A 12 Ft Wheel Starts with a BIG Hub | Engels Coach Shop
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2024
- This 12 foot logging wheel rebuild starts with a new hub, which I'll be making from a cottonwood tree. Using the original hub irons, I'll make two wheels for display purposes for the town of Joliet. Thanks for coming along on the journey.
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Mr Engles' channel is one of the honest few that does not employ misleading title captions to solicit viewers. It is a rare gem among mere pebbles.
Well said!
Absolutely !! A real pleasure to watch a true Craftsman at work !!
Onwards and Upwards, Dave !!
Been a subscriber I think since 2018. Maybe 2019 at the latest. I've watched every single video he has about building things. Some of them more than once. Very few channels I've subscribed to that I follow for any amount of time. But Dave is one. Love his stuff.
*- Agreed ! ! !*
Using car brake rotors as mounts......simply ingenious Dave!
I saw that too.
One man's junk is another man's lathe spindle. Did you notice the homemade steady rest?
And did you notice the Cottonwood being used for the big wheels, Cottonwood is like a sponge to water
Now I see another use for used brake rotors. I smiled when I saw that. I have watched artists who cast iron melt old rotors to cast new things and so on. So much can be learned by watching ingenious people.
A man who starts a project that he knows will take him years to complete is a man looking toward the future.
Undoubtedly, but, definitely , the Master Craftsman demonstrated his unusual skills, unique abilities, outstanding talents , knowledge, expertise, professionalism, patience, dedication, integrity, honesty, creativity, heritage protection, and above all, attention to minute details. Thanks.
Work now for a project you can't really start for 3 years. Simply amazing.
Site preparation!
@@robertl.fallin7062 Cottonwood wheels, it is just not right
3 years,hope i live long enough to see em finished.
I really appreciate your work. I have my great-grandfathers buck wagon running gear in our barn loft. I'd love to have a master wheel-wright/coach builder/blacksmith/etc such as yourself restore it. But... I'm on the east coast and have decided to use your videos to help me get it to "show only" status. Maybe I can get it to be able to pull, but at least get it to be in a stable condition. Thank you for your dedication to this craft!
The level of this man’s skills and ingenuity never ceases to amaze to amaze me. Man is a national treasure
Hes a fair dinkum absolute Genius.
Nice to see an after life for the old Brake Rotors
Love it! I've turned 14 foot porch posts, 42 inch diameter moulding and 1/16 inch pegs but never used a boring bar for external roughing. Still learning at 75!
Seal the end grain of the log with a product called Anchor Seal to even out the moisture loss, and help prevent checking. You can even coat the whole thing once it is opened up to keep the moisture loss even.
My understanding on wood moisture is, for every 1 in, it's 1 yr so, for "logs", whatever the circumference measures, say, 18 inch, will take 18 years to properly "cure".
For a moment, I thought you were going to say, "this boring job is... a bit boring" hahahaha. Another great video, cheers :)
I was wondering when the 12-foot wheels would start!
I imagine Dave needed some "recovery time" after the 10-foot wheels. Probably didn't even want to THINK about another set of wheels on that scale for a while!
Looking forward to the completion of the sheep wagon and the manure spreader.
first thing I noticed I would do differently when bringing the logs into the shop: pulling instead of pushing. Not sure if this is a better/easier way but seems to me. Kudos for having the logs the right side, i.e. fitting through the door, although I guess you can also use the wider entrance?
I watch cutting edge engineering out of Australia. Different work same dedication to excellent results. I said to myself Curtis would put a steady rest on and run a boring bar through that, here comes Dave with the steady rest. 😊
And I envy you western guys your old Toyota's,ours all rot to the door handles around here.
Loved the “wore out” door step into your shop. Reminds me of a young couple in England bought a very old cottage. The stone door step was so old it ha worn out to a large hollow. They measured it and visited the local mason. He asked “ did you not flip it”? Years past when a door step “wore out” one merely flipped it and used the once buried side for next centuries. So couple went home and ‘flipped it’.....guess what someone else had already done hundred or two years before?
My great grandfather had the same problem, 100 years ago. My stone window sills were also flipped in 1954
That steady rest and the band is really cool.
I love the threshold of your shop. It shows the many footsteps from the time it was installed to today.
Amazing work how come you dont have a million subscribers yet good luck Dave
I remember watching you fish out the hubs for the borax wagon and how they were soaked in linseed oil (I think) under pressure before being used as part of the wagon. That was some time age and I have been hooked ever since. Good Stuff 🙅👍
As a hobbyist woodturner, I found this very interesting. Your metal turning lathe worked very well for you. I'll be looking forward to more video on this project.
Mr Engle's you are strong man 💪 and hard working 👍👌❤️ God bless you and your family ❤️🙏
My Dad had a lathe when I was a kid. I used to go to sleep with the sound of him
turning pieces of wood. I still find it has a soothing effect, all these years later.
Thanks Dad, and thanks, Brian.
