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!
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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”.
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.
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!!
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
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 😍
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
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.
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!
All the kids in the machine shop used to wonder why they were relegated to using files to finish various projects in their early days in the shop. THIS video is one of the reasons why it's good to learn what you can do with simple tools. Sometimes you just need to make do with what you have available.
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!
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! :)
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.😂
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 😂
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!
I was one of the people who recommended sending it Keith Rucker, and I did so mostly because I didn't think you had a metal cutting lathe, and he has several. As I watch your channel, I do notice all of the fixturing and tools you made, and that's outside and addition to the skill and experience that is needed to do what you do. That's part of the reason why I watch you. I am sorry that we, well meaning as we may be, seemed to try to keep you in one wheelhouse.
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 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!
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!
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
Good job! You made a good point about how the machine was put together originally. You could have machined these parts to .0002 tolerance but then you’d be attaching them to an old machine that’s going to have squeaks and rattles at every other junction. You done good just the way you done it! 🥸👍👀✅
Glad I watched this. I know I would have had it mounted up in lathe running to 0.0005", special form tools ad all the rest of the unnecessary close tolerance stuff. Would probably take a week or three making something 'better thn new' 😂
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.
My grandmother's brother was old order and he fixed manure spreaders . horse drawn in his later years. He sleeved a lot of wear areas with babit . Fix the spot and use babit as a sacrificial bearing .
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 ...
I never thought you wouldn’t fix it yourself but because you had mentioned it was likely cast steel and not iron I figured you would just build it up with your MIG welder. Brazing worked out great.
I suspect that industrial specialisation is a 'movable feast' as it applies to the work of craftspeople. I heard you talking my thoughts when you described your dissatisfaction with sending work out to specialists. I trained as a manual draughtsman (sorry for the gendered reference, but that's a fact) but now I find that the integrity of the work that I do has been split up into several, expensive specialties all of which fail in important ways. That's why I enjoy your videos - it's direct and it pleases me to see it. Thank you.
Hello Dave. When repairing cast products for the spreader repair, it comes to mind as you are a welder and machinist, spray welding a component just might be well suited for your needs. Especially so considering the amount of reconstructing you perform.
Another fantastic fix. "As good as old!"
Necessity is the mother of invention. Job well done.
You wanted it to look like it was fixed on the ranch, and you got what you where looking for.
Excellent as always Dave, Thanks.
Your a jack of all trades and a MASTER of them all. Great Job,
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!
Dave, this has been a dramatic demonstration of diverse skills required to repair damaged goods.
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.
Oh we did enjoy that job with you. No outside fabricator would have got it right.....they’re all too young!
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!!
"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.
Another example of your multi talents that you have. Great job saving these parts
You distilled the problem to its essentials. Great insight into the manufacture of the original casting. Simplicity!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Neat job. I would never have come up with that solution.
Very clever indeed.
Always a pleasure to watch you solve problems. Thanks for making these videos.
The satisfaction of figuring things out! Where there is a will there is a way! Well done sir!
That my friend is some true American farm tech right there…
Hi Dave, there was never any doubt about the outcome, we all knew you would fix it. Many thanks from Nr Liverpool UK.
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.
Ingenious, and well done is appropriate too for the mission
Never a doubt, Once again thanks for the video.
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.
Fantastic Dave! You are an inspiration to all of us.
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
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.
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!
An early self aligning bearing, that is cool
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.!
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”.
awesome job Dave
You never fail to impress me, I totally expected you to do it "in house" and you did a fine job. well done
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.
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!!
A job well done! The satisfaction of doing it yourself can't be bought.
You are thee best Dave always up for a challange thanks for sharing.
Great outcome.
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
I find myself really looking forward to the mid week video. This project is great!
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
Yep..
I Like it! Best jobs are sometimes done with a disk grinder and a rat tail file! No sending that job out.
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.
Dave,
Great metalworking my good man! All the best in 2024!
