Just want to say thank you for posting this including the boat ride. I've been a woodworker and finish carpenter for 30 years and love your channel and mindset. I had to stop working due to stage 4 cancer in 2020, but I've been thru chemo and immunotherapy and am on the mend. Something about that ride in the water out in nature, and the woods makes me long to be away from the city and the hustle. Much gratitude for sharing this. I miss using my hands every day making stuff, the sound of a block plane over the wood, the smell of freshly cut cedar, the grain pop when the oil reveals it, the crunch sound when my chisel goes across the grain, and the slicing sound when it goes with it... That water though, soothed my pain for a moment. Keep up the good work. You are reaching people in ways you may not have imagined.
Long time viewer here. I wanted to say that I look forward to all of your content and seeing your progress. I love the direction that your channel has taken and how you always share your successes as well as your failures. Your videography and editing is always impressive as well. So don't change a single thing! Keep doing what makes you happy and make memories with your family.
Ah yes. Dock building.... You couldn't ask for better neighbors and knowing them I can tell you they are very kind and giving. I love our lake and look forward to crossing paths one day.
First: hitting like Second: enjoying the show Third: being envious for that plot Fourth: feeling happy you make your dreams come true Thank you for sharing!
Seeing you standing atop your mountain, 2 things came to mind, 1) waiting for my ship to come in and 2) looking for the fog of war ( a line from a Navy Seal movie). I really like your goofy antics and the love you show for your family. What I like most, you are fearless, in that I mean, you seem to boldly step into the unknown. I do the same thing, but you film it.
Just a tip. Float the ramp side more and trim the floats with sand to level it. Also, drill through the middle and place a 1” galvanized threaded rod from side to side. Use it to tension the dock structure against flexing. This will greatly improve the longevity of the structural part of the dock. Maybe do one on each end and one in the middle. Tighten them yearly to account for shrink, etc.
@9:29 - Damn, Makita should be paying you for this shot. What an incredible shot of that saw with the out of focus mountains and lake in the background. Superb work by camera man here.
We’re you able to recover your 1800# anchor? Watched you push the anchor off your boat then sink out of sight. Just wondering what happened. You went to a lot of work and experience. From Missouri
Egyptians probably get more credit because the stuff attributed to them (the pyramids) couldn't possibly have had the blocks move around in that way. So they've had something impossible attributed to them. Hard not to seem amazing when no one knows what technology was used to make something we couldn't reproduce today.
One of your most valuable projects was mostly aluminum. How difficult (maybe impossible) would all this be without your floating flatbed semi ? I love that thing. 👊😎
It’s like they say: “you need a clamp to make a clamp” I guess it’s also true that “you need a dock to make a dock” 😆 In all seriousness nicely done, Samurai!
I think you should be able to "troll" for the buoys on your lost anchors. Maybe a line with a metal "V" in the middle (the line stretched between two boats) that could catch the sunken rope and then you could haul it back up and attach a bigger buoy. That way you wouldn't have to dive for anything. Shouldn't be too hard since you know the general location already.
This is usually a phrase attributed to Mark Twain that allegedly said that English is the language you use to write a song, German is the language you use to train a horse, Italian is the language you use to pick up a girl and Dutch it's a vocal cords disease 🤣
By the terrain, looks like you're in Washington. Seems that they would have a code for wood being next to water. I know that if I built a wood deck in Oregon, anything closer than 32" to the grade, all underpinning has to be certified Pressure Treated. Anything like that when built as a dock? Just curious. I know it's different everywhere. My Family is from Mississippi and they don't have to have a foundation whereas in Oregon we have those expensive Building Codes but honestly they are there to protect the builder, homeowner and the one that may purchase the home in the future. Just curious!
I believe you're going to need more floatation under the end the ramp rests on. More buoyancy to offset the weight of the ramp. Either that or more ballast at the other end.
I just bought a lake lot in Alberta. I’m jealous of the views on bc… what’s the rules for building there are they pretty lax? How is it for off grid stuff like you have? Or do you have a lot of hoops to jump through?
