The manure spreader, above all your videos, deserves a BEFORE and AFTER photo to remind us how far that old pile of rusty iron and rotting wood came, thanks to your artistic craftsmanship. We may have wanted to see it in action but are still grateful for this video. Thanks so much.
I'll admit, I was like Dave, I never even thought about the mechanism while watching the spreader getting moved to the new shop. That said, seeing it working was a treat this morning. It's a beautiful bit of engineering for the time it was made.
Any body else think that the town should recognize 1 of their oldest merchants? 40+ years on the main street, an old (restored) hotel & a gift shop. That's quite a tourist draw as you enter or leave Yellowstone. I think Mr. Engels deserves something for his efforts. The store looks great, congratulations sir.
I dunno...have you ever seen one of these work? Manure flies around and the other farmers go running for hills screaming "all hell broke loose, get outta the way!!!!" it's definitely the meaning of crap hitting the fan. Even the driver isn't immune to the effects...or I should say that the family at the dinner table afterwards isn't immune to the effects 🤣
I love the amount of engineering that went into the design of that whole machine. So many simple, yet clever ideas. Following the restoration was a absolute blast and a big thank you to you Dave, Diane and everybody else that is/was remotely involved here
Those of us who have filled and emptied a manure spreader more times that we would like to mention more than likely didn't need to see it work, but I will have to say that Smith Manure Spreader is a real work of art and in a lot of way it would be a shame to use it as a spreader again. Great work and thanks for keeping the old machines and the memories alive.
Dave, Don't beat yourself up over not explaining the function of the spreader! You were busy moving. I am fascinated by the mechanics of the spreader. The engineering involved is a marvel! Not to mention what a pile of stuff it was when you started! Fantastic end product you produced!
How could you Dave!!! I thought you were perfect. 😊 Actually you are perfect. You are perfectly you and I wouldn’t have it any other way! Peace and blessings to you and Diane. You guys are perfect!! ✌️
You’ve got to arrange the spreader so it can be operated part of a demonstration. Thinking of all those kids who need to appreciate the sophistication of “old” engineering.
Dave, you're on our itinerary for 2025 when we drive up north to visit family in Idaho. We're definitely stopping in Joliet, MT on our subsequent road trip. Thank you for the tour!
Amazing how smooth and light the action of the "Dung" Spreader is. A testament both to the original designers and makers as well as your superb restoration. A really important piece of historical machinery that helped feed the masses.
Thanks for the spreader demo. I’m just glad that you didn’t feel obligated to haul it out to your playground, collect natural specimens, then pull it behind your tractor to show us how it worked!!
Thanks for showing us hoe the manure spreader. We got little bits-and-pieces as you were restoring it, but now it all fits together. The museum looks awesome, Dave.
Greetings from ... Germany.... I followed the entire build so thanks for the spreader Demo... Looks great works great... The shop is really coming right along. Wish you all a successful business.... Merry Christmas to all.
I didn't miss seeing the spreader work, I also didn't think about it, but today's video gave me such a laugh and wonder. The complexity and though that went to a simple task. Thanks much for sharing I hope you have a wonderful day .
Thanks for the tour. hoping to stop by for ice cream sometime this summer. I think you had explained the operation of the spreader in bits and pieces as you were working on it but, seeing the completed spreader in operation was interesting. A good opportunity for placards explaining the spreader and Ricks' tools with links to appropriate vids. Thanks for sharing your work and passions.
Watching you move it, it never occurred to me that it was a functioning manure spreader. I saw it a piece of art that you had made (Like everything else you make). I think this video showed the workings much better than watching you move it. Excellent detail if its workings. Many thanks.
Dave thanks so much for the explanation regarding muck spreader , I'm 73 and also forget small things so in my book its ok , just keep doing what you do best and that is to enlighten us folks with your knowledge . 😊
I must admit I never gave it a second thought ,personally I can watch the neighbor pull their spreader around the horse paddock on a monthly basis,from a distance of course and thanks for making videos for the masses 🤗😎🤗😎
Thanks so much for sharing the operation of the Manure Spreader. It works perfectly and will still sling it just as it was intended to do the first day in the field. You did a really great job with your repurposing the OLD Manure Spreader Dave . The shop turned out really great too and should draw in people and bargain hunters for the Special Season . Stay safe and keep up the great work. Fred.
