The combo of organic wood, and custom shaped metal is fascinating. Understandable why it was used. No 3D printed or molded plastics back then. Sometimes "progress" is NOT a good thing. :-)
There's little things that Dave does which he probably doesn't realize he's sharing that make me go "GENIUS!" and file away for future reference - like using that long board to keep the long drill bit going the right direction. Thanks!!
It just occurred to me that you are working at the pinnacle of a skill that is literally thousands of years old, maybe as old as the wheel. Keep 'em comin, please!
Dave, are you going to put your own brand on these two coaches for future reference. Who knows, they could still be around in another hundred years since I reckon you are making a far better job than the original builders in my opinion. Great work so far can't wait to see the next installment.😊
It amazes me how you can take a pile of rotted wood with some metal attached, and come up with a total reconstruction! Can’t wait to see the finished product!
I took carpentry classes three years in high school and worked in a custom cabinet shop before joining the military. In the past 60 years I have built everything from bird houses to bedroom suites Today I learned to use a square when drilling a hole freehand. AMAZING.
Another beauty Dave, thanks again for your wonderful work preserving our national heritage and creating a video library for future generations. You are truly a national treasure
Good day, Dave. I have been re-watching a lot of your older videos, because I just can't seem to get enough of the work you do. I also watch several machinist channels, and one thing that really stands out is that machinists are always striving for a rigid setup, and split-hair tolerances with virtually no runout, while the wheelwright trade is more freestyle. Watching you make tenons on spokes for instance ... everything is jiggling around like crazy! Also when you are boring out a hub to fit a boxing ... I mean, it WORKS, but I don't think I have ever seen you use a micrometer or a dial indicator even once! Very interesting to see how different trades develop methods that are good enough. See you in your next video o/
Dave...I feel a sense of sadness knowing craftsman like you can't be with us, forever 😮💨..!! You are an example of , OLD World, craftsmanship..👍👌..!! Being in my 70's, I'll enjoy your podcasts til you retire or I go blind..😊.!!! Please, Keep-on, Keep'in-on. Respectfully, " THE O'L COCK "
Having the old "original" irons is a huge, huge time saver. Goes to say, if you see a pile of junk, it might be worth looking into things prior to just throwing things away. All it takes is one special part to be missing to fowl it up.
Здравствуйте привет из Нижнего извините что долго не отвечал лежал в больнице с сердцем сейчас нормально интересно как вы подгоняет все детали так держать спасибо за ваше видео жду новых видео дай бог вам здоровья и вашим близким да хранит вас всех господь Нижний Новгород Юра
Dave, I hope you go back and grind the ends of those bolts you cut. Never know when you may have to go back in there and next thing you know, you've sliced your hand open. Yup, my grand dad taught me to use hot iron rods to seal up bolt holes, in fact, many woodworkers today still use a "charred" method as a sealer. Many think it's something new but, it's not. As always, another great video. Cheers :)
That notch for the box clamp.. That made the video for me. Still the lack of tar grinds my teeth. Yes, the old one held just fine for a hundred years, but, it would be better with tar in between wood and iron.
Another great video from the Master, kinda funny to see you take three steps forward only to have to take one back to get everything lined up and correct. That coach will be fantastic when you are done.
Burning the holes. I was told it doesn't so much seal the wood against rot. Rather creates a layer of charcoal devoid of nutrients for the microbes and preventing microbes from growing into colonis causing the rot. Absolutely love your posts. Thanks
At one time it was common practice to char that portion of a fence post that went into the ground to retard rot. Heat also may strengthen wood. Anyone that had read the "Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by choice or direst, may recall that the pike prepared to poke out the eye of the Cyclopes was hardened in the fire. Moisture in wood corrodes iron and iron rots wood. Charring the hole or painting the iron puts a barrier between them to protect each.
This video was especially fun to watch. It seemed to represent the culmination of many small projects into one important piece of the stage coach. Thanks for guiding us along. 👍👍👍
I love it when a construct starts looking like something more than pieces of wood bolted together. The chassis is taking shape nicely and looks incredibly strong.
