I lived for a few years in Portugal (taught Holistic Architecture and Natural Building at a Permaculture center a few years ago) and I would recommend to consider a couple of things: - Provide a thick layer of mulch on top of and around the roots of the trees that remain after cleaning other trees around them. The old trees did provide some shade for the ground and the roots may suffer otherwise. - Plant new trees or similar that can provide shade for the water (stream and dam). I highly recommend reading Viktor Schauberger "Living Water" compiled by Olof Alexandersson on how to have good quality living water and a thriving forest. - If you can, put up tarp OVER (with air in-between, so not directly on the roof) your camp-busses, containers, tents etc and you will have a much more pleasant stay there in the hot weather
Much better video. I appreciate all the camera shy people that are willing to work and have fun under constant watch. Y'all took the feedback and applied it, thank you!
Try citric acid on the joints of the door to remove some of the rust. You can also apply heat with a blow torch (two ideally simultaneously on both sides) on the outside part that will expand the material and might release the door. Also, try hitting it with a sledge hammer on the top to release the joint, the impact force of a sledgehammer can be far gratter than the continuous pressure of a hydraulic jack. Edit : for those who suggested differently, here is my approach. The whole point of the project is to be more sustainable so I'll favor renewable ressources with low environmental impact as possible. The source of the problem is a chemical reaction that fused pieces together, resulting in a physical blocage. First, try to fix the root cause: apply citric acid to get rid of the rust. If it doesn't work, treat the symptoms: use physics to force the pieces to get appart. To sum up: 1. Try chemistry to fight the chemical root cause of the problem 2. Try physics to work against the symptoms
But he's not having much success, is he? The swales dried up fast and didn't hold water for more than a couple of weeks. He planted a lot of fruit trees that are already dead. You probably did not realize this because he has not shown videos of the current situation, he keeps showing videos of his land at the end of winter after the rain with swales full, or even videos from elwewhere with lush vegetation. If he had bothered to ask the old locals, they'd have told him his project will not work in that type of land, and he'd save himself a lot of money & hard work. Still... he's convinced it will work. Local farmers are a good source of wisdom when starting a new project. The old ones know where the water is and what the soil is like, just from looking at the land. The land in Project Kamp has a lot of water and a variety soils, you can experiment different things in different areas. Good lucK!👍
So funny Julie's face after the intro. For someone that seems to not like it I think she was very good with it. Anyway guys I've seen the latest updates (79, 80, etc...) and know you are doing amazing work. Continue the good work
The gate looks seriously stuck. If all effort fails, cut it in 2 pieces, take it out, clean the side rails and replace it with a new gate (or weld the 2 parts together again). Please don’t take out or damage the side rails, to replace them correctly will be a big challenge.
This is a very good idea. The side rails could be cleaned with a chisel or a grinder much easier without the plate in the middle, and the plate could similarly be cleaned much easier outside the gate. The middle plate could be repaired with a narrow patch down the middle after being cut.
At least its open , heat each side up and stick a car jack under it it will let go , perfect set up for a ram pump to lift water to the top of the hill to provide head for the rest of the land , will obviously need a tank up top , also if properly managed could provide micro turbine for power in the winter months when you have low solar exposure but plenty of water .
Dear Trucknomads Dotcom 👍👌👏 Exactly what I thought instantly too! I already held my breath as I had to watch the guy working with an angle grinder on the sides/rails (U- shaped steel). Best regards, luck and health.
Finally a great video that I have been expecting for a long time. The lagoon is of great interest for us watching, and for you as an alternative water source that you can manage, not relying solely on the neighbors well. Great to see a good project get done with everybody getting involved. Congratulations, I think it is different but equally appealing to me compared to the begining videos with Dave. Well done lads, well done! Oh, I want to see the neighbors face when they see it uncovered from all the overgrown vegetation. He will be excited and remember older times! He is such a nice person. Cheers and congratulations again.
Honestly as pretty as it is, I'm worried that you just exposed the lagoon to enough sunlight that what's left will just evaporate away now. All that cane was likely what was keeping the water you had from vanishing in the drought. Hanging tarps over the lagoon to provide shade would likely help you retain some of the water, while you wait for more permanent shade trees to grow in. For the gate, I'd try vinegar, it naturally dissolves rust. Citric acid also works, any acid really. What I would do is wrap it all in clay so the acid doesn't just leak out, and soak it for a while. Blow torch also works well on rust, and beating it with a hammer can also work too. It might be misaligned after all the years of settling and seasonal heat cycles, so removing it and setting it back up once it's freed up would probably be the best solution. Now would be the time to do this, before the rains come back
You can use the canes that you cut down and make a sheet or a fence. First let the dry for a few weeks, then you simply drill 2 holes 30 cm from each end and thread wire through them. It's a great solution for shading or fencing an area.
