I'm sitting here at Walmart parked for the night in Amarillo Texas wishing I would have stayed longer and looking forward to my next visit. It was great to be part of the crew for a couple days building Seeker...kind of a religious experience to be involved and be part of the process. I hope the electrical ground issue is solved now with the power boxes and no one else gets shocked. I'm sure the outlets will last another ten years with your nut and bolt repair. Thanks again for what you do and for being such a wonderful host and mentor. You give back so much more then you get and the way you treat everyone there should be the model for all work environments. You and Betsy open your home to people you've never met or know little about. Betsy made some wonderful home cooked meals and made me feel like family. The energy at Seeker Village was so positive and upbeat it made my time there feel more like a vacation than a work project. I had the best time...Terry
+Terry Landis Hey Terry. It was great to have your help and you're welcome back anytime. And if there is one thing I really hate, it's getting shocked, so thanks again for finding the ground problem :) Looking forward to seeing you again.
great video, as always! i showed my wife some of the videos... to defend my building of a 12' boat IN THE LIVING ROOM. thanks for making my project seem reasonable ;)
"Life is about the journey." So true. So very true. It has never been about the destination. We all know what the ultimate destination is. Its just a question of when and where. Between the now and the then, life happens. Whether you travel the comfortable well worn path, or take the more adventuresome undiscovered route, your journey should always be one of discovery in all things along the way. That is why "Seeker" is a perfect name. Safe journey. Cheers.
+Rain Coast How right you are! It occurs to me that the underlying premise is a student attitude. How many people pass that same place yet fail to notice let alone learn? When one thinks there is nothing left to learn they are already dead. They die of bloated arrogance.
+yellowdeer 7 That was the most hilarious scene. I'm still laughing. I think it would have been funnier if it wasn't explained at the end of that video.
Great progress everyone! I usually only see one guy sweeping and the other four leaning on their brooms taking shifts - never all at the same time :) LOL
Coming along nicely, great support crew. I really enjoy seeing you putting a torch and a grinder in people there hands that want to help with little to none technical background and act like "i'll explain the rest later".
15:24 Welding sunburn on the bicep, above the elbow joint. Don't weld in a Tshirt kids. That will blister up and peel nicely. I've learned from experience. Great video and wise words Doug. All the best from Australia.
I have used a mirror a handful of times where I really needed to see what I was welding. It was a pain, but better than guess and check. Another thought is you might look at making a fresh air setup for welding in confined spaces, I am guessing that you might have some as the boat comes together more and more. A fellow worker made one for both fresh air and to cool him while welding in the top of a packing plant tower, ambient temp was 140F, so he plumbed a hose from an air conditioner into some coveralls and had leather attached to his hood and a 2nd hose into it. It allowed him to stay in there and get the job done.
Love the videos and love coming along for the journey. Doug, a tip my grandfather shared for catching water leaks, if you plan on emptying the tank anyways, drop some kind of food coloring/dye in the water, makes it easier to follow the leak and sometimes after draining you can see residual coloring around the area of the leak. But it seems you found the crack so good on ya.
Hi Doug, great video, and thanks so much for sharing. Next time you find yourself in a situation similar to grinding the scuppers, they do make a stone grinding wheel approx. 1.5" Dia. x 2 or 3" long. Pipe welders use them all the time, to face the inside end-edge of pipe, i.e. grind the inside (of pipe) weld flat.
Keep up the good work. ..suggestion- the mast step. Use a collar around the mast instead (or in addition to) what you did. Reason being is to spread the load around the circumference and avoid the point loads. Most important considering its a free standing rig.
Found you looking for casting videos, love the content! My father-in-law built a 49' ferro-cement hulled sailboat in the late 60's that they still sail.
I think moister is the catalyst for super glue, and it bonds flesh instantly, so no need to heat or even hold it more than a second or two. Fixed a inch plus wide open cut in my thumb webbing with it once (Non OSHA approved use of a knife). Works better than any stitch ever could... And after a decade or so, most of the feeling has come back to the inside of my thumb...
+Mat Helm Ah ! super glue. A few months ago, I underwent open heart surgery and much to my surprise, the Docs used CA glue to complete the closure. About a month later, when I went to see my surgeon, he showed me how he wanted me to remove the glue. "Hold here and pull" . I thought my wife was going to lose it, but it didn't hurt at all. The scar looks pretty decent, much better than my scars from Vietnam. Those guys gave me big wide scars, maybe because I was an officer. ;- ) , but hey they saved my life. Love this program. Ken, Marina CA, US Army retired.
