Raised Garden Beds w/t Anne of All Trades: made from 55 Gallon Steel Drums, beginner welder/gardener
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มิ.ย. 2021
- Learning to weld isn't hard. Unless you're an uncoordinated klutz like me. I have some plans that will require me to learn structural welding. To practice some newfound skills I decided to take a different approach to building some simple raised garden beds by utilizing inexpensive used steel drums. But since I also know nothing about gardening I reached out to fellow TH-camr and woodworker "Anne of All Trades" for her advice on growing some fruits and vegetables.
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I can envision an AWNING coming next. Great video! I can use the info here to fabricate a raised bed garden using food grade plastic drums and wooden stands. Thanks for utilizing another fantastic craftsperson in your video. More TH-camrs should take a lesson from you.
Lovely video. Great to see you pick up new skills. Welding is still on my to learn list, but I guess taking a workshop or two couldn't hurt 😁
It's a good idea to illuminate the part with sunlight or a strong lamp while welding, it helps a whole lot with aiming.
Welding is still something I want to do somepoint. Thought I was already following Anne, but I am now. Great tip on what to do with all my shavings.
Really love your channel! Just discovered it today and trying to catch up! Please don’t view me as a troll for this, but I can’t “not” mention it to be sure viewers understand the serious hazard! Over the course of a 41 year long career as a certified welder, I knew 3 guys who were gravely injured, and 1 who lost his life, cutting 55 gallon drums. 2 of them were using torches, 1 a plasma cutter, and the last a cutoff disc on a grinder. Skin grafts from severe burns, a plethora of shattered bones, horrible lacerations, and a blown off testicle were just some of the horrors that these three suffered, and they were the lucky ones! In one case, the drum was being cut in a massive shop that could hold 2 big dump trucks with the beds in the fully lifted position, and it blew out every window in the building, shot one end of the drum over 200’ out the door before it hit the ground, and blew the guy 50’ away! Don’t take chances! We want all of you guys to live! It only takes one time to change everything!
I did say I filled the oil cans with water and degreaser.
@@wortheffort You did a great job of explaining the safeguards you took! Just wanted to give some real world instances to get the point across! The drum that blew up in the dump truck shop had contained car wash soap. Harmless enough, right? WRONG! Turns out there’s methanol in the soap to keep it from freezing in cold weather! If he’d taken the precautions you did, his situation would have gone incident free! Inexpensive metalworking equipment has made it possible for thousands of people with no prior experience to enjoy metalwork! That’s great, but it’s also exposed those same thousands to hazards that they’ve never thought of! Channels like yours influence people to spread their wings and try new things. The world needs a lot more of that, but with that comes the responsibility to make sure they know the result of not following safety protocols on something like this could result in major personal and property damage! Now I’m going to catch up on your vids! Stay well, and thanks for a great channel!
An old garden hose makes a nice, safe edge.
good luck, I would like to see the progress
I have taken spoon carving with Anne and Josh, really enjoyed it.
Great video! I really enjoyed it! Good luck with your new garden!
That looks fun well done ,will be nice to see your garden grow.
Thanks
It looks like a brilliant start and asking for help is always a great idea... gardeners are normally very happy to spread their knowledge..... if they aren't, they probably do fruit or flowers growing compayititions! Labeling everything is also a fantastic idea, but I'm not sure how long the blue tape will last. You can buy wooden (and plastic...... preferably recyclable) name tags that you can staple to your beds. Keep up the good work 😊👍
I enjoyed watching this , very entertaining 😄 really though it was worth watching thanks for sharing 👍
Love the video. I also want to play a little with welding, but too many current projects.
Really enjoyed this video Shawn.
Thanks
Loved this
This was fun to watch.
Thanks
AWESOME VIDEO!!!
Thanks
Good Job!
Good work mate, at least you gave it a good go.
I couldn't click fast enough! I watch all your content but I have a serious crush on AOAT!
Awesome!
Good job ... one note, with seed, pull back the wood chips so the soil above the seeds is bare. this technique is called Back to Eden. once the seeds germinate into plants then move the wood chips near the plants.
