As much as I enjoy the wheelwright and carriage work, I think I have learned more about how one man's knowledge of solving problems and working alone can help me on my projects. Thank you Sir!
A shop is a “closet for men”. Stuff accumulates there. And no matter how large the space is, it’s never enough. Just like closets in a house! Thanks for allowing us to journey with you.
That Little Giant, though smaller, looks like the one my grandpa had in his shop. Some 50 years ago I was working in the shop with a second cousin. He was sharpening some sweep plows on the Little Giant. I was working on the far end of the shop doing lathe work. I heard a scream and ran over to find that the cousin had run the tips of his fingers through the hammer. He was adult and I was 10 or so. But thank the Lord that shop was across from the little hospital. It was a gruesome sight, but I got him over there and the doc saved most of the fingers. Respect those tools!
Wow Dave you were a busy one moving cameras and such for all these shots,thanks for going the extra mile it really shows how tight your work spaces are and with no outside help,yeah didn't see Diane in the shadows.Thank you so much🤗😎🤗😎
Watching this video reminded me I have some reorganization work waiting for me out in my woodshop… which is what I should be doing instead of watching RUclips videos!
I got a good workout just watching! I drove a forklift for many years and worked in a fabrication shop so I was clenching up working right along with you.
Dave, before I forget it, I found (by accident) a source for high quality new manufacture Jeep parts. It's a company called "MD Juan", and it's in the Philippines. Any parts you order come only primed, and you apply the finish paint. Yes, they do sell and ship to the states.
Yes, I stumbled on the same company. If anyone is interested, here’s a link to that company and the production operation in the Philippines: Inside Filipino Giant Factory Building WW2 Willys Jeep Parts - Production Line ruclips.net/video/072kUO-5pEU/видео.htmlsi=S8ZX-UFfgzdLYkDx Really enjoy your videos, Dave! Roy Lewis Buffalo, NY
Quite the shuffle! I’m always hoping to find a Little Giant for sale somewhere within reasonable fetching distance, but most that come up for sale are back east.
Years ago, I was helping a friend move some equipment in a low ceiling building. His Pettibone forklift was made so that the forks could be installed upside down allowing quite a bit more lifting space.
Hi Dave, and Diane, so familiar! it reminds me of the slide puzzles we had as kids. You only had one empty spot to be able to move squares around. Just like the process around here when we bring something new in the house. Good sign that we need to downsize the "stuff". Thank you for sharing, and have a great weekend.
Dave. You might benefit with having those approx 1' square supports with 4 all direction Casters for moving your equipment around. You can see them on Automotive shows sometimes. 1 Wheel on each.
Hi Dave, you probably already know this but there's a company in the Philippines that has original Jeep body dies and they're making Jeep parts. C&C Surplus in Indiana deals with them I think and they have CJ2 replacement parts in their inventory: Your shuffling things around in the shop reminded me of all the repositioning needed in the hangar bay of an aircraft carrier when they were stuffing in as many jets off of the flight deck as they could when heavy seas were forecast.
❤ My deepest apologies for having a delay in my watching your videos. I have spent 3 weeks in the hospital. My liver has been bypassed directly to my spleen. I will try to catch up on the videos. Now that I'm home, thank you.
Watching You messing around wit all the stuff that clogs up the space makes me feel at home. Just as if I had to relocate… well, anything in my workshop to be perfectly honest 😄. Unfortunately I don’t have a forklift.
Dave, you sure gave my vest a workout with that blue "iron" barrel .....I almost saw a snap come undone.....almost. Love your show....keep em' coming !
You know Dave, I would sit here and watch you clean up and organize all winter, with occasional trips to check on the cow water of course. Also, boy do I need a forklift...
All that jocking around reminded me of those little games we used to have with tiles that slid one step at a time to shuffle them around to form a picture. Lots of jumping back and forth but in the end you got it done.
As I was watching you shuffle the contents of your shop, the “Smith Spreader” being one of them… I thought it would be cool that after the restoration of it was completed, maybe you could show us a demonstration of how it works… Not actually using manure in it… maybe some straw or something. It’s such a cool machine, I’d love to see it in action! I’ve seen more modern versions in use around here and we always called them the “honey wagon”…
One day all my tools will be organized so the work I’m doing now could be done efficiently. Come to think of it; I won’t need the tools for the work I struggle to do back then because as I search for that one needed tool, that I left in a specific spot where I know I’d fine it and where I last laid it but is now gone due to it getting in the way of one of many other projects.
