Dave... Your patience and willingness to move, and move, and move the camera to share the many details, is always a bonus. Thanks for being so attentive to bringing us in for close-up views. Cheers!
You give a whole new meaning to rebuilding a sheepherders wagon from what's left of this one. You, my friend, are a Master of the ART. Thanks for taking us along for this venture through another man's dream build. Stay safe and keep us on the edge of our seats as you do so well. Fred.
Hi Dave, and Diane, this is coming along nicely, and keeps getting more interesting as you go along. The marriage of wood, and iron makes for such a beautiful work of art. You have so many projects coming up, it's impossible not to watch. Keep up the great work, and thank you for sharing. Take care.
I enjoy your videos so much. Oh how to be a bird in the rafters and smell the cut wood. I worked in a chair factory for 40 years and did a lot of special cuts on a trim saw .Thank God Never was hurt. Paoli Chair. Thanks Dave and Diane
*- Gosh, Dave, it sure seemed like you got a lot done in a short amount of time.* *- I can only guess how many hours it took and how your deft editing cut all that time away.* *- You succeeded well in showing us how you figured out what was needed, how you measured, and how you built everything in a time efficient way.* *- You have gotten very good at all your filming skills.* *- Your good sense of choreography and pacing of everything is the hardest part of directing and producing an engaging presentation that few professionals have anymore.*
I really hope when you are done with this you will reenact living in it. Stretch out on the bed, get clothes from under it, get out pans and put a coffee pot on the stove, sit and drink the coffee... ect. :D
Good to have this restoration in detailed segments. A chance to see the benchcraft playing out. The ageing wood colour is a real success. I'll be interested to see how the original red colour' sits alongside the 'grey'. I guess I will just have to wait and see 😊 .
Wow ! you're making great head way with this build. and its amazing how much of the old wood you've been able to incorporate so far. I'm eager to see more can't wait. thanks for sharing. ECF
Of course the shepherd's wagon is based on the English Romany caravan of vardo. I think that these side boxes would be the equivalent to our pan box. Because we had to move quietly, we would pack our pots and pans, stuffed with straw in the pan box. It was over the larger rear wheels, so wouldn't have endured the same jostling.
When you mention the shepherds again draws the mind to the history of your land, and in a sense our land or anybody's land. By that I mean we should treasure our past, not least the people and their hard work that won the land. Here's hoping we can get back to a world where we help each other in this glimpse to the past.
@@JamesWest-iu4jx Who exactly would you be talking about? Because the so called "natives" enslaved, killed and sometimes ate each other over the land. They even enslaved Bl@cks AFTER the civil war! Did you know that? You will NOT find one country in this world that the has not been conquered many times over. William Penn bought some parts of PA 3 times because different tribes claimed the land was stolen from them.
Как и всегда проделана отличная работа 👍. И я понял, что меня смущает. Почему новые доски выглядят как новые доски обработанные красителем? Потому, что новые доски гладкие и с ровными краями. А у старых досок мягкие волокна смыло дождями и высушило Солнцем. Можно обработать новые доски металлической щёткой, которая удалит с поверхности мягкое волокно и закруглит края, тогда новая доска будет выглядеть старой даже наощупь. Но это потребует дополнительного времени.
I grew up back in Belen NM and had some good friends that were from Montana. Im 55 years old and I hear you say things that absolutely remind me of my friends mom who talked thst way. Their name is Lawson and there was another family from the same area of Montana named Goodson. They knew each other from bake then in Montana and I figure they must have tslked about going south where they could start over.
If the nail sticks out from the other side, you place a piece of round rod under it and bend it to make a hook, then drive it in and the tip of the nail goes into the wood.
It's fun thinking about how, when you're cutting that old re-used wood on your table saw, they're both about the same age. Seems appropriate to be using them together.
It's really starting to taken shape, rom a pile of rubble to a proper Shepherd's wagon. Amazing how you are able to retain so much of the old weathered materials for use in the restoration process.
