Front Axle Finished | DIY Shepherd Hut #3

[@philllk4456]

We want more videos Carl . Try uploading more often ! Keep up the good work!!

[@nooneyouknowhere6148]

When they built wagons in the past, they would completely build them, then take them apart and paint (even in the bolt holes) then reassemble the wagon. They used regular paint then finished with boiled linseed oil to make it waterproof and shiny. The iron fittings can be finished by heating and coating with linseed oil. It will blacken and seal.

[@DavidS5118]

Can you imagine building a Shepard's Hut as they have for hundreds of years with no power tools. Thanks for sharing Carl.

[@jimc4731]

Tip. To drill a horizontal hole in a member, make sure that members face is plumb, then place a ring of sorts over the drill bit Keep the drill in alignment by watching the travel of the ring. When the ring travels forward lower the power source (hand drill or power) when the ring travels towards the operator raise the tool Use a square to gauge the side to side angularity Keep up the good work! JIM ❤

[@dwb73]

I would have put the grease nips/zerts in anyway. For the wheels as well. Grease breaks down after awhile, and it never hurts to add fresh lubrication occasionally. It's going to be a solid, well built wagon!

[@jamesverret5226]

I totally agree. You need a grease fitting in there.

[@ronkluwe4875]

Agree 100% with this. As an owner of a classic British sports car with kingpin front suspension, the owner's manual clearly states to regrease the kingpin at least once a year. Putting the zerks in is easy and grease is cheap insurance.

[@Rubbernecker]

Put em in.

[@idontthinkso666]

Grease doesn't last forever, kiddo. Add the grease fittings.

[@cv990a4]

The most prominent DIY heavy equipment KZbinrs like Marty T or Andrew Camarata have one thing in common - they believe in grease. The first thing they do with newly acquired equipment is grease the heck out of it. Grease makes the world go round. Add the grease zerks. In grease we believe.

[@jlmfoy365]

Hi Carl, really impressed you could get down and pick up the wheels. I too suffer with Ankylosing Spondylitis and am buggered if I could get that low, mind you I'm 70 now. Alas the mind's willing but the flesh is weak. Take care of yourself pal. Regards Jim.

[@jsaurman]

10:43 LPT: put a nut on the threaded rod *before* you cut it, then afterwards when you remove the nut, it will clean up the damaged threads.

[@bloodstain3000]

That's a great tip thank you

[@Alpha-ro8sc]

Was thinking exactly that when I saw the grinder.

[@Rufio1975]

Yup. We do that all the time at work. Good call

[@blackdoublezero]

and if you forget, invest in a thread file

[@idontthinkso666]

Or a tap &. die set. @@blackdoublezero

[@مِسًتُرَ-ش4ف]

My brother, I love you. I love your clips. They make me feel safe. My wish is to be able to come to you and work with you❤❤❤

[@markschattefor6997]

They certainly will outlast all of us, that is a statement that you won't hear very often these days. Building things to last because you can and you are proud of your work/skills, not because you're only in it for the money.

[@markschattefor6997]

This is a perfect example of what I mean to say; kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIeaoaB7abJ2Y6s

[@surfomania]

Despite your young age, I am full of admiration for your skills !

[@ronnyhaldorsen2740]

Highly recommend you to paint the axel. Since the u-bolts are stainless and in contact with the carbon steel axel, it will cause an acceleration of corrosion on the axel. Clean of the surface rust, degrease, etching primer and two coats of epoxy based coating. Also install the grease nipples, you will have to regrease the turntable at some point, it will be a pain without grease nipples.. chamfer the holes for the nipples on the inside to avoid burrs scratching the surface of the turntables.

[@lukaskoneval2058]

Was a bit worried when I saw all the load on the two tiny supports (13:38) :-D. Great job as always!

[@motpure629]

Glad you shared the Sketchup drawing, ...😅 I was guessing, you wer trying to replicate some kind of Viking War Machine.

[@terrancemiller8350]

I have enjoy every aspect of you projects, you are a accomplished, carpenter, designer and craftsman, you will go far. Your voice is so soothing and mesmerizing and your hands wonderful to watch, besides your a + for eye candy. Hope your range rover is feeling well after its surgery and will see you through many more miles of creativity. Here's tons of hugs and lots of my love. No more bloody fingers please. Afriend.