Footnote for folks in warmer climates. Steel planting beds can get pretty hot in the summer, and can overheat a plant's roots. Happened to a buddy of mine here. If you're in a hot climate, use wood.
Actually with the wood trim and curved angles of barrel they aren’t getting hot at all. If concern paint em lighter color.
Glad your expanding your “tools” learning welding it will add tons of opportunities. As far as the barrels go, if you weld your leg base first to the height you desire for a garden, you could just cut barrel in half, weld them to leg structure. Then lay a 2x4 or 2x6 screwed on top to make a ledge to protect from getting cut from end of barrel. Hope this helps.
Isn't that what I did?
Adjust the sensitivity and darkness levels on your welding helmet until you can actually see what you are doing.
It's like you are not even sitting there waiting for my comments! 26:18 It doesn't look like the paint has been cleared.
Some folks assume that the extreme temp of the welder will burn away any impurities but paint n rust just become blockers to any weld
Grinder and paint make me the welder I aint , lol Thanks for the video .
Good to know.
now you are ready to built a small green house to start your early season plants. see about planting a vine plant that could grow on the wire fence to produde shade and wind block. ( ivy )
Holy weldslag Batman! Why are you attempting plasma cuts when you have a DeWalt angle grinder?
This is like watching an "out of body experience" for me. I mostly waste wood but do dabble in other mediums. I have a Mig welder and have in the past thought that a plasma cutter could be handy. Now I know different thanks to you. Now I can spend that money on a different tool that I don't really need and don't have the skills for. Keep up the good work.
Not that I would do any better, but this was pretty comical. Best laugh I've had from a TH-cam video in a while.
Nice
The most important point is…that you are doing it. That is more than half the battle. Between my wife and I, w are doing the same thing. I am supplying the shavings and labor. She is doing the gardening.
What are the exact layers that go into the barrel? I saw soil, cardboard then more soil? Is that it? Looking for a friend
I always thought the reason the fence moves on the chop saw was to allow for wear on the abrasive blade. I'm not sure why they continued it with the metal blade.
Shawn you are probably going to want to put a tall wooden stake and affix the apple trees to them. The established orchard trees up here in the NE are usually staked I think apples are weak-limbed especially with fruit.
Shawn, not sure of the watering situation - if workshop is not plumbed, etc. - have you thought about rainwater capture from the shop roof ? A rain barrel or two might save dragging a hose around, or even worse, lugging water.
Might also like to look at Arms Family Homestead's self-wicking 5 gallon tubs.
Suggest you roll over the edges on the round half barrels. Cut down 1/2 -3/4" slots ever few inches to add you in bending it over them place wood on that
It is good to drill holes in the bottom surfaces of the lower stretchers (preferably one near each end) for yet another reason: to release water. How is water getting in there? - you ma ask. From my experience (and I've seen these holes in professionally made stuff) it works like this: on a sunny day the stretcher gets hot, the air in it expands and is released through any tiny hole in the joints. In the evening the stretcher cools down and sucks moist air in. At night the stretcher cools down further and the moisture condensates. For what it's worth, the process doesn't seem to be symmetrical and the water stays in the structure.
@ 4:07... In the UK we call that tool a Mattock. Even in its more usual agricultural environment it has never been known as a subtle tool. Any chance you could cut to your whiteboard and explain how you calculated the angles, Newtons of force and impact points to remove that bung?
Get rid of the carpenter hammer when doing metal work. Use a good hammer designed for metal working. Carpenter hammers aren’t hardened enough for pounding on steel/iron and won’t stand up to the gaff.
You could of used black U channel edge trim seal , they sell it on Amazon, just another way to go
Sorry. Commenting as I watch.
If your stick welding you drg but for wire welding you bush the welding wip, just a tip.✌
You drag slag. This was flux core.
@@wortheffort yeah so you should be pushing and do a small circular motion for beginners is a idea to because less access is needed.
@@abedyck5617 flux has slag so you drag.
What was in the drums? Saw a man lose a hand when one blew up that was empty.
After washing them out nothing combustible. Covered this at first of video.
seems like squandering half of barrel to do the fold over, if half barrel is good depth.
Thing is, you don't know that until ya try. 20/20 hindsight....
