I’d add 45 degree angle plates in the corners or cross strapping before it gets enclosed with the remaining structure. The twisting forces are going to be quite large and over time will weaken the structure even with the cover material added.
That is a really impressive peice of steel fabrication! You are never afraid to tackle any task and the results are typically, very good. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Thanks for sharing. From UK.
Just stumbled onto your channel. This is so cool! Can't wait for you to add on die poopenfahrten (that's German for "bathroom," for all you non-Deutsch sprechers ;)).
That will be an amazing Party boat if you have sides that can be rolled up or to the side...don't know your final design but that will be amazing, I am going to ask my friend that lives there to come photograph it for me when you are done. Thanks for your updates.
I'm a big fan of log cabin builds, but discovered this particular video and I instantly had to go back to the beginning of your beautiful barge build. Your descriptions and shared candid thought process made me subscribe. Thank you and good luck. Well done!
We have welded various tubes closed and it is always surprising that they are not water tight . Even though the welds look good. Over time water gets in and rusts from the inside out. You may want to check you welds to avoid this problem Cheers warren
As they used to say on the "A-Team", don't you just love it when a plan comes together? I love how you have a basic, yet flexible plan to accommodate improvement changes. "Vorsprung Durch Technik".
I've subscribed to your channel finally. Your barge build reminds me of my days of serving in the Navy in Key West, Florida. I was assigned to a landing craft (LCM 7) in 1965 - 66. Your project is awesome. I will be following along with extreme interest. Thank you for sharing with an old sailor.
It's amazing you are allowed to do this in Germany. Good for you! I lived there for 20 years and I know how many regulations there are. Einfach unglaublich! Gut gemacht!
WOW those walls are huge. The wind is really going to have a major effect on your shallow draft barge. You will definitely be using your bow thruster A LOT to counter the winds. I assume you will be adding some diagonal bracing to prevent any front to rear or side to side flexing. Good job.
I'm late to this project, and just subscribed. Now I see why they always build the superstructure on dry land :) Much easier with a known level surface. Love this build!
I wish you left overhang on the top lateral beams. It would have made the future construction easier. Apart from that I am loving your vlogs, one of my favorites.
Я подписался ещё на ваших первых видеороликах. Я не понимаю половину из того что вы говорите - мое знание языка отвратительное. Но мне всё понятно и без слов! Вы трудолюбивый и решительный человек, идущий к своей мечте, и это круто! Ваш уровень растет! Удачи вам! Из России!
Here is what he wrote in Russian: "I subscribed to your first videos. I don't understand half of what you say - my language skills are abysmal. But I understand everything without words! You are a hardworking and determined person, going towards your dream, and that's cool! Your level is rising! Good luck to you! From Russia!"
your learning curve in welding, very honest. the tach welds holding are in continuity of a bigger satisfied object. Steel is a mystery. Weld away.. hope you get a nice machine delivered. I went through too small, generator included, a long time ago. no instructions...all trial and error.
This is literally in my top 3 channels I love watching. Can't wait for the next one, when it drops you yell to the ol lady Babe , he put another video out. Yeah that level.🤣🤣
Nicht zu glauben, da baut sich der Kerl die Queen Elizabeth die Dritte mitten in Berlin. Man, hast du einen an der Waffel. Find ich Super. Hausbau mal ganz anders. Tollet Projekt, Kollege. Ick könnt mer Peitschen. Handwerklich Chapeau. Alle Gewerke in einem Mann. Well done.
Love your channel, thank you for sharing your skills and the building process. Keep up the great work, GREETINGS from Riverside in Southern California, God Bless you, this is Alan.