[@barrybirkey3282]

FYI on future hole drilling through thick wood, Mark your holes on top and bottom and drill halfway through from each side. No need to worry then about hitting your mark trying to drill through the wood from one side. And install the grease zerks.

[@klugscheisser7530]

Great craftmanship as always! To make it perfect you might want to give the axle a thin rub with some Linseed oil varnish. It will react with the rust and turn it into an elastic & black rust protection coat. (In the Middle Ages, linseed oil was used as an anti-corrosion agent for armour and weapons. However, the process has nothing to do with (moonshining). It was also used in vehicle construction in the past. Today, people are returning to this non-toxic type of preservation in classic car circles, in the preservation of historical monuments and in healthy building. The oil forms a water-insoluble compound with Fe3+ ions in the rust. In addition, the oil forms a crack-free coating after setting)

[@jerzys9461]

You need washers at the axle between the wheels and the wood. Right now nothing will stop the spinning wheel hubs from carving away the wood.

[@xaviermartinezpitarch82]

Congratulations, I enjoy so much viewing your videos, is a pleasure ear the sounds of your work without music.

[@yummboy2]

It certainly will out last the rest of us, no doubt about it! Well done, Carl.

[@christianmichael1970]

Great work, and a testimony to a small private channel you have 22K views and 3.6K likes within 2 hrs of sending the video live. Fabulous job Carl

[@blackjackjoe7]

?An Amstel beer crate? Anyway, enjoy watching your progress and how you figure things out. I can't imagine how the old timers did it back in the days before power tools, lasers, drill presses, etc.

[@RotesKleid411]

Thank you for the video. Great work. I love to hear sounds like the hand sweeper sweeping the shavings or the short, rich sound when two pieces of iron are placed on top of each other. Thanks for not using music for your videos. I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes.😎👌🖖

[@ijsbrandthoeschwartzenberg6064]

The crate is Amstel Beer! Greetings from the Netherlands, love your videos Carl!

[@PCStuart1]

Carl, you need a washer between the wheel and the wooden beam on the axle. I suggest a 1/4" plate screwed the beam end, secured with countersunk wood screws. Please also consider the reaction between Steel and Oak .... maybe a piece of canvas between the axle and the beam and the nut plates and beams. IDK what to say about the drilled holes maybe a dielectic grease or Battery terminal grease.

[@jaffamatt]

Excellent squat technique at 13:30 👊🏻

[@avivat3010]

I thought so too! Only improvement would be to exhale on the way up. Not a good idea to hold your breath while lifting. Brilliant build and video. It's wonderful to watch someone with such great skills and interest in doing things the correct way! I know nothing about carpentry/wood working, but you make it look like a pleasurable challenge.

[@hawkmoon1704]

Hi Carl, good news on the choice of cast iron for the turntable.... cast iron has self lubricating properties due to the high carbon/graphite content. If you decide to lubricate then go with a graphite based lubricant. Look it up.

[@pauveje]

How we all wish we have some barn in France to play around and have coffee & croissant.

[@richardangevine3768]

I would definitely install the grease fittings/zerts anyway. Grease will definitely break down. Nice job. Can’t wait to see the finish product.

[@graskeygirls3850]

I think it's simply incredible an amazing craftsmanship

[@colinbrooks6290]

Carl it’s looks amazing mate …. the different materials coming together and the methods used so far…. More please 🔨⚒️🍺👍

[@christianbaastrup2939]

Hey Roger! Great job! As a cabinet maker and furniture restorer I would recommend you to treat the wood with something where it is i contact with iron. The oak tanins will corrode the iron and rust quickly. The best solution is to have contact peaces and bushings in nylon or brass to avoid this. Kind regards from Stockholm

[@conradfjetland4970]

Thanks for another good video. My old back squirmed a bit when you lifted up the wheels though. Youth has its advantages. 😀 I look forward to the next video.

[@richardstahlbusch1636]

Enjoy your work very much ,Carl. Also your videos. I live in WISCONSIN, USA.

[@MrDeancoote]

Impressive, enjoying watching you build and craft this.

