Steel Sailboat Building - Catwalk, Lead, Rudder, and Dragon
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Pilot House Post: wp.me/p6ivyU-BH
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About LEAD -- Comments about how DEADLY lead is will be ignored. Seeker is about assessing facts and making our choices.
Rational Precautions for Working with Lead
-- It most dangerous to the developing brain, so women who may become pregnant and children are the most susceptible.
-- Transfer is commonly through dust ingestion. So have no food or drink. And avoid cutting or grinding or other activity that will create dust.
-- Do not smoke as it will vaporize any dust and lead vapor will easy be absorbed in the lungs.
-- Keep the molten lead below 900F/482C. It melts just over 600F/315C so just turn off the heat once the last ingot is melted.
-- Control the contaminated area so it does not spread to food, water or others.
-- When done, remove your work cloths and bag them.
-- Take a shower before you do anything else in the house.
-- Wash your work cloths with no other items.
More About Lead: www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/h...
Bottom line is that lead is much safer that driving a car or eating a diet of junk food. So if you don't panic in a car or when the doctor looks at your weight, then you have no reason to panic about working with lead. Think. Don't let fear's run your life. LIVE! You are going to die, but it is extremely unlikely that lead will have anything to do with it.
Man that 21 minutes went by fast. It just gets better and better.
.. still my favourite RUclips channel of all time. Thanks for another video, Doug. It's much appreciated!
I've been following this project for a long time now, I don't know a lot about boats but I can't stop watching. Looking forward to the next video and the many after.
+bigmikelives Ditto.
To Doug and the Seeker family... I've been watching since close to the beginning, long enough that I look at you guys as friends... I check in with you guys 3 or 4 time a week.. Your progress is slow but sure, and to use words like impressed or excellent, describing what you've undertaken would just be grossly understated, remarkably inadequate.... You guys are inspiring to say the least.... The amount of labor could only be matched by your passion for completion, to finally put her in the water, and head for the Mississippi Delta.... If I can one weekend before you finish I'd like to come and assist, push a broom, make coffee, whatever you need done... just to be a bit closer to what you've done.... Dunno if it'll happen, but I'd sure like for it to... I'm in Houston, so maybe it will... Till then... keep plugging along, and know there's a bunch of us out here living vicariously thru your actions.... Bravo brother, Bravo......
+Robert Stevenson Thanks
I would never have guessed that the hot lead would warp steel...but that is just one of the things I have learned by watching this amazing project.
Look forward to every episode.
I realy love Your concept with underwater research and putting in some art, etc.
I also want to bulid my ROV when my boat is finished, but i am also stuck in the workshop some days working on sideprojects, like the ROV project... But my project is in much smaller scale, but at first i was about buying a 70 fot long fishingboat, sometimes i still regeret that i did not, but that time i was not sure if i cold afford finishing the project.
Your videos deliver a wery important message: Never give up Your dreams, everybody can realise dreams in life even if it looks dark and hopeless at some moments.
Great mix as ever Doug and team. Thrilling action and enough straight to camera to keep us informed. Keep that lead flowing!
Great Video Doug!!! The ship is coming along nicely.
Awesome update. What a crew you had working
Nice to see you went with the ingots first then flood with molten lead. Saved you a load of time and effort and probably a lot of heat warping too!
congratulations on 50K subscribers
watching you guys pour the lead has been my favourite footage so far :)
Who would have thought a boat would need as much lead? Loving the progress. Thx was a great vid.
Thanks for your channel one of my favorites.
Love all the representation from Tennessee!!
it is funny to see the struggle of your Austrian Friend with the measurements. As a German I feel with him. inches and feet and it's conversion. best wishes from Germany.
I've lived in the US since 93(11 years old) and I still struggle. Lately I have been switching most of my machining to metric. Only problem is the non metric tooling and speeds/feeds, so I made some charts for that. Even started doing all the residential housing work in metric. For us, its a lot faster and usually no errors.
Holy smokes - I dread to think what your lead is costing! Great shots of the pouring.
Another fascinating chapter in the Seeker Saga.