I wouldn't have had you do it any other way but your way, it's the reason i enjoy your channel
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)
Great solution Dave , it should spread the goods just fine .
Perfect solution to the problem. Informed and elegant.
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.
As Always Mr Dave, God gives you the wisdom and the ability to work it out
God Bless
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
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.
well done again Dave, common sense and awealth of vintage understanding. Stu from UK
Great fix Dav this is why you never throw anything away.
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!
I think YOU are one of the BEST CRAFTSMAN I have ever had seen in my lifetime
All the kids in the machine shop used to wonder why they were relegated to using files to finish various projects in their early days in the shop.
THIS video is one of the reasons why it's good to learn what you can do with simple tools.
Sometimes you just need to make do with what you have available.
Bravo! My great-grandfather could work miracles on the farm with the simplest of tools and a creative mind, too.
I like the repair, I like how you decided to fix it.
Fixed it like it was never broken! A true craftsman.
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!
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! :)
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.😂
You are an absolute "master craftsman". I never did expect you to "send it out"!! Nice job!!
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 😂
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!
I was one of the people who recommended sending it Keith Rucker, and I did so mostly because I didn't think you had a metal cutting lathe, and he has several.
As I watch your channel, I do notice all of the fixturing and tools you made, and that's outside and addition to the skill and experience that is needed to do what you do. That's part of the reason why I watch you. I am sorry that we, well meaning as we may be, seemed to try to keep you in one wheelhouse.
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!
Nice work Dave. You always come up the proper solution. Stay safe. Happy New Year.
Absolutely amazing. Extremely enjoyable to watch the ingenuity and craftmanship. God Bless You and Mrs. Engels.
you did a fine job. well done
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!
So glad you fixed it yourself. I knew you would and a great job, too.
You are a true master like watching you having fun not working
Well done my friend. As usual, necessity is the mother of invention.
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!
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
Keep it simple is often the answer
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.
Good job! You made a good point about how the machine was put together originally. You could have machined these parts to .0002 tolerance but then you’d be attaching them to an old machine that’s going to have squeaks and rattles at every other junction. You done good just the way you done it! 🥸👍👀✅
Thumbs up, great video, so seeing that bushingthe way it can move, that looks like a pillow block bearing before they were invented
Glad I watched this.
I know I would have had it mounted up in lathe running to 0.0005", special form tools ad all the rest of the unnecessary close tolerance stuff.
Would probably take a week or three making something 'better thn new' 😂
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.
well done because that is what would have been done in old times as a repair.
Impressive fix, Dave.
*- Once again, Dave, I am so very pleased and impressed with your fixin' the worn Bushing.*
Excellent job I too have used a cutting torch for braising when we didnt have much, you just have to work it out.
My grandmother's brother was old order and he fixed manure spreaders . horse drawn in his later years. He sleeved a lot of wear areas with babit . Fix the spot and use babit as a sacrificial bearing .
In the best and admirative possible way : what a hack job! I like that.
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 ...
I never thought you wouldn’t fix it yourself but because you had mentioned it was likely cast steel and not iron I figured you would just build it up with your MIG welder.
Brazing worked out great.
That is a farmer repair!👍
I suspect that industrial specialisation is a 'movable feast' as it applies to the work of craftspeople. I heard you talking my thoughts when you described your dissatisfaction with sending work out to specialists. I trained as a manual draughtsman (sorry for the gendered reference, but that's a fact) but now I find that the integrity of the work that I do has been split up into several, expensive specialties all of which fail in important ways. That's why I enjoy your videos - it's direct and it pleases me to see it. Thank you.
The best solution is always yours!
Hello Dave. When repairing cast products for the spreader repair, it comes to mind
as you are a welder and machinist, spray welding a component just might be well suited for your needs. Especially so considering the amount of reconstructing you perform.
Beautifully fit for purpose. can't get better than that!
Nice work Dave.
That fit is what is known as "sloptisity". Another outstanding repair job.