[@davidaldrich3488]

Right there with you along with Bradshaw Joinery. You two should hook up on a project. What a team that would be

[@douglasmorton6121]

Fine work there Carl! This is a nice build project and a treat for your viewers. Stay Safe!!! Cheers!!!

[@drjonritz]

You made me blink with that "blowing dust" cut.

[@garyruxton5226]

You will need a double washer between the wheel and the axle beam to prevent eating up the wood. 2 washers reduce inner washer spinning. And, the outer nut should be a castle nut with a cotter pin (you can cut your nut into one) going through the axle. The one you used can still work it's way off. Dremel cut a 1 complete revolution spiral in the axle to accept some grease with putting grease fittings on the wheels, so you don't eat up the metal while scaring off the neighbors from the squealing.

[@jimlangerie]

A trick for aligning holes I picked up from Engel's Coach Shop - drill halfway from one side, then go in from the other side. You'll meet somewhere in the middle and the extant hole will guide the drill bit to its entrance, aligning the holes. Seams to work fairly well with traditional spiral bits (what I've tried). Your single-flute bits ought to work out that way as well.

[@ExpectMiracles55]

"... but having now gone through the whole process of buiding it I'm sure it was the right decision. They look great and will certainly outlast all of us." EPIC!!! :o) Looking forward to the sequel!

[@simonhughes9472]

I’ve really enjoyed the heavyweight carpentry you’ve been doing. Very impressive!

[@MamaK65]

The amount of skill and knowledge that you have is amazing to watch in your videos.

[@tutekohe1361]

Hi Carl, great series. Can I suggest you dress the unfinished steel parts (Axle, King Pin etc) with Lanolin. It will prevent rust and lubricate and would have been what was originally applied those parts. It is all natural and highly effective.

[@mikeboone4425]

Those wheel hubs are where you need the grease zerk. happy Trails

[@juliusheigl1015]

Oh, another disadvantage of Brexit: We have to wait longer for Carl's videos haha. On a serious note: What a great project. Love that you go really detailed into your very smart problem solving. Thanks for sharing this.

[@wizardofhoz7216]

Can’t imagine just how heavy gauge, this Old World Workshop on wheels is going to be! Appreciate your efforts. Thanks Carl!!!

[@micssticksnpipes]

Looks great 👍🏽. Speaking from experience cut any metal away from the oak! Saves on clean up time of rust spots!!!!

[@garethwalsh9690]

Have to say its coming together beautifully ,its a pleasure to watch as always. Love your work mate.

[@AndrewOptimusMaximus]

Great job, I love this project! You should consider using nylon locking nuts for all connections. Since the wagon has iron wheels and no suspension, there is going to be a lot of vibration that could cause regular nuts to back out over time

[@bloodstain3000]

Or a Loctite threadlocker

[@dave1secondago]

bro your a craftsman , that was perfection on that axle

[@danielleboots7032]

Your work on the shepherds hut so far is beautiful! Thanks for sharing, great job.

[@StefanEekhof]

Hi Carl loved your videos from the first. The beer crate is from Amstel Beer from Holland.

[@167curly]

That is a brilliant combination of wookworking and engineeribg, Carl. I look forward very much to future episodes.

[@1BCamden]

Great episode, what an undertaking!!! Love it. I reckon you got that assembly off those two horses just in time, definitely past it maximum load limit Best regards

[@EvelynWynn]

On peut dire que les tréteaux sont solides. Bon boulot . What a lovely work of art. Love your videos..

[@gbentley8176]

Nice job. I have always buttered the drill for these jobs with beeswax; found it virtually stopped having a nasty bite which is always at the wrong time and place. Best wishes from the UK.

[@swingingdaniel]

Brilliant as usual. Greetings from Beijing and Hamburg.

[@datsunruss]

Really looking forward to the next one Carl - this is an excellent project

[@livinglifeontheedge4261]

Might already be mentioned but a similar design was brought to the Intermountain West of the US by the Basque sheepherders in the early days of settling there. They became known as "Sheep Camps" and are still in use today although somewhat modernized with farm implement carriages and insulated aluminum shells in some cases. Old ones with the canvas covers on a bowed ash frame can be found on private properties restored and used as guest sleeping quarters and I've spent quite a few peaceful nights in them over the years but never owned one. Love your attention to detail!

