Mr. Engel. I have been watching your videos for a number of years. I can honestly say that I have NEVER been bored watching a single one of them. You are by far my favorite RUclips contributor. Your skills are fascinating to me. What great gifts the Lord has given you. Please never stop sharing your many and varied projects.
I know the jobs get boring and mundane, as I have been working at my trade for 35 years. I still love my work and I can tell you also love what you do. I have the utmost respect for you and what you do. I will always watch every second of every one of your video's. You are one of the most entertaining, informative and interesting figures on RUclips and your editing style is second to none. I can't thank you enough for bringing us your knowledge and passion for what you do every week and the time that it takes to document it like you do.
All jobs have their repetition which can result in the operator becoming bored. Bricklaying springs to mind! The real craftsman though doesnt allow his attention to wander too far, or develop a "that'll do" attitude, resulting in a lesser quality job. Something I havent seen you guilty of so far! As far as the viewer is concerned, there's always something to learn regardless of how many times you carry out the task. I watch most of the videos twice, then again some time later. Love them! 👍👍👍👍
I love the boring puns! And as a dentist I can sympathize with each and every one of them. And I know that my patients could never quite agree with me on that. And I agree totally with you. Even the most challenging tasks get to be sort of routine after a while (and we all remember the first time we did them. Even at the age of 73 I still remember my first surgical removal of a wisdom tooth. That very first time you use the scalpel to cut a patient will stay with you forever). But with all the experience and routine they never get dull or boring! I love it when you matter of factly touch on the deeper meaning of a life spent learning and shooting for perfection, be it work or relationship. In the end it‘s the same ethic that you can find in everything you do! Thank you for these moments of insight into what ultimately matters.
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@Tyson Torin thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im in the hacking process atm. Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
It may be boring and routine for you but I've watched all of your videos, some two or three times, and I'm still fascinated with not only the process but by the many machines and specialized equipment that you no doubt have developed, designed and built to accomplish your work. I very much appreciate that you have so willingly shared all of this with us. Thank You so much.
Dave I started watching your videos 3 years ago when I was laid up from surgery, The Borax wagon videos were my initiation to your craft. I have watched every video you've put up since, and thoroughly enjoyed the education. I appreciate that you can post only that which you are actually working on, so we'll get to see a lot of wheels. But that's fine, every job is a bit different, and really it's just a pleasure to catch up with you every week, you become a voice of stability in troubled times. Thank you and keep up the good work!
You have an ability to make what may be boring and mundane to be interesting to your viewers. I for one love seeing the day to day aspects of you business.
Well said. Hell his tooling he's made and acquired along the way is months of video alone. The tire bead wire stretcher/ rubber holder is one of my favorites. So as luck would have it, as I type, here Dave goes! Lmao!!. Also a manual lathe fan, no matter if it's cold pulley driven, bathed gear or Babbitt. I even like the wood turning guys! Lol
Nothing boring about it! I love watching woodcraft in all forms. Even if its the hundredth hub, I'll still happily watch you solve the math and find the angle to make the miter. I watch in awe of your rough precision and how carpentry used to be done. Please don't ever think we, the audience are bored... if you enjoy what you do and continue to do it as you have, we will all keep watching happily.
The variety of wheels and "tires", I had NO idea.Truing those hubs! More jigs and custom tools than I've seen on all other programs combined. Ingenious tools, too. Deeply admire your patience for the mundane and repeatable operations, and the artistic details you always seem to apply. If Craftsmanship was rated from 1 to 10, you would rate a 12, AND, you have some of the best produced videos I've ever seen on RUclips. No surprise - you take pride in whatever you do - my dad and uncle taught me that, too. THANK YOU.
Over 148 thousand viewers (subscribers). They aren't all wanting to be wainwrights, wheelwrights, or such. They, as I am myself, are in love with watching one man represent all that was good, great, wonderful about industrial America. I don't want to preach, but Mr. E really should offer to teach his skills, in Jolliet, every Summer and Fall to a select few, so that these skills he has spent a lifetime of perfecting, may live long past his retirement. And those students should pay what this knowledge is worth. Sometimes I think it is priceless. I spent a good deal of time searching the Internet for another wainwright. There is one in the U.K., and none other in the USA. Not to a reasonable comparison. But saying there is but one Dave Engels is still an understatement.
Hi Dave. I have to jump in here and agree with you on one hand that it is boring and repetitive and that is life as a specialist, you do a specific task well and often, but at the same time, I find watching any craftsman who is good at his or her job do those boring repetitive things instructive, as there is usually no wasted motion. The chaff has been tossed out in their process, in their workflow, and this is ALWAYS of interest. The variety of specialized machines that you own and have modified to suit your needs, the efficiency of your workspace all come through when we see you doing the same job over and over again. While I'm no wheelwright and never will be these are still lessons that I can adapt to my own business, thus your "Boring" videos are certainly of value to me. Thank you for taking us along on your daily grind, or boring as it were, even if I just have you on the monitor while I'm working away doing my own repetitive task it is welcome. Cheers from Tokyo. Stu
I'm always astonished with the accuracy of your eye ball engineering. I've been working with tradesman and artisans for 26 years and have only came across a hand full of people that can eyeball square, straight and positioning of holes like you do. Not to mention drilling straight. I hope these videos carries on for ever.
Perhaps boring to you, (although I don't think so), but interesting and entertaining to us. A whole bunch of us look forward eagerly to 30 minutes with you each Friday. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay healthy.