I'm no welder but I know you have to have clean metal to weld to can't weld Over Paint it has to be clean I would get some 60 or 80 grit sandpaper and grind it clean if you try this you will notice a big difference. by the way the video is very humorous . PS rookie sorry I couldn't help myself
ya, i did later in video.
42:34 what was that, cardboard under the soil?
Yes, filter.
@@wortheffort I knew there was chemicals and acids on cardboard...
@@th34lch3m1st it’s paper. People use it as mulch and weed barriers all the time. Actually taught trick from nursery.
The top looks like a piece to a REALLY BIG caulk gun....
That looks way easier than going through about 5 cutting disks on an angle grinder. Not to mention if you get a catch and the disk breaks.
The plasma was cool.
Nice job. When are you getting your dog. And, what kind of dog are you getting?
Maybe later in year. We'll see. Sized to ride on motorcycle.
@@wortheffort So you are going to finish that project from years gone by! Good for you, sir.
Sorry for the third comment, you're the Bomb
I'm 5:41 in and already laughing my ass off.
It's like watching a train wreck, nothing can stop it.
Check out TH-cam channel Darwin Ovar. She is currently building her own Teardrop Trailer. Could give you some ideas.
She’s doing great but this is going to be a calling card for my channel as I tour country. Taking it to nth degree by building like a vardo (furniture) vs traditional plywood, glue & screws. Stepping stone to Greene/Hall style home.
You're right you do suck at wilding but then so do I
Quality control was not present during the filming of this video.
Ummm hey Shawn doesn’t the unknown turner wear a similar outfit that your dad wears? Hmmmmm lol
Prolly stole that too.
Man. Throw that wire brush in the bin! Get that "brown stuff" AKA rust OFF! Use a grinder, get it shiny or the welds won't take. I'm not even good at welding. But welding 101 clean the metal to give yourself a chance. . I'm now commenting like this is live TV and I'm only at 24:47
Build a roof
You plant, ask. Kill plants! Restart, not doing what you did the first time! I put watering tube at each plant. Good luck
Lol a guacamole tree??
well ain't it.
so you're a Texan and you did not plant cilantro Y
never liked the flavor
Hey brother, clean the rust off the metal where you're welding with grinder first. You need to weld clean metal, not rust. DO NOT spray anti-splatter on the metal that you're welding. It will act as Anti-Weld as well as Anti-Splatter. Anti-Splatter isn't necessary to weld, but if you're going to use it, spray it on the table first, that is what you're trying to keep the dingle-berries from building up on over the long haul. You are a master at the lathe my friend, but you are a pure disaster with metal. 🤦♂️
I still love ya, 😁 but you're killing me here! 🤷♂️
I was told with flux core to spray the metal. The arc will burn it off but flux splatters around the weld.... but, like woodworking everybody has different techniques.
@@wortheffort Yes, technically the right flux core can work burn through some nasty crud, but remember, you are new to this, you need to do as you teach with turning, learn the basics. You really suck at this, and I want to help you as you have helped so many others. I have worked with some very skilled craftsmen that just weren't good teachers. But then again, I have been taught by a good teacher or two that weren't particularly good students as well.
So, let's give it a go.
You don't dip your nozzle into the gel until you warm up the tip. You don't need nozzle gel to weld, so don't worry about it, wait until your nozzle is warm or hot. Otherwise, you just get a slug of gel up inside the nozzle that will heat up and drip all over your welds, which can cause trouble with the welds at worse, or just a waste gel. If the nozzle is warm or hot when dipped, it just melts it, then it leaves a thin coating, which is what you want. Dip the nozzle periodically, just a quick dip does the trick, and a dip when you're finished to start off the next time you weld. Also ground directly to your work not the table, always a good practice regardless of your experience. Grind the work area through the rust and crud to bright metal where you attach the ground and where you will be welding. 80-Grit Steel Demon Grinding and Polishing Flapper Disc works great in a 4 1/2" peanut grinder. Preparation is of the utmost importance in all crafts and in welding it is no different.
Recap;
Grind to bright metal everywhere you will be welding and grounding.
Ground to the work not the table.
Spray the table not the work.
Dip the nozzle when warm/hot not cold.
Gods Speed my friend!