A great Uncle of mine was orphaned he lived in N.C. a man of unknown origin took him to Colorado to shepherd sheep, his brother and him were twins their Dad set them out one on one side of New River and other one on opposite when they were 10 years old and told them to fend for themselves this was around 1900 the one who didn't go out west was taken in by preacher in Ohio he was my grandfather this wagon made me think my great uncle could have possibly slept in your wagon or one like it.
I've succumbed to the usage of screws in all of my projects, although I have an enormous amount of nails and an assortment of hammers. Watching you use nails in these videos is inspiring me to use those nails! Love the work you do, only wish you needed a helper who would work for cheap (I'd be useful renovating/restoring your hotel too, as I come from a property maintenance background).
I've had the same thoughts about showing up to volunteer as a helper on the hotel project or even better in the shop. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of old duffers watching this feel the same way
@PendeltonWhiskey I know he's said before he doesn't take on helpers or apprentices because he can usually do stuff better himself, faster, than trying to teach someone (or something to that effect), but that's in his shop. I do everything from building maintenance to construction, mechanics, fabricating, welding, as well as wood work. Even work on hydraulic systems, like his tractor when he changed his hoses. We're cut of the same cloth, but he is much more skilled than I.
As I'm following along with the disassembly of the existing hinges, screws and wood, I'm thinking that material is likely way better grade/quality than we have available today ! Even the nails looked better than todays vintage. In using all you can in the existing wood and hardware likely makes the materials cost a bunch less than going all new lumber and hardware with todays prices. They call that recycle or repurpose these days. Sometimes its a better idea.
It is clear to see you have an interesting OLD shop, with I suppose the usual number of uninvited varmints. Now do you have a use for old mouse/rat droppings? Might make an interesting stain????? Love your work Sir David.
I know its a stick in your craw seeing all these clinched nails, but is this a function of back in the day when there was only a couple sizes of nail available at your local blacksmith shop? You can have small nails or big nails. Well small nails are too small for what Im doing so I guess big nails it is.
Hello. the wood will look like new until you expose the fibers. this is the effect of being burnt in the sun. for this, you need to put a circle with a wire brush on the grinder. and process wood at low speeds.
I see you aging the wood, I have wooden holders for many of my tools, and all those wooden holders are aged, even though they are not very old, I put them in evaporust that was very brown at the suggestion of a wood worker who makes wooden items to hold tools, he said that the old evaporust is a great thing to protect wood, with the drawback that it makes the wood look very old.
Hello. I recently stumbled upon your sheep wagon undercarriage build from 2018. I thought it was an interesting topic to learn about, but I found it hard to follow along because you only occasionally explained how the pieces worked. If you'd consider a suggestion, I think it would be easier to understand and appreciate your channel if you made a video that explains at least one type of undercarriage, what each part does and why, etc. Or if you've already done this, please point me to it. Thank you.
I'm restoring a Owensboro 2 horse wagon that is all original except I'm going to have to put a new floor in it. Do you ever see any Owensboro wagons out there? I'm in western SC.
Hello sir. For many months I have enjoyed your craftsmanship in metal and wood. I have noticed in many occasions you have used a marking tool (something like a blue pen) to easily mark on metal, and I have wondered what that tool was. Would you please tell me? I am a Career & Technical Educator at the middle school level and must mark on metal and wood often for my students. Thanks for your skill and videos.
It is fun following along with this sheep wagon since I am working on mine at the same time. I've found evidence of canvas covering tacked over the storage boxes and even inside on the table. Was that a common practice?
Every time you say you appreciate us watching; well I appreciate you sharing.
Dave, you are a National Treasure
I wasn't expecting to get "into" this build but sure enough, he's got me again!
Dave... Your patience and willingness to move, and move, and move the camera to share the many details, is always a bonus. Thanks for being so attentive to bringing us in for close-up views. Cheers!
One of life’s lessons: “you can never have too many clamps…”!
A new added joy to watching the western movies is to spot the details you're thought us.
Great teacher and I'm never late for class.
Thanks.