+Mat Helm When I was in early grade school in the mid 1970's one of the kids in our class stuck his fingers to his palm with super glue. Our female teacher freaked out so she called the school nurse who took the kid out of class and someone took him to the emergency room. The open tube of super glue was still on his desk and I can remember the teacher telling us all to stay away from it saying it is very dangerous and poisonous. She got the custodian to grab it with some pliers and he dropped it into a garbage bag and then she taped the bag shut like it was radioactive waste. The kid was back the next day.
Stick a few drops of food dye into your leaky tank after the water has settled and watch the direction it goes. ive used this method before with success just put enough dye in and make sure the water has settled. you should see a "tentical" form in the direction of the leak.
An easy way to locate a leak in a water tank that I've used successfully is to dump a bottle of food colouring into it. Use a colour that will stand out, as much as possible, against the colour of your tank walls. As the water seeps out the wall in that area will discolour. The darker the colour, the more it's leaking. This method works really well on concrete where the penetration in the water proofing is often not close to where the tank is leaking. Eg, one of my tanks had a leak and the penetration was several meters away from where the water was weeping out. The water was moving internally along the wall, then exiting. Anyway, hopefully this comment helps someone :-)
Your Journey Doug has brought rich rewards - that is good. Much is the learning about self, and the rich feedback of all who have assisted. I keep wondering who takes footage a lot of the time - many shots including you. As before, I keep seeing a huge electric bill as well as MIG wire.:) Yet another fine video.
I've been watching you build SV Seeker for about 2 months now. I have to tell you that I look forward to watching your videos every week. She's coming along nicely. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
If you get caught in a storm water might come over the bow and splash on your hatches ruining your water supply so I would recommend a shutoff for the plumbing. Just a thought keep up the great work
+Matt Dun Always a good idea. I have a feeling that Doug has already considered this. In fact, it will be quite interesting to see the plumbing be installed. Of course I will be watching for indications of the plumbing cage constructed by the 3 Stooges as shown in one of their movies. No! I did NOT call anyone a stooge. haha
I love showing people plasma cutting for the first time. Their response is what I imagine it would be like for people seeing the first wheel, or maybe the first loaf of sliced bread. Hehehe
Someone already mentioned the welding blind via mirror. Depending on how you're oriented two directions (left and right or up and down) will swap. It's a bit awkward but can be done with something as simple as a wide putty knife. Just being able to see the puddle and each side of the seam with even a bit blurry detail is far better than blind.
Gaps are easier to fill vertical up and are much more sound, this is a fact. A good welder would fill a 10mm gap far quicker and easier than some one doing V/down. The only instance of doing a vertical down is on low stressed areas or where you cant get into adequately. If you need to vertical down weld at least use low hydrogen electrodes. Vertical up is so easy to do and once you get used to the technique you produce really even and neat welds with no undercut,I have mentioned this before and I repeat, at least use low hydrogen rods as when you go vert/down you iimpart porosity into the weld pool.But still all the best on your build and I will be dropping in regularly to see your progress.cheers
Thanks so much for sharing this journey, Your videos have been a great inspiration for me for the last 2 yrs. you never truly know what effect the ripples we make in the universe can have . The goo dlord told me a long time ago to just mind my own business and let him sort out the rest , so here i go trudging through life somedays it feels like running knee deep in jello . i only ask for the strength to do the next right thing whatever that may be. I love all the videos and cant wait to see you on the water in that beast of a boat. FYI those look like House finches the one with the scarlet red head is a male
This video is pretty awesome, some very impressive steel working and fabrication skills :) but using a 9 inch grinder without a guard and no goggles.... now thats just asking for a trip to A and E to have your eyeballs scraped with a needle....lol I know from experience! have visited there many times myself! lol
Hi if you sand blast your solar water holder you can re grout with a latex water tight grout an get rid of your leak , which seems to be causing you alot of distress as it looks like you have tryed to find and fix your leak many times., though you could also line it with rubber and heat bond the seems, as well like they do with rubber roofing and ponds.
the rigging thats where the monney comes in you will need bid turn buckle stainles the thick wire rope theres the most cost of this boat the sails let alone wow your doing a great job your only a quarter done soler panles batteries electrical plumbing gally fridg head radio gps let aone the rest keep the dream alive its so cool
Super glue works great in these cases, but Steri-Strips are much easier to keep the wound closed. I know they are a little expensive, but being able to pull a wound shut and keep it that way for a couple days is really helpful.