Perfect on-site use would be to use it directly at the lagoon level, either to shade the water (to avoid too much evaporation) or your future best picnic spot
I have been vocal about my reservations about the earlier videos, but would compliment the new videographer. It seems they have done their homework in terms of what the older tone of voice was. It doesn't have to be Dave in order for it be project Kamp, well done! I like the functional usage of effects (no more overkill) and the effort of the videographer to try to put the lagoon in context which worked really well. I also liked the art reference to American Gothic at 01:31 So excited for the future video's!
Oh man, if that gate fit is as close as it looks and it's rusted shut along the rails, I think you're going to have to work VERY hard to get it free and I suspect it'll break in the process. I'd suggest cutting it in half and removing it that way. In terms of money and labor I don't think it's worth it to save the gate (sheet metal is cheap, even in these times), but the rails might still be workable and are probably harder and more expensive to replace anyway. There might be chemicals that would dissolve the rust, but they'd be tricky to apply and might be bad for the environment.
Thats the most stupid thing ive read today, use rust removal and oil and you will get it to move. Please dont talk about stuff youve only seen on the internet
@@kaurkoop funny that the suggestion you deemed so stupid was exactly what they ended up having to do..Please don't talk about stuff you've only seen on the internet🙄
Hi Team, just a thought that may help. BAMBOO / CANE is a fantastic natural resource. You can make baskets, weave walls for shade protection, releases for gardens, make fabric for bedding, wind chimes, room dividers and so much more. Easy to store and easy to make so many useful or ornamental objects. Larger canes make great benches and are weatherproof. Great Project well done all👏🏻🙏🏻🙋🏻♀️🇦🇺
Hey! Interesting channel! To your stuck guillotine lock: - you need to dissolve the rust between the blade and the guide rails.... - I assume you don't want to use a regular rust-remover, so - 2 options (or combine them - one after the other). First - vinegar!! You will need a good amount (usually you should be able to get "cleaning vinegar" in a hardware store - a bit more acid than salad dressing vinegar. If you cannot find that one - any cheap salad vinegar will do! Try commercial restaurant supplies - get in 5-liter cans) - the tricky part is to keep the treated area wet with vinegar! If you let it dry out it only produces more rust!! So - wet the area from every side - maybe you can trip feed vinegar into the guide rail from the top. To keep the area soaked - some wood or pvc tube - lots of rags or non-disolving paper towels - press the rags/towels into the corners of the blade/rails. Jam the rags with wood or pvc tube into the corners. If you use wood you will need cellophane wrap or similar to seal off the rags. Soak the rags/towels from the top. Try to recover the vinegar at the bottom if it soaks all the way down. Keep it moist for 24 hrs.... Remove the stuff and try with a wite brush to clean out the corners. Slight hammering to break the rust loose. If it doesn't work on the first try- repeat!! Coca-Cola works too, but it is slower! Once you have the blade out - of course wire-clean the guides and the blade! To keep the stuff more or less rustfree - you need something greasy OR Ospho (as a sample google "amazon, ospho skyco" analyze from there, you might have the same thing available under various names locally!) - Ospho not only removes rust (e.g. clean up the blade!), but also forms a protective layer on the metal - curiously a different form of rust!! (A hard, stable form of Ferro-Oxide) You can paint over it or leave it as is (Matt black).... For the guides you want some form of "sticky lubrication" - I am sure there is something biological around that will work. You should get "something" in there, because once the water pressure is rising as the pond fills - the blade will press into the guide rails. The rail surface is rather small so the total force is quite high. Without lubrication it will be pretty hard to raise/lower the blade. It also helps to smooth/polish the outside part of the rail and the outside part of the blade where it presses into the rail - the smoother that part the less Chance for the blade to hook up.... Good Luck and lots of fun with the project!! Cheers, Thomas
Well done with the Dam clean up. The team worked really hard to get it back to where it needs to be. Can’t wait to see it full up again. The rust holding the Shute door open is certainly a problem. I am sure someone will let you know how to fix it. Cheers Steve
I hope you can show all the hard work you've done to the farmer who told you about it. He also may be able to tell you more about how it works. Great video! You guys rock! See you next time.
When I'm trying to get rusted parts moving, I often use a blowtorch and/or penetrating oil. (not at the same time) some hits from above with an impact drill might also help.
Hit it with the blowtorch and after heating it up, spray some oil on it. The heat will make the oil thinner so it crawls in the nooks and crannies. Blowtorch + oil + (a lot of) time = win!
I like seeing the tough lady craftsmanship that I don’t see enough of here in America. The work on all the watercourses is going great and is super important. I’d love to be there, cheers from beautiful Colorado!
