I Built a 2 Billion Dollar Sphere!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- I move my $2 sphere down to the pond to where it will spend the rest of it days - or will it? Which is better, the MSG 2 billion dollar sphere, or mine, which I built for $2?
I use re-claimed metal from a giant spool, cut and weld it into a mega big spool which is suspended from the forest canopy to create an extremely unique off grid forest house. In this episode, I work on completing the outside of the ball structure including the cabin door, coverings, hatch, and work through possibilities for inside finishes and waterproofing.
In this episode we carefully move the sphere from up in the pine trees, down to the pond where it will live out the rest of it's life.
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"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. This channel will approach self reliance from a modern perspective. and will focus on various build projects using modern amenities, and tools to build a completely self reliant lifestyle.
Many people ask me where I am from and where I film my projects. I am from Northern Ontario, Canada, and live in an area where off-grinding is easy because I have lots of land to build on and experiment with different buildings and materials. Everything I do is to try to be more self reliant, and to depend less on others. But that doesn't mean I don't like working together with other people on projects. Knowing people who have skills is part of being self reliant, and trading skills is a great way to get more things done!
Hubby suggests plaster the outside and put dimples in it, paint white like a golf ball. Now setting on a Tee.
You did a good job moving it. Kathy☺️
You are the luckiest man on earth, Kevin, to have Don as your "playmate". You guys are wonderfully NUTS! Love it.
Yeah. Don’t forget his wife. She’s a hoot, too😊
Somewhere an OSHA manual has exploded, bursting into flames...
Kevin, you and Don are an amazing duo of engineering opportunists. “What if...?” and “Why not...?” are phrases that inhabit your dreams. Wishing you and your family a blessed week, filled with gentle rain, seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings around your pond and outdoor kitchen.
The eyeball at the end is the coolest!!! Great new location.. much better than being suspended in the air… and great view of the pond!!
He probably scared every predator in the vicinity away for years! 😂
Awesome. What would have been crazy would be to have it sitting just above the pond with a small bridge to it.
You are One crazy Canadian, Love your videos can't wait to see the next one
Oh My Goodness!!!!!!! I am so glad you didn't get hurt!!!! Whoa that was scary to watch!! Im glad the sphere is in it's
permanent place!
You exceeded my expectations in your ability to relocate the sphere without damaging it in the process.
It looks so great sitting on that stand, Kevin!! Adorable! And no swinging!!
Kevin, you are a health and safety nightmare!! Bless your crazy soul 😂
LOL. For sure ❤
🎵Come with me. And you'll be. In a world of OSHA violations🎶
I love how you're building your own little island around the lake. With all the different different cabins, hot tub, outdoor cooking area and things. Nice
HA HA HA! This video beats them all!! I just cant stop laughing!! I like where it is. Too high and you have insurance issues. GREAT JOB GUYS!!!
Glad the Sphere is holding up well. now all you need is two story Pyramid cabin next to the sphere and the cube.
Yes!
Well, the arms on my seniors recliner are definitely WARPED with finger prints from all the HELP I gave you…I didn’t even need a morning cup of coffee …really…. Kapow!!
Glad you didn’t get hurt, that was a close one Kevin, Don’t you have a small utility trailer you could have backed underneath that ball?.
Anyway, you got er’ done, and you and Don are still around to create some more stuff. Good job guys!
I was kinda wondering the same thing unless they thought it wouldn’t hold the weight. Kevin the thought I had but it would be a pain to do but to get the rod piece to finish going all the way around the tree stumps underneath it is to lift it back up just a little, at least enough to get the weight off of them, and then maybe you can get the trees to push together a little more so you can connect it. Hopefully that holds once you put it on and then put the sphere back down.
Whew...Had us worried there for a minute, I saw it coming.😊 Glad to see the sphere not 40 ft in the air though, nose bleeds and all, high altitudes.. 😂😅 Love what you're doing ❤
You guys are really on the ball. The video on the ball is epic!
Bahah.. Punny.
Holy crap, that could have gone sooooo bad. Glad you didn't get hurt.
Kevin, have you ever thought about making pine tar? You can use it as a natural wood treatment and also potentially as a fuel if you refined it a bit. You’d also get a bunch of charcoal as a by-product that you can use for the barbecue or possibly for a water filter.
Love the ball in its new location. Will get some use. Also glad it is not forty foot in the air! Good job 👍
I love the addition of the sphere next to the cube. It’s like a little village of coolness with all the essentials. Good work once again guys!
Agreed. And obviously he needs to build a pyramid next...
Really happy to see the move. Have you thought about picking up the ball one more time and tightening up the straps. With the ball off the stand could you gain a few more inches to attach your ring? Glad the ball didn’t just roll down the hill and also very happy that the tripod/teepee didn’t just fling you out into the woods. Thank you so much for sharing!
That’s a great thought. I hope he sees this.
Like others, I really like the Sphere next to the Cube, and now maybe a triangle/pyramid on the other side lol!!
