My Smith Spreader Bushing Repair | Engels Coach Shop
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2024
- When most suggested I send this off to be repaired, I decided to do it myself. That's part of the fun of wagon restorations; figuring out how to make repairs with what you have on hand. This is another one of those challenges. Thanks for coming along!
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That's what a true craftsman difference from a modern worker he makes things to work with what he have and not just buy new or order to make some new parts.
Your a jack of all trades and a MASTER of them all. Great Job,
It has been said that "necessity is the mother of invention."
You wanted it to look like it was fixed on the ranch, and you got what you where looking for.
This 86 year old farm boy that has dabbled with 75 + year old tractors and equipment agree with your approach to repair this. Before 1950 replacing parts with new was often the second choice. The local blacksmith was usually consulted for his assessment first. Many times the blacksmith repair was superior to the original.
The younger generations seem to think that the older equipment needs to modern day specifications forgetting that what they have worked for 50 + years of use and will not be depended upon again to get the job done. It will be in parades and shows as a show piece to demonstrate what used to be.
I appreciate your work to bring these old things back to life. Hopefully they will be cared for for future generations to ponder and never be worked hard and put away wet.
My father-in-law was a blacksmith repairing farm and ranch equipment in Colorado during the 40s and 50s.
Another example of your multi talents that you have. Great job saving these parts
That my friend is some true American farm tech right there…
Necessity is the mother of invention. Job well done.
Hi Dave, there was never any doubt about the outcome, we all knew you would fix it. Many thanks from Nr Liverpool UK.
Dave, this has been a dramatic demonstration of diverse skills required to repair damaged goods.
You distilled the problem to its essentials. Great insight into the manufacture of the original casting. Simplicity!
The satisfaction of figuring things out! Where there is a will there is a way! Well done sir!
Fantastic Dave! You are an inspiration to all of us.
Always a pleasure to watch you solve problems. Thanks for making these videos.
Another fantastic fix. "As good as old!"
A job well done! The satisfaction of doing it yourself can't be bought.
There was no doubt in my mind that you would figure that out. Love watching you fabricate from things that you have saved from previous jobs
"It's a manure spreader." Exactly! Not a Formula 1 race car. You did just the right thing and a good job of it too.
Well done Dave! I often wish my father was still alive to watch these videos. He was the kind of guy that fixed an old metal body electric drill by carving new brushes with a pocket knife out of the carbon rod out of a D-cell battery at our hunting camp. He would definitely “get it”.
As Always Mr Dave, God gives you the wisdom and the ability to work it out
God Bless
I call that a fine save! If you were restoring an old Formula 1 car, not so much but for a horse drawn manure spreader its perfect. Another couple hundred years from now someone will dig up that old pile of rotted wood with hardware and notice someone, at some time back in the past made a repair to a previously worn all the way out part. Ive said it before, you should make a Makers Mark stamp and mark your work. Someday history might repeat itself and one of your wagons will come in for work and somebody would have a makers mark to start figuring things back out again and a redirect to your video legacy!
I watch your videos with great admiration. Even though I don't understand a word of the introductory text because I don't speak English, your pleasant organ brings me to the screen. The many crafts that you do professionally are a curiosity in today's world. thank you for the entertaining and educational videos for me.
You are simply the best! It was so satisfying to watch you ,not only do the work, but work to the solution of making it yourself. I would love to see you find a way to have a limited apprenticeship program for others wanting to learn some "hands on" knowledge directly. Then to use your videos to help hone their skills.
God Bless you always!!
I misunderstood the scope of the project. I thought you were making a display piece, but instead you are making it so it could actually fling poo again! Truly a Craftsman of Olde. Well done sir!
Nicely done as always Dave.
A 100 year old part repaired with mostly 100 year old methods.
Most times, simple is better.
Thank you for sharing Sir.
Oh we did enjoy that job with you. No outside fabricator would have got it right.....they’re all too young!
These are the kind of videos I like to see. Not knowing how to do something, then figuring it out and doing it with success.
Over the years I have come to really appreciate the great possibilities that brazing offers. There are times that nothing else available will solve the problem. For many welders anything that isn't TIG welded is junk, especially race car guys. Most don't know that the chromoly tubing they love was first developed for aircraft frames that were then brazed together with an acetylene torch. The resulting joints are very strong and especially crack resistant.