Only time I cry about downhill welding is on the hull. You will not laugh then the hull cracks in a middle of a storm. But if it is over the waterline you don't have to hurry to make the repairs.
+Markus Johansson That is a baseless fear. The hull will not crack in a storm unless gets slammed against the rocks. It's the baseless fears that need to be brought out into the light. Find me one case of an home build steel boat that was lost due to weld failure. Just one. I've been looking for years.
+SV Seeker if you feel safe, then you doesn't need to listen to me 😃. I hope you will have nice time out at the sea when you're done building the boat. and it's fun to watch your built.
Best of all (about grinding), is you'll still be doing 80-grit spit while you're in your bahama shorts afloat in the Med. No need to pack sandpaper ;-)
How big an electrical service do you have coming into the house? While watching the videos I didn't see or hear anything about electrical power for the Seeker. I also noted that you plan on hanging the small boat off the stern. A lot of marine science involves towing things behind the boat. You might want to take that into consideration as mounting the small boat off the stern could interfere with towing. You might also want to consider some sort of winching system at the rear for towed apparatus.
The stuff they sell on those infomercial advertisements does work well to seal water storage containers. I have used the spray on the outside of a planter I use as a water feature in a pond setup (no leaks now and it's has been a couple years). I purchased a more expensive product to seal the inside because it was a food safe product at the time and they have both held up. It is no longer only sold by the spray can, you may want to look in to it as they claim it is also food safe now. I have to say that the spray can I used did have a strong petroleum smell when spraying the area I wanted to seal, but once it dried the odor went away. It has not had any negative effects on the gold fish or the five different types of plants growing in the pond and connected water features. Good luck and please do your own research or testing because sadly Americans no longer can count on clean healthy water from our own faucets. .
The thing about gloves is one loses sensitivity and become over confident that if anything goes wrong the gloves would take the hit. Most of the time you do not feel that something is cutting thru it and when it makes contact with your skin, it's too late to back off. Other times the tool grabs the glove with your hand in it and makes more injury. But then it's better to err on the side of caution.
I have an idea about your hot water leak. I bet it's lower but it only leaks down to that level because the force of that level and higher of water is enlarging a hairline crack somewhere lower. As the force against it decreases it springs back anf seals itself back up.
+SV Seeker With the regular exposure to sea water I would recommend choosing a higher corrosion resistance than just 'rated for seawater'. I have seen several steels that had data sheets claiming seawater resistance only to find out further in the data sheet that was for just sea spray. What are you planning on using for your sacrificial anodes, by the way?
did you change your mind about being able to add more ballast to the keels? (I may have missed it if you mentioned it previously). More fuel gives you a reserve at the very least. Will you try to plumb them into the main tanks somehow? love the solar heated watertank...wonder how well that would work further north (in WV)
I need to start planning my trip to Tulsa. Do you have a plan for the water system that you want to use? Do you know what you want to make it out of? Stainless?
I thought it kinda humorous, when you were having trouble with your hot water holding tank leaking and you mentioned resealing along the level line where the water stopped dropping, I thought to myself "Well, but that's not the only way leaks behave, it's POSSIBLE that the weight of the water (or water pressure) was opening the leak up and allowing it to drain but at a certain level the leak may close with reduced pressure, leaving the crack lower than the level the water stabilizes at". BUT I thought, what are the chances that's the case? Not two minutes later in the vid you found the leak and it exactly that scenario!
+MISTERComaToes Along with being a home builder I formed a 2nd business of casualty repair. I was often amazed by the insidious nature of water finding it's way through solid materials.
excusez-moi je ne veux pas du tout vous dire que vous êtes au travail mais on plomberie quand il brasure à effectuer dans un endroit que je ne vois pas que j'ai aucune visibilité je prends un miroir avec le miroir je peux faire ma brasure correctement sans problème c'est pas du tout pour ranger juste pour petite astuce quoi car le hublot vous avez souder quoi la encadrement du boulot pas évident quoi faire à l'aveugle et autrement toujours aussi génial vous vidéo merci beaucoup
Do you not worry about your welding power supply overheating closed in a Black Box on a warm summer day? Even with the lid open I'd be concerned. I wonder if that contributed to the last one's death. Also, a bit thinner superglue from a hobby RC store and some activator, and you can heal wounds in seconds. It burns a bit from the exothermic reaction so spray the activator at a bit of a distance so it doesn't hit with full strength. I haven't used Band-aids for cuts in years.