What can go wrong ? HAAAA ! I was waiting for a video of that sphere rolling down the hill like a pinball machine game ! That would have been epic
I recall suggesting a golf tee concept for stabilizing during the original build. Glad to see you used a similar concept. I like the tree posts to fit the whole nature environment. Also like your image projection concept. That allow someone to customize their evening stay. You have quite the eclectic tiny home arrangements. Your brothers idea of Airbnb rentals could make you some extra cash. I’d rent them.
I found a new idea for pond fishing and boat house. Take an old boat and bury it in the edge of pond with back of boat in water and inside for sleeping quarters. Almost like SS Minnow
I like it, it does have more stability I think sitting like that. Thank Kevin your projects are awesome 👍
Good morning from Minnesota USA! Great episode!
That zoom in to the frame dragging, then pan back to Kevin yelling YEE HAW had me giggling like an idiot!
I'm with Chris. Suspended really high would be great!
take two of the tripod legs form a V with the ball in between and pull the wide end of the V with tractor and if need lay tip of V on sheet metal to drag
Watching you drag that through on the little log wagon looked like a stop motion movie
As per usual ... absolutely nuts!!!
Oh Kevin! Hang in there 😂
The sphere is in a good place now.
That eyeball! 🤯 another fun project, now it’s starting to look like an observatory 🤔 interesting.
So you have a Cube, a sphere… will you do a pyramid?
Great video. I'm glad you posted keep them coming thanks its good to see don
Dress it up with your favorite neon super bright led lights or cover it with mylar and make your very own freaky Rendashom forest ufo. Call it the RendalSham forest.
A trucking chain and binder would hold those logs together.
I love what you doing on your channel The grass is so high
I thought it would roll down in the pond. I love where it is now. Everything is pretty much together. Kevin your a genius. How many steps did it take. Lol 😂😂😂
GREAT job building the EYE in the SKY.
Punny. I like it.
Amazing! You did it without any major damage to the Ball. Thx for doing this and sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍
I wish I had 1/100 of your skill and creativity 😊
You need to visit Vancouver Island where there is a hanging ball campsite of about 3 or 4 balls up in the trees with walkways and everything.
Chris this American thanks you for telling us the degrees. You don’t know how many times I’ve stopped videos to figure out the degrees or distance. 😂. I think suspended higher in the air is a cool idea. I would think it would need some side connection in the event of high winds. That would be one big a$$ baseball coming at you. 😂
Guide to Celsius. 40 is a fever. 30 is hot. 20 is room temp 10 is chilly 0 is frozen water. Conversion is not helpful.
Celsius to Fahrenheit - multiply by 2 and add 30. Example: 15C x 2 + 30 = 60F (approx.). A metre is 39 inches. A kilometre is slightly less than 2/3 of a mile. Wish US would adopt the metric system - it’s used in so many countries. 🇨🇦
Maybe you could build stairs and/or handrail from the pond to the sphere.
Next build could be a zip line? Nothing to do with the sphere though.
This is a much better setup than hanging from the chain was. At least now you won't get seasick.
That one shot of the ball through the row of trees - I think Frankie needed an Indianna Jones hat.
Use the tractor backup trailer on re. Set it down on the trailer strap it down. Move it down there, put your post back up your tripod back up, then you'll be there.
You just entertained me for over a half hour. Thank you! I hope your wife has some good insurance on you.
Winner of what?
That's nutty!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
"Like a Wrecking BallI" Is a great song!
It’s called a fairy ring and it’s usually the death angel that does it mostly on lawns. It’s actually the deadliest mushrooms. 🐸
Always look forward to your videos and luv how motivated you guys are 👍
Yours dragging through the forest makes me think of a really old movie - Attack of the 50’ Woman (I think)
Surprised you didn’t think to empty it out before moving it 🔥
That sphere is a trip man. Hang it from a giant Christmas tree like an ornament 😆think I hear Chris back there shooting game. Chris is on a Spider-Man rant😆 liability 😆 Dominicans 😆you guys got me rolling 😆this is a very cool architectural concept. Mean job guys🐸🍺🔪🔥
Hey! Nike just called and wanted to paint it white and Tee it up as a giant Golf ball. Just saying! Lol looks more stable now, I like it . Jim
Thanks. Looks nice.
Some bungies on those chains might help pull them inward when you are shutting the door.
Kevin, you come up with craziest ideas and make it amazingly work. That's why i watch your channel and look forward to more of your creative builds. 😁💜💜💜
Hi kevin, Don and Chris You have done good work to move the ball House I see bottom is now stand on wood not bad idea but I like to hang on chain , love to see what your next plan or idea .
You need like four or five sixty foot long I Beams, centered over the pond so you can hang your sphere right over the pond.
Dig a moat around it to give it a better above ground feel.