[@williammaxwell1919]

... some of the tradition mobile huts in Europe and USA are being displaced by "ThOWs" (Tiny House on Wheels). This may be good or not. Keeping traditions alive is important but so too is adapting them to suit current expectations of the minimum modicum of function and comfort. One of the reseasons I celebrate this build if a "Shepards Hut" is new (old) ideas can be revisited that can inform current typologies, theories and practical applications. As an Architect, I lament that few current students, practioners and academics reference not just past aesthetic but also past materials and construction techniques. Over my 45+ year career, I have always maintained that you cannot design (as an architect) and document non-standard buildings if you don't understand standard construction methods, standard materials and standard details; to push the boundaries, you first need to understand the assumed boundaries. Also, you need to be able to think in 3D. The Canadian architech, Frank Gehry, has all all this in spades, as did Jørn Utzon Many times in my carrier I have questioned the accepted wisdom; "Why do we do this this way?". To which I invariably got the response, "But everyone does it that way!". To which I'd ask "But why?". Nearly 100% of replies (or variants) were, "because everyone else does it this way, it must be cheaper /quicker /more efficent" ~ idiots using lame excuses to justify their laziness and poor time /cost management and lack of vision. An exemplar ofthinking beyond the "accepted way buildings are designed, detailed, skinned and built" is the Canadian architect, Frank Gehry, though he is in the shadows of Jørn Utzon, who conceptualised, designed and documenter the SOH in the days before 2D & 3D CAD. Those who revisit past technologies and ideas are so important in modern architecture, design, engineering, product manufacture, etc, but most practitioners in these space have forgotten that the celebrated pinnacle we have currently assended owes it's significance to what has gone before... and that we still have more to learn from how our forebares did things (and why). Apologies for the rant, but apparently it was something I needed to express.

[@itstimetogo49]

Love your channel Carl! I'm pretty sure your Shepherd's Hut is going to last a lot longer than your back....easy on the lifting dude!

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

Facinating Carl. A pleasure to watch your detailed 'how to'...not that I am ever going to need a swanky turn table of such magnitude. 😂🎉 Well done m'dear.

[@glaerup]

Love to see this process, and I'm looking foreward to see all updates until the Sheperds Hut is finished. We don't have anything like Sheperds Huts i Norway, so this is totally new and very interesting for me. Have a great week.

[@GentlemanH]

Agreed - nice to watch the well demonstrated and explained progress. Best wishes for this project. 🙂

[@Nas_Atlas]

I can't wait to see those metal wheels bouncing down some cobblestone!

[@mishamurzik]

A very talented young man!!! 👌👍

[@Giannispri]

I really like watching your videos Carl although I don't do any woodwork. Locking nylon nuts and spring washers between the nut and the round washers would be my small advice. So you never have to worry about anything getting loose without you wanting it to. Greetings from 🇬🇷

[@MrRobertBatchelor]

Amstel beer of course. My parents used to sell it on their campsite in Lévignac de Guyenne.

[@sethbracken]

Makita should sponsor you, no lies.

[@danielpullum1907]

Interesting use of the green laser for the horizontal holes. Why not for the vertical holes for the u-bolts? interesting work area and effort.

[@thomaswagnerjensen6250]

The precision!! And now we wait:) Love your content. keep it coming . B. R. From Denmark

[@misterhope5241]

Well done! I saw a trick for keeping a drill bit straight when drilling down without a drill press. Drill a 2” hole (or whatever, according to circumstances) in a piece of acrylic mirror and lay it down face up on the surface to be drilled. The centre of the hole in the mirror should be the mark for your hole. This way, if the reflection of your drill bit looks crooked in comparison to the actual drill bit, you can correct until they’re straight and aligned. Great innit?

[@ronmill9737]

Your videos are so amazing, this brings me joy! Your attention to detail is spot on.

[@tysonsackett5658]

Great work from Bend Oregon USA

[@lynstoneham]

Amazing watching you do this

[@JanStureNielsen]

@carlrogers -- Beautiful job on this build - love your videos. While I"m in Salt Lake City now, I lived in Colomiers for a year cycling north and south of your beautiful region.