For anyone trying to frame a large structure by yourself, a good assortment of tension/ ratchet straps is a huge help in getting things lined up and square before the final weld/ bolt/ nail. And as demonstrated here, also a big help in getting heavy or awkward beams/ posts/ tubing into place with only one set of hands. I'd place them only slightly behind clamps for handiness on big jobs.
making sure to like before moving on to next part of video playlist ❤ thats a nice boat you got there 👍 don't forget the solar panels and trolling motors ❤
You need some stealit or other form of weld through primer so your not fighting oxidation on the metal, I understand that on a boat it is just the nature of the environment but the cost is worth it in the long run, very cool built!🎉
excellent job you say just tack weld that's okay but definitely do a full bead on each side awesome job love your videos can't wait to see how this one turns out
As a retired engineer I noticed previously that you have drilled your square and rectangular hollow sections for bolting. This is non preffered as it encourages corrosion. Best practise is to weld lugs and drill them to fix your bolted items. Also you should weld end caps as you have done but drilling a 3 to 6mm weep hole to allow welding gases to escape, then sealing the weephole with mastic to prevent any water ingress. I hope this helps.
looks cool. i would make the front roof and wall at the bow out of glas (or a similar material you can look through), so you can see what is in front of your boat when you are driving.
Good to know I'm not the only one who wanted to relocate. My first experience was an all-wood build retired from the fishery industry. I was in it monthly for boat owner talks. Now recommend pull of an inflated kite. 17 meter ???.
G'day Michael, Very cool video,, This is a fantastic project, and I can't wait to see where it goes from here. Congratulations on one of the best builds on YT. RESPECT....!
Your doing a great job. Please don,t forget to build an overhang on each side of the roof so that snow/ rain falls directly into the water and not onto your side decks.We call them eaves not sure of the German equivilant
To keep your weld pure, maintain gas flow for a second or two at the end of the weld bead. Until it 'skins over', the weld puddle can absorb contaminants that can compromise the join.
Very happy to see your progress. Fun to follow along your project. Did you ever consider to open the deck of the barge, and lower the floor more down into the barge so the cabin structure did not become so tall? I understand it should add a huge amount of work, but in an eventually consideration, what other reasons made you not to do it? My thoughts about it was...for the first... The higher up from water level the cabin floor is, the more "pendulum movement" you get from waves and wind, and I think the esthetic of the boat would look better with less hight of the walls. Keep up the good work, Pal...
Great project and very impressive what you get done! I would have made the superstructure lower by including the hull, reducing the windage and lowering the center of gravity. It would also look a bit more "ship like". In the Netherlands you will not be welcome in most places with a square house boat.
Looking good! I noticed your welding skills have improved greatly from when you began. I leave where welding in the wind happens all the time... you may consider using a flux core welding wire in you wire feed welder. You may already be aware of that process, for me it works well in windy conditions. I am looking forward to seeing your finished product.
Looking awesome, Will you be enclosing the sides and figuring out which side section you will leave open while closing the rest? I would park the big boat alongside it and figuring out where the door sits on the boat so you can step straight out and be undercover. And possibly stagger the opposing side so you don't get a nasty blow through of air. Perhaps getting clear tinted curtains for privacy for each bay, so that you can open sides where boats are parked up to the sides as needed while stopping cold breezes and weather from getting in. A nice clear but tinted roofing would also be awesome for maximum light while keeping the area cool during the summers.
Ah, a Tiny House on an old barge. I would assume this makes sense because to the cost of living in Berlin. At the end it would be interesting to compare cost of this build to just buying a live aboard barge that was sound.
I hope there is a good weight at the bottom of the boat because it looks like you will be very top heavy. Also, I hope you plan to primer everything or all that metal will get rusted being on the water full time. Good Luck with your build!
don't forget to check out the MFB-community facebook group: facebook.com/groups/534730508398588
Your vlogs and this whole build is just fascinating to watch and follow.
I’d add 45 degree angle plates in the corners or cross strapping before it gets enclosed with the remaining structure. The twisting forces are going to be quite large and over time will weaken the structure even with the cover material added.
I thought about saying that but I believe he will do it.
Dannggggg
I was going to say a few diagonal beams might be a good idea but corner plates sounds good.
Needs Bracing!
Yes it needs gussets
That is a really impressive peice of steel fabrication! You are never afraid to tackle any task and the results are typically, very good. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Thanks for sharing. From UK.
Mannn you make me feel like I don't work hard enough.. your rocking it dude keep at it!
What a journey this has been! Congratulations on the perseverance and the project!!
Your welding has improved so much since you started! Its really coming along, nice work!!