+ChrisB257 About 27 cents a pound
+visnevskiscom If you go look at some of the really early videos you can see how they got and refined all this lead- used wheel weights from tire stores for 2.5 years!
Coming together really well......
Good Morning from France,
I am very impressed by your videos and your work, I am very desapointed that your are so far from me to visit you and to propose you extra hand works.
I follow your labor almost from the begining. I learn many technics with your explainations, I do not build a boat, however I am restoring old armoured vehicules, then your welding, pouring and son on are very usefull to me.
Every weeks I do a countdown for your new video release.
Et voila, bon courage
Olivier
Yes, new video, I have been so bored since the op, (except for taking customer support from the Sofa).
New Video watched, back to boredom. Nar not Really. Thanks Seeker. I might run some repeats.
Something extremely satisfying about seeing that quantity of molten lead being poured ;-)
Great Job, Great Boat, Great Vids. I look forward to the next one.
lots happening!! looking forward to seeing the dragon painted (been waiting to see that since you first started working on them!)
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Wow what a busy one this time. Love the vids.
amazing project thanks for sharing...
Lookin good guys, still want to make it that way eventually will have to see how the summer goes.
Hurry up with the next video lol can't wait to watch more I'm in Australia and your video isn't up loaded until 2am in the morning but I wait all week and check every day for a new 1 mate seriously if I had the money I would fly over to America and help you out for a week keep Ao a greate job from your mates in Australia
Cool video. I'm looking forward to the next film. Regarts :).
Best part of the week :D
Just had a thought...See that others had the same. Maybe spray water on the steel outerside of the lead pour zones. Not sure if that would prevent or encourage the warping. Might cool things faster too, preserve the properties of the steel.
thanks for the video
Heck, I was having trouble WATCHING you guys lift those lead ingots!
Nice "round bottom" on that mug. "gives a good warm feeling in the hand!
That spout looks like it's working much better!
+Eric Wrenfrow Our aim is improving too.
Now that's a coffee cup, on sale too !! 40% mark up just for me? Don't get in my way what ever you do. :)
The boat feels Honest. It's a great style for a product. The protagonist from one of the Ayn Rand novels, Howard Roark, would have given Seeker his blessing, I think.
Just great. I like really good.
still really enjoying your vids... hat ordered now just need to get the welder and teach the kid to weld too....
+Piers Lehmann Bravo.
Those pours are a beautiful thing!! Looks like you got it down to a science! I wondered how you would know that you filled the space thoroughly?? I think the heat imprinting on the keel is a great indicator at least it would be for me. So the slight deforming of the keel is a small price to pay to see how the lead is filling the void. Hoping to find time in a working stiffs schedule to come and see and work the boat that dreams built!!!
+Frank Maldonado Maybe not a science but a process. :)
Hi
I have been following your vid of the seeker build.
About the lead in the keels.
I think you might consider putting some epoxy in over the lead after it cools to fill any gaps.
The lead cools and shrinks leaving a small gap.
Water/condensation will enter the small gaps and promote corrosion/electrolysis.
THe epoxy will set up and bind the lead to the steel hull.
Great vids.
I have thought of building a big boat similar to yours for years..
+Dennis Williams Yeah, epoxy or maybe just tar and let it work in over the summer.
could you rig up a misting system on the outside of the keels to keep them cooler. might help stop warping.
at this point I dont think you need to worry about the lead cooling to quickly.
The gap between the Hull and the Lead. I think bitumen is better than Resin, because you can melt it with heat. Heat the hull and the Lead to the meltingpoint of the bitumen and than pour the molden bitumen into an it will fill all gaps and after cooldown a flexibility will be remain.
Sorry for my bad english
Wegen dem Spalt zwischen der Hülle und dem Blei. Ich denke Bitumen ist besser als Harz, da man das mit Wärme schmelzen kann. Heiz die Hülle und das Blei auf den Schmelzpunk des Bitumen auf und gies es in die Lücke. Das bitumen wird den Spalt füllen und nach dem abkühlen weiterhin flexibel bleiben.