Wow very inpresive.I am shure you will eventually get ut working. I have a suggestion you could make share platforms with all that bamboo where you nead shade. Save the bamboo to make shutters later.😂🤣
This 2 nd waterfall/lagoon clean-up opens the area up for further development and opportunities. Fixing the main gate and valve for additional water control. Continue to discover bathing, rest and eating areas. Take advantage of the dry weather and slow growth. Hopefully more neighbors and villagers will participate in future cleanups to begin creating a local swim area.
Wow. What a beautiful resource brought back to life. Vinegar will dissolve rust and is environmentally more friendly than other chemicals. Incredible work.
One thing I’ll say is the volunteers that come to Project Camp are hard working people. Glad to know there are still young folks willing to get sweaty, dirty and still smile while they are getting the job done. I really enjoy watching the progress on this scale. Keep up the hard work. It will pay off in the end.
This has to be the best place in the land. It is beautiful. Such hard work done and more to do. But so worth it. Enjoyed this video and the team working here now. Thanks for sharing.
This place is not on the land, it is a nearby place I'm the neighbors property. But it was the neighbor that told them about it, and he would like to see it restored to older conditions when he was younger and built it with his brother. He is a kind older person and he and his wife enjoy having young people working the land and see al the life coming back to their village. You gotta love them.
Oh Wow! You guys put a LOT of work into cleaning the area up! Congrats! A suggestion for the rust frozen gate: split it down the middle and wiggle each side free. At the moment the resistance of the rust is in the exact direction of the movement up and down. Side to side movement will break it free. Then you can weld the plate back together and reinstall. (once you scrape off all the rust that is). Good Luck!
Brilliant... Nice to have friends help..it's going to make nice setting.. perhaps a rock gate, it won't rust.. let it fill and drape over spilleays on side to control overflow...
What a beautiful place and amazing project I can imagine how lovely it was in its hayday. I am sure you will restore it to its original glory and make it even better. I wish you were closer so I could come help. That lagoon is going to be irrigation water for you, possible hydroelectric power for use on the land, or even a swimming hole! All of the above. I can't wait to see it developed more. Great job everyone.. May I suggest Penetrating oil on that gate? Just keep soaking it in oil and get in there with brushes and wire wheels. It will come.
Awesome video! Been following a couple of months now and this has been one of my favourite newer videos! Hope we get a door update in a future video! Keep it up!
For the Watergate. Mind you it's summer. The metal has expended somewhat making the progress of loosening more tedious. Normally I would recommend Co ca Co la (sorry TH-cam might flag my comment otherwise) but some WDforty or some other high grease to rub around the sliding and twisting mechanism will help. I saw the turnwheel spinning. If it becomes tough try to use a wrench you look vertical down the wheel so you create more leverage. Less strenght needed. But please also because it's you're neighbor property try not to jam a screwdriver in the gaps. To prevent damaging or leaving ever lasting marks on the construction. Awesome video. Wish I was mentally (st)able enough to sweat myself dry on all the Labour.
What a fantastic area. It has so much potential. I wouldn't worry too much about the creatures in the area. They will adapt to what is really just a small change. Nature is an opportunist so keep an eye out for all the great plants and creatures that will take advantage of the newly exposed area. I passionately believe you guys really need to take advantage of all that organic matter and get some hugel mounds on the go. You coud even chat with the locals about bringing you manures, old and new, to get things really moving. The great thing about the hugel mounds is that you can create them anywhere and any size so you could have food sources through out the property. They will also give you opportunity to start establishing some guilds which can include native food trees, shrubs, etc. You guys are doing all that work to remove over grown plant life anyway so yah. You don't even have to use the hugel mounds right away(but you could), and just keep adding goodness to them until you are ready to use them. 😊
Great video and whatta great area you have unearthed. Once you get the sluice gate is repaired and working again you will have an AWESOME recreational area. My other half, a steel engineer, suggests cutting the steel gate in half and then removing each half. When you rebuild, you can reinforce the join with more steel....onward & upward 😁😁😁
You all are soooo amazing! Makes me think back to when I had a young and strong body and you’re doing such impactful and amazing things with yours. Thank you.
thank you for sharing the chronicles of your project journey. i follow with great interest. i wish u only the best in the world for the future to all of you and good fortune for the challanges to come
Looks great, take a lesson from the previous land users: you don't need a fancy metal gate. It's nice, but a sheet of plywood across the gap would accomplish the same thing, reinforced maybe, but you could definitely make something to fill the gap out of wood. The pipes down low are for moving the water - they likely had pipes connected that led downstream to someplace they wanted running water. You take the water from the bottom of the pool so that you get steady flow. There might have been a standpipe in the pool, so you're not sucking mud off the bottom, maybe not though. Any amount of flow + time will fill the pool, just plug all the holes, throw some wood across that gate, and you're ready to go.
Great job everyone, and well done Julie - I'm with you on being camera-averse, so props to you for facing the fear :D And have you tried cooking the bamboo shoots ever? When they first emerge, they're quite tasty as a stir-fry ingredient.