Dave, thanks for demo-ing the manure spreader. I can almost see it working in the field, pulled by a team of horses. The pace might be slower than a tractor but it would be easier on the land. Also, the store/museum is looking good, a place to spend some time soaking up local history and maybe buying some treats and gifts.
There is a lot of mathematics involved in this machine! All done without a calculator, let alone a computer. My admiration goed to the inventor and to you, Dave, who rebuilt this spreader to its former glory.
This definitely brings back childhood memories. We towed our old manure spreader with an old John Deere that had metal lugs instead of rubber for wheels. Always needed to make sure one wore rain gear because the manure was tossed in all five directions: to the rear, to both sides, to the front and straight up! Fun times!
Okay John, another John here. You sound like exactly the person to ask this question (which when I related the original family story, I was chastised for telling an impossible tale by another commenter on Working Horses with Jim) Anyhow, my mother told the story many times about her oldest daughter's then boyfriend Bruce (a complete city boy) helping my oldest brother spread manure with an old horse drawn manure spreader, being pulled by a tractor. So my brother was driving the tractor with Bruce riding the spreader to work the levers. Now the story I was told, multiple times, was that Bruce pulled the lever the wrong way and drenched both of them with VERY fresh manure. Now out of all of my family members mentioned here, only Bruce is still with us, so he could easily deny this story. My question is, did some spreaders have an anti jam option for clearing the beaters? I would hate to get chewed out again for telling that story. Obviously the Great Western didn't have that option. It's such a great family story. I would love to hear it's technically possible. Thanks.
Hi Dave, and Diane, I'm so glad to see the spreader working. It's really awesome how this works. Our internet was out for two weeks, and electrical for one week, from the wind storm in Washington state. I'm glad to start catching up on videos. Thank you for sharing, and take care.
@@dianeengel4155 Hi Diane, thank you for asking. We were extremely lucky this time. We had lots of debris, and branches. No fallen trees on our 1 1/2 acre this time. A fortunate last minute generator purchase 4 days later saved our food. Thank you Diane, and take care.
Looking fantastic. Love the different craft works with the old equipment and wagon. Probably too noisy, but it would be cool to have a small electric drive under the rear wheel(s) with the spreader set at the slowest speed to operate for visitors to see in operation. Would require some kind of guard around the spreader wheel, but would be cool to see. Thanks for sharing all of this. Have a very Merry Christmas.
I enjoyed seeing the Smith in action. Recalled the blacksmith repairs that you made to the mechanism and how they restored function for us to see and appreciate.
I understand your mind was on moving the item into the Museum Gift Shop. This gives you a better way to do "show and tell". Very nice work you did to restore and recreate that equipment.
In the village where I lived during my youth more than half a century ago, a similar spreader towed behind a tractor was used. It was a more modern one, but exactly the same principle. The man working with it got a terrible smell, but work had to be done. Thanks for bringing memories back 🤣
I really appreciate seeing it in operation. Thinking of the era of manufacture, it is amazing the engineers of that day did such a fantastic job of designing the mechanical operation. It is so simple, but still complicated for the time. One of my favorite projects to watch. Concerning the scale, I can't tell you how many pounds of nails I bought by the pound on a similar scale. Thanks.
It is very impressive to see the ingenuity and workmanship you have preserved and beautifully displayed in this spreader! Your own precise workmanship was evident as you rotated the wheels and the tire tracked perfectly, with nary a wobble! I think the cotter pin on the Pitman arm is doomed to early failure by rotational friction. That spreader is so pristine you could fill it with salad fixings and make a world record tossed salad! Thanks for sharing!
Very smooth. Im surprised those exposed gears are in such good shape. They made it too pretty to use , lol. Must have been a proud day sitting on that the first time new. Congratulations.
First, so I don't forget, thank you for the tour. It looks great and I wish all the vendors great success in this new venue. Now the demonstration of the manure spreader. I think the demonstration in the building would exceed any attempt to show it as it traveled from your shop to the new building. As you said, traffic, etc. would have hindered any demonstration. The only thing you could hear me say while the demo was proceeding was "do it again Dave, make it go faster." Just like a kid on a swing asking for the pusher to "do it again." Thank you for the demo, it was fantastic!!
Honestly, never doubted that it would not work. If you want to CYA and show us while indoors instead of in the real world application that it works, either way is acceptable in my opinion. The whole journey has been an enjoyable process that I am thrilled to have viewed from start to almost finished. Thanks for sharing the journey!!!!!