I love watching your progress on this Yellowstone Stage Coach. I dare say the original one is not any more authentic than than the one we are watching you build.
I wonder if those braces that are a little bit high are done that way so that there's some tension on the axle rotation. I think not but.... You never know
Dave, good video. You did a lot of work and you kept it to 24 minutes. I understand you're a video content creator and TH-cam pays more for OVERY long videos. I imagine there are some subscribers that actually intend to build a stagecoach or manure spreader. They need you to hyper explain every minor move you make and why. That's not me. I can figure out what you're doing without the hour+ long explanations. I dunno. Maybe I'm the only subscriber that moves on when the monologue makes my attention to wander.
Your wood rasp seems to be a favorite tool of yours. I'd like to incorporate that into my wood working. What kind is it? Really love following along with you on these projects from way back with the Borax Wagons.
You got me wondering today: Did they have drawn up plans for each carriage or were there "best practices" that carriage builders followed, each with their own take on it and perhaps improvements that would help with sales and the customer. If no drawings or plans did they hire master carriage builders (and their apprenticeships) that already knew how such carriages were built?
Last week I was thinking "I would love to see the pattern room for those coach builders" They must have had patterns and/or contour gauges for each piece.
I'd guess pretty well, think of all the filler in cars. Also I'm not sure exactly how much use these coaches will get. (I'd love to be able to ride around say Yellowstone park in one of these.)
I'm surprised there is no metal plate between the reach and the nut for the center bolt of the axel. Both the side bolts have plates for the nuts to tighten against.
As I watch you drill these holes with a battery operated drill. I can’t keep from thinking. What style of tool used to drill those same holes when that coach was original built?
Wouldn't those U bolt clips just slide down from the top? Seems like you struggled with them pretty hard trying to slide them in from the ends and keep them there for the whole process.
The combo of organic wood, and custom shaped metal is fascinating.
Understandable why it was used. No 3D printed or molded plastics back then.
Sometimes "progress" is NOT a good thing. :-)
There's little things that Dave does which he probably doesn't realize he's sharing that make me go "GENIUS!" and file away for future reference - like using that long board to keep the long drill bit going the right direction. Thanks!!
I put that one in the future tool kit as well.
Look forward to all your videos. You’re a great teacher.
It just occurred to me that you are working at the pinnacle of a skill that is literally thousands of years old, maybe as old as the wheel. Keep 'em comin, please!
Dave, are you going to put your own brand on these two coaches for future reference. Who knows, they could still be around in another hundred years since I reckon you are making a far better job than the original builders in my opinion. Great work so far can't wait to see the next installment.😊
As us old country boys would say they had to wallow those holes out to get them to line up.
It amazes me how you can take a pile of rotted wood with some metal attached, and come up with a total reconstruction! Can’t wait to see the finished product!
I like to call those "lucky piles of junk"
I took carpentry classes three years in high school and worked in a custom cabinet shop before joining the military. In the past 60 years I have built everything from bird houses to bedroom suites Today I learned to use a square when drilling a hole freehand. AMAZING.
I'm so glad that U. Tube is paying for our tuition.
Thank you Dave and Diane.
Another beauty Dave, thanks again for your wonderful work preserving our national heritage and creating a video library for future generations. You are truly a national treasure
Im glad to see that you put your mic on your hat.
Oh... I wonder if that's why the past couple weeks, we can hear Dave breathing. Well, at least we know he's alive! :)
Love the weather update at the end, we've just got through a storm, greeting from Wales 🏴
Good day, Dave. I have been re-watching a lot of your older videos, because I just can't seem to get enough of the work you do. I also watch several machinist channels, and one thing that really stands out is that machinists are always striving for a rigid setup, and split-hair tolerances with virtually no runout, while the wheelwright trade is more freestyle. Watching you make tenons on spokes for instance ... everything is jiggling around like crazy! Also when you are boring out a hub to fit a boxing ... I mean, it WORKS, but I don't think I have ever seen you use a micrometer or a dial indicator even once!
Very interesting to see how different trades develop methods that are good enough. See you in your next video o/
Dave...I feel a sense of sadness knowing craftsman like you can't be with us, forever 😮💨..!!
