Mr Engles' channel is one of the honest few that does not employ misleading title captions to solicit viewers. It is a rare gem among mere pebbles.

Using car brake rotors as mounts......simply ingenious Dave!

A man who starts a project that he knows will take him years to complete is a man looking toward the future.

Work now for a project you can't really start for 3 years. Simply amazing.

Nobody makes me feel inadequate like this channel does.

That steady rest and the band is really cool.

The level of this man’s skills and ingenuity never ceases to amaze to amaze me. Man is a national treasure

My Dad had a lathe when I was a kid. I used to go to sleep with the sound of him turning pieces of wood. I still find it has a soothing effect, all these years later. Thanks Dad, and thanks, Brian.

I remember watching you fish out the hubs for the borax wagon and how they were soaked in linseed oil (I think) under pressure before being used as part of the wagon. That was some time age and I have been hooked ever since. Good Stuff 🙅👍

I was wondering when the 12-foot wheels would start! I imagine Dave needed some "recovery time" after the 10-foot wheels. Probably didn't even want to THINK about another set of wheels on that scale for a while! Looking forward to the completion of the sheep wagon and the manure spreader.

I was waiting, and half expecting, for you to fabricate a 22" twist drill to bore out the centers. :^)

I like your modern bathroom scale! 😂❤😊

I love the threshold of your shop. It shows the many footsteps from the time it was installed to today.

David, You have gone over the top again. That is one doozy of a "steady rest"1!!!!!1

Well Dave, you have given me a new goal in life. I want to live long enough to see you complete these two twelve foot wheels. Good luck to both of us. { I am 77 }

You are off on another "Adventure," and I love looking over your shoulder! Great Video (AGAIN)

What a patient man you are Dave to embark on such a mammoth task, but if you need some wheels you have to start somewhere. When you talk about the number of years devoted just to drying these hub blanks out I only hope to live long enough to see them finished. Well done again.

I just noticed you're using brake rotors for centering the tailstock....genius!

As a hobbyist woodturner, I found this very interesting. Your metal turning lathe worked very well for you. I'll be looking forward to more video on this project.

You and your work totally amaze me ! ❤ 😊

This is going to be very interesting. I will be looking for more videos on this project. In the mean time I'll take what I can get. Take care, jack

I appreciate your taking the time to walk thru the process of making hubs, I’ve always wondered about the process and even thought about how I would go about it, this is an eye opener for me and I will be watching and enjoying the process as it goes along. Thanks for the video.

You have created a great shop full of the right tools to do your work. And that required a lot of effort! Much appreciate your videos.

There is a gentleman in The Twin Cities that built and perfected a massive microwave oven that he uses to dry logs the size of your hubs in lengths up to six feet. Gets the job done WITHOUT SPLITING, in days. Creates massive vase sculptures out of those logs.

Been subscribed to your channel since the Start of the borax wagons. Love every episode👍

Always clever. I like you always taking extra steps to be safe.

Seal the end grain of the log with a product called Anchor Seal to even out the moisture loss, and help prevent checking. You can even coat the whole thing once it is opened up to keep the moisture loss even.

Whoo wee Cottonwood! It must have been quite the smell turning that log!

I saw a green wood bowl turner who would rough out his turning from green wood the pack them in a cardboard box with the shavings from the piece he just turned. He would seal the box and leave it for half a year in a cool dark place. This would eliminate a lot of cracking and warping.

Loved the “wore out” door step into your shop. Reminds me of a young couple in England bought a very old cottage. The stone door step was so old it ha worn out to a large hollow. They measured it and visited the local mason. He asked “ did you not flip it”? Years past when a door step “wore out” one merely flipped it and used the once buried side for next centuries. So couple went home and ‘flipped it’.....guess what someone else had already done hundred or two years before?

194 pound block spinning on a lathe. WOW!!!

The job isnt all flashy paint and sparks, thanks for sharing. Charles

good one Dave a lot of time goes into those big hubs looking forward to the finished job take care Rich

Happy Friday Dave and Diane!

Now that's a lathe. A lot bigger than my little pen turners lathe. Love the channel.

Someone might say that this was mostly a boring video. I still watched every minute, thanks for the Friday installment!

Looks like a place where you just leave the keys in the truck.

I just noticed that your steady rest is mounted to the carriage, and not the ways. Interesting approach. Thanks, Dave.

An other awesome project...... looking forward to the next video.

Most people kick back and relax for fun. Dave, on the other hand, works his tail off! I sure enjoy watching.

Mr Engle's you are strong man 💪 and hard working 👍👌❤️ God bless you and your family ❤️🙏

Don't be mistaken that the video is sped up. It's actually slowed down to half speed. That's how good he is. Thanks, David. Always enjoyable. Always impressive.

Once again, I am smitten with yet another tool you bring out of your toolshed that is the absolute perfect thing for the thing you're trying to do. In this case, it was that massive lathe, with it's endless group of accessories, that is used to turn huge pieces of wood. I know you've been doing this for decades and have probably assembled hundreds of specialized tools, big and small, some multipurposed, others, very specific but I wonder if you ever come across a task requiring something specialized that you don't have and which hasn't been made since 1903.

You know Dave..... as pilot holes go...... that one is impressive 😝

Hi Dave, and Diane, this was an unexpected surprise! Plus I thought that there was only one 12' wheel. Yet another exciting project to break things up a bit. Even if we have to wait a few years to see its completion. It is scary watching you spin such a big log. Thank you for sharing, and have a great weekend. 🪵

Ah hah! As soon as you said the wood was cottonwood I understood the high moisture content. We had cottonwood trees on our property in Colorado. The tree retains a tremendous amount of moisture to carry it through the dry periods of each year. I, too, think boring out the centers will accelerate to drying process nicely.