Beats the heck out of using an old Chevy truck hood to drag the hammers around the way I used to do back in the 70s & 80s. But, then again, often had to extract from mud and dirt.
Consider flipping your forks over for mask clearance issues. That is to say, put them on 'upside down'. Ya, I know, they're heavy but it makes it easier when working with a low ceiling.
You have the same 88 pound Anyang Hammer that I purchased a few years ago. I really like mine and unfortunately I miss the episode were used yours. I’ll have to see if I can find it.
That's pretty incredible that you've been able to keep that Geranium for 21 years! Share some tips about how you do it! We've got my Wife's Grandmother's Sansivieria ( aka Mother in Law's Tongue) that is 75 years old, probably more, (in fact we have quite a number of them now by division) but everyone knows they can't be killed by neglect, which we are good at!
Dave , old trick with forklift forks , you can turn them upside down for more lift high total or lift high without the load back rest higher then the mast , be careful, 50+ years as a forklift mechanic, worked on many AC trucks , 20 years with Clark Equipment and then totally electric machines! Please watch your fingers ! What you needed was a free lift mast !
My grandma loved her geranium. Every year, she would take a cutting and root it in a blue glass canning jar to winter it over to the next year. She had done that for so long, she and everyone else in the family lost count of how many years she did it. When she went into an assisted living facility, she was not allowed to bring her rooted cutting in a jar. So the legacy plant ended. It made my grandma so sad.
A comment on the hammers hopefully not a issue, other blacksmiths I watch eg Alec Steele, and more when ever they install a hammer they have had to reinforce the concrete floor because of the weight and the constant impacts, I know your hammers aren't that big, but I thought it might be worth mentioning incase that you hadn't taken it into consideration. Tony from Rural Western Australia 🇦🇺 🦘
Maybe, just maybe, it is time that third power hammer finds a new home. I have been keeping old arts, for old computers, for technologies that are long gone, I know the feeling, but I will be leaving my office of over 30 years soon, and I know I have to sort out what will not be useful anymore :)
Dave, I might have missed it, but how do you schedule maintenance on all of your equipment? I recently calibrated accuracy on both my Powermatic cabinet saw and my jointer, tasks I’ve put off for a while. But knowing that both are within such tolerance gives me a whole level of satisfaction.
This is a lot like those little 'pads' we had as children, moving little blocks around to spell a certain word. We have a saying in Afrikaans, ''n boer maak 'n plan', which translates to 'A farmer makes a plan.' Us Afrikaans people are called 'Boere.'
Not doing any research on the subject, I had no idea 3 phase power was available that long ago. From my observation and reception about how a decent motor runs, I believe that 3 phase power is the ultimate method for AC. These days, engineers are finding out that DC motors have their place as well. Less vibration, less noise and much torque.
when i bring my plants in the larger ones i cant lift i wrap the pot in old potato sacks, stops the cold ground going up the pot... we put em in the conservatory they still get plenty of light and warmth.
Dave, you’re in my wheel house now, if turn your forks upside down, you can carry the hammer from the top or in the middle, and have plenty of head room. Don’t mean to armchair quarterback, but I do this stuff for a living. Don’t mean to offend.
I have a question Dave, did you have anything to do with writing the song "Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around" ? You did a lot of fancy stepping to get things where you wanted them and you made it all work. Plus you made the neighbors happy too. What a day. Thanks for sharing with us, stay safe and we look forward to your next video. Fred.
I thoroughly enjoy your problem solving in your shop and you seem to be quite a spry, gentlemen. Being an older follow myself.I always wonder how old are you ?
You and I are almost the exact same age so I know you are slowing down and will stop most of your shop work soon but pretend you were still going to work another 20 years and were building a new shop. What size shop would you build? I have noticed many times you have clearance problems with your low ceiling. How tall would you make a new shop? I know heating would be an issue for you since you live in Montana. I am from Ohio but live in the Philippines now so heating is not a problem for me.
As much as I enjoy the wheelwright and carriage work, I think I have learned more about how one man's knowledge of solving problems and working alone can help me on my projects. Thank you Sir!
i can agree with that
Makes 3 of us @@plainnpretty
I’m not sure what is more fun, watching you build stuff or watching you shuffle sardines around your sardine can
A place for everything and everything in it's place.
That is what my Grandad always used ot say. Good words to live by.