Thanks for replying Doug. Your videos are very inspirational. I am currently in the process of my big thing (house not a boat) and your persistence and willingness to try anything has motivated me many times!
+SV Seeker You have to do better than that. Since she seems to have a say in the matter, you have to convince her that it is best that that time coincides when she is first launched. Does she get jealous if you look at another boat?
+TheWaffledOne Ha. I'm not sure the birds suffer with the curse of human ego. ....but I the plan is to keep the tank valve closed until the majority of salt, dirt, and bird shit has been washed away.
Hi, Great really funny video mainly on the injuries, which I am sorry happened but at least they can heal if you are only here for a day or two. Took me back a few years where I had a heart Op and they sealed the throat to belly button join with superglue. Amazing stuff and there was almost no scare after just a couple of years. Thanks for this video. It is a long slow ways to go yet, I don’t need to tell YOU that. Are you going to do all the ’second fix’ woodwork and final flooring and all? And what wood are you using for the deck?
I'm sitting here at Walmart parked for the night in Amarillo Texas wishing I would have stayed longer and looking forward to my next visit.
It was great to be part of the crew for a couple days building Seeker...kind of a religious experience to be involved and be part of the process. I hope the electrical ground issue is solved now with the power boxes and no one else gets shocked. I'm sure the outlets will last another ten years with your nut and bolt repair.
Thanks again for what you do and for being such a wonderful host and mentor. You give back so much more then you get and the way you treat everyone there should be the model for all work environments.
You and Betsy open your home to people you've never met or know little about. Betsy made some wonderful home cooked meals and made me feel like family. The energy at Seeker Village was so positive and upbeat it made my time there feel more like a vacation than a work project. I had the best time...Terry
+Terry Landis Hey Terry. It was great to have your help and you're welcome back anytime. And if there is one thing I really hate, it's getting shocked, so thanks again for finding the ground problem :) Looking forward to seeing you again.
great video, as always! i showed my wife some of the videos... to defend my building of a 12' boat IN THE LIVING ROOM. thanks for making my project seem reasonable ;)
"Life is about the journey." So true. So very true. It has never been about the destination. We all know what the ultimate destination is. Its just a question of when and where. Between the now and the then, life happens. Whether you travel the comfortable well worn path, or take the more adventuresome undiscovered route, your journey should always be one of discovery in all things along the way. That is why "Seeker" is a perfect name. Safe journey. Cheers.
+Rain Coast Spot on!
+Rain Coast How right you are! It occurs to me that the underlying premise is a student attitude. How many people pass that same place yet fail to notice let alone learn? When one thinks there is nothing left to learn they are already dead. They die of bloated arrogance.
Glad Jack recovered from his fall.
+yellowdeer 7 That was the most hilarious scene. I'm still laughing. I think it would have been funnier if it wasn't explained at the end of that video.
Great progress everyone! I usually only see one guy sweeping and the other four leaning on their brooms taking shifts - never all at the same time :) LOL
Coming along nicely, great support crew. I really enjoy seeing you putting a torch and a grinder in people there hands that want to help with little to none technical background and act like "i'll explain the rest later".
+Smit Creations Thanks, and yes. If you are a book learner, I am the wrong teacher. :)
Now that's wisdom worth sharing! Beautiful words, Doug.
Welding the tops of those port holes looked fun. Doug, I really appreciate what you said in the description, well done sir.
+🔥Ramsey Customs - turbocobra We did better than I expected. And thanks.
Hi from Virginia Greg, I got the T- shirt.. thanks for the stiker too.
Well said Doug. I'm learning to judge less and help others more. Great channel and crew. Set sail everyday Sir.
Superb video Doug! The boat is looking so amazing with the portholes in. And I really appreciate a longer video too :)
Breezing through this playlist.
Its been quite the journey.
Nice touch with the team introductions.
HI from UK. And as always great job.
Aaaahh a welshman!
15:24 Welding sunburn on the bicep, above the elbow joint. Don't weld in a Tshirt kids. That will blister up and peel nicely. I've learned from experience. Great video and wise words Doug. All the best from Australia.
I have used a mirror a handful of times where I really needed to see what I was welding. It was a pain, but better than guess and check.
Another thought is you might look at making a fresh air setup for welding in confined spaces, I am guessing that you might have some as the boat comes together more and more. A fellow worker made one for both fresh air and to cool him while welding in the top of a packing plant tower, ambient temp was 140F, so he plumbed a hose from an air conditioner into some coveralls and had leather attached to his hood and a 2nd hose into it. It allowed him to stay in there and get the job done.