@TextMe十𝙸{𝟸𝟷𝟸}𝟸𝟹𝟻 𝟷𝟾𝟶𝟾 sup s c. How long is your commute from house to boat launch to property? My name is Mike. I am a stone and brick mason by trade and trying to be a well rounded craftsman all together. Watching your Chanel for years now. Also have a dream of a self Sufficient home stead on the Adirondack park of ny state.
I know that feeling, leaving the fam for a few days or a few weeks. It’s bittersweet. A part of you is looking forward to a bit of "me" time, but it stings to know they won’t be around for hugs, annoying the heck out of you and all that good stuff.
Great series, how are you planning to deal with the dock in the winter? Would like to do something similar back home in Sweden. Keep it going, all the best from Europe. John
That yellow cedar looked so beautiful when you were building with it, but boy does it weather ugly. That pale grey is an unattractive color for sure, but what you've built is marvelous.
I did the DNA test during covid, I have a Dutch last name so I was expecting the obvious BUT. I am 45% Scottish 40% Irish 10% English 5% Canadian WTF?😂😂😂
hey samurai, what do you do with your boat when you leave? do you park it near by then drive it over to load it up with wood? also those cinematic shots were awesome, im very jealous you glorious bastard
@TextMe十𝙸{𝟸𝟷𝟸}𝟸𝟹𝟻 𝟷𝟾𝟶𝟾 white and nerdy then 16 mins in, again....lock im up . Ps the Dutch have always been the best at " Rolling Sh*t ". No offence meant with my comments , British humour at it's worst
Just want to say thank you for posting this including the boat ride. I've been a woodworker and finish carpenter for 30 years and love your channel and mindset. I had to stop working due to stage 4 cancer in 2020, but I've been thru chemo and immunotherapy and am on the mend. Something about that ride in the water out in nature, and the woods makes me long to be away from the city and the hustle. Much gratitude for sharing this. I miss using my hands every day making stuff, the sound of a block plane over the wood, the smell of freshly cut cedar, the grain pop when the oil reveals it, the crunch sound when my chisel goes across the grain, and the slicing sound when it goes with it... That water though, soothed my pain for a moment. Keep up the good work. You are reaching people in ways you may not have imagined.
Best life-changing decision I've seen in a long time. Very jealous.
16:08 Samurai makes love with the dock frame.
Beautiful rainbow! Thanks for sharing your scenic view with all of us.
Long time viewer here. I wanted to say that I look forward to all of your content and seeing your progress. I love the direction that your channel has taken and how you always share your successes as well as your failures. Your videography and editing is always impressive as well. So don't change a single thing! Keep doing what makes you happy and make memories with your family.
Well said, my friend
You’re a goofball. Good to see you so happy!
Ah yes. Dock building.... You couldn't ask for better neighbors and knowing them I can tell you they are very kind and giving. I love our lake and look forward to crossing paths one day.
German „Kamerakind“?! Das erklärt einiges. Vorsprung durch Technik. Keep on rolling🤟🏻.
Very nice cinematography and great sense of humor!
First: hitting like
Second: enjoying the show
Third: being envious for that plot
Fourth: feeling happy you make your dreams come true
Thank you for sharing!
Bless this dock, and all who sail on her!
Who ever took the nature shots really managed to get amazing video. That place looks like Heaven on earth.
The cut screen from water to nature was money 🙌
First time I see a concrete dock. Nice!
Great scenic shots, especially the rainbow. Nice work on the dock. Bravo samurai.
Seeing you standing atop your mountain, 2 things came to mind, 1) waiting for my ship to come in and 2) looking for the fog of war ( a line from a Navy Seal movie). I really like your goofy antics and the love you show for your family. What I like most, you are fearless, in that I mean, you seem to boldly step into the unknown. I do the same thing, but you film it.
Great shots
well I am Swiss (german speaking part) but it does not really sound like us 🤣 It was more dutch… And yes you can make fun….
Good Job guys!
Just a tip. Float the ramp side more and trim the floats with sand to level it. Also, drill through the middle and place a 1” galvanized threaded rod from side to side. Use it to tension the dock structure against flexing. This will greatly improve the longevity of the structural part of the dock. Maybe do one on each end and one in the middle. Tighten them yearly to account for shrink, etc.