This video [or part of it] would be a great addition on a 'press to play' video display near the spreader to explain to visitors to the museum/collection. As for me, having watched the whole rebuild, I got the gist of how it worked before the demonstration.
You don't need to be redeemed for not running it before, it's your channel you can do anything you want to, but THANKYOU for giving us a demonstration!
I'm sure you thought about this, but for liability sake, maybe safe up the industrial and farm equipment from turning, tipping or climbing kind of stuff. Love what your doing! Thank you for sharing!
In the early 1960s I had a summer job on a small horse farm. My first task was to clean out the stable stalls, which had been building up with manure and straw all winter. I'd back the spreader into the barn and fill it up, then take the load out to spread on one of their fields. One of the first things I learned was that if you drove too slow, it would take forever, but if you drove too fast the spreader could throw the mix way up and enough forward to reach the tractor. That's not a mistake you make twice. ;-)
You are going to have a video of the function of the spreader because people will want to see it operate. Someone will stick their arm in the spinning parts and they might get a few bumps. It is very impressive.
That's really excellent. You must be so proud of what you've achieved there. Wishing you and the town a flush of well heeled visitors in the run up to Christmas and wagons loads of customers as winter fades into Summer and everyone wants ice-cream or a coffee. That was a great demonstration of the spreader too. 👍🏽 Such a pretty thing - wouldn't do to mess it up!
I've always been intrigued with your videos. Even when working with the cows. Even at 70 I've learned a lot from you and have no complaints. You museum is coming right along and you'll soon need more space. Am planning a round robin trip through the states, from Sacramento, next year and will stop by.
The manure spreader, above all your videos, deserves a BEFORE and AFTER photo to remind us how far that old pile of rusty iron and rotting wood came, thanks to your artistic craftsmanship. We may have wanted to see it in action but are still grateful for this video. Thanks so much.
I will admit I was a little disappointed that there wasn't a chance to see it operate. You made my day, awesome piece of engineering.
I'll admit, I was like Dave, I never even thought about the mechanism while watching the spreader getting moved to the new shop.
That said, seeing it working was a treat this morning. It's a beautiful bit of engineering for the time it was made.
I can see Polly Purebreed tied to this thing while UnderDog and Dudley Dooright rush to save her before she hits the beaters. lol
Any body else think that the town should recognize 1 of their oldest merchants? 40+ years on the main street, an old (restored) hotel & a gift shop. That's quite a tourist draw as you enter or leave Yellowstone. I think Mr. Engels deserves something for his efforts. The store looks great, congratulations sir.
I can only imagine how happy the farmer who could afford this modern spreader was when he didn’t have to spread by hand.!!😊
I dunno...have you ever seen one of these work? Manure flies around and the other farmers go running for hills screaming "all hell broke loose, get outta the way!!!!" it's definitely the meaning of crap hitting the fan. Even the driver isn't immune to the effects...or I should say that the family at the dinner table afterwards isn't immune to the effects 🤣
I love the amount of engineering that went into the design of that whole machine. So many simple, yet clever ideas.
Following the restoration was a absolute blast and a big thank you to you Dave, Diane and everybody else that is/was remotely involved here
True, amazing ingeniering.
Those of us who have filled and emptied a manure spreader more times that we would like to mention more than likely didn't need to see it work, but I will have to say that Smith Manure Spreader is a real work of art and in a lot of way it would be a shame to use it as a spreader again. Great work and thanks for keeping the old machines and the memories alive.
Dave,
Don't beat yourself up over not explaining the function of the spreader!
You were busy moving.
I am fascinated by the mechanics of the spreader.
The engineering involved is a marvel!
Not to mention what a pile of stuff it was when you started!
Fantastic end product you produced!
How could you Dave!!! I thought you were perfect. 😊 Actually you are perfect. You are perfectly you and I wouldn’t have it any other way! Peace and blessings to you and Diane. You guys are perfect!! ✌️
That sure is one fancy taffy pulling machine that you have there Dave!
Thank you for showing us the manure spreader in action. I was pretty sure I was not alone in being disappointed.
You’ve got to arrange the spreader so it can be operated part of a demonstration. Thinking of all those kids who need to appreciate the sophistication of “old” engineering.