+JetGirl Interesting idea. We are thinking low temperature tar. I think it will be a lot cheaper.
I'm experiencing "nearing the finish line" anxiety. Anyone else? Can only hope you'll carry on posting videos even after the boat goes to water and never stop, so that we may continue watching.
+Barna Soós Way way too early for that. And the plan is to keep making videos. Just less welding and grinding.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this in a previous video, but could the steel always be bowing inward because the inside layer of the steel expands while the outside of that piece of steel is ambient. That expansion in the hull over the length of that chamber (fore/aft) in the hull is enough for movement inboard... Just a thought.
+Josh T Yes, I think that is what is happening.
+SV Seeker We'll second that, good thinking
4:15 nice to see safety protocol 101 in use: run!!! :)
Just got a cap, too bad I can't get out there for the local pick up option!
Watching your pouring liquid metal is mesmerizing... :D
Also could you do a follow up video on Paul's 65ft steel boat keen to see how far he has gotten cheers
+Josh Crowther Paul is investing in raising his son right now. A wise choice.
great job like always
+GasserGlass holy shit, i knew i recognized your name here in the comment section, been a subscriber of yours for a good few years i believe, love all your fiberglass work bud!
Shotgun Rumble Thanks Man...I hope to get a bunch of new videos up in the spring...I moved away from the Farm in PA, Setting up my new shop now..... I love coming here to watch Doug and the gang build this huge water craft..... His videos are in my top 5 posters..... Wish You Well and thank you for saying hello!
GasserGlass anytime brother! if you get some time check out the youtube channel AVE, he makes a ton of good content also! he is on my top 5 list right now!
Shotgun Rumble I couldn't find it????....send me a link to his channel...I love seeing cool stuff and finding new channels to watch!
Pouring T-1000 in the keels. Got a lot done!
Hi Doug As always I love your progress
pouring lead is so fun
i so can not wait to see her finished and in the water
I wonder what colour you will paint her will it be orange to match your house ??
please more videos and longer ones too
I just can't get enough
love & hugs to all you wonderful people
Konstantin
+loopiewho I do like Mango Madness, but the boat will be black exterior, grey decks with red and gold trim. Love to you.
Great Videos, Can't wait for the next ones. How heavy do you expect your creation to be when ready to be moved. What kind of equipment will be required to do so. Can't wait for that vodeo
+Paul Taylor That video is years away, but I expect her to weight about 38 tons and jacks and trucks will do the job of getting us to the port. There we will put her top back on and a crane will drop us in the water.
have you thought about using a wedge or shim between the steel and the lead to push the steel a little bit closer to where it was? Then when you pour epoxy or tar down there it would hold it there.
+Chris Becker Might do that. Thanks for the idea.
hey SV seeker greet work you do.. what is the prise on a big red mud if you will sendt it to denmark
+loks channel (nollerhj60) They are not cheap. Maybe you can just paint LIVE on the side of of a mug you already have? www.svseeker.com/wp/sv-seeker-2/shop/?v=7516fd43adaa
When you dropped that big chunk, I swear I felt the splatter here at home...
+spaight711 LOL
Watching your videos makes me regret not taking welding in high school.
+Sys0p Why? I never took welding classes. Just buy a welder and watch Jody's videos on Welding Tips and Tricks.
Where do you purchase all of the bulk metal used to build the ship?
Just a dumb question because I'm curious... when you pour the lead ballast... Is there no risk of galvanic corrosion at the interface between the lead & steel?
More awesome work Doug ! Do you anticipate pouring more lead when you get her in the water to fine tune any balance issues ?
+Jayne Gus No, I plan to keep 5 tons as ingots that we can move as needed.
I saw your antenna video for another project and I put one together using your video as well as the link someone posted on your site. I was wondering if you had any feedback on the function. I have not installed it yet but just wondering how it went and any adjustments you made to it. I am in Thailand rebuilding our dive boat.
+Wesley Copley We only used it at close range, but it worked fine.