You are an example of , OLD World, craftsmanship..👍👌..!!
Being in my 70's, I'll enjoy your podcasts til you retire or I go blind..😊.!!!
Please, Keep-on, Keep'in-on. Respectfully,
" THE O'L COCK "
Having the old "original" irons is a huge, huge time saver. Goes to say, if you see a pile of junk, it might be worth looking into things prior to just throwing things away. All it takes is one special part to be missing to fowl it up.
I love that your workbench looks like mine.....makes me feel like I'm doing something right!!🤓
Your videos are always so incredibly rewarding to watch. Most of could never develop such skills but it's fun to dream as we watch the master at work.
Здравствуйте привет из Нижнего извините что долго не отвечал лежал в больнице с сердцем сейчас нормально интересно как вы подгоняет все детали так держать спасибо за ваше видео жду новых видео дай бог вам здоровья и вашим близким да хранит вас всех господь Нижний Новгород Юра
We are glad you are better.
It is amazing those little tricks you use so we can learn?
Dave. you have no idea how much I appreciate your attention to detail. My Dad was a carpenter for 46 years. He would halve loved watching this.
A true craftsman.
Better than the OEM!
Nice.
Dave, I hope you go back and grind the ends of those bolts you cut. Never know when you may have to go back in there and next thing you know, you've sliced your hand open.
Yup, my grand dad taught me to use hot iron rods to seal up bolt holes, in fact, many woodworkers today still use a "charred" method as a sealer. Many think it's something new but, it's not. As always, another great video. Cheers :)
Love to see how everything fits together.
I can feel your joy at making that come together.
Good too see you making some more headway. Thanks Dave
Your perfection makes everything look so good ! Thanks for the video ! ❤ love your work !
That notch for the box clamp.. That made the video for me. Still the lack of tar grinds my teeth. Yes, the old one held just fine for a hundred years, but, it would be better with tar in between wood and iron.
Thank you for letting us watch the work you do 👍🥇🏆
I like the way you used that piece of wood sitting on the frame as a guide to horizontal.
Another great video from the Master, kinda funny to see you take three steps forward only to have to take one back to get everything lined up and correct. That coach will be fantastic when you are done.
Burning the holes. I was told it doesn't so much seal the wood against rot. Rather creates a layer of charcoal devoid of nutrients for the microbes and preventing microbes from growing into colonis causing the rot.
Absolutely love your posts. Thanks
At one time it was common practice to char that portion of a fence post that went into the ground to retard rot. Heat also may strengthen wood. Anyone that had read the "Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by choice or direst, may recall that the pike prepared to poke out the eye of the Cyclopes was hardened in the fire. Moisture in wood corrodes iron and iron rots wood. Charring the hole or painting the iron puts a barrier between them to protect each.
To me, those two things seem roughly equivalent! It depends on how you look at it, I guess.
This video was especially fun to watch. It seemed to represent the culmination of many small projects into one important piece of the stage coach. Thanks for guiding us along. 👍👍👍
So nice to see the parts coming togathrt❤great job so far!!❤
a hand built coach alot of work to build one and the next one your going to blacksmith all the iron work just Wow . Thanks Dave
All I can say is, WOW!!
it's always a joy to see you piece together a jigsaw puzzle from what others would see as scrap metal and firewood
I love it when a construct starts looking like something more than pieces of wood bolted together. The chassis is taking shape nicely and looks incredibly strong.
Love that you taking us along. Great work
I don't understand all but I am sure Mr. Dave does best work.
What language do you speak? There are closed captions in several different languages.
Exceptional, and a work of art!
Long drill bits are the 'cat's pajamas!!!' Good Fun, Thanks D & D!!!
😊
Quite a design and assembly. Very interesting.
Great job Dave, looking better each week. Thanks for sharing with us, stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.
You’re making great progress. Everything looks neat and clean, thanks for the video.
Beautiful job!
Nineteen century transport technician.
I love watching your progress on this Yellowstone Stage Coach. I dare say the original one is not any more authentic than than the one we are watching you build.
Happy Friday Dave and Diane!!
