Building the Foundation for the Mud Wagon | Engels Coach Shop

The time has come to start this restoration project of an old mud wagon from Washington state. Building and restoring horse drawn vehicles brings many challenges and this project os no different. Much of the story behind this coach is beginning to unveil itself as I spend more and more time with it. Follow along on the discovery.

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Good reference books on some of the carriage trade:

Carriage Terminology: An Historical
Dictionary https://amzn.to/2Hfoq4H

The Brewster Story - https://amzn.to/2wzrUNq

Practical Carriage Building https://amzn.to/3cJALfR

Wheel making: Wooden Wheel Design https://amzn.to/2TIxfK8

Carriage and Wagon Axles https://amzn.to/3aGDXav

An Interesting account of an early English Wheelwright Shop https://amzn.to/39sAICR


The Wheelwright Shop, in Kindle form https://amzn.to/3bxYOhd

The Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley https://amzn.to/3KJ4mXF

Around Boron https://amzn.to/3KZzwKx

Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley https://amzn.to/3EdzAUd



The Rasp I like to use – 14” https://amzn.to/2wclyTI

The Big Hoof Rasp – 17” https://amzn.to/3nMh5NL


The Rebar Leatherman I use https://amzn.to/2vuvWpH

The silk scarf I wear https://amzn.to/2wGqKQf

My metal marking pencil https://amzn.to/2Hu75oB


Metal marking pencil refills https://amzn.to/3744EDP


My Milwaukee Steel Cutoff saw https://amzn.to/2UzoFzx


My Metal cutting Skilsaw https://amzn.to/3lkqw7y


I like Makita tools, but am not sponsored by Makita:

I use Makita Cutoff blades https://amzn.to/39gln8f


I have several 4½” Makita angle grinders https://amzn.to/377snTp


I have several 7” Makita grinders https://amzn.to/3biF0hP


4½” Flap wheels https://amzn.to/386TyPy


My Makita cordless drill https://amzn.to/2OxQZ1e


My Milwaukee ½” cordless drill https://amzn.to/31BopBB


My Makita 3¼” Electric plane https://amzn.to/2OBkVcV


My Makita Leaf Blower, revolutionized my shop cleaning https://amzn.to/2Uywh5d


My Makita ½” drill, very powerful https://amzn.to/377uEhp



My Bosch Router https://amzn.to/2OGgWfj


My Baileigh Cyclone dust collector https://amzn.to/2H3rzEv

My Baileigh 50 Ton Pneumatic Shop Press - https://amzn.to/3hZkI2p



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