Third, I was two-years old when my stay at home mom started pushing me out into the shop with Dad when he was home from work. He answered my every question, bless his soul. How many three year olds know the difference between a motor and an engin? He taught me all the tools. It's been a long time since those days, but hanging out in the shop with you brings back find memories. So, no! It's never boring... even when you are at the drill press boring away. 💜🌞🌵😷
Mr Dave, watching your weekly videos is like meeting an old friend at the local Diner each week to visit and talk about what all happened since the last time we got together. There are Wheel Wrights in my family, so I can relate to everything you do and say.
I have been subscribed to this channel since the Borax wagon wheels and I'm not ever bored . The finished product always looks so beautiful and keeps my interest focused on the craftsmanship it takes to make these products.
Yuuup !! I've been watching your channel since the Borax wagon duplication days. You are certainly NOT boring by any means !! Keep 'em coming please Dave !!
Dave, your videos are never boring to me. I am always seeing something new or getting clarification on something I saw you do before but did not understand till I had that A-ha moment. You keep making these videos and we will keep watching them
Never apologize for being boring, if people really though you were boring they wouldn't watch. So therefore, everyone who is watching finds it interesting. I certainly do. I have learned a lot watching you do mundane things. Craftsmanship is great, no matter how rote it becomes.
Personally I learn something new every video you make and never have I found one of your videos "boring.". Truthfully I am at awe in the number of different trades you have mastered or become quite proficient at in your "boring" day to day work of repairing or constructing wheels, wagons, hubs, or buggies. I am also fascinated by the number and variety of antique or vintage tools you use, as well as the tools, fixtures, and jigs you have made, or modified to suite your needs and wants. Lastly I appreciate and applaud you for making these videos with the detail that you do because the are a great insight into you trade and to an extent a tutorial for someone who knows nothing about being a wheelwright but has good carpentry skills and educated hands to be able to build a very basic wheel and with practice and additionally research be able to make a more complex wheel. Mind you I am not say much less implying that your informative videos are will give someone the knowledge and skill you have earn and learned from the school of hard work of doing your "boring" trade but it will certainly give a motivated person with some skills enough information as they say "to be dangerous" if you know what I mean. Have a great day and a better tomorrow. StaySafe and StayHealthy
I have been following since the first video. Yup, have seen wheels being made before, but it's never boring. I'll never build a wagon wheel, I'll never build a whole wagon from scratch, but do like to watch you work on them every time I see something on this channel. That is why we watch, because what you do is not common place anymore, so very interesting.
As a carpenter I really get that. After 45 years of every aspect of building houses, from forms, to drawing to finish trim and all other parts of a house, concrete, sheet rock, plumbing , electrical. I wanted more Differant, so went industrial, rigging, iron work, heavy lift, setting vessels, all kinds of odd shaped stuff that had to be picked up by a huge crane just so, to set exactly there. In the end after 55 years in construction, I started the little handyman work. I lived doors and all the associated hardware, and bridges big high bridges. Now it wears me out to even look at any of it. The fun was overcoming the issues, the problems, those special circomstances of how to get it done. So I understand 100% how wheels are bore as Heck for you, a grind. No puns intended.
I am very sure you get very tired of the thousands of repetitions. But I as a subscriber still find it satisfying. And you always have and show the tricks of your trade that are so dadgum cool. I also know you want to kind of pass this wheel business on to other craftsman but cannot because the customer already knows your quality of work and perfection. I will always be right here no matter how many time I saw it. Have a blessed day Sir
Dave, youre videos are not boring in slightest! You are great pride of old usefull trade full of nostalgia! And going out to get lumber? Its important to change what you do from time to time to net get burned out! Keep up the good work!
Dave, you have a well rounded occupation. You have the ability to go back in time and do the tasks that needed to be done in the way they were done back then. And the next time you turn around we are back in the present using modern tools. You are never boring even when you are boring a wheel. I am darn proud I can watch you perform miracles with pieces of wood and iron.
I think many people are missing your double play on the word “boring” Dave. When the video got to the “boring” part I was enthralled with the machinery as usual and thinking about how it was done in the olden days before that new fangled machinery was built a century ago.
I have been following since borax wagons. Wheels are repetitive yes, boring NO! Imagine how many times Don Henley has sang Hotel California yet the performance is always first class. That's like you with wheels. Same song BUT every performance is in some way slightly different than the last. In this video, I picked out how you dressed those cut pins. Using a drill solves the "how do I hold this problem" as well as puts a beautiful dress on the edge. I learned something. See, same song yes, but every performance is a one of a kind custom work of art created by your skill and craftsmanship. Never stop playing your "song" Dave. Your DAMN good at the performance....
😅 😂 Dave, one viewer talked about watching a famous painter, but you are the Rembrandt of a dying trade. Every piece that you produce shows a man that takes pride in his craft, a craft that is his signature. With so many things being massed produced and not lasting very long, you Dave prove that the best things that last the longest ARE HANDMADE by true craftsman.
Dave, not boring in the least but intriguing the way you work and make so much progress. And questions that arise from watching you work, like who figured out how to do rubber tires like that and how they put the machine together to do it and especially how much of a gap to leave that will be filled by the "slack " in the tire. The evolution of the wheel and its parts and how it goes together and stays together is intriguing. Thanks and keep it up, please.