Mike Morgan at UA-cam Outdoors with the Morgans just bought a kiln. He is not set up yet but maybe you could teach out to him and shave a few years off the wait.
The job isnt all flashy paint and sparks, thanks for sharing. Charles
194 pound block spinning on a lathe. WOW!!!
Well Dave, you have given me a new goal in life. I want to live long enough to see you complete these two twelve foot wheels. Good luck to both of us. { I am 77 }
I've never seen one but my son has a friend that has made a vacuum kiln to remove the moisture from slabs that he uses to build slab wood counter tops and tables,I searched UA-cam and found a number of examples, might give it a look see.Thanks for another entertaining video to say the least🤗😎🤗😎
We have big cottonwood trees up here in Alaska. It takes years for the wood to dry even if it's split. Nobody who can get birch or spruce would ever use it to burn much else build with it. Maybe you have a harder species than we do.
You just showed up in my feed (the algorithm is inscrutable...) but I have to say I enjoyed this immensely. I like this kind of stuff.
David, You have gone over the top again. That is one doozy of a "steady rest"1!!!!!1
This is going to be very interesting. I will be looking for more videos on this project. In the mean time I'll take what I can get.
Take care,
jack
Been subscribed to your channel since the Start of the borax wagons. Love every episode👍
Thank you
It is amazing to build such an impressive landmark for your driveway marker. Everyone that passes by will remark there's Dave and Diane's house. I watched him make them on UA-cam.
Nobody makes me feel inadequate like this channel does.
Perhaps the message you take should instead be to start playing the long game.
I just noticed that your steady rest is mounted to the carriage, and not the ways. Interesting approach. Thanks, Dave.
Certainly answered a lot of my questions I had at the beginning of the video by the time I got to the end. Thanks! I learn something new every time I watch!
You know Dave..... as pilot holes go...... that one is impressive 😝
Yep taking that pith out of the center will help with the drying out, and it will prevent cracking.
You have created a great shop full of the right tools to do your work. And that required a lot of effort! Much appreciate your videos.
Whoo wee Cottonwood! It must have been quite the smell turning that log!
Cottonwood wheels it is just not right
You and your work totally amaze me ! ❤ 😊
I’m a 28 year old chairmaker, and am getting ready to fire up a 1919 Fay and Scott extendable gap bed pattern makers lathe that has 10’ between the centers (15’ with the bed full extended) that I picked up recently. Pretty dang excited to turn some big stuff on there, this video is wholly inspiring, and nice to see an example of what turning on a somewhat similar lathe (albeit metal), with similar tools, looks like. Thanks for sharing!
Preparing for a future project. I seem to remember that Studebaker used American elm for their hubs and they stored their blanks 7 years before they were turned into hubs. They inspected the blanks every couple of years for cracks and defects.
I would think you could take a broken bit with the Morris taper and build a flat bit of two inches and a length of 20 inches for the pilot hole through the blanks.
Hey Dave. Couldn't you make a little 'hot house' wrapped in clear plastic (with a vent) just large enough for the two rough cut hubs? Then maybe this solar powered mini-kiln could shorten the drying time considerably.
I appreciate your taking the time to walk thru the process of making hubs, I’ve always wondered about the process and even thought about how I would go about it, this is an eye opener for me and I will be watching and enjoying the process as it goes along. Thanks for the video.
Ah hah! As soon as you said the wood was cottonwood I understood the high moisture content. We had cottonwood trees on our property in Colorado. The tree retains a tremendous amount of moisture to carry it through the dry periods of each year. I, too, think boring out the centers will accelerate to drying process nicely.
Once again, I am smitten with yet another tool you bring out of your toolshed that is the absolute perfect thing for the thing you're trying to do. In this case, it was that massive lathe, with it's endless group of accessories, that is used to turn huge pieces of wood. I know you've been doing this for decades and have probably assembled hundreds of specialized tools, big and small, some multipurposed, others, very specific but I wonder if you ever come across a task requiring something specialized that you don't have and which hasn't been made since 1903.
Love the repurposed brake discs. And the shop made steady rest is brilliant.
What a patient man you are Dave to embark on such a mammoth task, but if you need some wheels you have to start somewhere. When you talk about the number of years devoted just to drying these hub blanks out I only hope to live long enough to see them finished. Well done again.
Always clever. I like you always taking extra steps to be safe.
good one Dave a lot of time goes into those big hubs looking forward to the finished job take care Rich
Stay safe and we'll see you next time.
Easy way to get center of any large log (circle) is to take a large framing square and touch the side at the corner of the framing square and make two marks where legs of square hit edge of log and then take straight edge and draw a line connecting the two marks line will bisect the log. rotate the square any distance again put corner of square at edge of log and mark where the framing square legs cross edge of log take straight edge and draw a line between two marks where the two bisecting lines cross will be exact center. Takes less than a minute and no tools other than a framing square pencil and straight edge are needed and no measuring is required. Ray Stormont
I need drawings of this method....