BALLAST+ BOUYANCY IS BETTER THAN BOUYANCY
So you mean just like he did?
@9:29 - Damn, Makita should be paying you for this shot. What an incredible shot of that saw with the out of focus mountains and lake in the background. Superb work by camera man here.
Great camera work Adam! Amazing shots!
Awesome Videography! Your camera man did a super awesome job on this video. I appreciate all of the details. Probably your best video yet.
0:34 Glad cameraman could get the samurai's wood and his load
Yeah I heard that too. Great they let it in there!
You have such a beautiful view from your cabin! Enjoy.
Hahaha yeah bullshirt greases the axle of the world. Great video lads
cool that one dude has a starlink out there as well nice
We’re you able to recover your 1800# anchor? Watched you push the anchor off your boat then sink out of sight. Just wondering what happened. You went to a lot of work and experience.
From Missouri
I was always a fan of the steel toed sandals.
there was like some avant-garde video editing in this one
Another great video 👍
Nice Dora!
Yellow cedar is one of my favourite woods because the grain is so damn tight
but I am wondering about the ol' Shinobi Samurai Burn Coat+linseed? Thoughts @Samurai?
Sweet dock bro.
Egyptians probably get more credit because the stuff attributed to them (the pyramids) couldn't possibly have had the blocks move around in that way. So they've had something impossible attributed to them. Hard not to seem amazing when no one knows what technology was used to make something we couldn't reproduce today.
One of your most valuable projects was mostly aluminum. How difficult (maybe impossible) would all this be without your floating flatbed semi ? I love that thing.
👊😎
My biggest compliment is how many you haven’t lost in the lake. I’d a lost tons of tools they’d have to rename it makita lake
That could be repurposed as your stage. Nice work.
White and nerdy 🤣 I’m using that one 😂
It’s like they say: “you need a clamp to make a clamp” I guess it’s also true that “you need a dock to make a dock” 😆
In all seriousness nicely done, Samurai!
Huh!? you need a clamp to make a clamp!...No, no you don't
Weird Al and Dora in the same video… what more could we want?
I kinda wanna know more about your neighbours dock that (seemingly) floats but doesn't move.
that's some real 3am thoughts material right there.
BALLAST+ BOUYANCY IS BETTER THAN BOUYANCY
Don't overthink it . it's Tethered to the bottom, and it's a heck of a lot heavier
Funny to see such a good tool like that Chisel cleaning up after that toy saw .
What are those containers you uses for floats?
that low rainbow, mwa!
I like how you match your Gatorade colour with the makita tools 😜🤙🏻
😲So your palace of solitude is next to neighbors?? WOW!! 👀Did you see the size of his neighbors dock??😁
i'm Dutch, sounded total Scandinavian to me.
I think you should be able to "troll" for the buoys on your lost anchors. Maybe a line with a metal "V" in the middle (the line stretched between two boats) that could catch the sunken rope and then you could haul it back up and attach a bigger buoy. That way you wouldn't have to dive for anything. Shouldn't be too hard since you know the general location already.
How does the "v" remain attached the whole way?
This is usually a phrase attributed to Mark Twain that allegedly said that English is the language you use to write a song, German is the language you use to train a horse, Italian is the language you use to pick up a girl and Dutch it's a vocal cords disease 🤣
By the terrain, looks like you're in Washington. Seems that they would have a code for wood being next to water. I know that if I built a wood deck in Oregon, anything closer than 32" to the grade, all underpinning has to be certified Pressure Treated. Anything like that when built as a dock? Just curious. I know it's different everywhere. My Family is from Mississippi and they don't have to have a foundation whereas in Oregon we have those expensive Building Codes but honestly they are there to protect the builder, homeowner and the one that may purchase the home in the future. Just curious!
He’s in Canada.
I had a solid laugh at the scene of the dock randomly floating in the water
You can only use hot dipped galvanized or stainless steel in cedar. Opps ...
Can we please get an update on the tool vest? Would be nice if you could start selling the plans on your website.
I believe you're going to need more floatation under the end the ramp rests on. More buoyancy to offset the weight of the ramp. Either that or more ballast at the other end.