All I can say on the matter is me and thousands of other people look forward to seeing Engles on there notifications keep doing what you and mrs Engles are doing because unselfish people like you have kept people like me sane though this lock down mess THANKS 🙏
Lasting happiness is in the journey, and not so much at destination. To hone your skills and your tremendous dexterity while repeating similar gestures could be viewed as routine for the beholder. But you know better. I admire the beauty of everything that come out of your work. Thanks, and see you next week !
Well, I see where the "boring" comes from. But if you care for it, please keep boring us again and again. My grandpa was a blacksmith. I was watching fascinated in my childhood what boring things he was capable doing with fire and iron. And if I could live my life again, I would probably pick up a trade like yours. Thank you so much for what you do here. It makes me happy each time I see one of your videos.
I even enjoyed the “boring” parts. I’d be interested in hearing more about some of your tools, shop made and store bought and how you do things now vs when you started. Thanks for sharing your skills and life with us.
Try laying brick! Well, I'll have to say I never got bored but at the end of the day I could see what I got done. I can see how you might be in a different situation working alone. But as long as you make these videos we are with you all the way. Greg
It doesn't matter what kind of job it is, some people just have the skill to make it look interesting. That's why I keep watching it all. Thank you for letting us come along.
I am slowly picking up more and more as I watch, not at all boring for me. Watching a craftsman at work especially as skilled as you I find relaxing calming comforting. I am learning about something that spans hundreds of years and spanned most of the globe. Great film-work and editing. Interesting that the pins in the tyre rims just stay put and do not fall out with shrinkage and general movement I suppose like a T34 track pin each time it goes round it’s knocked in again if it had shifted slightly. Must work generations of development and they knew what they where doing..
When they have the RUclips Webby awards I'm nominating Dave for cinematography. All the angles so everything can be seen clearly. There's never a "hang on. What was that?". Awesome just awesome.
Never boring Dave, part of what makes it interesting is being able to actually see stuff made, old machines being used, the list goes on. What is boring in how modern stuff is produced, ask any CNC operator, put material in close the doors, press a few buttons to download the software and what till the machine says done = BORING
Being able to just "eyeball" the holes for the rivets is where Dave makes it worthwhile, i could spend hours measuring and marking - and they would still be slightly off...
Never boring Dave, your ability to go about a job that has become second nature to you is shear magic to most of your followers. I admire how you can turn to the next process without any hesitation because you have done it all before. I watch what you do every Saturday morning and don’t want the video to come to the end. Thanks again.
Your boring is never boring Dave! I especially enjoy seeing you use tools which you've designed and built over the years. I have to admit I both respect and enjoy the quiet craftsmanship that drives you to clock all of those square nuts! The obvious care and quiet pride you take in doing a job well is very refreshing in today's disposable world. Thanks once again for allowing us along on this wonderful journey.
Thanks, Mr. Dave!! It is getting to be a long winter EVERYWHERE... Though I did have to mow the lawn this past week... :-) that gets me No Sympathy, though!!! Wish I could have helped unload the trailer!!
Never, ever boring. My wife and I could watch you making things all day long. Even the "repetitive" things are entertaining as we now try and guess the next steps in the process. It is also a pleasure to watch someone with your skill, patience and attention to detail. Please don't feel that each video has to be new things or unusual stuff. It's a joy to watch you work. Stay safe.
I am never bored with any of your videos. My health won't allow me but I surely would love to spend time working with you in this fascinating job skill. We never know if/when we will need this knowledge again.
Being retired from a dying trade, I am fascinated by what you are doing with a trade that died damn near 100 years before mine. No, you may find it, at times drudgery and just a job, I watch your videos from start to finish. Sometimes ever two & three times to try an figure out what & why you do things a certain way. Boring? Never. Even when the entire video is you boring................................hubs.
Not boring at all because you explain everything with simple words with no pretention and you edit your videos in a way that is not repetitive. I cannot wait from friday to friday to watch you showing us all the aspects of a slowly disappearing trade. Keep being yourself-- we love you--.
dave what you call dull, boring and mundane, I (we) call business as usual, food on table and bill paying stuff, but not wanting everything you do to be undervalued you provide a big glimpse into the past, spending my time when you use and angle grinder, a drill press and tanked gas how what you do so simply would have been done 200 years ago. I love what you do and how you do it, the tools may have changed, the passion and need has not. I wish in Yorkshire, UK, that I had a need for a set of handmade artisan built wheels to fix on my wagon for my journey of need and discovery over the hill and stretch the horizion to a brave new world. Please recognise what you do as pure magic in a world of replication and copycat, you bring real joy applying a skill and combining knowledge on something that should never be considered dull, boring and mundane. having 12 inches of snow or minus temp numbers outside and a roaring fire inside is one of lifes simple pleasures so simple but so rewarding
Your work is not boring or mundane. Having been on disability for several years now and lost my abilities to work, I appreciate what you do. Watching you weld, machine, upholster, wood work, etc, is great for me. Never underestimate your abilities and the enjoyment it brings to others. Thanks!
That’s why so many people do things so well on you tube. Because they do it over and over again. I love your videos because they are so straightforward. Not flashy and loud music. Just good old hard work. Thank you for your videos. I was a dentist and after 32 years of fillings, crowns, and implants, it pretty much is the same. BUT if you love what you do it never gets boring. I never get bored watching you doing wheels or any wagon builds you do.
Any chance of a quick shop tour to explain the background to some of the specialist equipment you use? The means to carry out a task are often as interesting as the task itself.
