Assembling Borax Water Wagon Axle Hounds with Tapered Mortise & Tenons

Well, last week we got the patterns made for these hounds now we need to transfer the patterns to some ash planks, and we'll get these hounds cut out and assembled. Now, if you've been watching very long on this site you notice I don't do a whole lot of explaining and a lot of detail, and talking. Most of you are pretty accomplished craftsmen and got a whole lot going on, and in a lot of ways, more than I do. Well, when I did the Borax wagons, I was under such a time crunch that I didn't have a lot of time to go into a lot of detail. So, my hope in this water wagon is that the details makes things a little more clear. If it's too much, just let me know in the comments, but I'm going to just let 'er run and let you watch. Well, I get to see if this revamped mortiser is is worth a hoot. I'm going to run a 3/4 inch bit on this. These quarter by three metal straps that encase the ends of the axle hounds is where the tongue will attach and it will pivot on this queen bolt. So next week we'll go rom here. Thanks for watching!

Channel: EngelsCoachShop

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Keywords: Borax water wagon, wheelwright, building wagons, horse carriages, 20 mule team, Borax wagons, driving mules, driving horses, carriage driving, wagon driving, engels coach, engles coach, dave engel, dave engle, Montana wheelwright, wood wheels, building wood wheels, axle hounds, blacksmithing, metal fabrication, wood and iron work, draft horses, horse drawn, Wagon history, montana history, american history, american west, old west

Id: nYNb2nq4_ns

Length: 23min 20sec (1400 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 01 2019