Dave, you're on our itinerary for 2025 when we drive up north to visit family in Idaho. We're definitely stopping in Joliet, MT on our subsequent road trip. Thank you for the tour!
Amazing how smooth and light the action of the "Dung" Spreader is. A testament both to the original designers and makers as well as your superb restoration. A really important piece of historical machinery that helped feed the masses.
Thanks for showing us in detail how it all finally works. This is better than pulling it down the street and trying to explain then.
The worlds most beautiful manure spreader works as good as she looks!
Thanks for the spreader demo. I’m just glad that you didn’t feel obligated to haul it out to your playground, collect natural specimens, then pull it behind your tractor to show us how it worked!!
Thanks for showing us hoe the manure spreader. We got little bits-and-pieces as you were restoring it, but now it all fits together. The museum looks awesome, Dave.
The store is tastefully appointed. Kudos.
Best of Luck to you All, in your venture.
Greetings from ... Germany.... I followed the entire build so thanks for the spreader Demo... Looks great works great... The shop is really coming right along. Wish you all a successful business.... Merry Christmas to all.
Your gift shop/museum is just the kind of place I love to visit. I hope it is a huge success.
Nice to see the gift shop coming together. Looks like a community project, which is perfect!
Appreciate the personal tour. God Bless You and MRS. Engels.
Thanks for showing us how the spreader works. I love those old machines from that era. The shop is cute. I hope its a big success.
Thank for the demonstration. I am glad you could show us it works without any actual manure
Thanks for the demonstration! Nice to see it work. The place is coming together quite nicely.
I am often amazed at how these old machines were put together and worked, and the iron work seems to last so well.
Looking forward to finding Treasure Out West.
Thanks for all you do, Dave
I could watch those gear spin all day.
Thanks for the demonstration.
Not disappointed. Deep down, I wanted to see it sling the stuff, but it slung enough in it's life. Art piece now! Smithsonian-worthy!
I was thinking put a broken bale of hay in the back and watch it fly!
I would love to see an old candy counter in the store. To see the peppermint sticks and other “ penny candy “ in the old jars.
I didn't miss seeing the spreader work, I also didn't think about it, but today's video gave me such a laugh and wonder. The complexity and though that went to a simple task. Thanks much for sharing I hope you have a wonderful day .
What an amazing restored piece of history. Thanks for the demonstration. Thanks for the tour through your store/museum.
Thanks for the tour. hoping to stop by for ice cream sometime this summer.
I think you had explained the operation of the spreader in bits and pieces as you were working on it but, seeing the completed spreader in operation was interesting.
A good opportunity for placards explaining the spreader and Ricks' tools with links to appropriate vids.
Thanks for sharing your work and passions.
Thank you for working the wagon , that was a fantastic video, the shop looks beautiful and ready for the holidays!
You did an excellent job of restoring this basket case back to its original glory.
Watching you move it, it never occurred to me that it was a functioning manure spreader. I saw it a piece of art that you had made (Like everything else you make). I think this video showed the workings much better than watching you move it. Excellent detail if its workings. Many thanks.
Dave thanks so much for the explanation regarding muck spreader , I'm 73 and also forget small things so in my book its ok , just keep doing what you do best and that is to enlighten us folks with your knowledge . 😊
I must admit I never gave it a second thought ,personally I can watch the neighbor pull their spreader around the horse paddock on a monthly basis,from a distance of course and thanks for making videos for the masses 🤗😎🤗😎
Thanks so much for sharing the operation of the Manure Spreader. It works perfectly and will still sling it just as it was intended to do the first day in the field. You did a really great job with your repurposing the OLD Manure Spreader Dave . The shop turned out really great too and should draw in people and bargain hunters for the Special Season . Stay safe and keep up the great work. Fred.
Glad to see the manure work. Really nice store. It. Should bring people from near and far.Always enjoy. Dave and Diana keep warm and healthy.
Having watched the entire build from that pile of “stuff” to this museum piece, it was very satisfying to see it operate👍👍👍
Dave, The spreader is an amazing mechanical machine and your restoration brought it back to life. Thank you for your efforts!
You've been redeemed. The walk through was very nice, it's a great looking room.
Dave, thanks for demo-ing the manure spreader. I can almost see it working in the field, pulled by a team of horses. The pace might be slower than a tractor but it would be easier on the land. Also, the store/museum is looking good, a place to spend some time soaking up local history and maybe buying some treats and gifts.