Your videos are the highlight of my week
I wonder how many videos I have watched of yours. I saw the very first plate started. still not board. cant wait to see the finished product
+Rodney Wroten I would say it begins to take shape last month's, huge amount of work ahead, but it's do not look for me like metal sheets anymore.
thank you sir
awesome as always, can't wait to see this vessel into is natural environment , awesome
with your water box thing take a plunger and create a seal along the wall, then pull, if it comes off there is a leak there
+MN SHP (MNSHP11) That's a great idea.
this is mighty interesting in a heavy duty sort of way.cant wait to see her in the blue and see how she handles.good luck to yous.
Thanks again Doug for the update.
EVERYONE... READ DOUG'S VIDEO DESCRIPTION ABOVE... YOU'LL BE BETTER FOR HAVING READ IT!!!
You've got a whole grinding crew.
Love the videos and love coming along for the journey. Doug, a tip my grandfather shared for catching water leaks, if you plan on emptying the tank anyways, drop some kind of food coloring/dye in the water, makes it easier to follow the leak and sometimes after draining you can see residual coloring around the area of the leak. But it seems you found the crack so good on ya.
oh man, i love mig welding. I wish i lived nearby i would love volunteering. Cheers from Los Angeles
Looks like a warm-up for quiddich at the end there :D
Hi Doug, great video, and thanks so much for sharing. Next time you find yourself in a situation similar to grinding the scuppers, they do make a stone grinding wheel approx. 1.5" Dia. x 2 or 3" long. Pipe welders use them all the time, to face the inside end-edge of pipe, i.e. grind the inside (of pipe) weld flat.
Keep up the good work. ..suggestion- the mast step. Use a collar around the mast instead (or in addition to) what you did. Reason being is to spread the load around the circumference and avoid the point loads. Most important considering its a free standing rig.
+Crunch Right it is free standing, but the plan is to simply weld the mast to to step once it's set in place.
Another great video, Thanks!!
Found you looking for casting videos, love the content! My father-in-law built a 49' ferro-cement hulled sailboat in the late 60's that they still sail.
I think moister is the catalyst for super glue, and it bonds flesh instantly, so no need to heat or even hold it more than a second or two. Fixed a inch plus wide open cut in my thumb webbing with it once (Non OSHA approved use of a knife). Works better than any stitch ever could... And after a decade or so, most of the feeling has come back to the inside of my thumb...
+Mat Helm Ah ! super glue. A few months ago, I underwent open heart surgery and much to my surprise, the Docs used CA glue to complete the closure. About a month later, when I went to see my surgeon, he showed me how he wanted me to remove the glue. "Hold here and pull" . I thought my wife was going to lose it, but it didn't hurt at all. The scar looks pretty decent, much better than my scars from Vietnam. Those guys gave me big wide scars, maybe because I was an officer. ;- ) , but hey they saved my life. Love this program. Ken, Marina CA, US Army retired.
+Mat Helm When I was in early grade school in the mid 1970's one of the kids in our class stuck his fingers to his palm with super glue. Our female teacher freaked out so she called the school nurse who took the kid out of class and someone took him to the emergency room. The open tube of super glue was still on his desk and I can remember the teacher telling us all to stay away from it saying it is very dangerous and poisonous. She got the custodian to grab it with some pliers and he dropped it into a garbage bag and then she taped the bag shut like it was radioactive waste. The kid was back the next day.
thanks for the video,,,,,, peace of mind ,,,,, its a good thing
Awesome to see a longer episode also Kay is back woohoo lol
I like the extra long format!
Stick a few drops of food dye into your leaky tank after the water has settled and watch the direction it goes. ive used this method before with success just put enough dye in and make sure the water has settled. you should see a "tentical" form in the direction of the leak.
An easy way to locate a leak in a water tank that I've used successfully is to dump a bottle of food colouring into it. Use a colour that will stand out, as much as possible, against the colour of your tank walls.
As the water seeps out the wall in that area will discolour. The darker the colour, the more it's leaking.
This method works really well on concrete where the penetration in the water proofing is often not close to where the tank is leaking. Eg, one of my tanks had a leak and the penetration was several meters away from where the water was weeping out. The water was moving internally along the wall, then exiting.
Anyway, hopefully this comment helps someone :-)
Perhaps the easy way to fix your water leak would be a pond liner.