I just noticed you're using brake rotors for centering the tailstock....genius!
you must have a strong back Dave be Care full
Always good to see the process. It is heavy hard work. I wish I had the tools you do. Good time thank you. God bless !
I love those vented discs for holding the log in the lathe!
Hi Dave, and Diane, this was an unexpected surprise! Plus I thought that there was only one 12' wheel. Yet another exciting project to break things up a bit. Even if we have to wait a few years to see its completion. It is scary watching you spin such a big log. Thank you for sharing, and have a great weekend. 🪵
Cottonwood wheels it is just not right
Cottonwood was very important in American history as well Dave such as gunpowder. Once again sir thank you for your amazing content.
Cottonwood wheels it is just not right
@@tomsing6384 Cottonwood for a display is perfect.
Can't wait to see those 12 ft wheels finished. I like odd sized implements. On another note, wonder what's happening with that Limousine fan parked next to Dave's bakkie ( pickup) ?
You are off on another "Adventure," and I love looking over your shoulder! Great Video (AGAIN)
Thank whatever gods may be for the mass of that South Bend lathe: the eccentricity of that log would send anything less skittering across the shop floor or straining at its bolts!
Millers Lite, one of my favourites👌
It would be interesting to know the weight after coming off the lathe. Could use that number to monitor how much moisture was lost over time.
Grande mestre, a cada dia eu aprendo muito mais com os seus feitos
Most people kick back and relax for fun. Dave, on the other hand, works his tail off! I sure enjoy watching.
I watch your work to relax after my work.
I look foward to watching this project off and on. Thanks my very talented long distance video Friend. This will be another good one for sure.
It would be great if I could get my hands on some wrought iron tire sections to work with in my forge. When I do find old wrought iron they want a mint for them, even if there isn't much left . Hopefully some day I will find some wrought iron and learn how to forge with it.
Don't be mistaken that the video is sped up. It's actually slowed down to half speed. That's how good he is. Thanks, David. Always enjoyable. Always impressive.
Dave, it amazes me what you can do. Fasinating. Thanks for letting me follow along.
Здравствуйте привет из Нижнего я думаю из этих бровин будите делать колеса это хорошо на станке работаете отлично как профессионал хорошего вам всем здоровья да хранит вас господь Нижний Новгород Юра жду новых видео спасибо
Wow after all these yrs I give Dave advice...when I hit door I turn my walker one wheel not two...helps to get over hump.
I have found that they Pull better than they Push.
Looking at the tread on your man door I would say that has been there for a while.
An idea. I wonder if once it’s all bored out if leaving it on the lathe to spin for an hour here and there would spin out some of the moisture. I’m full of crazy ideas some legal some illegal lol
Wood breathes so its always going to be what the ambient humidity level is....give or take. Having been sat on the ground its been like a sponge.
Now that's turning!
Everything's a hammer. Thanks for your hard work.
Absolutely fascinating ! Thank You
Thanks again Dave......
An other awesome project...... looking forward to the next video.
Those logs take some man handling. At least you have made a start on the wheels ..should be spectacular when complete 👍👍👍👍
Someone might say that this was mostly a boring video. I still watched every minute, thanks for the Friday installment!
That is an impressive lathe and quite an unbalanced load to turn without coming off the floor. Wowee
Now that's a lathe. A lot bigger than my little pen turners lathe. Love the channel.
I was waiting, and half expecting, for you to fabricate a 22" twist drill to bore out the centers. :^)
I like your modern bathroom scale! 😂❤😊
Keep coating it in PEG to prevent further checking as it dries.
I've used it on solid green logs for sculpture...no cracking 30 years later.
I was wondering if they couldn't be soaked in a barrel of PEG. I've heard it said air drying time is about a year per inch of thickness but I don't know if that applies to blocks like these.
We have some old cottonwood barns still standing. Cottonwood 2x4's just don't let it get wet.
Cottonwood wheels it is just not right
great use of break disks.😃
Get spade drills and extension sleves to drill deeper. Machine tool dealer can get you spade drills as big as you need. I used them many times drilling graphite.
Thanks for sharing a good use of available materials
I saw a green wood bowl turner who would rough out his turning from green wood the pack them in a cardboard box with the shavings from the piece he just turned. He would seal the box and leave it for half a year in a cool dark place. This would eliminate a lot of cracking and warping.
The scale is incredible thank you
Maybe with the wood removed and the hubs resting inside instead of outside, they could dry quicker than 5 years. Love ALL of your videos. Thanxz
A new and interesting video to watch. Thanks Dave.
...............G'day Dave and Diane,
love your work and looking forward to next episode.
Cheers and God bless,
Malcolm.
3 year drying, dang that is a lot of moisture!
i love to watch you work,thanks for taking me along.
Happy Friday Dave and Diane!
I know that you do everything the right way, so I am surprised that you are not using hard wood for those wheels.
Probably half the weight, that's reason enough to avoid the full version.
Love the brake rotor recycling there Dave, great idea!