Cool to have cobblestones all over around the pond; using gravity channeling water from a high source in a closed system, to provide pressure for oxygenation; for swimming and raise pond fish bottom feeders to clean the algae.
I love what you all are doing it's awesome to see your lands transformation. If that door was water tight your probably going to need to replace the door and hope the rails are reusable
For the door do you have a blow torch? Slowly work along the edges, it should help break it off the rails, the heat will expand the metal, it will cool down a bit so hopefully the rust scales will weaken, a few good hits maybe break it off without damaging the gate.
You guys rock!! Keep the videos coming! It is so inspiring to see all your hard work 💚 Would love to pay you a visit sometime next year (we are on the coast near Peniche for now). 💪💪💪
You can apply much more and steady force with the screw from the top. Agreed with others, use acid to reduce the rust, but _the channels _*_above_*_ the gate_ that are not so badly affected. Once the gate moves up it will be much easier to clear the lower part of the channels. If you have an oscillating tool a carbide or diamond tile grout removal blade will help without dulling instantly. Again treat with acid to remove more traces of rust, then keep it greased and 'excersise' it on occasion.
9:15 Having some good roots and plants in the ground is not always a bad thing. With heavy rain fall you might will get a landslide Anyway very hard work and keep it up! Greetings from the netherlands
very nice video! great work done to the laguuun. For the gate i would tear it down, and scavange new material for the rails and gate, checkout a scrapyard for old kitchenbenches, = rustfree steel - usualy a bit thin, but you can weld a couple of pieces together to make it thicker :) and HODOR the damm. looking forward to next video when you rebuild the broken Wall ;)
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Have a look at this video where we cleaned it up for the first time. Such a big difference :)
th-cam.com/video/5NXTvQH31-I/w-d-xo.html
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you can use those canes for fences in gardens! don't burn them!
I lived for a few years in Portugal (taught Holistic Architecture and Natural Building at a Permaculture center a few years ago) and I would recommend to consider a couple of things:
- Provide a thick layer of mulch on top of and around the roots of the trees that remain after cleaning other trees around them. The old trees did provide some shade for the ground and the roots may suffer otherwise.
- Plant new trees or similar that can provide shade for the water (stream and dam). I highly recommend reading Viktor Schauberger "Living Water" compiled by Olof Alexandersson on how to have good quality living water and a thriving forest.
- If you can, put up tarp OVER (with air in-between, so not directly on the roof) your camp-busses, containers, tents etc and you will have a much more pleasant stay there in the hot weather
Much better video. I appreciate all the camera shy people that are willing to work and have fun under constant watch. Y'all took the feedback and applied it, thank you!
The amount of work 3 people got done here is incredible. Those time lapses were amazing. You 3 crushed it!
Who is the girl between Emma and Ema?
Try citric acid on the joints of the door to remove some of the rust. You can also apply heat with a blow torch (two ideally simultaneously on both sides) on the outside part that will expand the material and might release the door. Also, try hitting it with a sledge hammer on the top to release the joint, the impact force of a sledgehammer can be far gratter than the continuous pressure of a hydraulic jack.
Edit : for those who suggested differently, here is my approach. The whole point of the project is to be more sustainable so I'll favor renewable ressources with low environmental impact as possible. The source of the problem is a chemical reaction that fused pieces together, resulting in a physical blocage. First, try to fix the root cause: apply citric acid to get rid of the rust. If it doesn't work, treat the symptoms: use physics to force the pieces to get appart.
To sum up:
1. Try chemistry to fight the chemical root cause of the problem
2. Try physics to work against the symptoms
or lots of vinegar
... or spirit Vinegar which is acetic acid and available at the supermarket.
Or rust remover. It's probably vegan.
@@artfx9 I don't know what rust remover contains but I know citric acid works great and is environment friendly.
CLR and Wd-40!
The Dutch farmer (TH-cam channel) has set up his land in Portugal in swales to preserve water for the dry months. He has great videos.
Swales! I was thinking this, too.
Its not even apples to apples with these two channels. Dutch farmer is miles away in terms of skill and knowledge...
@@brighterbeat In which direction is he far away?
Funny cause I just watched one of his videos as it was coming up in the recommended feed.
But he's not having much success, is he? The swales dried up fast and didn't hold water for more than a couple of weeks. He planted a lot of fruit trees that are already dead.
You probably did not realize this because he has not shown videos of the current situation, he keeps showing videos of his land at the end of winter after the rain with swales full, or even videos from elwewhere with lush vegetation.
If he had bothered to ask the old locals, they'd have told him his project will not work in that type of land, and he'd save himself a lot of money & hard work. Still... he's convinced it will work.
Local farmers are a good source of wisdom when starting a new project. The old ones know where the water is and what the soil is like, just from looking at the land.
The land in Project Kamp has a lot of water and a variety soils, you can experiment different things in different areas.