+SV Seeker Thanks for the info, boat looks good, I enjoy your channel
nice mug captain
watching you pour that lead looks like something out of a terminator movie
hi every one involved in the build would it be just as easy to spoon in a small pour of lead down the sides where the shrink back has occurred to fill the void you could even have some body on the out side with a hose to cool it strait away. looks like she is coming along nice each job progressing all the best big pete ..
good job with the videos, congratulations on the 50k subscriptions. how long do you think until you will have this in the water ? ive been watching now for a few years. i thought you would have it in the water when you finished the hull, but obviously i was way off hehe. cant wait to see this thing float off the trailer. maybe we both will be hitting the high seas about the same time, hope to meet you on the water some day.
+Sean “SV Inopii” Thompson I don't know. I just work on the next thing.
i know kinda a late suggestion now, but what about hosing the outside off while pouring the lead?
where did you guys get all that lead
You state that your panels are bowing in with the heat of the lead - any way to weld an anchor point on the outside and pull it out then backfill the gap on the inside with lead?
I'm not sure but how much would it cost to show up at some roll forming type of place and get a radius rolled in the lengths.
You did a video where you discussed the weight of moving the boat, you even went so far as to address height issues (?) by making the top cabin removable (still the plan?)... What about the width, how wide can the boat be and still be wheeled down the road?
+Paul Gdry Width and weight are not an issue. We just get a permit. And the bulwarks and the pilot house will come off for the trip to keep the height under 18 ft.
oh, I completely could not see how the bullworks would come off. Cain't wait to see that.
are you going to put sacrificial zinc anodes along the outside too? and what about copper based anti barnicle paint? I know that's a bit down the line
+J.A.Ratt85 Yes, and not sure about anti-fouling yet.
Would spraying the outside of the keel with the water hose while you pour the lead help keep the temp down and thus keep it from bowing?
+TychoBrahe21 We think that might actually make it worse.
I was wondering was you weighing each one to get it all the same on each side and compartment so you won't be leaning to one side but should have known you thought of that. The project is comeing along nice.
+Bobby Horn Yes
Will the boat be named SV Seeker? Also you should build a mini tender in the style of this ships exterior, complete with mini dragons! ;)
Do you know what the boat is projected to weigh? I would assume you could get a close estimation by a tally of all the steel you have used. Do you keep track? Great work!
+Kyle Mello About 38 tons. I do not keep track, but I know the rough measurements.
funny sales on you site lol keep you adventure park open
Now that's what I call a coffee mug! It's to bad I don't have the room for one. :/
Just had a thought about your warping steel of the keel. I'm wondering if heating the steel is maybe wrong direction and if the keel were to be cooled with water hose right after pouring begins maybe a solution to the warping.
Like I said.... Just a thought and maybe I'm way off base.
+tim9lives We actually think that cooling the outside will make it warp worse.
+SV Seeker You may be right. But the way I was thinking is if you prevent the steel from getting hot then the steel won't warp.
I do know that with front brake rotors....Once they get hot from driving and braking...If you go through a puddle of water then they will almost always warp. Cooling hot steel does cause warpage.
But....What is happening in your case is that the lead is heating the steel causing it to expand and warp. So...My thought was if someone was hosing down the exterior of the keep during the pour...then the steel won't warp.
Makes sense in my mind. But hey...I'm just guessing.
im begging you bro... slo mo footage of the lead pouring... those are amazing shots.
Cool video as always! Thanks! Best wishes from Ukraine. :o)
Would it be possible to get two guys to water each side (on the outside) of the surface that gets hot from the molten lead, without the steel getting deformed from thermal shock?
+Dan Rosendahl Hansen We think that might actually make it worse.
Have you given any thought to filling the gaps between the lead and keel with Bismuth? Figured it might be worth looking into since Bismuth expands approximately 3% when it cools from its molten state.
+Justin Roski Interesting idea, but we think tar will do and it's got to be a lot cheaper.
Makes sense, I probably should have looked up the price before hand!
Just off the cuff here... I"m looking at what the force will be on each keel when the boat is in operation and more specifically, the "righting moment" force when the boat is heeled over say 10 degrees (or more). Do you feel confident that the welds will hold where the keel meets the hull?. I suppose it's a simple formula considering you have 10K lbs + the weight of the keel itself to factor in.