You give a whole new meaning to rebuilding a sheepherders wagon from what's left of this one. You, my friend, are a Master of the ART. Thanks for taking us along for this venture through another man's dream build. Stay safe and keep us on the edge of our seats as you do so well. Fred.
Another Kia and a lot closer to the finish and you’re still doing everything like I had like you’re doing a good job I appreciate watching you
This is more like archaeology and art than just rebuilding.
Thanks for taking us along.
It's all coming together nicely.The antiqued parts blend in perfectly.
Looking better and better each episode. Liking the look!
Oh yeah! It’s coming together nicely Dave! Love it. ✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🌎
Startin' to really see how it will fall together. Salvaged wood now looking like it belongs to the whole.
Hi Dave, and Diane, this is coming along nicely, and keeps getting more interesting as you go along. The marriage of wood, and iron makes for such a beautiful work of art. You have so many projects coming up, it's impossible not to watch. Keep up the great work, and thank you for sharing. Take care.
I enjoy your videos so much. Oh how to be a bird in the rafters and smell the cut wood. I worked in a chair factory for 40 years and did a lot of special cuts on a trim saw .Thank God Never was hurt. Paoli Chair. Thanks Dave and Diane
Bit by bit is getting there.
You would make a great detective- judge ing by the way you make sense out of that pile of rotten wood
*- Gosh, Dave, it sure seemed like you got a lot done in a short amount of time.*
*- I can only guess how many hours it took and how your deft editing cut all that time away.*
*- You succeeded well in showing us how you figured out what was needed, how you measured, and how you built everything in a time efficient way.*
*- You have gotten very good at all your filming skills.*
*- Your good sense of choreography and pacing of everything is the hardest part of directing and producing an engaging presentation that few professionals have anymore.*
Great work Dave...really coming together.
I really hope when you are done with this you will reenact living in it. Stretch out on the bed, get clothes from under it, get out pans and put a coffee pot on the stove, sit and drink the coffee... ect. :D
Making progress. You are salvaging more of the old wood than I thought possible.🙂🙂
Looks good, it’s coming together. Finding this very interesting. Thanks for the video, appreciate your insight and video on this project.
Good to have this restoration in detailed segments. A chance to see the benchcraft playing out.
The ageing wood colour is a real success. I'll be interested to see how the original red colour' sits alongside the 'grey'. I guess I will just have to wait and see 😊 .
Great blending of new and old material
sure looks a lot different then the jigsaw puzzle you started with. coming along great.
As if a jigsaw puzzle mated with pickup sticks!
Great job on that wagon Sir, really like the way you are incorporating the old with the new material both wood and metal
"Sheep need lots of tending to, and your wagon will get it done----as per Montana shepherds.
The music reminds me of the Beverly Hillbillies for some reason. I love it!
I like the background music (The Train). Background.... nice.
Wow ! you're making great head way with this build. and its amazing how much of the old wood you've been able to incorporate so far. I'm eager to see more can't wait. thanks for sharing. ECF
Really starting to look good it will be a fine piece when complete. Hope your having fun doing it. God Bless.
Always something new and interesting.
Your videos are very enjoyable and a special learning experience, Thank You for it all.🤠👍
that mixed nut paint looks pretty good LOL
Of course the shepherd's wagon is based on the English Romany caravan of vardo. I think that these side boxes would be the equivalent to our pan box. Because we had to move quietly, we would pack our pots and pans, stuffed with straw in the pan box. It was over the larger rear wheels, so wouldn't have endured the same jostling.
When you mention the shepherds again draws the mind to the history of your land, and in a sense our land or anybody's land. By that I mean we should treasure our past, not least the people and their hard work that won the land. Here's hoping we can get back to a world where we help each other in this glimpse to the past.
That's well said.
Some people's "glimpse of the past " is their people being slaughtered and their land stolen
@@JamesWest-iu4jxThat’s even more well said.👍
@@JamesWest-iu4jx Who exactly would you be talking about? Because the so called "natives" enslaved, killed and sometimes ate each other over the land. They even enslaved Bl@cks AFTER the civil war! Did you know that? You will NOT find one country in this world that the has not been conquered many times over. William Penn bought some parts of PA 3 times because different tribes claimed the land was stolen from them.