It looks mighty good you are a little bit over but that’s good because he tweaked it in to the right at the very end
Love watching the progress
Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for posting Dave
Yes! Amazing progress! I guess I never knew there was so much iron work in wood work. Quite incredible!✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🌎
Thanks Mr. and Ms. Engel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That rear axle kinda reminds me of an M-1 Carbine rifle. It look so similar that I'd want to pick it up and play shoot it 😁
hi you are a fair and good man to do such a beautiful work - thank you for seeing such video
Sir loveall you do! love the work and the effort you put into making right!!
wow and peace be upon you sir from me from java island indonesia
First time I have ever seen someone smooth body filler with a wood rasp. Nice.
Beautiful work. 🙂🙂
I enjoy seeing the process and the progress, fun to watch.
Thanks for letting us watch your work.
thanks to you engels.
great job
Very time consuming but looks good. Great job.
Looking good.
Very nice !!
Reall enjoy all your videos !!
Thank-you
It's relaxing to watch you work.
Another interesting video.!! Thanks Dave.
Once again thanks for the video.
Stay safe and we'll see you next time.
Marvelous progress!
Nice work as always!
Thank Tou!
Thank you for sharing.
I am enjoying the stage coach builds but I been wanting to ask what happened to the hotel remodel project ? Thanks.
It's been on hold since he started working on the museum/gift shop.
Enjoying your work, how are your cows finding this winter?
They're pretty cozy in their shed. They haven't wanted to come out a fewvdays.
Nice work!
Another great video. Thank you,!,
Thanks Dave
quite interesting,great video 👍👍👍😎😎😎
Great work.
Do you think outload when the camera isn't running? I do enjoy the running commentary.
Thank you
made it here again, yay!
That was good thanks
Thanks much for sharing and I hope you have a wonderful day.
Good progress!
I wonder if those braces that are a little bit high are done that way so that there's some tension on the axle rotation.
I think not but.... You never know
Dave, good video. You did a lot of work and you kept it to 24 minutes. I understand you're a video content creator and TH-cam pays more for OVERY long videos. I imagine there are some subscribers that actually intend to build a stagecoach or manure spreader. They need you to hyper explain every minor move you make and why. That's not me. I can figure out what you're doing without the hour+ long explanations. I dunno. Maybe I'm the only subscriber that moves on when the monologue makes my attention to wander.
Your wood rasp seems to be a favorite tool of yours. I'd like to incorporate that into my wood working. What kind is it?
Really love following along with you on these projects from way back with the Borax Wagons.
It is a Red Tang.
NICE
👏❤️👏❤️💪Respekt Meister ❤❤❤
You got me wondering today: Did they have drawn up plans for each carriage or were there "best practices" that carriage builders followed, each with their own take on it and perhaps improvements that would help with sales and the customer. If no drawings or plans did they hire master carriage builders (and their apprenticeships) that already knew how such carriages were built?
Last week I was thinking "I would love to see the pattern room for those coach builders" They must have had patterns and/or contour gauges for each piece.
how does that filler hold up with use of the coach?
I'd guess pretty well, think of all the filler in cars.
Also I'm not sure exactly how much use these coaches will get. (I'd love to be able to ride around say Yellowstone park in one of these.)
It should last forever because there is no movement.
@petert3355 There are 2 coaches in Yellowstone Park that Dave and Rick built in the 80's that they give rides in.
@dianeengel4155
Thanks Diane for the info, that has been added to my bucket list next time I get to the states.
I'm surprised there is no metal plate between the reach and the nut for the center bolt of the axel. Both the side bolts have plates for the nuts to tighten against.
Neat
As I watch you drill these holes with a battery operated drill. I can’t keep from thinking. What style of tool used to drill those same holes when that coach was original built?
A hand drill or post drill.
Wouldn't those U bolt clips just slide down from the top? Seems like you struggled with them pretty hard trying to slide them in from the ends and keep them there for the whole process.
The bolts are swaged on to the inside of the U, so he would have had to bend them aggressively
*- Dave, I am not at all sure I understand why it is important to get the axel iron bedded. Is it so it does not rattle?*
More strength with more contact