Imagination…focus…determination…you have evolved and moved to the head of your class…well done…stay safe
This is one of like three channels I look for new videos!!!!!
Keep it up bro! Awesome content!!!!!
Just stumbled onto your channel. This is so cool! Can't wait for you to add on die poopenfahrten (that's German for "bathroom," for all you non-Deutsch sprechers ;)).
That will be an amazing Party boat if you have sides that can be rolled up or to the side...don't know your final design but that will be amazing, I am going to ask my friend that lives there to come photograph it for me when you are done. Thanks for your updates.
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What a pleasure to watch your videos! You did an awesome job with that structure!
I'm a big fan of log cabin builds, but discovered this particular video and I instantly had to go back to the beginning of your beautiful barge build. Your descriptions and shared candid thought process made me subscribe. Thank you and good luck. Well done!
We have welded various tubes closed and it is always surprising that they are not water tight . Even though the welds look good.
Over time water gets in and rusts from the inside out.
You may want to check you welds to avoid this problem
Cheers warren
As they used to say on the "A-Team", don't you just love it when a plan comes together? I love how you have a basic, yet flexible plan to accommodate improvement changes. "Vorsprung Durch Technik".
Your symmetry transfer process is very clever and something I certainly would not have thought of. Great Idea!
I've subscribed to your channel finally. Your barge build reminds me of my days of serving in the Navy in Key West, Florida. I was assigned to a landing craft (LCM 7) in 1965 - 66. Your project is awesome. I will be following along with extreme interest. Thank you for sharing with an old sailor.
Thank you for your service. I was in the RN.
@@nickviner1225 Thank you for YOUR service in the RN.
It's amazing you are allowed to do this in Germany. Good for you! I lived there for 20 years and I know how many regulations there are. Einfach unglaublich! Gut gemacht!
WILL BE A GREAT SHELTER AFTER YOU GET THE ROOF SHEETING ON. BUILS A TINY HOME UNDER TO LIVE ON!!! FANTASTIC JOB.
I agree with most of the other comments. Very nice job! Look forward to future updates.
What Doug said! Be well, be safe!
Хорошая конструкция . Делали подобную потом прикручивали сэндвич панели к ней. . Быстро собирать. И тепло в помещении.
WOW those walls are huge. The wind is really going to have a major effect on your shallow draft barge. You will definitely be using your bow thruster A LOT to counter the winds. I assume you will be adding some diagonal bracing to prevent any front to rear or side to side flexing. Good job.
I'm late to this project, and just subscribed. Now I see why they always build the superstructure on dry land :) Much easier with a known level surface. Love this build!
i keep coming back because what you're doing is fascinating and impressive. looking forward to seeing where you take it next!
I wish you left overhang on the top lateral beams. It would have made the future construction easier. Apart from that I am loving your vlogs, one of my favorites.
Я подписался ещё на ваших первых видеороликах. Я не понимаю половину из того что вы говорите - мое знание языка отвратительное. Но мне всё понятно и без слов! Вы трудолюбивый и решительный человек, идущий к своей мечте, и это круто! Ваш уровень растет! Удачи вам! Из России!
I know what you mean. I listen to Russian music.
Here is what he wrote in Russian:
"I subscribed to your first videos. I don't understand half of what you say - my language skills are abysmal. But I understand everything without words! You are a hardworking and determined person, going towards your dream, and that's cool! Your level is rising! Good luck to you! From Russia!"
GOT TO HAND IT TO YOU FOR GETTING THE FRAME EVEN AND LEVEL WHILE ON A MOVING BARGE.
your learning curve in welding, very honest. the tach welds holding are in continuity of a bigger satisfied object. Steel is a mystery. Weld away.. hope you get a nice machine delivered. I went through too small, generator included, a long time ago. no instructions...all trial and error.
Really been looking forward to this build series keep up the good work
One of the more interesting v logs on TH-cam.
Welcome back! 🎉 Good to see you again! 😊
I would definitely burn it in w/ full passes now that you have everything in place, square & plumb. Looks good.