@@dalecybulskie7242 It's not well said. Read my reply to him. He is wrong.
Как и всегда проделана отличная работа 👍. И я понял, что меня смущает. Почему новые доски выглядят как новые доски обработанные красителем? Потому, что новые доски гладкие и с ровными краями. А у старых досок мягкие волокна смыло дождями и высушило Солнцем. Можно обработать новые доски металлической щёткой, которая удалит с поверхности мягкое волокно и закруглит края, тогда новая доска будет выглядеть старой даже наощупь. Но это потребует дополнительного времени.
I don't know what transformation is more amazing, this one or the manure spreader. Either way you are a talented craftsman.
Watching from the Island of Tobago. You precision amazes me
I grew up back in Belen NM and had some good friends that were from Montana. Im 55 years old and I hear you say things that absolutely remind me of my friends mom who talked thst way. Their name is Lawson and there was another family from the same area of Montana named Goodson. They knew each other from bake then in Montana and I figure they must have tslked about going south where they could start over.
Hi guys from Victoria Australia 🇦🇺
I've been watching a lot of van conversions (RV life) and am surprised that they use the same floor plans over 100+ years ago. 💖🌞🌵😷
If it ain't broke, don't fix it! 🙂
The layout of the bed with the cupboards underneath are exactly the same as old Gypsy caravans in the UK.
It's coming together nicely
This whole series makes me think of Tiffany Aching and her Shepherdess hut she built.
If the nail sticks out from the other side, you place a piece of round rod under it and bend it to make a hook, then drive it in and the tip of the nail goes into the wood.
Dad used an old Philips screwdriver to do that very thing. Small with a cracked wooden handle laid almost flat. Ild love to be a kid again!
That's true, but that isn't how the original maker did it. Dave is doing it the way the original did it.
I really enjoy the forensics and re construction based on bits and pieces thanks for your efforts🤗😎🤗😎
Big Sky Steel owes some considerstion for your product placement 😂
Another good video! Thanks.
It's fun thinking about how, when you're cutting that old re-used wood on your table saw, they're both about the same age. Seems appropriate to be using them together.
It's really starting to taken shape, rom a pile of rubble to a proper Shepherd's wagon. Amazing how you are able to retain so much of the old weathered materials for use in the restoration process.
A great Uncle of mine was orphaned he lived in N.C. a man of unknown origin took him to Colorado to shepherd sheep, his brother and him were twins their Dad set them out one on one side of New River and other one on opposite when they were 10 years old and told them to fend for themselves this was around 1900 the one who didn't go out west was taken in by preacher in Ohio he was my grandfather this wagon made me think my great uncle could have possibly slept in your wagon or one like it.
Nice work MR.😊
Good Stuff, Thanks D & D!!!
8:49 "Mixed Nuts" -- that's us, right? :-)
I've succumbed to the usage of screws in all of my projects, although I have an enormous amount of nails and an assortment of hammers. Watching you use nails in these videos is inspiring me to use those nails! Love the work you do, only wish you needed a helper who would work for cheap (I'd be useful renovating/restoring your hotel too, as I come from a property maintenance background).
I've had the same thoughts about showing up to volunteer as a helper on the hotel project or even better in the shop. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of old duffers watching this feel the same way
@PendeltonWhiskey I know he's said before he doesn't take on helpers or apprentices because he can usually do stuff better himself, faster, than trying to teach someone (or something to that effect), but that's in his shop.
I do everything from building maintenance to construction, mechanics, fabricating, welding, as well as wood work. Even work on hydraulic systems, like his tractor when he changed his hoses. We're cut of the same cloth, but he is much more skilled than I.
Stay safe and we'll see you next time.
Excelente trabajo. Un saludo desde Uruguay.Alvaro
Great video truly. Thank you Dave and Dianne
Once again thanks for the video.