Never boring, always great to see skills being used. We follow along and the wheels magically appear, stacked against one another and that is where their story ends for us. It would be great if we could tag along with the wheels, see where they end up, the different vehicles and the uses the owners put them to. Sort of completes the story. Cheers from the UK
No sir, every time I watch you do a set of wheels. I see a new feature, or process I'd not seen before. Such as the Solid Pins instead of Bolts connecting the Rim to the Fellows.
Watching you work and "do your thing" is NEVER boring. Every time I see it I pick up another little thing that I have missed in previous video's. Keep em coming and I'll keep watching.
Repetitive? Yes. Fun to watch? Oh, yes! After all, some times we all need a refresher course. I will watch what you have to show regardless of how many times you show it.
@@WhatAboutTheBee no no am fine .thanks . no need to apologies . for me its diff ,i can watsh over and over dave's vids . his voice and skills makes me calm . am a cancer patient and no am fine again .
@@EDP1 he is a terrific craftsman! I like to watch too. I think that the way he shows the work to be perfect. Just enough explanation when necessary. Quiet otherwise. If you have not seen the Borax Wagon work, you must go watch. Spectacular!
I enjoy looking over your shoulder on a Friday night. Never boring. Nice to see a talent put to use especially the problem solving. Love your homemade machines. Keep up your wonderful channel.
Visible or not, no nut remains un-clocked! And every time I smile when I think: „Watch him clock that one too!“ So I smile a lot during the vids. And smiling is very healthy for all of us these days. Thank you Dave!
I will never get bored of watching you assemble wheels, or watching any of your craftmanship. I learn something from every one of your videos. Thanks for all the effort you put into sharing your skills and knowledge.
Dave, when I was young I loved to paint landscapes. I had such a passion for painting I could spend hours and days doing just that. Never know where the time had gone. You could say I really got wound up in the work. I can see were it might be boring, boring holes for the boxing. I also see it is the type of job were a fellow got too bored he could get all wound up in his work also. The passion I see you possess; I'm betting, has you in the former "Wound Up" camp and not the latter"Wound up" camp. With all that said, maybe I need to make like a wagon wheel and wind down and wind up this diatribe. God bless you both. I do enjoy watching.
Sir, I would like to thank you for the shooting and for the time it takes to make them. She used to say that like many jobs his and her repetition is sometimes boring but she, like every other craftsman in his art, keeps traditions alive and keeps alive the machines he uses, probably built by himself. She has so much experience in her that it would be useful to transfer to an apprentice who unfortunately no longer exists.I remember when in Sicily there were so many wagon builders who, like her, built real works of art, and majestic horse breeders all for the transport of all kinds of things and of course people. I know that this writing of mine may seem nostalgic. but I wonder why states don't go out of their way to help artisans to ensure that the arts are not lost. Excuse me I have dwelt too much but I am happy that even if on the other side of the ocean she exists and keeps her art of hers. A greeting from the city of Catania
But, Mr. Dave, for me, your videos, your skills, your personal qualities are a big source of inspiration and relaxing. My fridays aren,t boring because your videos notifications are ringing making me happy.
I'm one of those that started watching with the Borax wagons. Watching true skill and craftsmanship on display is never boring. I do look forward to another sheep wagon rebuild but am always grateful when it's Friday and Dave has a new video.
Your videos are never boring, they are some of the best videos on you tube, your work and craftsmanship is enjoyed by all your subscribers, we look forward to it and thank you for sharing these great videos, blessings to you and family.
Mr. Engel. I have been watching your videos for a number of years. I can honestly say that I have NEVER been bored watching a single one of them. You are by far my favorite RUclips contributor. Your skills are fascinating to me. What great gifts the Lord has given you. Please never stop sharing your many and varied projects.
Watching a true craftsman is never boring. I feel envious, but never bored.
I know the jobs get boring and mundane, as I have been working at my trade for 35 years. I still love my work and I can tell you also love what you do. I have the utmost respect for you and what you do. I will always watch every second of every one of your video's. You are one of the most entertaining, informative and interesting figures on RUclips and your editing style is second to none. I can't thank you enough for bringing us your knowledge and passion for what you do every week and the time that it takes to document it like you do.
All jobs have their repetition which can result in the operator becoming bored. Bricklaying springs to mind! The real craftsman though doesnt allow his attention to wander too far, or develop a "that'll do" attitude, resulting in a lesser quality job. Something I havent seen you guilty of so far!
As far as the viewer is concerned, there's always something to learn regardless of how many times you carry out the task.
I watch most of the videos twice, then again some time later. Love them! 👍👍👍👍
Well said. Thanks
It's NEVER boring Dave.
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I love the boring puns! And as a dentist I can sympathize with each and every one of them. And I know that my patients could never quite agree with me on that. And I agree totally with you. Even the most challenging tasks get to be sort of routine after a while (and we all remember the first time we did them. Even at the age of 73 I still remember my first surgical removal of a wisdom tooth. That very first time you use the scalpel to cut a patient will stay with you forever). But with all the experience and routine they never get dull or boring!
I love it when you matter of factly touch on the deeper meaning of a life spent learning and shooting for perfection, be it work or relationship. In the end it‘s the same ethic that you can find in everything you do! Thank you for these moments of insight into what ultimately matters.
Thanks for seeing beneath the surface.
Boring, Mundane... Not by a long shot for us viewers... We learn so much with each lesson!! Keep them coming. 🏆🎉👍
Exactly!!!