But we use what we have.
Well said Doug.
Great video and keep up the good work
Your Journey Doug has brought rich rewards - that is good. Much is the learning about self, and the rich feedback of all who have assisted.
I keep wondering who takes footage a lot of the time - many shots including you.
As before, I keep seeing a huge electric bill as well as MIG wire.:)
Yet another fine video.
+ChrisB257 Thanks. Jack does lots of the camera work too. And April's electric was $109. I think a small house helps.
a piece of thread with super glue is good for pulling wounds closed and then glue the other end.
awesome. a mirror is great when you can't see where your welding, tricks the mind though in certain areas.
+EarthshipFreed my thought was one of those mechanics mirrors, on some sort of magnetic mount so you didn't have to hold it....
I've been watching you build SV Seeker for about 2 months now. I have to tell you that I look forward to watching your videos every week.
She's coming along nicely. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
The water pressure pushing the steal plate out on the tank is probably what is cracking the seal.
If you get caught in a storm water might come over the bow and splash on your hatches ruining your water supply so I would recommend a shutoff for the plumbing. Just a thought keep up the great work
+Matt Dun Always a good idea. I have a feeling that Doug has already considered this. In fact, it will be quite interesting to see the plumbing be installed. Of course I will be watching for indications of the plumbing cage constructed by the 3 Stooges as shown in one of their movies. No! I did NOT call anyone a stooge. haha
+Richard H 😉
I love showing people plasma cutting for the first time. Their response is what I imagine it would be like for people seeing the first wheel, or maybe the first loaf of sliced bread. Hehehe
Another thing with those tanks in the keels is with a few little pumps you got yourself adjustable trim if you ever find yourself listing
+rparker069 Right on. If we are going to sail on a reach for a few days, we might as well pump to the windward side.
Someone already mentioned the welding blind via mirror. Depending on how you're oriented two directions (left and right or up and down) will swap. It's a bit awkward but can be done with something as simple as a wide putty knife. Just being able to see the puddle and each side of the seam with even a bit blurry detail is far better than blind.
Gaps are easier to fill vertical up and are much more sound, this is a fact. A good welder would fill a 10mm gap far quicker and easier than some one doing V/down. The only instance of doing a vertical down is on low stressed areas or where you cant get into adequately. If you need to vertical down weld at least use low hydrogen electrodes. Vertical up is so easy to do and once you get used to the technique you produce really even and neat welds with no undercut,I have mentioned this before and I repeat, at least use low hydrogen rods as when you go vert/down you iimpart porosity into the weld pool.But still all the best on your build and I will be dropping in regularly to see your progress.cheers
+mattblack blah blah blah.... Show us the proof.
Why anyone would downrate a cool video like this beats me.
Good work as always. :o) Best wishes for you & your team!
Thanks so much for sharing this journey, Your videos have been a great inspiration for me for the last 2 yrs. you never truly know what effect the ripples we make in the universe can have . The goo dlord told me a long time ago to just mind my own business and let him sort out the rest , so here i go trudging through life somedays it feels like running knee deep in jello . i only ask for the strength to do the next right thing whatever that may be. I love all the videos and cant wait to see you on the water in that beast of a boat. FYI those look like House finches the one with the scarlet red head is a male
ah its a chorus of grinders great vids
This video is pretty awesome, some very impressive steel working and fabrication skills :) but using a 9 inch grinder without a guard and no goggles.... now thats just asking for a trip to A and E to have your eyeballs scraped with a needle....lol I know from experience! have visited there many times myself! lol
you can try a pond liner to fix the leak
Hi if you sand blast your solar water holder you can re grout with a latex water tight grout an get rid of your leak , which seems to be causing you alot of distress as it looks like you have tryed to find and fix your leak many times., though you could also line it with rubber and heat bond the seems, as well like they do with rubber roofing and ponds.
You could put some uv dye in from your local auto parts store to find the leak they have all different kinds for different leaks in oil coolant
the rigging thats where the monney comes in you will need bid turn buckle stainles the thick wire rope theres the most cost of this boat the sails let alone wow your doing a great job your only a quarter done soler panles batteries electrical plumbing gally fridg head radio gps let aone the rest keep the dream alive its so cool
Super glue works great in these cases, but Steri-Strips are much easier to keep the wound closed. I know they are a little expensive, but being able to pull a wound shut and keep it that way for a couple days is really helpful.
+John Smith Thanks, I'll get some.