Amazing skills. And of course, Dave is really emulating the craftsmen of old in remote communities who would not have been able to send things off, but would have had to make things on site. Dave, you are a remarkable man.
I like your approach. Figure out how it can be done, then just go do the job. It hasn't always worked for me, but it has at times saved me money and time. Another enjoyable video.
Dave,
Great metalworking my good man! All the best in 2024!
Dave, lighting his torch is inspiring, it’s in his DNA. In saying that, there’s much to be said in drawing in the expertise of others, however, I could watch Dave light a match. Dave, is a craftsman that much is so, of course he’ll sail against the wind, opting for the more difficult course. Thank you for another magnificent vid
Amazing skills Dave, you never give up and come up with a valid solution, that's what REAL craftsmanship is all about, thanks for sharing these videos with us, I'm still learning (build 1950)
You braze the same way I do, with a cutting torch. Great to see you doing it that way.. please don't stop the edutainment You do more than you know to encourage the skillsets of our history. Thank you
That was an excellent study of engineering. The bushing with a raised section to allow support yet deal with the lack of precision and any future out of concentric motion from the axle, genius. Nice repair also.
You never fail to impress me, I totally expected you to do it "in house" and you did a fine job. well done
I wouldn't have had you do it any other way but your way, it's the reason i enjoy your channel
I think YOU are one of the BEST CRAFTSMAN I have ever had seen in my lifetime
Absolutely amazing. Extremely enjoyable to watch the ingenuity and craftmanship. God Bless You and Mrs. Engels.
Bravo! My great-grandfather could work miracles on the farm with the simplest of tools and a creative mind, too.
Perfect solution to the problem. Informed and elegant.
I find myself really looking forward to the mid week video. This project is great!
I was hoping you would do it yourself. I figured that the suggestions you received would add to the stimulation in your own brain. Nice work.
well done again Dave, common sense and awealth of vintage understanding. Stu from UK
You are thee best Dave always up for a challange thanks for sharing.
What's so crazy is to imagine how many of those bushings were thrown away when that equipment became obsolete or is laying in an old barn somewhere that no one knows what it is used for. Nice job!!
While I think it woulda been nice to do a collaboration with another channel, I can't really argue with your line of reasoning - and you managed to impress us again with your ability to 'make do' with what you have in the shop! :)
Fixed it like it was never broken! A true craftsman.
Great fix Dav this is why you never throw anything away.
I am amazed about your repair. I would have produced a new one. But I can well understand your thoughts. Your skills for repairing that bushing really got me thinking, because I usually tend to repair stuff. But by haven‘t done so, when wear was so extent. I think your way of fixing that bushing was actually the best way. I love watching your videos and learn quite a bit. Even though I probably will never build a wooden wheel. But I learn from your ideas, way of thinking and methods you use for fixing stuff. Thank you for your videos.
Totally love this type of video, using what you have to repair something. The sort of thing I do, with 2% of your tools and 1% of your knowledge and no where near your results.😂
It reminds me of being at sea as a Chief Engineer, dead in the water. No hope of getting a replacement cast part, and the captain demanding a repair and a time scale.
In the end you do what you can using the skills that got you to being a chief engineer in the first place.
Dave, you remind me so much of my Dad (and to me, that's a compliment to you). He would always do everything he could to patch things up before he would take the easy route of having someone else do the work. To say the least, it was a blue moon many times over before he "opted out to the easy way". Keep up the good work, my man!
You are a true master like watching you having fun not working
When I was 8, I was gifted an old 28” bicycle. One of the pedals was broken off at the spinal and the tires were flat. It just so happened my Grandpa had a car repair shop and he braised the pedal back on, like you did for this repair, patched the inter tubes and I was able to ride it! The problem was my feet were too short to reach the ground. I had to place it next to the porch steps to get on it! All went well until I fell off on the gravel road. My arms got scratched and my Mother could not understand why I would put myself through all that? I wanted what every kid wanted, the thrill of bike riding!With each repair you are faced with, you figure out exactly how to fix it! It’s at the heart of your talent! Each new tool you bring into your shop, you have to learn the best way to use it. You probably found out many ways you could use the tools and materials that they were not not meant to be used for! You are the MASTER of your trade! I get the tingles when I see the notification that you have posted a new video! Seeing you work, invent, create something from what you already have, is great entertainment, oh and I learn to! Thanxz. Keep warm!