Stay safe and we'll see you next time.

Preparing for a future project. I seem to remember that Studebaker used American elm for their hubs and they stored their blanks 7 years before they were turned into hubs. They inspected the blanks every couple of years for cracks and defects. I would think you could take a broken bit with the Morris taper and build a flat bit of two inches and a length of 20 inches for the pilot hole through the blanks.

I watch cutting edge engineering out of Australia. Different work same dedication to excellent results. I said to myself Curtis would put a steady rest on and run a boring bar through that, here comes Dave with the steady rest. 😊 And I envy you western guys your old Toyota's,ours all rot to the door handles around here.

Those logs take some man handling. At least you have made a start on the wheels ..should be spectacular when complete 👍👍👍👍

It is amazing to build such an impressive landmark for your driveway marker. Everyone that passes by will remark there's Dave and Diane's house. I watched him make them on KZfaq.

Cottonwood was very important in American history as well Dave such as gunpowder. Once again sir thank you for your amazing content.

Wow after all these yrs I give Dave advice...when I hit door I turn my walker one wheel not two...helps to get over hump.

I’m a 28 year old chairmaker, and am getting ready to fire up a 1919 Fay and Scott extendable gap bed pattern makers lathe that has 10’ between the centers (15’ with the bed full extended) that I picked up recently. Pretty dang excited to turn some big stuff on there, this video is wholly inspiring, and nice to see an example of what turning on a somewhat similar lathe (albeit metal), with similar tools, looks like. Thanks for sharing!

Love the repurposed brake discs. And the shop made steady rest is brilliant.

I watch your work to relax after my work.

Dave, it amazes me what you can do. Fasinating. Thanks for letting me follow along.

As a wood turner, I'm surprised that the end caps have only three screw holes. I have a 10" diameter end cap from Oneway Canada and it has at least 16 screw holes, which I use for 20" log blanks. By the way, you make good use of a metal lathe for wood turning!

Maybe with the wood removed and the hubs resting inside instead of outside, they could dry quicker than 5 years. Love ALL of your videos. Thanxz

I've never seen one but my son has a friend that has made a vacuum kiln to remove the moisture from slabs that he uses to build slab wood counter tops and tables,I searched KZfaq and found a number of examples, might give it a look see.Thanks for another entertaining video to say the least🤗😎🤗😎

"I have never had to go out and buy work." 🤣

...............G'day Dave and Diane, love your work and looking forward to next episode. Cheers and God bless, Malcolm.

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been a while since u turned hubs, those r some big logs.

Thanks to you Mr. and Ms Engel !!!!!

I read a book about wood that said a log on the ground can have as much or more moisture content than a standing live tree. I believe it

Yes!! Back to the basics! Love it

Love the brake rotor recycling there Dave, great idea!

My understanding on wood moisture is, for every 1 in, it's 1 yr so, for "logs", whatever the circumference measures, say, 18 inch, will take 18 years to properly "cure". For a moment, I thought you were going to say, "this boring job is... a bit boring" hahahaha. Another great video, cheers :)

great use of break disks.😃

Always good to see the process. It is heavy hard work. I wish I had the tools you do. Good time thank you. God bless !

The scale is incredible thank you

Absolutely fascinating ! Thank You

Maybe you should ship them to the folks with the Borax wagons for storage. Their "lack" of humidity might hasten things a bit. LOL Sort of a natural kiln.

I love those vented discs for holding the log in the lathe!

Certainly answered a lot of my questions I had at the beginning of the video by the time I got to the end. Thanks! I learn something new every time I watch!

Definitely not procrastinating when you prep now for a job you know you can’t truly start for another 4 or 5 years. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

To prevent 'cracking' or 'splitting' of your hubs, paint the cut ends and force the drying to take place around the perimeter

I look foward to watching this project off and on. Thanks my very talented long distance video Friend. This will be another good one for sure.

We have some old cottonwood barns still standing. Cottonwood 2x4's just don't let it get wet.

Think you need more stuff in the way!😂😂

I have difficulty planning for next week, let alone 3-5 years hence!

Keep coating it in PEG to prevent further checking as it dries. I've used it on solid green logs for sculpture...no cracking 30 years later.

you must have a strong back Dave be Care full

You are just having a bussmans holiday today aren't you Dave? As long as we get to go along for the ride. LOL

Love it! I've turned 14 foot porch posts, 42 inch diameter moulding and 1/16 inch pegs but never used a boring bar for external roughing. Still learning at 75!

Thanks for posting Dave

A new and interesting video to watch. Thanks Dave.

Everything's a hammer. Thanks for your hard work.

Great Ive been waiting for this Wheels are my favorite!

Those wheels will be massive when you are done with them. Hope to see how you work on them as time goes by.

Millers Lite, one of my favourites👌

Keep them big wheels rolling Dave. Going to enjoy seeing the display when you're done. Stay safe and keep the great videos of your work being done shared with us. Fred.

That's quite a labyrinth to navigate, Dave

Thank whatever gods may be for the mass of that South Bend lathe: the eccentricity of that log would send anything less skittering across the shop floor or straining at its bolts!

Frankly, im surprised it hadn't really start checking, but i guess that's because it was still holding so much moisture.

Bringing in logs by yourself like trying to herd cats😊

That is an impressive lathe and quite an unbalanced load to turn without coming off the floor. Wowee

. Simply amazing.

I really appreciate your work. I have my great-grandfathers buck wagon running gear in our barn loft. I'd love to have a master wheel-wright/coach builder/blacksmith/etc such as yourself restore it. But... I'm on the east coast and have decided to use your videos to help me get it to "show only" status. Maybe I can get it to be able to pull, but at least get it to be in a stable condition. Thank you for your dedication to this craft!