@@petert3355
My Dad, too.
RL
@@rlewis1946 I prefer 'Building' not 'Fart-arsing' around.
A shop is a “closet for men”. Stuff accumulates there. And no matter how large the space is, it’s never enough. Just like closets in a house!
Thanks for allowing us to journey with you.
That Little Giant, though smaller, looks like the one my grandpa had in his shop. Some 50 years ago I was working in the shop with a second cousin. He was sharpening some sweep plows on the Little Giant. I was working on the far end of the shop doing lathe work. I heard a scream and ran over to find that the cousin had run the tips of his fingers through the hammer. He was adult and I was 10 or so. But thank the Lord that shop was across from the little hospital. It was a gruesome sight, but I got him over there and the doc saved most of the fingers. Respect those tools!
Wow Dave you were a busy one moving cameras and such for all these shots,thanks for going the extra mile it really shows how tight your work spaces are and with no outside help,yeah didn't see Diane in the shadows.Thank you so much🤗😎🤗😎
Watching this video reminded me I have some reorganization work waiting for me out in my woodshop… which is what I should be doing instead of watching RUclips videos!
I got a good workout just watching! I drove a forklift for many years and worked in a fabrication shop so I was clenching up working right along with you.
Saw the price per gallon at the gas station across the street and got a chuckle. You definitely aren't anywhere near California. Keep at it Dave.
Dave, before I forget it, I found (by accident) a source for high quality new manufacture Jeep parts. It's a company called "MD Juan", and it's in the Philippines. Any parts you order come only primed, and you apply the finish paint. Yes, they do sell and ship to the states.
I found out about them too several years ago. Looks like a great company. They have everything you could possibly want except running gear.
Yes, I stumbled on the same company.
If anyone is interested, here’s a link to that company and the production operation in the Philippines:
Inside Filipino Giant Factory Building WW2 Willys Jeep Parts - Production Line
ruclips.net/video/072kUO-5pEU/видео.htmlsi=S8ZX-UFfgzdLYkDx
Really enjoy your videos, Dave!
Roy Lewis Buffalo, NY
C&C Equipment (another great Utube channel) stocks the same parts in the USA.....
Thank you
I've been in the shop, If your not carrying a shoe horn it's almost imposable to navigate !! The skills of the master ...
Driving through those curtains really distorts your vision, a lot more than most people would think. Thanks for sharing. Charles
We had tieback chains on the ones in our shop for just that reason!
That is a beautiful old plant and amazing amount of skill and work in moving all of that.
I have been doing the same shuffle in my shop this week. Only difference is I am shuffling vintage air cooled Volkswagens !
Quite the shuffle!
I’m always hoping to find a Little Giant for sale somewhere within reasonable fetching distance, but most that come up for sale are back east.
Years ago, I was helping a friend move some equipment in a low ceiling building. His Pettibone forklift was made so that the forks could be installed upside down allowing quite a bit more lifting space.
Hi Dave, and Diane, so familiar! it reminds me of the slide puzzles we had as kids. You only had one empty spot to be able to move squares around. Just like the process around here when we bring something new in the house. Good sign that we need to downsize the "stuff". Thank you for sharing, and have a great weekend.
Thanks for sharing your days with us Mr Engel☺
Dave. You might benefit with having those approx 1' square supports with 4 all direction Casters for moving your equipment around. You can see them on Automotive shows sometimes. 1 Wheel on each.
Hi Dave, you probably already know this but there's a company in the Philippines that has original Jeep body dies and they're making Jeep parts. C&C Surplus in Indiana deals with them I think and they have CJ2 replacement parts in their inventory:
Your shuffling things around in the shop reminded me of all the repositioning needed in the hangar bay of an aircraft carrier when they were stuffing in as many jets off of the flight deck as they could when heavy seas were forecast.
Lots of work and time.....but the end result will be more efficient..... good job 👍
Спасибо.
You have been doing it this way for years .. to late to change now.. Thanks
Workshop shuffles - it's like a life size jigsaw. Started putting my cabinets etc on wheels after 2 reworks & 1 total dismantle to fit a project in.
❤ My deepest apologies for having a delay in my watching your videos. I have spent 3 weeks in the hospital. My liver has been bypassed directly to my spleen. I will try to catch up on the videos. Now that I'm home, thank you.
I hop evyoure feeling ok.