Good lucK!👍
So funny Julie's face after the intro. For someone that seems to not like it I think she was very good with it. Anyway guys I've seen the latest updates (79, 80, etc...) and know you are doing amazing work. Continue the good work
The gate looks seriously stuck. If all effort fails, cut it in 2 pieces, take it out, clean the side rails and replace it with a new gate (or weld the 2 parts together again). Please don’t take out or damage the side rails, to replace them correctly will be a big challenge.
This is a very good idea. The side rails could be cleaned with a chisel or a grinder much easier without the plate in the middle, and the plate could similarly be cleaned much easier outside the gate. The middle plate could be repaired with a narrow patch down the middle after being cut.
Yes What these two have suggested seems very smart. I’m just adding my comment so they see the overall good idea proposed
At least its open , heat each side up and stick a car jack under it it will let go , perfect set up for a ram pump to lift water to the top of the hill to provide head for the rest of the land , will obviously need a tank up top , also if properly managed could provide micro turbine for power in the winter months when you have low solar exposure but plenty of water .
Dear Trucknomads Dotcom
👍👌👏 Exactly what I thought instantly too! I already held my breath as I had to watch the guy working with an angle grinder on the sides/rails (U- shaped steel).
Best regards, luck and health.
Finally a great video that I have been expecting for a long time. The lagoon is of great interest for us watching, and for you as an alternative water source that you can manage, not relying solely on the neighbors well.
Great to see a good project get done with everybody getting involved.
Congratulations, I think it is different but equally appealing to me compared to the begining videos with Dave.
Well done lads, well done!
Oh, I want to see the neighbors face when they see it uncovered from all the overgrown vegetation.
He will be excited and remember older times! He is such a nice person.
Cheers and congratulations again.
Honestly as pretty as it is, I'm worried that you just exposed the lagoon to enough sunlight that what's left will just evaporate away now. All that cane was likely what was keeping the water you had from vanishing in the drought. Hanging tarps over the lagoon to provide shade would likely help you retain some of the water, while you wait for more permanent shade trees to grow in.
For the gate, I'd try vinegar, it naturally dissolves rust. Citric acid also works, any acid really. What I would do is wrap it all in clay so the acid doesn't just leak out, and soak it for a while. Blow torch also works well on rust, and beating it with a hammer can also work too. It might be misaligned after all the years of settling and seasonal heat cycles, so removing it and setting it back up once it's freed up would probably be the best solution. Now would be the time to do this, before the rains come back
You can use the canes that you cut down and make a sheet or a fence. First let the dry for a few weeks, then you simply drill 2 holes 30 cm from each end and thread wire through them. It's a great solution for shading or fencing an area.
Perfect on-site use would be to use it directly at the lagoon level, either to shade the water (to avoid too much evaporation) or your future best picnic spot
I have been vocal about my reservations about the earlier videos, but would compliment the new videographer. It seems they have done their homework in terms of what the older tone of voice was. It doesn't have to be Dave in order for it be project Kamp, well done! I like the functional usage of effects (no more overkill) and the effort of the videographer to try to put the lagoon in context which worked really well. I also liked the art reference to American Gothic at 01:31 So excited for the future video's!
I agree! Great job, new videographer
Did the German videographer leave at #59 ?
If you have an oscillating multi-tool, then you may be able to use it to vibrate the rust free ... wear ear protection, it will be LOUD!
Oh man, if that gate fit is as close as it looks and it's rusted shut along the rails, I think you're going to have to work VERY hard to get it free and I suspect it'll break in the process. I'd suggest cutting it in half and removing it that way. In terms of money and labor I don't think it's worth it to save the gate (sheet metal is cheap, even in these times), but the rails might still be workable and are probably harder and more expensive to replace anyway.
There might be chemicals that would dissolve the rust, but they'd be tricky to apply and might be bad for the environment.
Vinegar is great for removing rust, may require many applications with a spray bottle, but inexpensive and non toxic.
"evaporust"
Thats the most stupid thing ive read today, use rust removal and oil and you will get it to move. Please dont talk about stuff youve only seen on the internet
@@kaurkoop funny that the suggestion you deemed so stupid was exactly what they ended up having to do..Please don't talk about stuff you've only seen on the internet🙄
Hi Team, just a thought that may help. BAMBOO / CANE is a fantastic natural resource. You can make baskets, weave walls for shade protection, releases for gardens, make fabric for bedding, wind chimes, room dividers and so much more. Easy to store and easy to make so many useful or ornamental objects. Larger canes make great benches and are weatherproof.
Great Project well done all👏🏻🙏🏻🙋🏻♀️🇦🇺
It looks much like sugar cane... if it is, its a good source of cool refreshing juice.... just needs to press it.
Hey! Interesting channel!
To your stuck guillotine lock:
- you need to dissolve the rust between the blade and the guide rails....