Love your videos :D
Only time I cry about downhill welding is on the hull. You will not laugh then the hull cracks in a middle of a storm. But if it is over the waterline you don't have to hurry to make the repairs.
+Markus Johansson That is a baseless fear. The hull will not crack in a storm unless gets slammed against the rocks. It's the baseless fears that need to be brought out into the light. Find me one case of an home build steel boat that was lost due to weld failure. Just one. I've been looking for years.
+SV Seeker if you feel safe, then you doesn't need to listen to me 😃. I hope you will have nice time out at the sea when you're done building the boat. and it's fun to watch your built.
Best of all (about grinding), is you'll still be doing 80-grit spit while you're in your bahama shorts afloat in the Med. No need to pack sandpaper ;-)
22 min video! :o Its like finding candy! :D
She sure looks nice with her port holes cut.
Those are minor souvenir scares!
May the next one be as minor
+Dennis Williams :)
i'dd say bring plenty of the 5200 stuff when the boat goes into the water :-)
How big an electrical service do you have coming into the house? While watching the videos I didn't see or hear anything about electrical power for the Seeker. I also noted that you plan on hanging the small boat off the stern. A lot of marine science involves towing things behind the boat. You might want to take that into consideration as mounting the small boat off the stern could interfere with towing. You might also want to consider some sort of winching system at the rear for towed apparatus.
So scary looking at grinding without a "scattering" guard. Those RPM should hurt going into your limbs! Great videos and project!
+Csipari It does hunt. I can attest to that. That is motivation for getting it right or putting the guard back on. The choice is yours.
+SV Seeker Always a comment about the guards LOL
the welding down hand is only a problem when you are welding stick or flux core
The stuff they sell on those infomercial advertisements does work well to seal water storage containers. I have used the spray on the outside of a planter I use as a water feature in a pond setup (no leaks now and it's has been a couple years). I purchased a more expensive product to seal the inside because it was a food safe product at the time and they have both held up. It is no longer only sold by the spray can, you may want to look in to it as they claim it is also food safe now. I have to say that the spray can I used did have a strong petroleum smell when spraying the area I wanted to seal, but once it dried the odor went away. It has not had any negative effects on the gold fish or the five different types of plants growing in the pond and connected water features. Good luck and please do your own research or testing because sadly Americans no longer can count on clean healthy water from our own faucets.
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The thing about gloves is one loses sensitivity and become over confident that if anything goes wrong the gloves would take the hit. Most of the time you do not feel that something is cutting thru it and when it makes contact with your skin, it's too late to back off. Other times the tool grabs the glove with your hand in it and makes more injury. But then it's better to err on the side of caution.
I have an idea about your hot water leak. I bet it's lower but it only leaks down to that level because the force of that level and higher of water is enlarging a hairline crack somewhere lower. As the force against it decreases it springs back anf seals itself back up.
I was going to suggest that the leakdown level perhaps is a function of pressure rather then water level.
I would put flat bar,say 25mm, on the edge of the drain holes at 90 degrees to the hull plate from the deck around the entire cutout,just an idea.
+doubledown Right on. That is the plan. Maybe even stainless.
+SV Seeker With the regular exposure to sea water I would recommend choosing a higher corrosion resistance than just 'rated for seawater'. I have seen several steels that had data sheets claiming seawater resistance only to find out further in the data sheet that was for just sea spray.
What are you planning on using for your sacrificial anodes, by the way?
+SV Seeker What is a seeker exactly?
+KnightsWithoutATable How about we just paint stuff? :)
+Griffon129 th-cam.com/video/lcKn6N0SHV0/w-d-xo.html
Sorry for the name mix-up. I meant Doug.....sorry Doug
did you change your mind about being able to add more ballast to the keels? (I may have missed it if you mentioned it previously). More fuel gives you a reserve at the very least. Will you try to plumb them into the main tanks somehow?
love the solar heated watertank...wonder how well that would work further north (in WV)
Inspiring stuff in the description box.
I need to start planning my trip to Tulsa. Do you have a plan for the water system that you want to use? Do you know what you want to make it out of? Stainless?
+Wildman Tech Yes. we have 4 tanks in the cargo hold that will get fiber glassed.
That's for storage. What about production? You wanted a distiller, didn't you?
+Wildman Tech Yes. Either a distiller, likely vacuum assisted. Or else a reverse osmosis unit.
just use black pond liner just feed the copper water pipes from the top at the side of the glass if you need to pump out use a bilge job done
is that leaking solar tank foreshadowing?
