOWING which little thing to do in what order
Love your work. I have used my metal lathe at times for wood. I can't imagine back in the frontier days the blacksmith having such equipment.
Thank you so much for sharing this bit of historical work.
Pleasure watchin'.
Great stuff....as usual....Thanks Dave!!
Your wood working skills and metal working skills are absolutely amazing. how you can look at a piece of kindling and know what it looked like new.hope you can pass on your gift.
lots of hard work and skill. back in the day they had no power tools and had to do it all by hand. great video. take care, be safe and well.
Thank you, sir, for once again sharing what is almost a lost art.
Once again thanks for the video.
Really interesting process. So beautiful
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Респект мастеру!!! Здоровья и удачи!!!
Fascinating to watch you build these wagons
*You do a fantastic job, you are a great professional with all the skills. Greetings from Italy.* 🟩⬜🟥 👍🏻
Thanks, Mr. Dave!!
I have always wondered how one of those hubs was made! A heck of a lot of steps. Very cool process!
Шикарная работа! Я в восторге!
Always a pleasurable and fascinating experience to watch your videos Sir!!! Thanks for sharing!
This is an very interesting video for me and i like watching your progress in building the hubs. I think in Germany the wheelwrights used oak instead of ash.Great, Thanks
Nice episode, thanks for that.
Dave, thanks again for information and entertainment
Thanks Dave. Great video
Brilliant as usual , thank you
Have a great weekend, Thank You for the education.
Thanks Dave 73 AB7RR Bob God Bless America
Amazing how it all works to make a strong wheel
I googled wood wagon wheel and you were there. I think that is neat!
Thanks for the video! I definitely learned something new today.
What a beautiful structure ash has! Thanks Dave for another review!
Great video Dave, sure enjoyed watching you building those hubs. Excellent work!! Thanks for sharing with us. Fred.
I've been watching you make wheels & all that it takes to machine the hubs out. You are very good at everything you do. To me making the hubs has got to be the most time consuming and pain in the BUTT to make. Now I know why they made the C&C machine for (*.*)
Hey Dave, Watching you build these Hubs takes me back to shop class, working on an overhead belt driven lathe in school. We worked on metal but the principal is the same. Lots of awesome vintage machines in Brooklyn Technical High School which was built in 1922. I would have loved to see how these Hubs were built by hand without the convenience of electrical machines. I wonder if it was similar to the Singer sewing machine which was driven from a tilting footrest that was operated by your feet, which would spin the hubs in order to make them cylindrical. Great Video. Thanks
Love the faint background music.
It all makes perfect simple sense when he is done, I guess i over think some of this stuff
Thanks again my young friend...🌬🌠🙏🤩👀👍
Excellent!! Love watching you make hubs. I've got a couple questions: Do you have a stash of wood blocks drying in inventory? How long do you dry the stock before making hubs? Also, do you paint the ends of the blocks so that they dry slowly to avoid cracking? I knew a guy who turned bowls and he would cut a tree down, buck up lengths of rounds, paint the ends, then throw them under his house for a few years to dry.
He said that these ash blocks had been curing/drying for 12 years.
@@hillockfarm8404 -- Thanks!! I must have missed that part, which is typical for me, LOL.....
.....if you can afford to wait for that long !! Tee Hee !!
That was really interesting, seeing hubs made from scratch like that. Wow that's a lot of work. Seems like good, old, stable blanks would be worth a lot too. Those were some hefty chunks of wood.
Beautiful work.
Why does nobody tell him not to wear Jean shirts and pants together!? He is making a fool of himself.
FIRST CLASS !!!!!!
Very interesting and informative. 👍🏼
What a amazing craft, craftsman, your a pleasure to watch.
I love watching! Very interesting! Makes me wonder how it was done back in the day without an Engine Lathe??
Very nice work
you are a gem
Dave did you make any changes to your metal lathe to be able to turn wood. Speed ect. I have 2 large metal lathes and only need one. So after watching you I am thinking about making one a wood lathe. THANKS Dan H
His is a line shaft belt fed with step pulley. So not sure if that helps you any.
Just do it. No difference at all. Just a bit messier is all., and the saw dust will soak up the oil in your lube points. Other than about that, and 20 other things, no difference at all.
I’m telling you, it can’t be done. So I suggest you quickly send your spare one straight over to me...... please 😍
I love watching you work. It's fascinating to see & I appreciate the work you are doing to preserve this knowledge. One thing I have wondered & haven't seen is Are the boxings steel or cast iron?
very good video excellent work.
Always so nice to watch you Sir
Another great Video and I see you have been getting lots of use out of that Grizzley brand mortising machine .
If you ever get chance watch the video on the history of that company !