- I assume you don't want to use a regular rust-remover, so - 2 options (or combine them - one after the other).
First - vinegar!! You will need a good amount (usually you should be able to get "cleaning vinegar" in a hardware store - a bit more acid than salad dressing vinegar. If you cannot find that one - any cheap salad vinegar will do! Try commercial restaurant supplies - get in 5-liter cans) - the tricky part is to keep the treated area wet with vinegar!
If you let it dry out it only produces more rust!!
So - wet the area from every side - maybe you can trip feed vinegar into the guide rail from the top.
To keep the area soaked - some wood or pvc tube - lots of rags or non-disolving paper towels - press the rags/towels into the corners of the blade/rails. Jam the rags with wood or pvc tube into the corners.
If you use wood you will need cellophane wrap or similar to seal off the rags. Soak the rags/towels from the top. Try to recover the vinegar at the bottom if it soaks all the way down.
Keep it moist for 24 hrs....
Remove the stuff and try with a wite brush to clean out the corners.
Slight hammering to break the rust loose. If it doesn't work on the first try- repeat!!
Coca-Cola works too, but it is slower!
Once you have the blade out - of course wire-clean the guides and the blade! To keep the stuff more or less rustfree - you need something greasy OR Ospho (as a sample google "amazon, ospho skyco" analyze from there, you might have the same thing available under various names locally!) - Ospho not only removes rust (e.g. clean up the blade!), but also forms a protective layer on the metal - curiously a different form of rust!! (A hard, stable form of Ferro-Oxide)
You can paint over it or leave it as is (Matt black)....
For the guides you want some form of "sticky lubrication" - I am sure there is something biological around that will work.
You should get "something" in there, because once the water pressure is rising as the pond fills - the blade will press into the guide rails. The rail surface is rather small so the total force is quite high. Without lubrication it will be pretty hard to raise/lower the blade.
It also helps to smooth/polish the outside part of the rail and the outside part of the blade where it presses into the rail - the smoother that part the less Chance for the blade to hook up....
Good Luck and lots of fun with the project!!
Cheers,
Thomas
Well done with the Dam clean up. The team worked really hard to get it back to where it needs to be. Can’t wait to see it full up again. The rust holding the Shute door open is certainly a problem. I am sure someone will let you know how to fix it. Cheers Steve
Congratulations to the videomaker, I really appreciated the mood of the video! Thanks!
Love all the Videos about Water :) and also Julies projects, she seems like such a calm, friendly and funny person
Great video, quite an old irrigation system, well worth restoring. I love seeing the energy of youth making a difference.
I hope you can show all the hard work you've done to the farmer who told you about it. He also may be able to tell you more about how it works. Great video! You guys rock! See you next time.
When I'm trying to get rusted parts moving, I often use a blowtorch and/or penetrating oil. (not at the same time)
some hits from above with an impact drill might also help.
Oil
Hit it with the blowtorch and after heating it up, spray some oil on it. The heat will make the oil thinner so it crawls in the nooks and crannies. Blowtorch + oil + (a lot of) time = win!
@@chieltl it's so hot there the oil will be heated enough I think.
@@chieltl not to mention the thermal shock of the oil going on "cold" helps crack the rust too.
Even olive oil would help
Wow, impressive work, clearing all that brush. You have quite an asset there, with the lagoon and watercourse.
Pretty sure it is not on their land. The neighbor said they could use it.
I like seeing the tough lady craftsmanship that I don’t see enough of here in America. The work on all the watercourses is going great and is super important. I’d love to be there, cheers from beautiful Colorado!
I see that you are cutting bamboo. The roots of this plant are very deep and as it is grass, it will return.
Wow very inpresive.I am shure you will eventually get ut working. I have a suggestion you could make share platforms with all that bamboo where you nead shade. Save the bamboo to make shutters later.😂🤣
This 2 nd waterfall/lagoon clean-up opens the area up for further development and opportunities. Fixing the main gate and valve for additional water control. Continue to discover bathing, rest and eating areas. Take advantage of the dry weather and slow growth.
Hopefully more neighbors and villagers will participate in future cleanups to begin creating a local swim area.
Wow. What a beautiful resource brought back to life. Vinegar will dissolve rust and is environmentally more friendly than other chemicals. Incredible work.
OMG this discovery is so EXCITING. The guys did an amazing job revealing so many possibilities !!!!
Sound track at 17.00 makes a nice bg music for chilling or concentrating or just who wants to take a relxing nap. Loved the music
That lagoa can become a key element for a sustainble water source in Project Kamp...Good thing y'all took the effort to clean it out !
One thing I’ll say is the volunteers that come to Project Camp are hard working people. Glad to know there are still young folks willing to get sweaty, dirty and still smile while they are getting the job done. I really enjoy watching the progress on this scale. Keep up the hard work. It will pay off in the end.
