The Stagecoach Body Begins, The Main Frame | Engels Coach Shop

The only thing better than being impressed with past work is to look at something you did years ago and wonder how you could possibly have done it!

Was at the grand opening in Joliet but missed meeting you hope to remedy that

definitely looking forward to it

Assembly will come to you. After all, you're a professional. 😀👍👍👍

Yep I am looking forward to it!

Thanks for sharing this Jig Saw Coach Puzzel that you have made so far . Watching you to precision fit them all together to replicate the original manufactured coach will be so fun to watch how you fabricate to the original parts. It's going to be fun riding along with you. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.

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A giant 3D puzzle ... looking forward to it. Missing a piece? no prob, just make one. LOL

I didn’t realize that IKEA was making stagecoaches back then……..!

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HI DAVE I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AS WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE VID. REGARDS RICHARD.

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As usual, AWESOME and tremendously interesting.
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Hi there I'm looking forward to seeing how you get on with the body. I can see you doing the same steps putting this together as you've done with the restoration of your previous projects it's a nice familiar process. I can't wait to see it complete.

What's going on with the Jeep rebuild??

you should put all those old parts in the museum. maybe in named bins or racks, so someone else in the future could get measurements and patterns.

- Yes, agreed, Dave: Impressive work you did years ago and complex angles and curves, etc. Wow ! ! !

that line: i did this 30 years ago and not bad - yuppppp

Thank you

Fire? What fire? Maybe a video about that?

Menudo rompecabezas.Seguro que con su sabiduría,maña y buen gusto que tiene en el trabajo,lo coseguirá.Saludos desde Mallorca,ES.

Are Left side wheel nuts Left Hand threads?

Those first frame bits remind me of automotive rocker panels.

That undercarriage is beautiful!

The main frame what great video !

Do you use different wood for let’s say; a manure spreader, a set of wheels for a wagon (or buggy) frame for wagon etc ? I ask cause my Dad said Grandpa used hardwood but I’ve forgotten 😵‍💫

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Энгелс ты уникальный человек, который даешь новую жизнь старым забытым искусствам повторяя все точь в точь , и даже качественнее чем было . Браво …..

I love your craftsmanship and the way you present it. Thank you ✌️

I look forward to seeing you paint it, then giving rides in a community celebration..

I’m wondering if you have any examples of the machines used to maintain the trails for these coaches to travel on and who took on the responsibility of doing that maintenance?

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I think you should definitely start to use a cabinet scraper or a card scraper.. in my experience it is a much faster way of skimming the wood to remove those water stains...

Rebuilding an old airplane, for which no Parts Book was made, looks like the same set of challenges! But Fun is Where You Find It!!

I am looking forward to the full build .

red lge black letters in ild western script ,,golc leaf swirly gigs across the crown, some w bare wood linseed oil and terp applied the coach ought to be pretty

Whenever I see imitation horse drawn vehicles, say on display at an RV site, the wheels are always much smaller compared to the body than your wheels and bodies. Makes me wonder who makes them.

Fab!

Worst case you can go look at some of the coaches you did in the past too.

once again thanks for the video.

This is interesting! A passenger coach was basically the peak of craft manufacturing at the dawn of industrial revolution. Where artisan aesthetics meet mass production simplification. Thanks for showing us how you take on this conundrum.

Watched this twice, not cause I missed anything but just to watch someone else figure out what they did years ago so well.

Watching you sort those sticks into pairs and sets, bringing order out of chaos, brought a little leap of joy to my heart. “Ah! I see how this is going to work out!”

A few things. Many years ago I worked around an older fellow who reassembled truck motors after they were fully reconditioned, after being totally dismantled. He had not pulled them apart. Alfie's methodoly was to identify what he knew/recognised and then work backwards to the things he was not sure of. I have done the same as a self taught, but now qualified mechanic in Australia (now retired). There have been times when I have had no idea where a part goes, even though several weeks beforehand, I pulled it apart. But eventually it all comes together, even if it takes some consulting in manuals etc. 2nd point. Who is going to do what Dave does when Dave is no longer on this earth? Where are his understudies? Then even if he has some, how long does it take for all the knowledge, experience and earlier mistakes/misgivings to be taught to the younger ones? You don't learn what Dave has in his head in 5 years, even if you are smartest thing since sliced bread. I have a feeling Dave himself will have pondered over those thoughts.

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I'll definitely be looking forward to seeing this coach being built. I was wondering sir if you have made are printed a book on how to build a stage coach . If not do you recommend a book. I'd love to try and build one. I'm 65 so with God's blessing I figure I've got about 10 good years in me to get one done. I ran across a gentleman about twenty years ago who built a miniature one in his basement. It was 42 inches wide and his shop door was 36 so he had to tear out his door frame ,he also made to miniature horses to pull it. Wish I had the money back then to buy it. I'm amazed at the work you do and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge with all of us viewers

I can't find anything I did 30 years ago!!! Love the videos

Hi Diane and Dave, I build model ships for a hobby, the ship kits comes with step by step instructions, blueprints and complete brass fittings. I then watch your videos, you have lumber, metals, rubber, nails, screws, a pencil and a tape measure, yet through your skills you cut and shape the raw materials into living history!
I will never build anything that comes out of your shop, but I will always apply your methodology in all my projects!