A Horse Drawn Sled From Start to Finish | Engels Coach Shop
Building new bob sleds and restoring horse drawn vehicles adds variety to the present day carriage shop. This is a synoptic video of the whole process building this sled, but can be seen in its entirety in the “Building a Bob Sled“ playlist on this channel.
Here’s a few links that show some of the tools I use and also helps support the channel;
Makita XFD12 cordless drill only -
Makita XFD12 package drill -
Makita 14” cordless chainsaw with batteries -
Makita 16” cordless chainsaw with batteries -
I have multiple Makita tools so I have several extra batteries . Therefore I bought this tool only option.
Makita 14” chainsaw as tool only -
Some useful books on the carriage trade:
Carriage Terminology: An Historical Dictionary
The Brewster Story -
Practical Carriage Building
Wheel making: Wooden Wheel Design
Carriage and Wagon Axles
An Interesting account of an early English Wheelwright Shop
The Wheelwright Shop, in Kindle form
The Rasp I like to use – 14”
The Big Hoof Rasp – 17”
The Rebar Leatherman I use
The silk scarf I wear
My metal marking pencil
Metal marking pencil refills
Merchandise Stores!
Store Frontier for tee-shirts, sweat shirts and hoodies.
Spring for mugs, tee-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies.
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