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It may be boring and routine for you but I've watched all of your videos, some two or three times, and I'm still fascinated with not only the process but by the many machines and specialized equipment that you no doubt have developed, designed and built to accomplish your work. I very much appreciate that you have so willingly shared all of this with us. Thank You so much.
Dave I started watching your videos 3 years ago when I was laid up from surgery, The Borax wagon videos were my initiation to your craft. I have watched every video you've put up since, and thoroughly enjoyed the education. I appreciate that you can post only that which you are actually working on, so we'll get to see a lot of wheels. But that's fine, every job is a bit different, and really it's just a pleasure to catch up with you every week, you become a voice of stability in troubled times. Thank you and keep up the good work!
You have an ability to make what may be boring and mundane to be interesting to your viewers. I for one love seeing the day to day aspects of you business.
Well said. Hell his tooling he's made and acquired along the way is months of video alone. The tire bead wire stretcher/ rubber holder is one of my favorites. So as luck would have it, as I type, here Dave goes! Lmao!!. Also a manual lathe fan, no matter if it's cold pulley driven, bathed gear or Babbitt. I even like the wood turning guys! Lol
Nothing boring about it! I love watching woodcraft in all forms. Even if its the hundredth hub, I'll still happily watch you solve the math and find the angle to make the miter. I watch in awe of your rough precision and how carpentry used to be done. Please don't ever think we, the audience are bored... if you enjoy what you do and continue to do it as you have, we will all keep watching happily.
The variety of wheels and "tires", I had NO idea.Truing those hubs! More jigs and custom tools than I've seen on all other programs combined. Ingenious tools, too. Deeply admire your patience for the mundane and repeatable operations, and the artistic details you always seem to apply. If Craftsmanship was rated from 1 to 10, you would rate a 12, AND, you have some of the best produced videos I've ever seen on RUclips. No surprise - you take pride in whatever you do - my dad and uncle taught me that, too. THANK YOU.
Over 148 thousand viewers (subscribers). They aren't all wanting to be wainwrights, wheelwrights, or such. They, as I am myself, are in love with watching one man represent all that was good, great, wonderful about industrial America. I don't want to preach, but Mr. E really should offer to teach his skills, in Jolliet, every Summer and Fall to a select few, so that these skills he has spent a lifetime of perfecting, may live long past his retirement. And those students should pay what this knowledge is worth. Sometimes I think it is priceless. I spent a good deal of time searching the Internet for another wainwright. There is one in the U.K., and none other in the USA. Not to a reasonable comparison. But saying there is but one Dave Engels is still an understatement.
Hi Dave.
I have to jump in here and agree with you on one hand that it is boring and repetitive and that is life as a specialist, you do a specific task well and often, but at the same time, I find watching any craftsman who is good at his or her job do those boring repetitive things instructive, as there is usually no wasted motion. The chaff has been tossed out in their process, in their workflow, and this is ALWAYS of interest. The variety of specialized machines that you own and have modified to suit your needs, the efficiency of your workspace all come through when we see you doing the same job over and over again. While I'm no wheelwright and never will be these are still lessons that I can adapt to my own business, thus your "Boring" videos are certainly of value to me.
Thank you for taking us along on your daily grind, or boring as it were, even if I just have you on the monitor while I'm working away doing my own repetitive task it is welcome.
Cheers from Tokyo.
Stu
Thanks Stu. Well said. Hang in there.
I'm always astonished with the accuracy of your eye ball engineering. I've been working with tradesman and artisans for 26 years and have only came across a hand full of people that can eyeball square, straight and positioning of holes like you do. Not to mention drilling straight. I hope these videos carries on for ever.
I could watch you all day just as easily as watching Michaelango paint a picture, truth be told.
The best GOODDAVE tires I've ever seen. Thank you.
Perhaps boring to you, (although I don't think so), but interesting and entertaining to us. A whole bunch of us look forward eagerly to 30 minutes with you each Friday. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay healthy.
I for one!
Me Tae for 2
Me for Three.
It's never boring watching someone else work. You keep making the video's and I'll keep watching.
Third, I was two-years old when my stay at home mom started pushing me out into the shop with Dad when he was home from work. He answered my every question, bless his soul. How many three year olds know the difference between a motor and an engin? He taught me all the tools. It's been a long time since those days, but hanging out in the shop with you brings back find memories. So, no! It's never boring... even when you are at the drill press boring away. 💜🌞🌵😷
Mr Dave, watching your weekly videos is like meeting an old friend at the local Diner each week to visit and talk about what all happened since the last time we got together. There are Wheel Wrights in my family, so I can relate to everything you do and say.
I have been subscribed to this channel since the Borax wagon wheels and I'm not ever bored . The finished product always looks so beautiful and keeps my interest focused on the craftsmanship it takes to make these products.
Yuuup !! I've been watching your channel since the Borax wagon duplication days. You are certainly NOT boring by any means !! Keep 'em coming please Dave !!
Dave, your videos are never boring to me. I am always seeing something new or getting clarification on something I saw you do before but did not understand till I had that A-ha moment. You keep making these videos and we will keep watching them
Never apologize for being boring, if people really though you were boring they wouldn't watch. So therefore, everyone who is watching finds it interesting. I certainly do. I have learned a lot watching you do mundane things. Craftsmanship is great, no matter how rote it becomes.