This is literally in my top 3 channels I love watching. Can't wait for the next one, when it drops you yell to the ol lady Babe , he put another video out. Yeah that level.🤣🤣
Don't fib! You're a master at what you do making like it's your first time.
That’s going to make such a huge living area!
Good planing, good fabrication, it’s going to be a great home.
Nicht zu glauben, da baut sich der Kerl die Queen Elizabeth die Dritte mitten in Berlin. Man, hast du einen an der Waffel. Find ich Super. Hausbau mal ganz anders. Tollet Projekt, Kollege. Ick könnt mer Peitschen. Handwerklich Chapeau. Alle Gewerke in einem Mann. Well done.
Wow! This is huge! My entire condo fits into that barge. Congrats.
Gonna be real boss, the cyberpunk/dystopian music is a weird choice for a boat building vlog but i'm vibing with it.
This is soooooo cool to watch. Love the format and shots too. Your lake is beautiful.
Hope to see more like this in the future! Thanks for sharing
Love your channel, thank you for sharing your skills and the building process. Keep up the great work, GREETINGS from Riverside in Southern California, God Bless you, this is Alan.
You do beautiful work, and you explain your work very nicely!
Love your channel 👍 been here 2 years, can’t wait for each upload 👍
Excellent ! Watching from Panama City Florida, USA. 🇺🇸
For anyone trying to frame a large structure by yourself, a good assortment of tension/ ratchet straps is a huge help in getting things lined up and square before the final weld/ bolt/ nail. And as demonstrated here, also a big help in getting heavy or awkward beams/ posts/ tubing into place with only one set of hands. I'd place them only slightly behind clamps for handiness on big jobs.
Your welding and fabrication skills have come so far from the early videos, well done!
Beautiful job on the framing...straight and true.
Once again great work, well done. Looking forward to see this grow.
I watch and think about what I would do if I was you, then you come along and do it different, and better of course. Good stuff.
I’m watching you from South Florida man I’m really into what your doing and excited to see how it comes out
You aren't afraid of going big. Great work
Great progress! Keep rolling!
Well worth waiting for this episode. Keep up the great work.
making sure to like before moving on to next part of video playlist ❤ thats a nice boat you got there 👍 don't forget the solar panels and trolling motors ❤
Will your anchor be big/strong enoughfor this? It will be a huge winx catcher with this structure added. Just a thought.
It's definitely a wind catcher. But no different than some of the houseboats on the water. It could be two stories high.
He will certainly find out
Is this cabin your own design, or did you get a naval architect to design it for you.?
Should the anchor have a bridle to take any strain from the windlass in high winds?
@@greggbutler9344 Best innocent question ever!
Your are doing a great job. One idea, I would blot the vertical bars to boat structure and then weld. Simple welding cannot hold a complete structure.
You need some stealit or other form of weld through primer so your not fighting oxidation on the metal, I understand that on a boat it is just the nature of the environment but the cost is worth it in the long run, very cool built!🎉
excellent job you say just tack weld that's okay but definitely do a full bead on each side awesome job love your videos can't wait to see how this one turns out
Well done. You deserve a medal.
I can't wait to see this boat take shape. Love the name.
I hope you are keeping in mind wind and top-heavy loading. Also consider gussets and brackets to maintain angles…so far, job well done! 👍
So cool, can't wait to see end result. Very creative! I'm impressed
It'll be as much fun watching this build as you must be having building it!
Lot$ of effort$ to be done, good luck and I'm sure that you'll
enjoy your Houseboat rather sooner than later, Captain!
As a retired engineer I noticed previously that you have drilled your square and rectangular hollow sections for bolting. This is non preffered as it encourages corrosion.
Best practise is to weld lugs and drill them to fix your bolted items. Also you should weld end caps as you have done but drilling a 3 to 6mm weep hole to allow welding gases to escape, then sealing the weephole with mastic to prevent any water ingress. I hope this helps.
What an amazing job, looking forward to the next video!
looks cool. i would make the front roof and wall at the bow out of glas (or a similar material you can look through), so you can see what is in front of your boat when you are driving.
Or move the controls to front of the barge, either that or install cameras with video monitors at the helm.