Really nice that you are supplying a service to your community as well as providing a venue for local artists to showcase their work!
Much appreciated that you showed us how this works...the engineering is really neat!
There is a lot of mathematics involved in this machine! All done without a calculator, let alone a computer. My admiration goed to the inventor and to you, Dave, who rebuilt this spreader to its former glory.
It's sort of like a horse drawn clock mechanism. Pretty clever.
This definitely brings back childhood memories. We towed our old manure spreader with an old John Deere that had metal lugs instead of rubber for wheels. Always needed to make sure one wore rain gear because the manure was tossed in all five directions: to the rear, to both sides, to the front and straight up! Fun times!
Okay John, another John here. You sound like exactly the person to ask this question (which when I related the original family story, I was chastised for telling an impossible tale by another commenter on Working Horses with Jim) Anyhow, my mother told the story many times about her oldest daughter's then boyfriend Bruce (a complete city boy) helping my oldest brother spread manure with an old horse drawn manure spreader, being pulled by a tractor. So my brother was driving the tractor with Bruce riding the spreader to work the levers. Now the story I was told, multiple times, was that Bruce pulled the lever the wrong way and drenched both of them with VERY fresh manure. Now out of all of my family members mentioned here, only Bruce is still with us, so he could easily deny this story. My question is, did some spreaders have an anti jam option for clearing the beaters? I would hate to get chewed out again for telling that story. Obviously the Great Western didn't have that option. It's such a great family story. I would love to hear it's technically possible. Thanks.
Thanks for this video. You did a great job of making something great out of basically a pile of junk. Beautiful work.
Hi Dave, and Diane, I'm so glad to see the spreader working. It's really awesome how this works. Our internet was out for two weeks, and electrical for one week, from the wind storm in Washington state. I'm glad to start catching up on videos. Thank you for sharing, and take care.
Any damage for you ?
@@dianeengel4155 Hi Diane, thank you for asking. We were extremely lucky this time. We had lots of debris, and branches. No fallen trees on our 1 1/2 acre this time. A fortunate last minute generator purchase 4 days later saved our food. Thank you Diane, and take care.
Brilliant piece of kit. Now you can do demos for your customers in the museum. Mind the kids and dogs.
Was presently surprised to see the spreader in operation. Thank you for going the extra mile.
Looking fantastic. Love the different craft works with the old equipment and wagon. Probably too noisy, but it would be cool to have a small electric drive under the rear wheel(s) with the spreader set at the slowest speed to operate for visitors to see in operation. Would require some kind of guard around the spreader wheel, but would be cool to see. Thanks for sharing all of this. Have a very Merry Christmas.
I had the same idea, but might I suggest a push button for the guests [little tykes?] to push to make it operate? 'Engage' them in the workings :>).
Looking really good, Dave, and great to see the machinery in action.
I enjoyed seeing the Smith in action. Recalled the blacksmith repairs that you made to the mechanism and how they restored function for us to see and appreciate.
Nice place, Dave - you should be very proud! Thanks for sharing!
Fine display of gearing on spreader.
I understand your mind was on moving the item into the Museum Gift Shop. This gives you a better way to do "show and tell". Very nice work you did to restore and recreate that equipment.
Thanks for the tour it’s really nice
made it here again. yay! smith wagon was one of the best restore's.
It was worth the wait to get to see it operate .
Thanks Dave. I hope the museum does well. You did a nice job putting it all together.
In the village where I lived during my youth more than half a century ago, a similar spreader towed behind a tractor was used.
It was a more modern one, but exactly the same principle.
The man working with it got a terrible smell, but work had to be done.
Thanks for bringing memories back 🤣
I really appreciate seeing it in operation. Thinking of the era of manufacture, it is amazing the engineers of that day did such a fantastic job of designing the mechanical operation. It is so simple, but still complicated for the time. One of my favorite projects to watch.
Concerning the scale, I can't tell you how many pounds of nails I bought by the pound on a similar scale.
Thanks.
Thanks for showing how the Bovine Excrement Slinger (BES) operates.
Just missing the manure! Thanks, Dave!
It is very impressive to see the ingenuity and workmanship you have preserved and beautifully displayed in this spreader! Your own precise workmanship was evident as you rotated the wheels and the tire tracked perfectly, with nary a wobble! I think the cotter pin on the Pitman arm is doomed to early failure by rotational friction. That spreader is so pristine you could fill it with salad fixings and make a world record tossed salad! Thanks for sharing!
