Iv only just come across these video and I'm loving them. I'm not looking to build a boat or a van, but I find you two just give off such a chilled, cool vide and these videos are almost therapeutic to watch. Iv loving the work on the van and looking forward to see more.
Hi Paul, thanks fella. My mam will love to see this! Super kind of you to say that and thanks for taking the time to comment! It means a lot to us, hope to see you in the next one! 🙂
I quite agree, but my ego seems enjoy channels that the channels I like (craftsmanship and sailing) are less popular than the party and bikini channels. To each their own but it’s a bit of a sad thing for our l preferences and their creators. Thanks for doing amazing things and showing HOW to do them 🙏😎
@robertgold2643 thanks Robert, that’s super nice of you! Yeah… it’s a struggle but I look crap in a bikini and I don’t want Jenni to have to do that so we’re stuck with slow growth.. The cool thing that comes with thy are real people that appreciate what we’re doing. Mate is so good to get the support from people here, it’s fab for us!
Hey Rev, I’m sorry you find it boring. Mind you, your not helping us make it any better for you here if your not actually tell us what you want or how we could improve it. It would be cool for you to help us shape the channel 👍
It is so refreshing to se someone doing high quality work without £50K of machinery and high end power tools. Honest work more of us can relate to and be inspired by. Thank you
Finally! Someone who know how to actually create a custom interior for a campervan! Being all-life-boater can't stnad the sh*t they put into campervans and 'think" they know what they do with these ready made cabinet doors and handles without any personality whatsoever... GREAT VIDEO MATE, PLS KEEP ON GOING SIR!
Every air space in a van needs a dual purpose, 1:airspace 2:...... A van I built used the space above the toilet pan as a wardrobe/pantry that swung into the seating space when you needed to go 1/2's. and the back of that covered wall was the electrical main distribution. Closed no space was lost, open 90 was toilet or electrical use, open 180 it was access. The underside of the van is great space for heavy and long stuff, we had pot holes through the step for our camp chairs.
The craftsmanship and delivery of this man is superb a total joy to watch can’t wait on the next instalment. The dynamic between the couple is inspiring. Well done guys.
Only just found your channel, but wanted to say that it was an instant subscribe when I saw the quality of your work. I’m not into boats myself, although my dad was massively, so I can appreciate a lot of what you’re doing. I’m a wood worker in my spare time (which is now all the time, I retired last week, woohoo!), so I’m here to watch the van fit out. Also, just wanted to say that the production quality on the videos is superb. Definitely not boring like some troll said! Thanks for the obvious hard work you’re putting in for our benefit!
Hey Morgan! Thanks fella, super nice of you to say this, sometimes we really need it too, I guess you figured that after the last comment! So, thank you!! Glad your enjoying our work, we love hearing this and I hope you enjoy the van build! Great to hear your woodworking and have the time for it’s too! My dad retired this year, is so cool to watch the project pile build! If you get stuck you know where we are , just shout up if you think we can helon👍 see you in the next one and cheers for the sub! 👍
I love the Brush reference at the beginning. I’ve still got my father’s and his father’s old woodworking tools in their original timber chests/toolboxes they made back then. Every time I open the chests or use a plane/tool, they are right there with me in some aspect. Don’t need photos, just those tools do it for me. By the way, I love the channel. You deserve many more subscribers for the content you provide. Keep it up
Cheers Paul! It’s the coolest thing having been taught by my family and keeping a hold of their tools right! I bet you live that opening the tool chest, I love that feeling too! I have new tools for sure but still use a lot of the old school stuff! Just keep sharpening the saws! Thanks for the support, we’re starting to grow a bit now, I guess it takes time for the word to spread and of course it’s taking us time to learn what we’re doing too… still a ways to go yet I’m sure! But we’re getting there! Thanks again! 👍🤙
Chris’ accent has changed dramatically over the years! He had to be strong north east accent going back 10 years, top bloke and good to see him doing well.
@stew2514 cheers man, aye.. I did that, not sure what happened there, I guess folks don’t understand when you move 1/2 south let alone live abroad. Such is life bonny lad! 🤙
Thank you for the next video. As a seasoned hobbyist woodworker this is truly inspirational as I start my van conversion. I am learning so much. Thanks x
Hey Nikki, good to hear from you! Thanks too, we’re glad your enjoying it! It would be cool to see you van as it grows too, maybe send us a pic over on Instagram, how cool! 🙂
Genuine skill & creativity are rare combinations- for different reasons you both have it in spades. The ability to transform your ideas& concepts into reality makes for compelling viewing! Thank you so much for bringing us into your world! 🙏✌️
For sure! Quite the prep. So glad you found the result satisfying!! For us we’re stoked with how it’s coming together! We’ve just got to keep it going now😬😂
Congrats for the channel take off, it's fantastic! Its great to discover Chris' so many skills and fearless attitude to making thinks. We will learn a lot from future videos. I am curious to see how boat hatches will fit on a van's roof and also to learn how these toilets work.
Hey Cyril, thanks for that, yeah we’re getting a bit more traction these days and it’s a nice reward for us. I’m off to shoot the hatches right now actually! Here’s hoping you continue to enjoy our work and I look forward to hearing from you in the future! Thanks again for commenting, it’s so cool to get feedback from regular watchers, it really helps us shape things as we progress! 👍😀
Ahh cool, the teardrops are much easier, Just batten it out and lay 2mm or 4mm plywood over that and then veneer it. We’re veneering in the next video actually, it’s going live in an hour👍 Cheers for the compliment too 🤙
Hah! No way, that’s great, we would love to see your build! Hopefully you stick with us for the boat build too, that’s where things are gonna be really interesting - at least for us! Thanks for the comment and support!!