+David Snider Very confident.
If you don't mind me asking... All said and done, what's the cost of something like this?
+Brianm51 Not sure. Maybe this will help: ruclips.net/video/Oao3mzjCOAY/видео.html
are dropping the solid lead bars in after to help cool it rapidly to stop the steel distorting to much ?
dont worry about answering that question , i watched the video more and u basically answered it .... dam it me and my pre muture questions
+Luke Young ....and it's fun.
Bob WashereI jumped in my seat when you put your hand near the high caps in your broken welder. Nothing wakes you up like a gigawatt zap from some oil filled caps.
also some welders at the shipyard i used to work at said when they would cut into sealed voids in a old ship they would often find a burned out candle which would have been left burning when the void was sealed to use up all the oxygen and prevent rust random fact but i thought it was cool
+Chris Wyche Thank is cool
You should hold a sketch up contest for pilot house design. List all of the required elements and let people use the drawing to fill in their custom layouts. Winner gets free hat and mug.
+Kyle Mello You can see many great ideas by following the Blog. Here's the latest entry on the Pilot House www.svseeker.com/wp/pilot-house-layout/?v=e9841d3e5f8a . We except to have a 3d version uploaded soon.
Sounds sensible :-)
where did you go to buy your bulk lead?
+B0RNAMERICAN ruclips.net/video/5Ljldtu-u-s/видео.html
Will you have this ship(boat) surveyed when finished and launched? I think I used the right term. I believe most marine insurance companies require it.
+Iowarail Not likely.
Draft Survey?
+Iowarail Insurance is taking a bet against yourself. A survey seems like it's paying a critic to crit.
why you don't use lead shot for backfilling?
+Alex Ross It's all the air that exist between the pieces of shot. Even if I has shot I would melt it down.
Doug, what camera are you using to shoot these vids now? Any external microphone or just on-camera? Love all the different angles you set up, tight shots of welding, slice of life shots of your dog, wide shots to set the scene. Great editing and good footage in all kinds of light. Anybody who documents their project this well knows it's a 3x effort by the time you hit Upload, but it's so valuable to share your efforts and experiments. Fantastic job. I'm rooting for you from Waterloo, Ontario Canada (1hr west of Toronto). Seeker!
+Darin White Just a single lower end Panasonic. No microphones. Glad you like the videos.
the dragon head acts as a drain, cool
Love your "sales". Grinder cap: before $12. Now: $15... if it was not for the shipping to Norway, I'd buy one anyway. :)
+Alf Torp you can combine shipping!!! Buy 2 and a mug. sounds good
Checked that first, my friend. I ended up having to pay $93 for two caps and a coffee mug. $47 in shipping alone, using the cheapest alternative.
+keith todd Sorry no. The whole lot is overpriced and shipping is very high. So buy a tool for your shop instead and make something. :)
Plasma cutter is high on the list. Even higher than an SV Seeker coffee mug ;)
+Alf Torp that's a good plan too .But I'm going to buy one of the over priced mugs when me mate is in the states next. just so I got one.
I'm guessing you want to avoid gaps between the lead and the hull to avoid corrosion, right? If so, could you cap the chambers but leave a 2" pipe plug hole in the top and fill the void with a couple of gallons of WD40 or similar?
+princebatswater The plan is to seal them off with a steel plate so filling them is just extra insurance incase we damage them to the point of leaking. For that tar is ranking high on the list.
Doug for President!
+Cliff ludo No thanks.
Ever Thought about pouring Concrete into the Keel instead of Lead?
+EugeneVanDerMill Concrete is only about 150 pounds per cubic foot. Lead is over 600.
Yup red D arc and air gas they are great I all was buy products from them like welding gas and welding products my uncle work at red D arc in Barkly. Ca he been with them for 17 years
So I'm trying to buy something at the store, and the only option for shipping at this point is "Local pickup". What's the deal on shipping?
+ArtemiaSalina Put your address in first?
cool