Isn't it amazing that of all the videos on UA-cam, there's a group of us unknowingly follow the same group of content creators - Dave, Keith, probably Abom, ToT to name a few 😍
Do you watch Colin Furze?....
@@jakobrebeki im aware of the channel but not watched regularly
I like the Australians Kurtis at CEE and Max at Swan Valley
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I Like it! Best jobs are sometimes done with a disk grinder and a rat tail file! No sending that job out.
Well done my friend. As usual, necessity is the mother of invention.
You are an absolute "master craftsman". I never did expect you to "send it out"!! Nice job!!
You're a universal genius! Thank's for sharing all these videos!
Of course, we knew you would fix it! This is why your channel is so interesting, because you figure out how to repair and replicate these old machines. I suspect the bushing design was to accommodate the flexing of the wooden body while spreading manure travelling over uneven ground. Great camera work and editing! Thanks for sharing!
Ingenious, and well done is appropriate too for the mission
Excellent as always Dave, Thanks.
Keep it simple is often the answer
As my grandfather used to say "Can't never could do anything ". You do know the meaning of Can't. Excellent work. As a side note, this wagon is the one piece that Smith wouldn't stand behind...and neither should you 😂
OUTSTANDING! Yes, use what you have!
I love that vest! I'll have to watch the video again where you made it. Then, I have to learn to sew.
In the best and admirative possible way : what a hack job! I like that.
Never a doubt, Once again thanks for the video.
Fabricating. Make it fit, both of the above. You did good Dave and not sending it out is understandable. Now if they will keep it greased like they use to do on a daily basis it will last a lot longer. You did agreat job thinking it outand fixing it. Stay safe and keep having fun doing what you do best. Fred.
Howdy Dave! Took me a few minutes 🤔 to minutes to smell what you were stepping in on this one. Once i figured out you were going to section off a piece of the boxing for a filler, I knew, yep, Dave has this! Neighbor questioned why I only hauled off one load of scrap, that other bin is the GOOD JUNK I could still find uses for!
The best solution is always yours!
Great job ... you inspire me to continue repairing and fixing broken things ... some times a good repair adds to the age and authenticity of a piece like that ... repairs shouldn't always be hidden away ... repairs are a part of the life of a object. ... a bit like battle scars ...
The mechanical working parts of the dung spreader we bought in 1974 from a Danish company "JF Fabriken"(I am in Scotland) were almost identical to those on your machine. Though mostly wood ours did have a metal frame that held it together. Clearly a successful design, simple yet robust.
Amazing work this is the pioneer spirit people have gotten away from now days it’s so easy to just have someone else do the work for you that we don’t even try to be self sufficient anymore I’m like you I can do pretty much anything and I enjoy the challenge and the reward at the end just knowing I don’t need someone else to do things for me my kids always ask me how I know how to do so many different things and I tell them when you grow up poor you learn how to do things or do without I’m so thankful for the way I grew up it made me a better person I’m a leather worker now and it feels so good to take a piece of leather and make something then turn around and make money from something my hands made something that person probably could have made themselves but didn’t try we all need to get back to that long gone pioneer spirit that’s what I love about your videos you don’t know the word can’t
Engles is the contradistinction to the adage: "jack of all trades master of none".
Some of the best parts are hand made just for the pleasure of doing yourself. Some good ol' black axel grease and that wagon will be throwing dung for centuries. Well done !
Like I’ve told you so many times, you are not scared to try to fix/repair an item. That’s the way I learned to do things, like you l will not pay someone to do it until l try. So many people are scared to try, they are scared they will fell. Send it out get someone else to do it. Way to go Dave.
So glad you fixed it yourself. I knew you would and a great job, too.
Once again my favorite UA-camr shows what an amazingly skilled man he is. Well done
Thumbs up, great video, so seeing that bushingthe way it can move, that looks like a pillow block bearing before they were invented
Someone tried to get every bit of Ware out of this old Sprader they could be before they parked it. Brauns makes good Bushings. Hoping for the Best, and have a wonderful Day!