I thought it kinda humorous, when you were having trouble with your hot water holding tank leaking and you mentioned resealing along the level line where the water stopped dropping, I thought to myself "Well, but that's not the only way leaks behave, it's POSSIBLE that the weight of the water (or water pressure) was opening the leak up and allowing it to drain but at a certain level the leak may close with reduced pressure, leaving the crack lower than the level the water stabilizes at". BUT I thought, what are the chances that's the case? Not two minutes later in the vid you found the leak and it exactly that scenario!
+MISTERComaToes Along with being a home builder I formed a 2nd business of casualty repair. I was often amazed by the insidious nature of water finding it's way through solid materials.
excusez-moi je ne veux pas du tout vous dire que vous êtes au travail mais on plomberie quand il brasure à effectuer dans un endroit que je ne vois pas que j'ai aucune visibilité je prends un miroir avec le miroir je peux faire ma brasure correctement sans problème c'est pas du tout pour ranger juste pour petite astuce quoi car le hublot vous avez souder quoi la encadrement du boulot pas évident quoi faire à l'aveugle et autrement toujours aussi génial vous vidéo merci beaucoup
So are you still going to upload when you start sailing
maestro comprese una impresora 3d , con las habilidades que tiene usted no tiene limite lo que puede fabricar en moldes ¡
there's one for ya... if it's a bad weld, might have to remove the whole bead, down to bare metal, certified or not :)
Do you not worry about your welding power supply overheating closed in a Black Box on a warm summer day? Even with the lid open I'd be concerned. I wonder if that contributed to the last one's death.
Also, a bit thinner superglue from a hobby RC store and some activator, and you can heal wounds in seconds. It burns a bit from the exothermic reaction so spray the activator at a bit of a distance so it doesn't hit with full strength. I haven't used Band-aids for cuts in years.
Are you going to paint the boat or do you wont to have the boat rusty?
Where do you get your sand for casting? I have not been able to find fine sand anywhere and I'll be in tulsa for work in a few days.
+FuzzyCheddar90 Rich-Mix Products Inc 6204 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74112
+SV Seeker awesome! Thanks!
I have noticed some other self built 74 foot boats,are they this size due to navigational constraints,or is there some other reason for it?
+jay tee Nothing I know about.
Bethlehem steel called they need your whole crew to build a carrier for the Navy.
I think you would normally use a hood and a mirror to weld around corners like that on the portholes
+Jarrod P I've tried that on the forward mast step. I can back a trailer with a mirror, but it's going to take a lot longer to weld with one :)
+SV Seeker lol yea it's a pain to do
putting fuel in those voids. Are you sure the boat weighs the same on both sides?
+James Bisno It does, until we load tools, machinery and cargo.
keep up the good work!
use a air gun and shoot air thru the outside cracks.. it should bubble on the inside where its seeping.. i think .;)
How do you get the rust off the steel in the fuel tanks or is it not necessary?
It's not necessary. They don't even get painted. The fuel controls the rust and the filters take out any crap.
Thanks for replying Doug. Your videos are very inspirational. I am currently in the process of my big thing (house not a boat) and your persistence and willingness to try anything has motivated me many times!
I've been following this build for quite some time and its really come a long way! When do you predict she will be ready to float?
+Mimo Bot Thanks. I predict she will float when she is ready. :)
+SV Seeker You have to do better than that. Since she seems to have a say in the matter, you have to convince her that it is best that that time coincides when she is first launched. Does she get jealous if you look at another boat?
The roof of the pilot house looks like a magnet for bird shit. If you are going to collect rainwater off it, do you plan to make an inline filter?
+TheWaffledOne You shit in the birds water. Seems like fair play.
Don't get mad, get even.
+TheWaffledOne Ha. I'm not sure the birds suffer with the curse of human ego. ....but I the plan is to keep the tank valve closed until the majority of salt, dirt, and bird shit has been washed away.
also a manual bilge pump 3 on that thing
Hi,
Great really funny video mainly on the injuries, which I am sorry happened but at least they can heal if you are only here for a day or two.
Took me back a few years where I had a heart Op and they sealed the throat to belly button join with superglue. Amazing stuff and there was almost no scare after just a couple of years.
Thanks for this video.
It is a long slow ways to go yet, I don’t need to tell YOU that. Are you going to do all the ’second fix’ woodwork and final flooring and all? And what wood are you using for the deck?
pure a soda or a colored drink into the water and watch where the colored drink is pulled to.