Watching You messing around wit all the stuff that clogs up the space makes me feel at home. Just as if I had to relocate… well, anything in my workshop to be perfectly honest 😄. Unfortunately I don’t have a forklift.
Last time I moved around my 25 lb. Little Giant on a concrete floor I used pipes for rollers and muscle power. I like your method.
20:49. Truck in the background with 2 round bales perched precariously on the flat bed. Only in Joliet.
That equipment will never die like the new stuff
It does die, but you can resurrect it.....most of the time
Rearranging a shop can be a total pain at times but you have to do what you have to do.
Dave, you sure gave my vest a workout with that blue "iron" barrel .....I almost saw a snap come undone.....almost. Love your show....keep em' coming !
You know Dave, I would sit here and watch you clean up and organize all winter, with occasional trips to check on the cow water of course. Also, boy do I need a forklift...
What you do today, Dave? Oh, I just moved a few things around in my shop. The mind of the mechanically-inclined can do anything!
I completely understand the musical chairs thing in a shop . Every tool, table, and bench is on casters in my small furniture building shop
All that jocking around reminded me of those little games we used to have with tiles that slid one step at a time to shuffle them around to form a picture. Lots of jumping back and forth but in the end you got it done.
Just like in life. A whole lot of planning and rearranging to get what you want done.
As I was watching you shuffle the contents of your shop, the “Smith Spreader” being one of them… I thought it would be cool that after the restoration of it was completed, maybe you could show us a demonstration of how it works… Not actually using manure in it… maybe some straw or something. It’s such a cool machine, I’d love to see it in action! I’ve seen more modern versions in use around here and we always called them the “honey wagon”…
One day all my tools will be organized so the work I’m doing now could be done efficiently. Come to think of it; I won’t need the tools for the work I struggle to do back then because as I search for that one needed tool, that I left in a specific spot where I know I’d fine it and where I last laid it but is now gone due to it getting in the way of one of many other projects.
Wow, lots of wiggling! New you would make it, all in one room!❤
Multiverse man. You are close to the first church in Revelation located in Colorado. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
i work a long all the time and with my tractor i cannot believe what i get done along like you
Allo MR. and Ms. Engel Thanks to you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another great video as always, love the collection of trip hammers. I am definitely trip hammer poor lol
Beats the heck out of using an old Chevy truck hood to drag the hammers around the way I used to do back in the 70s & 80s. But, then again, often had to extract from mud and dirt.
Consider flipping your forks over for mask clearance issues. That is to say, put them on 'upside down'. Ya, I know, they're heavy but it makes it easier when working with a low ceiling.
The game Jenga comes to mind watching you removing things one piece at a time.
Kind of like solving a rubicks cube😊
Machine Shop Tetris. that was fun to watch. Bet it'll be nice having the hammers where needed.
Making use of the space you have. All part of the juggling routine to make use of what you have.
You have the same 88 pound Anyang Hammer that I purchased a few years ago. I really like mine and unfortunately I miss the episode were used yours. I’ll have to see if I can find it.
Another great video Dave. Thank you. I really look forward to your vids twice a week. From Merseyside England.
Thanks for watching.
Once again thanks for the video.
Thank you
Nice maneuvering
Happy Friday Dave and Diane!!
a lo 19 segundos un despiste de video no doy una con la hora del video.
You are doing the work usually done by a team of horses when moving those wagons around, very manly.
Well, that’s one way of saving a gym membership!
Thanks Dave
damit dad from montana to missouri we love ur content
I have never had any luck overwintering geraniums. I'm a bit jealous of your "old girl" there.
That's pretty incredible that you've been able to keep that Geranium for 21 years! Share some tips about how you do it! We've got my Wife's Grandmother's Sansivieria ( aka Mother in Law's Tongue) that is 75 years old, probably more, (in fact we have quite a number of them now by division) but everyone knows they can't be killed by neglect, which we are good at!
shops more happy now!
A bespoke gardener as well.
Watching this makes me wonder all the machines you have worked on over the years
You are a tetris genius.
Like my shop, everything on wheels.
Thanks for posting Dave
It is hammertime now!😂❤
Good video as always.
Lovely. Thank you.
Dave , old trick with forklift forks , you can turn them upside down for more lift high total or lift high without the load back rest higher then the mast , be careful, 50+ years as a forklift mechanic, worked on many AC trucks , 20 years with Clark Equipment and then totally electric machines! Please watch your fingers ! What you needed was a free lift mast !