Personally I learn something new every video you make and never have I found one of your videos "boring.". Truthfully I am at awe in the number of different trades you have mastered or become quite proficient at in your "boring" day to day work of repairing or constructing wheels, wagons, hubs, or buggies. I am also fascinated by the number and variety of antique or vintage tools you use, as well as the tools, fixtures, and jigs you have made, or modified to suite your needs and wants. Lastly I appreciate and applaud you for making these videos with the detail that you do because the are a great insight into you trade and to an extent a tutorial for someone who knows nothing about being a wheelwright but has good carpentry skills and educated hands to be able to build a very basic wheel and with practice and additionally research be able to make a more complex wheel. Mind you I am not say much less implying that your informative videos are will give someone the knowledge and skill you have earn and learned from the school of hard work of doing your "boring" trade but it will certainly give a motivated person with some skills enough information as they say "to be dangerous" if you know what I mean. Have a great day and a better tomorrow. StaySafe and StayHealthy
It’s never boring to watch a master craftsman work ! Thanks so much !!
It's never boring watching a master at work, keep it coming.
I have been following since the first video. Yup, have seen wheels being made before, but it's never boring. I'll never build a wagon wheel, I'll never build a whole wagon from scratch, but do like to watch you work on them every time I see something on this channel. That is why we watch, because what you do is not common place anymore, so very interesting.
As a carpenter I really get that.
After 45 years of every aspect of building houses, from forms, to drawing to finish trim and all other parts of a house, concrete, sheet rock, plumbing , electrical.
I wanted more Differant, so went industrial, rigging, iron work, heavy lift, setting vessels, all kinds of odd shaped stuff that had to be picked up by a huge crane just so, to set exactly there.
In the end after 55 years in construction, I started the little handyman work.
I lived doors and all the associated hardware, and bridges big high bridges.
Now it wears me out to even look at any of it.
The fun was overcoming the issues, the problems, those special circomstances of how to get it done.
So I understand 100% how wheels are bore as Heck for you, a grind. No puns intended.
From one who has walked the road. Thanks.
evening coffee and some time with Dave. A perfect way to start the weekend.
I am very sure you get very tired of the thousands of repetitions. But I as a subscriber still find it satisfying. And you always have and show the tricks of your trade that are so dadgum cool. I also know you want to kind of pass this wheel business on to other craftsman but cannot because the customer already knows your quality of work and perfection. I will always be right here no matter how many time I saw it. Have a blessed day Sir
You're one of the long-haulers. Many thanks because that is a great encouragement to me on this side of the camera.
@@EngelsCoachShop Yes Sir.
Dave, youre videos are not boring in slightest! You are great pride of old usefull trade full of nostalgia!
And going out to get lumber? Its important to change what you do from time to time to net get burned out!
Keep up the good work!
I’ve never seen anything “boring” yet... thank you for creating this channel..
Dave, you have a well rounded occupation. You have the ability to go back in time and do the tasks that needed to be done in the way they were done back then. And the next time you turn around we are back in the present using modern tools. You are never boring even when you are boring a wheel. I am darn proud I can watch you perform miracles with pieces of wood and iron.
I don't think any of this is boring. I could watch your videos all day. How do I know? Because I've done it on a couple of occasions. Thank you!
I think many people are missing your double play on the word “boring” Dave.
When the video got to the “boring” part I was enthralled with the machinery as usual and thinking about how it was done in the olden days before that new fangled machinery was built a century ago.
I have been following since borax wagons. Wheels are repetitive yes, boring NO! Imagine how many times Don Henley has sang Hotel California yet the performance is always first class. That's like you with wheels. Same song BUT every performance is in some way slightly different than the last. In this video, I picked out how you dressed those cut pins. Using a drill solves the "how do I hold this problem" as well as puts a beautiful dress on the edge. I learned something. See, same song yes, but every performance is a one of a kind custom work of art created by your skill and craftsmanship. Never stop playing your "song" Dave. Your DAMN good at the performance....
Lol, even the Boring videos are not boring! Thanks for sharing.
😅 😂 Dave, one viewer talked about watching a famous painter, but you are the Rembrandt of a dying trade. Every piece that you produce shows a man that takes pride in his craft, a craft that is his signature. With so many things being massed produced and not lasting very long, you Dave prove that the best things that last the longest ARE HANDMADE by true craftsman.
Dave, not boring in the least but intriguing the way you work and make so much progress. And questions that arise from watching you work, like who figured out how to do rubber tires like that and how they put the machine together to do it and especially how much of a gap to leave that will be filled by the "slack " in the tire. The evolution of the wheel and its parts and how it goes together and stays together is intriguing.
Thanks and keep it up, please.
All I can say on the matter is me and thousands of other people look forward to seeing Engles on there notifications keep doing what you and mrs Engles are doing because unselfish people like you have kept people like me sane though this lock down mess THANKS 🙏
Lasting happiness is in the journey, and not so much at destination. To hone your skills and your tremendous dexterity while repeating similar gestures could be viewed as routine for the beholder. But you know better. I admire the beauty of everything that come out of your work. Thanks, and see you next week !
Well, I see where the "boring" comes from. But if you care for it, please keep boring us again and again. My grandpa was a blacksmith. I was watching fascinated in my childhood what boring things he was capable doing with fire and iron. And if I could live my life again, I would probably pick up a trade like yours. Thank you so much for what you do here. It makes me happy each time I see one of your videos.
I even enjoyed the “boring” parts.
I’d be interested in hearing more about some of your tools, shop made and store bought and how you do things now vs when you started.