Good to know I'm not the only one who wanted to relocate.
My first experience was an all-wood build retired from the
fishery industry. I was in it monthly for boat owner talks.
Now recommend pull of an inflated kite. 17 meter ???.
Best wishes on your future endeavors with your vessel.
Great ingenuity and craftmanship! I enjoyed this very much.
Thanks for your hard work very entertaining.
First time in this Chanel and do I like it HELL YES I DO.
YOU NOW HAVE A NEW SUB
Wow your going to have lots of headroom. Keep up the great job.
Looks great. I think I would have left room for a walk way on each side, but definitely will be spacy inside.
Hi don't forget to add some triangular stays in for bracing to give it strength.
Good job buddy, keep up the good work. I really look forward to seeing your finished products.
You need wind bracing. Use flat straps of metal. Very thin. To make big X shaped braces for each side. It will save you in the long run.
Starting to take shape now👍
Looking forward for the finished cabin
Congrats on building the frame for the huge cabin for ur barge boat. looks great..
G'day Michael,
Very cool video,,
This is a fantastic project, and I can't wait to see where it goes from here.
Congratulations on one of the best builds on YT.
RESPECT....!
well done on a difficult job, looking forward to seeing the progress vlogs cheers
Great seeing it all come together and the views are 👌🏻.
Your doing a great job. Please don,t forget to build an overhang on each side of the roof so that snow/ rain falls directly into the water and not onto your side decks.We call them eaves not sure of the German equivilant
Very cool boat story bro. I’m hooked!
I can't wait to see what u do with it
Putting up the wall is genius
Wowowo
To keep your weld pure, maintain gas flow for a second or two at the end of the weld bead. Until it 'skins over', the weld puddle can absorb contaminants that can compromise the join.
What a cool and Nice job ! And maybe you better add wind cross bracing
Bravo young man!👍🏿💪🏾🤚🏿 10:37
Very happy to see your progress.
Fun to follow along your project.
Did you ever consider to open the deck of the barge, and lower the floor more down into the barge so the cabin structure did not become so tall?
I understand it should add a huge amount of work, but in an eventually consideration, what other reasons made you not to do it?
My thoughts about it was...for the first... The higher up from water level the cabin floor is, the more "pendulum movement" you get from waves and wind, and I think the esthetic of the boat would look better with less hight of the walls.
Keep up the good work, Pal...
Great project and very impressive what you get done! I would have made the superstructure lower by including the hull, reducing the windage and lowering the center of gravity. It would also look a bit more "ship like". In the Netherlands you will not be welcome in most places with a square house boat.
If you don't trim the ends that you fold over on the beams, you can use this to hold on to the vertical joints as well. Looking good.
Looking good! I noticed your welding skills have improved greatly from when you began. I leave where welding in the wind happens all the time... you may consider using a flux core welding wire in you wire feed welder. You may already be aware of that process, for me it works well in windy conditions. I am looking forward to seeing your finished product.
Looking awesome, Will you be enclosing the sides and figuring out which side section you will leave open while closing the rest? I would park the big boat alongside it and figuring out where the door sits on the boat so you can step straight out and be undercover. And possibly stagger the opposing side so you don't get a nasty blow through of air.
Perhaps getting clear tinted curtains for privacy for each bay, so that you can open sides where boats are parked up to the sides as needed while stopping cold breezes and weather from getting in. A nice clear but tinted roofing would also be awesome for maximum light while keeping the area cool during the summers.
Are you going to use diagonal pieces for bracing within the walls to prevent unwanted movement? Lokks like it will be an incredible live aboard.
Need bracing everywhere. All directions
Ah, a Tiny House on an old barge. I would assume this makes sense because to the cost of living in Berlin. At the end it would be interesting to compare cost of this build to just buying a live aboard barge that was sound.
I hope there is a good weight at the bottom of the boat because it looks like you will be very top heavy. Also, I hope you plan to primer everything or all that metal will get rusted being on the water full time.
Good Luck with your build!
Weld done…😅 great work…excellent presentation as usual…be safe
You are doing amazing work on the barge!! Thanks for sharing
You're welding has improved