Great solution Dave , it should spread the goods just fine .
While I appreciate the skill of people that can do specialty work for those of us who can't, I also appreciate those that say, "I can do that I think" and proceed in that direction and find that they are correct. Of course, a person also needs those specialty tools to accomplish what you do! Thanks.
Dave, your approach to repairing this bushing was much like I’d been taught as a kid on our family farm. Father’s approach was what he called the kiss system: “keep it simple, stupid!”
See what you had on hand and go from there… and, much like you, I was amazed at what he came up with and and how he used what he had, and that he usually fixed things, the repair seemed to last quite awhile.
The only difference was, our things always seemed to break when you were using them, regardless of the amount of grease and oil that had been applied, lol.
Thanks for taking us along and bringing back for me, some long forgotten memories.
Be well and wishing you all the best for the new year.
Ed Belledin
Dave the comments from the last video shows people’s mentality. Most people throw worn parts away and never give it a second thought that they can be fixed, the other group is send it off give it to someone else. If people would just slow down and think a little most things can be repaired pretty easily without reinventing the wheel or spending a ton of money. Great video as always.
Another amazing job. You never cease to amaze me.
I love all the things your hydraulic press does for you!! Good job! Myself I would still prefer a grease fitting since that drive end is the Hard Working end of the beater... On the other hand, it will matter little if the end product is more for display than spreading manure! Thank You D &D !!
I missed your video on this last time but those self aligning bushes are a standard wear part or used to be. Made from what we called Chilled Iron. It was basically unmachineable cast iron so hard it would crack or shatter if you tried. However it made a very nice wearing bush in abrasive environments against a hardened steel shaft. Almost always used without a proper lubricant. The application we used it in was a long screw feed "mud" conveyor. It wasn't mud exactly but acted like it and was very aggressive wear wise. 40 years ago I was building new equipment that featured a bush not unlike the one you repaired so I would assume they would still be available if you really needed one. I believe the supplier was either Linkbelt or Malco.
Cheers
*- Once again, Dave, I am so very pleased and impressed with your fixin' the worn Bushing.*
Can’t help but to think that so often we over think and complicate things unnecessarily
Great Job! I like your way of thinking. I have a WW 2 leather holster that needed some repair. No one local to take it to, and did not want to send it off. I bought a leather sewing kit and repaired it myself. Have a Great Evening!
Didn't you say that it had a grease fitting on it and it has to have play there I watch your work I'm glad you fix your own thing God bless you and your family and friends I'll always be praying for you and your family and friends blessings to all
Your resourcfulness and fabrication skills make this my favorite episode.
A lot of hand work but worth the time to complete it. Good job thank you for bringing us along.
well done because that is what would have been done in old times as a repair.
I had know idea how you were going to fix that thing. But I’ve watched you long enough to know that you would get it done somehow.!
Not for the fist time I was thinking "that's not going to work" only to be proved wrong! Love your work, it's quite incredible. My favourite channel on youtube, and now twice a week. Thanks for sharing.
What an extraordinary knowledge of your materials and tools, to know what to do, to have confidence that if it was put back to work, it should be serviceable for decades to come. Truly a joy to watch. Thanks Dave.
Nice job again!
I recognise that. Being a carriage restorer myself.
Doing/ developping all your nescessary skills all by yourself, as most of the needed skills in carriage restoration are gone.
Oh as I watch you, you kind of free handedly did what I was thinking about but I didn’t know brazing was hard enough for a bushing.
13:55 I really disliked the viewing angle from behind at somewhat of a distance, maybe 5 or 6 feet behind you Dave. I realize that we YT viewers really are quite spoiled as a LOT of YT content is reaching the professionally produced documentary level. And you, Sir, do that very well while still letting us feel as comfortable as if we’re just a couple of buddies hangin’ out in the shop while you explain and demonstrate your multiple (and precious) extinct/dying/endangered skill set(s)). Thank you Dave, for the many, many long years dedicating these exceedingly extensive investments of time, effort, money and materials, thus providing (we the viewers) this sublimely entertaining and superb quality content, Sir!!! Bravo!!!!
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