So cool to see you restore a part of the land’s history. It must be such a joyful thing for your neighbor to see!
A happy video, I was smiling all the way through. What an awesome transformation x
I like the fact that people come and go, but the videos remain consistent in their vision and mood. Best wishes!
You guys are hard workers! Well done!!
This has to be the best place in the land. It is beautiful. Such hard work done and more to do. But so worth it. Enjoyed this video and the team working here now. Thanks for sharing.
This place is not on the land, it is a nearby place I'm the neighbors property. But it was the neighbor that told them about it, and he would like to see it restored to older conditions when he was younger and built it with his brother. He is a kind older person and he and his wife enjoy having young people working the land and see al the life coming back to their village.
You gotta love them.
What a lovely place to call home. Hope you get that gate sorted and do your rain dances soon.
My favorite video so far . I'm a Guatemalan from Chicago enjoying you videos :)
While all the greenery was quite nice, seeing the boulders exposed gives the area a rugged beauty. Congrats on a job very well done indeed.
It's all looking great Folks , much hard work !!
I love it when you introduce yourselves. Thank you. From England
Oh Wow! You guys put a LOT of work into cleaning the area up! Congrats! A suggestion for the rust frozen gate: split it down the middle and wiggle each side free. At the moment the resistance of the rust is in the exact direction of the movement up and down. Side to side movement will break it free. Then you can weld the plate back together and reinstall. (once you scrape off all the rust that is). Good Luck!
Brilliant... Nice to have friends help..it's going to make nice setting.. perhaps a rock gate, it won't rust.. let it fill and drape over spilleays on side to control overflow...
I love how they take turns with who explains the video and plans. Yall fukin rock!
So refreshing to see a group of kind, decent, hard-working young adults banding together to make a better world. Greetings from Virginia, USA.
IMO this is the most engaging episode. Liking the time lapse.
This was one of my fav videos so far! really well done! And you guys are real photogenics ;). Keep it up!
What a beautiful place and amazing project
I can imagine how lovely it was in its hayday.
I am sure you will restore it to its original glory and make it even better.
I wish you were closer so I could come help.
That lagoon is going to be irrigation water for you, possible hydroelectric power for use on the land, or even a swimming hole!
All of the above.
I can't wait to see it developed more.
Great job everyone..
May I suggest Penetrating oil on that gate? Just keep soaking it in oil and get in there with brushes and wire wheels.
It will come.
Nice to meet you 😊 Julie
Adorable you're
Keep moving forward project kamp!
Cant wait to see the lagoon full! What a beautiful spot.
That cane looks like Arundo Donaxe, used for making reeds for saxiphones and the like. but its also handy for lightweight building.
LOVE what you have done to the waterfall area!! On you peoples!!
Wow, looks beautiful guys. All the effort put in has paid off. Job well done 👍 Lunch looks great too.
Great to hear from the neighbour who was part of building the lagoon.
Wonderful presenter, good work for someone that's not that comfortable in front of the camera. Great episode
Well done you lot!.
It looks great now ❤
How awesome, you guys have the best stuff! Hope you get the metal door working again.
Awesome video!
Been following a couple of months now and this has been one of my favourite newer videos!
Hope we get a door update in a future video!
Keep it up!
Great effort clearing the area. It's already starting to look amazing.
You guys really worked hard. Tha for a beautiful update 😍
This has got to be one of my favourite of your videos. It's so beautiful:)
For the Watergate. Mind you it's summer. The metal has expended somewhat making the progress of loosening more tedious. Normally I would recommend Co ca Co la (sorry TH-cam might flag my comment otherwise) but some WDforty or some other high grease to rub around the sliding and twisting mechanism will help. I saw the turnwheel spinning. If it becomes tough try to use a wrench you look vertical down the wheel so you create more leverage. Less strenght needed. But please also because it's you're neighbor property try not to jam a screwdriver in the gaps. To prevent damaging or leaving ever lasting marks on the construction. Awesome video. Wish I was mentally (st)able enough to sweat myself dry on all the Labour.
Beautiful Video, and you have wonderful Frogs at your Kampsite! I suggest citric acid or vinegar to destroy the Rust from the Gate.
Wow what an amazing piece of land, that waterfall might be ancient and built by giants, the size of those rocks!
What a fantastic area. It has so much potential. I wouldn't worry too much about the creatures in the area. They will adapt to what is really just a small change. Nature is an opportunist so keep an eye out for all the great plants and creatures that will take advantage of the newly exposed area.
I passionately believe you guys really need to take advantage of all that organic matter and get some hugel mounds on the go. You coud even chat with the locals about bringing you manures, old and new, to get things really moving. The great thing about the hugel mounds is that you can create them anywhere and any size so you could have food sources through out the property. They will also give you opportunity to start establishing some guilds which can include native food trees, shrubs, etc. You guys are doing all that work to remove over grown plant life anyway so yah. You don't even have to use the hugel mounds right away(but you could), and just keep adding goodness to them until you are ready to use them. 😊
I suggest, you collect all larger stones from the creek and repair the collapsed wall. Otherwise, great work and well done.