Best advice of the year!!!!!!! Bravo sir.
free lift mast - I was thinking of something like that. Glad they exist!
My grandma loved her geranium. Every year, she would take a cutting and root it in a blue glass canning jar to winter it over to the next year. She had done that for so long, she and everyone else in the family lost count of how many years she did it. When she went into an assisted living facility, she was not allowed to bring her rooted cutting in a jar. So the legacy plant ended. It made my grandma so sad.
Moving stuff so I can move stuff to be able to move stuff is my life story.
A comment on the hammers hopefully not a issue, other blacksmiths I watch eg Alec Steele, and more when ever they install a hammer they have had to reinforce the concrete floor because of the weight and the constant impacts, I know your hammers aren't that big, but I thought it might be worth mentioning incase that you hadn't taken it into consideration.
Tony from Rural Western Australia 🇦🇺 🦘
No matter how big a shop is it's never big enough.
Maybe, just maybe, it is time that third power hammer finds a new home. I have been keeping old arts, for old computers, for technologies that are long gone, I know the feeling, but I will be leaving my office of over 30 years soon, and I know I have to sort out what will not be useful anymore :)
I was thinking it’s nice to have plenty of head room. Then you got to the doorway.😬
Dave, I might have missed it, but how do you schedule maintenance on all of your equipment? I recently calibrated accuracy on both my Powermatic cabinet saw and my jointer, tasks I’ve put off for a while. But knowing that both are within such tolerance gives me a whole level of satisfaction.
"We're gonna need a bigger boat."
Might want to reach out to Alec Steele or Will Stelter on the small hammer. They may know something about them.
Should title this episode, "Dave plays three-dimensional chess."
Your shop is like 10 lbs of potatoes in a 5 lb bag. lol But you seem to enjoy the challenge. Good video
This is a lot like those little 'pads' we had as children, moving little blocks around to spell a certain word. We have a saying in Afrikaans, ''n boer maak 'n plan', which translates to 'A farmer makes a plan.' Us Afrikaans people are called 'Boere.'
Not doing any research on the subject, I had no idea 3 phase power was available that long ago. From my observation and reception about how a decent motor runs, I believe that 3 phase power is the ultimate method for AC. These days, engineers are finding out that DC motors have their place as well. Less vibration, less noise and much torque.
Ms. Google says three-phase power systems were in the works around 1887 or so.
I see the problem. There ain't near enough building to house all the necessary stuff.
Think if I lived in that apartment and heard you using that I'd come down and ask is it ok if I watch.
when i bring my plants in the larger ones i cant lift i wrap the pot in old potato sacks, stops the cold ground going up the pot... we put em in the conservatory they still get plenty of light and warmth.
Nice 😎😎😎👍👍👍
Having fun being a millwright. Always something to change or do. Good to have the forklift it makes life a lot easier.
Dave, you’re in my wheel house now, if turn your forks upside down, you can carry the hammer from the top or in the middle, and have plenty of head room. Don’t mean to armchair quarterback, but I do this stuff for a living. Don’t mean to offend.
It is all about sharing ,thanks
I have a question Dave, did you have anything to do with writing the song "Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around" ? You did a lot of fancy stepping to get things where you wanted them and you made it all work. Plus you made the neighbors happy too. What a day. Thanks for sharing with us, stay safe and we look forward to your next video. Fred.
I thoroughly enjoy your problem solving in your shop and you seem to be quite a spry, gentlemen.
Being an older follow myself.I always wonder how old are you ?
Dave is 70
There’s a game for kids that I’ve seen like that.
Dave one of the comments is about the Philippine company for Jeep parts.
There is a RUclips video about that company. I do not remember the name.
Please be safe.
I found myself worrying about your mast colliding so often with the top of my monitor screen.
Nice dance. The choreography might have been a tad better. Overall, i’d give you a 9.8 out of ten. Love your videos.
You and I are almost the exact same age so I know you are slowing down and will stop most of your shop work soon but pretend you were still going to work another 20 years and were building a new shop. What size shop would you build? I have noticed many times you have clearance problems with your low ceiling. How tall would you make a new shop? I know heating would be an issue for you since you live in Montana. I am from Ohio but live in the Philippines now so heating is not a problem for me.
Dont know if Keith will know but bet he knows someone who does
I can't tell you how many times I've said "my shop is too big".
Ummmmm....
Dave, don't you have 'skates' and a Johnson bar? 😉