Thanks for sharing your skills and life with us.
Try laying brick! Well, I'll have to say I never got bored but at the end of the day I could see what I got done. I can see how you might be in a different situation working alone. But as long as you make these videos we are with you all the way. Greg
I never tire of watching Engle's Coach - U R A living National Treasure !
Twenty or thirty minutes hanging out with you in the wheelwright shop is a welcome change to my boring business!
It doesn't matter what kind of job it is, some people just have the skill to make it look interesting. That's why I keep watching it all. Thank you for letting us come along.
I am slowly picking up more and more as I watch, not at all boring for me. Watching a craftsman at work especially as skilled as you I find relaxing calming comforting. I am learning about something that spans hundreds of years and spanned most of the globe. Great film-work and editing. Interesting that the pins in the tyre rims just stay put and do not fall out with shrinkage and general movement I suppose like a T34 track pin each time it goes round it’s knocked in again if it had shifted slightly. Must work generations of development and they knew what they where doing..
Hi Dave, How about doing a part of one of your videos on how the "traveler" tool works?
Never boring or mundane watching a true craftsman at work!!
When doing a routine work task, part of my mind is thinking about what the work will pay for - necessities and niceties. It's all part of living.
I never get bored or tired, and I'm sure there are many other fellows who are pinned to their seats watching your video's
It is never boring to watch craftsmen at work. Seeing those tyres and joints fit exactly; the finished product, true and well made...always a joy.
I like seeing the boring stuff, the stocking of the back room, etc. Everything can't be a borax wagon.
When they have the RUclips Webby awards I'm nominating Dave for cinematography. All the angles so everything can be seen clearly. There's never a "hang on. What was that?".
Awesome just awesome.
Never boring Dave, part of what makes it interesting is being able to actually see stuff made, old machines being used, the list goes on. What is boring in how modern stuff is produced, ask any CNC operator, put material in close the doors, press a few buttons to download the software and what till the machine says done = BORING
Being able to just "eyeball" the holes for the rivets is where Dave makes it worthwhile, i could spend hours measuring and marking - and they would still be slightly off...
Always makes me Laugh... Measured with a Mic... Marked with a Chalk..... Cut with an Axe! :-) :-) :-) An Eyeballed hole never misses the mark!!
Never boring Dave, your ability to go about a job that has become second nature to you is shear magic to most of your followers. I admire how you can turn to the next process without any hesitation because you have done it all before. I watch what you do every Saturday morning and don’t want the video to come to the end. Thanks again.
Your boring is never boring Dave! I especially enjoy seeing you use tools which you've designed and built over the years. I have to admit I both respect and enjoy the quiet craftsmanship that drives you to clock all of those square nuts! The obvious care and quiet pride you take in doing a job well is very refreshing in today's disposable world. Thanks once again for allowing us along on this wonderful journey.
Your attention to detail is incredible. They're "just" wheels, but they look great! Bravo!
Thanks, Mr. Dave!! It is getting to be a long winter EVERYWHERE... Though I did have to mow the lawn this past week... :-) that gets me No Sympathy, though!!! Wish I could have helped unload the trailer!!
I think it’s all about attitude. 👍😎
Never, ever boring. My wife and I could watch you making things all day long. Even the "repetitive" things are entertaining as we now try and guess the next steps in the process. It is also a pleasure to watch someone with your skill, patience and attention to detail. Please don't feel that each video has to be new things or unusual stuff. It's a joy to watch you work. Stay safe.
I could watch you make wheels every day. It never gets boring. Your craftmanship is always a pleasure to behold.
I am never bored with any of your videos. My health won't allow me but I surely would love to spend time working with you in this fascinating job skill. We never know if/when we will need this knowledge again.
It is never boring watching an accomplished craftsman ply his trade.
I've never seen anyone install the rubber tires before, and found that to be especially interesting!
It's never Boring watching a True Craftsman! Thank you!
Being retired from a dying trade, I am fascinated by what you are doing with a trade that died damn near 100 years before mine.
No, you may find it, at times drudgery and just a job, I watch your videos from start to finish. Sometimes ever two & three times to try an figure out what & why you do things a certain way.
Boring? Never. Even when the entire video is you boring................................hubs.
Don't fret about the boring parts. I love hard work. i can sit and watch it all day!
Not boring at all because you explain everything with simple words with no pretention and you edit your videos in a way that is not repetitive. I cannot wait from friday to friday to watch you showing us all the aspects of a slowly disappearing trade. Keep being yourself-- we love you--.
Not boring at all. I could watch these videos endless times. I have learned so much from you. Thank you for what you do.
dave what you call dull, boring and mundane, I (we) call business as usual, food on table and bill paying stuff, but not wanting everything you do to be undervalued you provide a big glimpse into the past, spending my time when you use and angle grinder, a drill press and tanked gas how what you do so simply would have been done 200 years ago. I love what you do and how you do it, the tools may have changed, the passion and need has not. I wish in Yorkshire, UK, that I had a need for a set of handmade artisan built wheels to fix on my wagon for my journey of need and discovery over the hill and stretch the horizion to a brave new world.
Please recognise what you do as pure magic in a world of replication and copycat, you bring real joy applying a skill and combining knowledge on something that should never be considered dull, boring and mundane. having 12 inches of snow or minus temp numbers outside and a roaring fire inside is one of lifes simple pleasures so simple but so rewarding
Your work is not boring or mundane. Having been on disability for several years now and lost my abilities to work, I appreciate what you do. Watching you weld, machine, upholster, wood work, etc, is great for me. Never underestimate your abilities and the enjoyment it brings to others. Thanks!