I don't think I could have resisted, just once, taking the spreader out to the farm, loading it with manure and pulling it around with your tractor.
All the adjustments are amazing.
The best (and ONLY) feces flinger I've ever seen. Wonderful machine! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for showing this today. I understood how it should work when you put it together. It is awesome to see it in action!
Very smooth. Im surprised those exposed gears are in such good shape. They made it too pretty to use , lol. Must have been a proud day sitting on that the first time new. Congratulations.
First, so I don't forget, thank you for the tour. It looks great and I wish all the vendors great success in this new venue. Now the demonstration of the manure spreader. I think the demonstration in the building would exceed any attempt to show it as it traveled from your shop to the new building. As you said, traffic, etc. would have hindered any demonstration. The only thing you could hear me say while the demo was proceeding was "do it again Dave, make it go faster." Just like a kid on a swing asking for the pusher to "do it again." Thank you for the demo, it was fantastic!!
Honestly, never doubted that it would not work. If you want to CYA and show us while indoors instead of in the real world application that it works, either way is acceptable in my opinion. The whole journey has been an enjoyable process that I am thrilled to have viewed from start to almost finished. Thanks for sharing the journey!!!!!
Thanks to you Mr. and Ms. Engel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ingenious mechanism. Thanks for the demonstration. [SO glad you could do that without having to fill it
with the product to be distributed!!]
Clever mechanism. Thanks for the demonstration
❤ nice to see it working, you did a demonstration awhile ago also ❤
WOW museum looks great!!!!!!!!!!
Bravi Diane e Dave!!!From Italy with admiration !!!
Looking really good Dave and Diane great job look forward to seeing it open, thank you once again for the videos. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
You're welcome
@@dianeengel4155 Thank you.
So that is how the pooper flinger works that is neat.
It definitely sounds like a steam train!
Love it!.
I think this demo was excellent.. Nice museum/store front. Look forward to coming by someday.
This video [or part of it] would be a great addition on a 'press to play' video display near the spreader to explain to visitors to the museum/collection. As for me, having watched the whole rebuild, I got the gist of how it worked before the demonstration.
Good start on the mercantile shop!
You don't need to be redeemed for not running it before, it's your channel you can do anything you want to, but THANKYOU for giving us a demonstration!
This was awesome, I was thinking about the fact that I'd love to learn about it, and you absolutely hit that curiosity itch! Thank you!
Thanks for the demo! Now I won't request an actual product spread around the museum! 😅
Thanks Dave; good to see the spreader working. A true labor saving device.
I'm sure you thought about this, but for liability sake, maybe safe up the industrial and farm equipment from turning, tipping or climbing kind of stuff.
Love what your doing! Thank you for sharing!
In the early 1960s I had a summer job on a small horse farm. My first task was to clean out the stable stalls, which had been building up with manure and straw all winter. I'd back the spreader into the barn and fill it up, then take the load out to spread on one of their fields. One of the first things I learned was that if you drove too slow, it would take forever, but if you drove too fast the spreader could throw the mix way up and enough forward to reach the tractor. That's not a mistake you make twice. ;-)
Beautiful restoration.
Having it finished and on display must be very satisfying.
Enjoyed seeing the drive mechanisms operate.
Great to see it working! Thanks! Glad manure didn’t end up in it!
You are going to have a video of the function of the spreader because people will want to see it operate. Someone will stick their arm in the spinning parts and they might get a few bumps. It is very impressive.
I'm glad that Dave was able to work around the Joliet rush hour traffic
😊
Glad you showed how it worked. Thanks.
That's really excellent. You must be so proud of what you've achieved there.
Wishing you and the town a flush of well heeled visitors in the run up to Christmas and wagons loads of customers as winter fades into Summer and everyone wants ice-cream or a coffee.
That was a great demonstration of the spreader too. 👍🏽
Such a pretty thing - wouldn't do to mess it up!
Have you considered building some of your log holders? Or maybe even a few of the Model T wheel clocks. These are built in Montana works of art!
I've always been intrigued with your videos. Even when working with the cows. Even at 70 I've learned a lot from you and have no complaints. You museum is coming right along and you'll soon need more space. Am planning a round robin trip through the states, from Sacramento, next year and will stop by.
Happy Tuesday Dave and Diane!