Thanks Dave
As I'm following along with the disassembly of the existing hinges, screws and wood, I'm thinking that material is likely way better grade/quality than we have available today ! Even the nails looked better than todays vintage. In using all you can in the existing wood and hardware likely makes the materials cost a bunch less than going all new lumber and hardware with todays prices. They call that recycle or repurpose these days. Sometimes its a better idea.
when was the last time that you missed when driving a nail.? bet it's been a while
I was thinking the same thing!
Looking nice
One thing we can see is that nail clinching although not pretty works for a hundred years or so.
Say. That mixed nuts oil works pretty good. Lol
Very good.
Thank you.
It is clear to see you have an interesting OLD shop, with I suppose the usual number of uninvited varmints. Now do you have a use for old mouse/rat droppings? Might make an interesting stain?????
Love your work Sir David.
Wonderful work as ever.
We are witnessing a lost Art and its wonderful.
Have you ever considered offering a measures drawing from these wagons, for those that might like to try and reproduce one.
nice, thank you
great episode Dave
thanks..
I'm curious about how long the bed would be. I am 5'18"
Yes (6'6")
You would just barely fit. It is 78"(6'6").
I know its a stick in your craw seeing all these clinched nails, but is this a function of back in the day when there was only a couple sizes of nail available at your local blacksmith shop? You can have small nails or big nails. Well small nails are too small for what Im doing so I guess big nails it is.
See you friday
I really like that sliding table on your table saw. What brand is it?
It is a1908 Egan and Fay. Dave did a video on it a few years ago.
Looking good
I'm not sure which series I'm enjoying more. The Sheep Wagon, or the Manure Spreader.
Hello. the wood will look like new until you expose the fibers. this is the effect of being burnt in the sun. for this, you need to put a circle with a wire brush on the grinder. and process wood at low speeds.
Were the shepherds wagon sleeping areas custom made, if for instance he was 5' 8" and another was 6" 2" it would be a much wider wagon, just an idea.
I see you aging the wood, I have wooden holders for many of my tools, and all those wooden holders are aged, even though they are not very old, I put them in evaporust that was very brown at the suggestion of a wood worker who makes wooden items to hold tools, he said that the old evaporust is a great thing to protect wood, with the drawback that it makes the wood look very old.
Hello. I recently stumbled upon your sheep wagon undercarriage build from 2018. I thought it was an interesting topic to learn about, but I found it hard to follow along because you only occasionally explained how the pieces worked. If you'd consider a suggestion, I think it would be easier to understand and appreciate your channel if you made a video that explains at least one type of undercarriage, what each part does and why, etc. Or if you've already done this, please point me to it. Thank you.
Interesting and good video as usual
Never enough clamps
I'm restoring a Owensboro 2 horse wagon that is all original except I'm going to have to put a new floor in it. Do you ever see any Owensboro wagons out there? I'm in western SC.
Hello sir. For many months I have enjoyed your craftsmanship in metal and wood. I have noticed in many occasions you have used a marking tool (something like a blue pen) to easily mark on metal, and I have wondered what that tool was. Would you please tell me? I am a Career & Technical Educator at the middle school level and must mark on metal and wood often for my students. Thanks for your skill and videos.
also, the color of the old wood is not brown, but gray with dark and green streaks
Just wondering if your aging treatment of the wood affects the ability of the wood glue to stick the boards together?
yea i am here, made it again.
Cantata BWV256 for the 5th Sunday after Easter "Where the Shepherd Stores His Stuff"
Hmm. Mixed nuts! 🌰 🥜 🔩 😋
Nice 👍👍👍😎😎😎
Is any rework needed for the axels and wheels on the sheep wagon?
Dave restored the running gear a few years ago.
👍👍😊😊
Looks like you're getting over you aversion to clinching nails🤣.
🤗❤️👍
❤❤❤💪👍
It is fun following along with this sheep wagon since I am working on mine at the same time. I've found evidence of canvas covering tacked over the storage boxes and even inside on the table. Was that a common practice?
Dave said it was probably oil cloth on the table. He says they were all different.