Nothing is boring watching a true craftsman at work. I enjoy every video. Thanks.
It’s never boring watching a master at his craft!
I look forward to your videos all week.
That’s why so many people do things so well on you tube. Because they do it over and over again. I love your videos because they are so straightforward. Not flashy and loud music. Just good old hard work. Thank you for your videos.
I was a dentist and after 32 years of fillings, crowns, and implants, it pretty much is the same. BUT if you love what you do it never gets boring. I never get bored watching you doing wheels or any wagon builds you do.
"Boring" the hubs on the big wheel lathe is fascinating.
There is absolutely nothing boring about your work. Thanks for posting. I truly admire you and your work.
Love watching the wheel videos as I find it therapeutic to watch. It's amazing to see such a unique trade
Any chance of a quick shop tour to explain the background to some of the specialist equipment you use? The means to carry out a task are often as interesting as the task itself.
I second this request.
Add me in!
Never boring, always great to see skills being used. We follow along and the wheels magically appear, stacked against one another and that is where their story ends for us.
It would be great if we could tag along with the wheels, see where they end up, the different vehicles and the uses the owners put them to. Sort of completes the story. Cheers from the UK
No sir, every time I watch you do a set of wheels. I see a new feature, or process I'd not seen before. Such as the Solid Pins instead of Bolts connecting the Rim to the Fellows.
Watching you work and "do your thing" is NEVER boring. Every time I see it I pick up another little thing that I have missed in previous video's. Keep em coming and I'll keep watching.
Repetitive? Yes. Fun to watch? Oh, yes! After all, some times we all need a refresher course. I will watch what you have to show regardless of how many times you show it.
its never gets bored when watsching the vids .
@@WhatAboutTheBee i dont drink alcohol or smoke sigarets.
@@WhatAboutTheBee englich is not my native language .i am from the ( village ) belgium .
@@EDP1 That response makes great sense! I hope I have not hurt your feelings. My apologies sir!
@@WhatAboutTheBee no no am fine .thanks . no need to apologies . for me its diff ,i can watsh over and over dave's vids .
his voice and skills makes me calm . am a cancer patient and no am fine again .
@@EDP1 he is a terrific craftsman! I like to watch too. I think that the way he shows the work to be perfect. Just enough explanation when necessary. Quiet otherwise.
If you have not seen the Borax Wagon work, you must go watch. Spectacular!
I enjoy looking over your shoulder on a Friday night. Never boring. Nice to see a talent put to use especially the problem solving. Love your homemade machines. Keep up your wonderful channel.
I love how you always have the nuts aligned the same way, craftsmanship is in your DNA!
Visible or not, no nut remains un-clocked! And every time I smile when I think: „Watch him clock that one too!“ So I smile a lot during the vids. And smiling is very healthy for all of us these days. Thank you Dave!
I will never get bored of watching you assemble wheels, or watching any of your craftmanship. I learn something from every one of your videos. Thanks for all the effort you put into sharing your skills and knowledge.
Dave, when I was young I loved to paint landscapes. I had such a passion for painting I could spend hours and days doing just that. Never know where the time had gone. You could say I really got wound up in the work. I can see were it might be boring, boring holes for the boxing. I also see it is the type of job were a fellow got too bored he could get all wound up in his work also. The passion I see you possess; I'm betting, has you in the former "Wound Up" camp and not the latter"Wound up" camp. With all that said, maybe I need to make like a wagon wheel and wind down and wind up this diatribe. God bless you both. I do enjoy watching.
Sir, I would like to thank you for the shooting and for the time it takes to make them.
She used to say that like many jobs his and her repetition is sometimes boring but she, like every other craftsman in his art, keeps traditions alive and keeps alive the machines he uses, probably built by himself. She has so much experience in her that it would be useful to transfer to an apprentice who unfortunately no longer exists.I remember when in Sicily there were so many wagon builders who, like her, built real works of art, and majestic horse breeders all for the transport of all kinds of things and of course people. I know that this writing of mine may seem nostalgic. but I wonder why states don't go out of their way to help artisans to ensure that the arts are not lost. Excuse me I have dwelt too much but I am happy that even if on the other side of the ocean she exists and keeps her art of hers. A greeting from the city of Catania
Always a pleasure to hear from you. Thanks.
It is an honor to watch a master at work with an old forgotten job that was very much needed when this country was being formed
But, Mr. Dave, for me, your videos, your skills, your personal qualities are a big source of inspiration and relaxing. My fridays aren,t boring because your videos notifications are ringing making me happy.
I'm one of those that started watching with the Borax wagons. Watching true skill and craftsmanship on display is never boring. I do look forward to another sheep wagon rebuild but am always grateful when it's Friday and Dave has a new video.
There's nothing boring about watching a master craftsman at work.
Your videos are never boring, they are some of the best videos on you tube, your work and craftsmanship is enjoyed by all your subscribers, we look forward to it and thank you for sharing these great videos, blessings to you and family.
Not boarding if one appreciates a true craftsman’s work!
Get notification...open video...hit the like button...watch video...AHHH!
Thanks for sharing your time and talents every week. 👍👍❤️
I don't see it as boring or mundane as the viewer, I see it more of watching and learning from a master of his craft!