That's what they did. In the middle they have them doubled on one side and single on the other.
Great work👌
But you need to improve the Swiss accent 😅
Cheers from Switzerland 🇨🇭
Dora? Ha Didn't even need 5 pieces of sticky tape. Great looking Dock
Any luck with the concrete drums and chain ?
Rock out with your dock out
I can't figure it out. Where do you keep a boat at the launch ramp. ? The property is boat in only, So how do this work ?
How long is the boat ride from where you load the boat to where you unload the boat?
Ya you did it lol awsome man
Good to see ya back in shorts…………warming up again.
Are those steel toe sandals?
Did you ever get your chain back from the bottom?
Is that lake Fresh water or Brackish water since your close to the coast?
What ever happened with the lost anchor?
We put it in the water
And it floated away
We did it....We did it.
Nice
That is one spectacular floating concrete dock next door. Ferro cement?
I just bought a lake lot in Alberta. I’m jealous of the views on bc… what’s the rules for building there are they pretty lax? How is it for off grid stuff like you have? Or do you have a lot of hoops to jump through?
Just because JC was a carpenter and wore sandals doesn't mean in this day and age grown men should. Especially if they have a TH-cam channel!
The only way to build stuff at the cottage is in rags and sandals, everyone knows that
Are you building an aircraft carrier?🤣💪💪
How long is your commute from house to boat launch to property?
@TextMe十𝙸{𝟸𝟷𝟸}𝟸𝟹𝟻 𝟷𝟾𝟶𝟾 sup s c. How long is your commute from house to boat launch to property? My name is Mike. I am a stone and brick mason by trade and trying to be a well rounded craftsman all together. Watching your Chanel for years now. Also have a dream of a self Sufficient home stead on the Adirondack park of ny state.
Today the circus built a dock frame….nice
What, no hand sawn mahogany dovetails? I come to see you do the impossible, not work like a common mortal.
where is this ?... northwest of america? its so pretty there ... looks like here in newzealand ....
Really great B role and it looks like you bumped up the quality for some reason. Excellent.
Where is this?
So where are the anchors
Lovefull
Look like your passing through thetis on the highway
I know that feeling, leaving the fam for a few days or a few weeks. It’s bittersweet. A part of you is looking forward to a bit of "me" time, but it stings to know they won’t be around for hugs, annoying the heck out of you and all that good stuff.
Get a room you 2!!!!!...
Great series, how are you planning to deal with the dock in the winter? Would like to do something similar back home in Sweden. Keep it going, all the best from Europe. John
not sure why i thought you would need treated wood for a doc
That yellow cedar looked so beautiful when you were building with it, but boy does it weather ugly. That pale grey is an unattractive color for sure, but what you've built is marvelous.
The dock that you used to build your dock on seem to be great as it didn’t bounce round or float around
First!! Go Samurai!
It's more like Dutch. I am sure people from the Netherlands would disagree :D
Are you ever not happy to announce the makers mob?
Seriously though great stuff man! Love seeing the progress.
Share some knowledge huh? Lol
I did the DNA test during covid, I have a Dutch last name so I was expecting the obvious BUT. I am 45% Scottish 40% Irish 10% English 5% Canadian WTF?😂😂😂
hey samurai, what do you do with your boat when you leave? do you park it near by then drive it over to load it up with wood? also those cinematic shots were awesome, im very jealous you glorious bastard
Hey samari
Is this cowichan or shawnigan?
For Gods sake lock him up !
@TextMe十𝙸{𝟸𝟷𝟸}𝟸𝟹𝟻 𝟷𝟾𝟶𝟾 white and nerdy then 16 mins in, again....lock im up . Ps the Dutch have always been the best at " Rolling Sh*t ". No offence meant with my comments , British humour at it's worst
Curious. Why are you always wearing headphones??
Een vliegende Hollander?
Well done to be honest, but no rope to secure it? Naye problem
If carpenter sandals were effective for Jesus, it's shall be effective for the Samari.
Nothing wrong with making fun of our weird German accent 😆
That was not a Swedish accent haha. Definitely more of a germanic accent.