[@freelancehugh6919]

Superb effort and doubtless immensely satisfying.

[@SharekGadd]

Lovely work friend! In my experience, I’ve found that critical passages through large sections of material, it’s sometimes less technically challenging to locate opposing ends of holes and drill from each side and meet in the middle. At that point, any error is contained in the center of the material. Cheers!

[@barnstar2077]

An incredible series, we can't wait to see how it all turns out!

[@KristianZemaitis]

Another great video - as an amateur woodworker it’s a pleasure to watch a professional make it look easy :)

[@johnschutt9187]

Wonderful work. Thanks for taking us along.

[@bogmaerke]

Now I definitely haven't watched till 6:28 so I'm going to take a gander that the beer crate is an old Amstel one.

[@JK-yf9sx]

First prize goes to the maker of those flimsy-looking saw horses. Bet they never imagined them having to cope with a weight like that ☺

[@williamlewis8741]

well done Carl. it's always a pleasure to watch your vidéos. cheers

[@davevanbeers6944]

The beer crate is “Amstel” I’m guessing. 😊thanks for the episode

[@kennethbolton951]

Sometimes, when you don't have a big enough spanner you can put a clamp on the nut and tighten it that way. Along with a rubber hammer at the end of the tightening.

[@Toyhunter19000]

Hey dude you can buy gator blocks which are hardened steel blocks with all the drill sizes through them. You then clamp the block to work piece and drill through to keeps the bit square. You may have seen them before or even own them but thought I’d share.

[@richardcannings9822]

You are a perfectionists pal

[@wretube]

Lay out your holes and drill them from BOTH directions . If they are slightly off the driil bit can passed all the way through to line them up . That way the holes are always in the right place despite a slight wander by the bit.

[@wretube]

And you did almost immediatly in the video🤪

[@465maltbie]

Didnt look like there was enough room for the socket on the pivot pin nut. But I am sure it must be the camera angle. Thanks for sharing. Charles

[@hwdiy1]

Thinking about flexing ability of the whole chasis on country roads. Most probably old wagons had more flex in joints because of fixing methods and lower accuracy. Here, You fix everything with 0,01mm tolerances and might be that wagon will ride on 3 wheels all the time. Love perfect woodworking skills, whole idea and patience, hate cheap threaded rod :( also should put washers between wheels hubs and oak. I have built a steel log trailer out of wooden wagon using it's axles, so I've kinda been there ;)

[@wendysalter]

So far so good! (absolutely bl....y brilliant!!!)

[@sovereigns1grace]

What a lovely work of art. Love your videos.

[@simonkelly2339]

It’s been great to watch your new project over the last month Carl and I don’t doubt that the finished axle will be the best of craftsmanship you can achieve and for the best researched of reasons. After half my life on this globe I’ve learned never to comment on a job halfway through and I’ve no doubt this will be as good as your roof(s) and your staircase. Keep it up fella, it'll last a thousand times longer than your visa unfortunately 😅

[@mich89626]

I think I will name the beer crate Stan. Because he’s great for standing on.

[@kekidit]

Excellent work, well done!! 👍👍👍 NB: No grease between the two metal parts?

[@terranceparsons5185]

Its absolutely stunning!

[@vikrantnadgir560]

Amstel Bier - Name of the beer. Cheers!

[@davidprocter3578]

If you can put in the grease nipples, my own experience of chicken sheds and shepherd huts dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century is that they spend huge amounts of time not moving in often damp conditions. they can and do cease or grate requiring huge effort by several strong blokes with long levers to move if at all, grease nipples in the turntable and wheels will make a world of difference. One more word of advice grease before moving and again once sited and stand wheels on paving slabs or similar.

[@aserta]

Maybe you won't need grease zerks for the plates (i still would add them regardless - even if cast iron is self lubricating, it does get bound up when it gets cruddy and grease keeps the elements out of the plate) you will need them for the wheels. I'd cut small spirals in the shaft too, using a needle file to allow grease to circulate - you don't need them to be big, about a mm would be more than enough, just to let the grease reach all the contact area.

[@davidsimon6341]

I'm probably not the only one to point out that drilling from both sides increases the precision of the drilled holes.

[@Stygia88]

Yes a new Video. Robert i Love your Videos.