A snatch block would double the winches power and take some strain off the winch line so it doesnt break on ya.. we use a snatch block most of the time and then just leave the winch hook hooked to the truck or tractor and grab the snatch block and drag the line out. That way its always easier on the winch ❤😊 ever snatch block basically doubles your winch power more or less
Kevin as you have so many amazing spaces to live in, can I be in your end of days crew please!
Get a piece of messenger( power company uses) and 2 crosby bolts for around the logs holding it up.
I would tie it off at the top where the chain was to a couple of trees just in case. 😊
Jeeesus, Kevin - be careful! And don’t drop anything on My Don!🇨🇦
Glad you are okay. Like it better at the lake. Amazing demo for the interior strength of the products. My family teases me for constantly building structures from what I can scavenge. I find everything can be useful for something. Have enjoyed watching you from the beginning. You have a beautiful family. Stay close and real and be safe as always. Love Don. 🥰
I'd build a holder on a pallet. Then lower it it into the holder. I'd strap it pretty good. Then I'd lift it with a tractor.
Omg, love it! Lmbo, 👁 it turned out great!!
As Chris was explaining his idea bout that free hang forty up. Totally pictured it! Super fun!
Enjoy the moments!!
That was a great idea. Now it stable it won't make up sick, lol. Great video again.
thanks
3 mm x 50 mm x circumference + 300 mm overlap of steal strip. Heat the strip with a blow torch so it fits like the metal bands around a barrel.
Lag screwed the metal ban to the each log of the base would prevent the base from spreading apart. As a precaution I would try to attach the ball to the base in several places to prevent the ball from leaving the base. Just because super strong wind hasn't happened at forest floor level doesn't mean it can't happen. Just saying is all.
This was a really interesting concept/build so neat to see more of it
❤glad your òk ! That was a close call.. love your videos this one was really good thank❤ you
Try first put in your metal clamp at the bottom below. Your wrap ratchet scraps and then bring another one to the top. Once you pull in at the bottom, the top or pull in, it will bet more.
Kevin, You have built "The Cube", "The Sphere", "The Hobbit Hole", "The Cylinder", "A Square", "A triangle". What is Next? A Pentagon? 💛
Great idea is to move it closer..
About motion sickness, yeah, it's may be a great idea to put it on stable foundation..
It was good that it did not hit your tractor
Thjanks for an awesome video! Have you considered making an outdoor theater?
You should be charing the wood that you put in the ground so that it doesn’t rot in a couple years.
Are you thinking of making your property a kind of an amusement park? In the future you could have school kids go on a field trip to see all the work you have been doing, that would be an awesome life experience for kids to lear how to live off grid and such. You could could charge the school if you so desire and I’m sure adults would love to go and visit your property also.
Those hoops remind me of what bound our silo panels together. They were much larger in diameter. You have a GREAT VIEW from the window.
I was thinking a thick rope wrapped around a few time. Though your large clamp will work... the lake going to have so many places to sleep.
"Bob Bewildered:" Can we move it? Try plan C. Hey, how hard could this thing be? (LATER) ...Let's ask Wendy. She might know how this blessed job should go.
That got western real fast and you were on the ladder along for a ride I do things like that all the time then after it goes bad your like oh this is actually how your supposed to do it
@ 24:12 it is and eyeball, just look how easy to wrap with duct tape use the window as the pupil and have an artist paint like the eyeball you showed earlier
Those rings you wanted to put around the logs look like giant hose clamps.
Check out Free Spirit Spheres in Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island.
Love all your cabins and ventures!
40 feet in the air?!?!?! Chris is extreme!
what I would have suggested was to put Don inside and get him to run in the direction of the lake. My daughters Hamster has a smaller ball and travels fast and furious everywhere.
Don seems like he'd be too responsible to do something like that... Kev would tho
28:18 I definitely see a crack underneath the window :p
Chris is definitely genuinely pessimistic not realistic. That’s what all pessimist’s say about themselves. 😂😂 But hey we need all types of people in this world!
Renting a bigger crain and or pully isn't hard mate
Hi Kevin, be prepared to get a call from OSHA. I'm sure they'll want to talk to you. 😂😂😂
"Well I think that's plan B now."😂😅😂. The ball comes crashing down and nothing phases you. I love watching the many plans on the road to completion. This is great stuff.
😂😂😂 I'm well aquatinted with the concept of people mistaking stubbornness, for patience.
Holy * * * * Kevin! You could have been impaled by a tree branch! Glad it turned out ok. Ill get back to the video now....
Well that is one way to rake up the pine needles. 😅😊
It sure was!
" Try it and see what happens" .. what's the worst that could happen? Kevin in a ladder with the ball rolling towards him.. That was scary and I wasn't on the ladder way up in the trees.
Hang that 1000 LB ball 40 feet in the air???? Maybe Chris drinking the dyed pond water does have a effect???😂
If you're going to do an eyeball, it has to be the eye of Sauron! That would keep trespassers away! It might draw in the stay hobbit though...