Alot accomplished for 3 people. Looks great.
Man these are my people I swear... Big love to you all!
Great video and whatta great area you have unearthed. Once you get the sluice gate is repaired and working again you will have an AWESOME recreational area. My other half, a steel engineer, suggests cutting the steel gate in half and then removing each half. When you rebuild, you can reinforce the join with more steel....onward & upward 😁😁😁
You all are soooo amazing! Makes me think back to when I had a young and strong body and you’re doing such impactful and amazing things with yours. Thank you.
thank you for sharing the chronicles of your project journey. i follow with great interest. i wish u only the best in the world for the future to all of you and good fortune for the challanges to come
And thank you julie, ema and emma for hosting a video. I find it cool that you put more focus on the community as an entity and entirerity
Looks great, take a lesson from the previous land users: you don't need a fancy metal gate. It's nice, but a sheet of plywood across the gap would accomplish the same thing, reinforced maybe, but you could definitely make something to fill the gap out of wood. The pipes down low are for moving the water - they likely had pipes connected that led downstream to someplace they wanted running water. You take the water from the bottom of the pool so that you get steady flow. There might have been a standpipe in the pool, so you're not sucking mud off the bottom, maybe not though. Any amount of flow + time will fill the pool, just plug all the holes, throw some wood across that gate, and you're ready to go.
Hope all is doing well at ProjectKamp! Loving the content keep it coming!
Great job everyone, and well done Julie - I'm with you on being camera-averse, so props to you for facing the fear :D
And have you tried cooking the bamboo shoots ever? When they first emerge, they're quite tasty as a stir-fry ingredient.
Loved it! Hope soon we will get some rain down here and you, too, to fill your swimming pool. Now go get an ice cream each, you deserve it.
Love her voice, so soothing.
great video, julie was very good at presenting, and the videographer did a great job.
Good job and experience and i really appreciated it, furthermore you'll still young, strong, brave and very motivate.
The skills of the old-timers are amazingly 👌
This was a great video. Thank you for posting for the rest of us to see. Take care and enjoy the rest of your summer. DA
I must confess I envy and admire in equally amounts the job you guys do! Big hugs from Barcelona!
Cool to have cobblestones all over around the pond; using gravity channeling water from a high source in a closed system, to provide pressure for oxygenation; for swimming and raise pond fish bottom feeders to clean the algae.
Hope you get water, what a lovely place that lagoon and waterfall are! Also, I love your timelapses, aerial shots and want more Julie!
What a discovery. Looks great.
I hope you get some rain soon.
I love what you all are doing it's awesome to see your lands transformation. If that door was water tight your probably going to need to replace the door and hope the rails are reusable
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
Nice video. You should host a lunch with the neighbors and the major there when the job is done!
Hit the gate with some passes of a blowtorch. It will unweld from the rails.
2:56 love that noise:
„Chhhhhhh!“
Best wishes from Zürich
Good job! Already looks great without water
For the door do you have a blow torch? Slowly work along the edges, it should help break it off the rails, the heat will expand the metal, it will cool down a bit so hopefully the rust scales will weaken, a few good hits maybe break it off without damaging the gate.
Really exciting progress. Good luck on the next steps.
You guys rock!! Keep the videos coming! It is so inspiring to see all your hard work 💚 Would love to pay you a visit sometime next year (we are on the coast near Peniche for now). 💪💪💪
Julie is absolutely adorable! Cute, hard worker and tries even when she doesn’t like being on camera . Props
You can apply much more and steady force with the screw from the top.
Agreed with others, use acid to reduce the rust, but _the channels _*_above_*_ the gate_ that are not so badly affected.
Once the gate moves up it will be much easier to clear the lower part of the channels.
If you have an oscillating tool a carbide or diamond tile grout removal blade will help without dulling instantly.
Again treat with acid to remove more traces of rust, then keep it greased and 'excersise' it on occasion.
As always... absolutely fabulous 🥳🥳🥳
9:15 Having some good roots and plants in the ground is not always a bad thing. With heavy rain fall you might will get a landslide
Anyway very hard work and keep it up! Greetings from the netherlands
Looking great, well done.
It looks great. I enjoy seeing your videos.
It is amazing how much you get done with so little.
very nice video! great work done to the laguuun. For the gate i would tear it down, and scavange new material for the rails and gate, checkout a scrapyard for old kitchenbenches, = rustfree steel - usualy a bit thin, but you can weld a couple of pieces together to make it thicker :) and HODOR the damm. looking forward to next video when you rebuild the broken Wall ;)