Preview: Gypsy Wagons: A Tour with Master Wainwright Jim Tolpin

18 Responses So Far to “Gypsy Wagons: A Tour with Master Wainwright Jim Tolpin”

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  leoncio vergara says:

  Beautiful work….

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  David Tew says:

  Steve’s e-mail featuring Jim Tolpin’s Gypsy Wagon took me back to review the video of his fascinating workshop: https://www.byhandandeye.com/tour-of-jims-handtool-only-shop/

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  Micheal Kingsley says:

  I too, think that the reality of what you create, is what ir is that you do. ILOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN KNOW, YOUR BEAU AS WELL, SO DON’T LET HIM KNOW OTHER WISE11. Love you two, keep up the good work, mr LOVE TKY11111

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  Bradford Preston says:

  Wonderful work and conversation – thank you.

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  Rick Clark says:

  Awesome workmanship…You have amazing talent!!!! Thank You for the very peaceful video Jim!

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  Steve Sandahl says:

  Absolutely stunning work Jim, very inspiring! Thank you OCH for venturing forth finding and presenting videos with such amazing Craftsmanship. Thank you very much!

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  Steve Bucher says:

  Very nice. Would love to build a circus wagon like Gina`s in the movie Big Top Pee Wee. https://hicksvillepalace.com/motel/the-pee-wee/

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  Joseph Wl Haley III says:

  My mothers Prussian grandfather toured all over the country in a similar covered wagon, pulled by a team of Shetland Pony’s .He started his trips from Chicago to Florida and out to California. and was in several movies.

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  Robert Von zuben says:

  Incredible, inspiring and so peaceful to learn all about this type of building thank you for sharing

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  Eric R Winter says:

  Is there a way for water to escape at the bottom of the canvas, where it meets the longitudinal trip boards?

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    James Tolpin says:

    Eric: I probably should have used weep holes, but I figured they’d just plug up in a short amount of time. So I just primed and fully painted the backs of the longitudinal trim boards and cross my fingers.

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  Lorenz Rutz says:

  I’d love to use the cover shot or a shot of the porch for my Zoom backdrop. Can you make that possible?

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  David Rawls says:

  So appreciate this episode! 2000 hrs of joy! And then being able to pass it on for generations! Just the reason boaters love this kind of OFF CENTER production. Lovely, lovely work! So much to enjoy. Thank you! Blessings Jim!

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  Conbert Benneck says:

  ‘m totally in awe at the workmanship; all the little details and of course the beautiful painting.
  How did Jim do all the fine pin striping? I can’t imagine him doing it free hand, but it is spectacular.
  With a work of art like that, where doe he use it? When he stops anywhere he must have crowds oohing and aahing; Does he have to put up a fence around his caravan?
  Does he use the cast iron stove for cooking, or just for warmth on a cool evening.
  Jim, that’s a absolute Masterpiece of workmanship. It belongs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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    Aaron Milligan says:

    I imagine that all the pin striping was done By Hand & Eye.

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  David Tew says:

  Jim’s shop: https://www.byhandandeye.com/tour-of-jims-handtool-only-shop/

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  Doug Day says:

  Pure inspiration. Thanks for this. Doug Day

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  Larry Cheek says:

  One of the many, many things I appreciate about the craftsmanship here is the curves and chamfers cut by eye and hand. Since we live in environments where we’re surrounded by mass-produced, machine-made objects of all kinds, we’ve become conditioned to expect that kind of perfect, symmetrical precision even in the things we make ourselves—like clothing, furniture, and boats. (And wagons). The hand-cut details in this wagon reflect not the machine ideal, but the humanity of the craftsman who executed them. And that is something to savor.

  One other thing to appreciate: OCH’s willingness to step out of the boat box and give us such an unpredictably delightful episode. Many thanks!