We used to make media units for Yorkshire bank which featured 2 vertical columns bent to a much tighter radius than the one you're bending to. We used the same system except that the first layer was simply pinned onto the former, the subsequent layers were applied using neoprene spray adhesive and a hand roller or just rolling the whole jig on a flat table. Works a treat, pop the laminated panel off the former and pull the pins out from the back
@@SailHub once it's stuck it's stuck, the only way to get them apart is either with the solvent the glue is based on or a hot air gun/shrink wrap propane burner.
Yeah, I can imagine! I’ve used that stuff for certain things. I think thermal expansion isn’t great though. Your finishes need to be of similar properties to avoid crazing right? Anyhow, certainly a cool technique! I like the speed side of it for sure, it makes perfect sense!
Well, it is what’s it is. Boats are our thing so we’re stoked to be doing this but the boats is where it’s at! Time will tell, but thanks for the confidence vote it was really worthwhile and pleasant if you 😀😂
Thanks mate, man we’re behind in the real world though! It’s taking forever! Still, it’s super nice to have the opportunity to be doing it! If your up this way on that bike of yours do drop by!
The curved bulkhead is beautiful, shows how critical the preparation is, which you made look far too easy 🤣 That Airhead without the liquids bottle looks much neater. We've been using NaturesHead for 4 years and absolutely love it. We've been planning how to get the composting to fully safe once the solids is emptied. Reasonably confident that we can use an insulated locker with heater and Raspberry Pi Pico to control to meet FDA safety requirements.
Cool thoughts with the insulated bin, I like it! We are a ways from that step yet… let’s get her to float first! But I am super interested to hear how you get on with it!! Thanks for the compliments on on the recent bulkhead too 👍 hope your plans are going well, I imagine your finished the guardrails now?
@@SailHub we are now have less than 12 months to launch so we have stopped adding to the compost bin at home. Don't want to leave partially composted humanure for the next people. So a boat based solution is more urgent for us 🙂 Guardrails are pretty much done, mostly the solar panel brackets and adjustable braces to finish. Mizzen mast is focus for tomorrow - need video content ;-)
@@SailHub causes #panic at times :-) I finish work for 5 years end July and have to move out of Church provided house immediatly. Move onto boat and launch into the Menai Straits #NoStress ;-)
Awesome, great to see someone working differently in van building as it is getting very repetitive on here atm. Keek. Editing and filming is top notch.
She drive you round the bend if that’s why you mean 😂😆! Only kidding.. Thanks for that, we’re doing our best here and so far so good, can’t wait to get into then boat mind!!
Loving the skills shown here. My van is about to be in dry dock for a good while, so this is giving me lots of ideas as to how I can make CAD become reality. Thanks for sharing your wood skills, it's giving me loads of ideas 🤙
@maryrobinson1654 Wahey! Best take it out for a trial some day with that Woof! He will like it, there will a gravy bone stash in there somewhere waiting!
It helps when we only have simple tools to hand! We’re having to move workshop now too and there’s no electricity 😆. Looks like we’re generator shopping just to get the lights on! Many thanks for taking the time to comment, it means a lot to us 👍😃
Just stumbled across this video. Gone backwards to catch up. Now subscribed. I'm currently converting my 'race' van and oh the ideas you guys have given me. Great job and keep it going. Thank you ❤
Ah! Cool, thanks for letting us know… It’s going to be bi-weekly though, we just can’t manage it in a weekly basis, we tried and tried but it just ends up so rushed. Jenni really enjoys what she does and it takes time, it doesn’t make sense to rush it. I hope you understand 👍 Cheers, Chris & Jenni
Hey! Cheer man, great to hear from you, especially given your like, mr. super north. I though you would be way out of reception and dodging icebergs all day!
Brilliant that starlink mate, one day… Well, here’s hoping for the day we can set sail and we actually need it! Go careful up there, we’re counting on you to come back and take us for a Sail you know!
I’m building a 4x4 RV using a unicell Areocell on a E350 ford chassis . No straight lines anywhere so I decided to do a yacht theme and have had to make templates for everything, thanks for the videos and beautiful work.
Hey, thanks for getting in touch! That’s awesome, so good to hear we’re not the only roadboat out there!! I would love to see how your getting on, how do we see it?
Cheers Eric, we enjoy what we do, where hoping we don’t go ‘pop’ when we move onto the boat as the Pat comment suggested 😂 Super nice of you to comment and hope to hear from you again!
How is your channel on that many subs?!?! You deserve so many more!! This is epic and watched all your previous videos!! Woodworking to the finest degree! Are you able to tell me what varnish/overlay you used on the walnut trim around the steps? It looks fantastic!!
Hey, thanks for that! Tell the world for us!! Share share share 😂 We’re trying our best with the filming so thanks so much for the compliments and support, it really means a lot to us! To be fair varnish is varnish, is more how you use it and learn it. We use different things for different places. The varnish on the step there is Epifanes PP, I will be finishing with the PU topcoat from them as it’s harder and then a rubbed effect on top. It’s just find good for this application. 👍👌 Thanks again!
Cheers Chris! There’s a lot of talented people out there but finding them is getting harder! I’m really pleased to hear you like our work. Thanks for your comment, it makes all the difference to us!
@@SailHub I've worked at Pendennis, B&V, Lursons etc, on some very nice yachts (electronics/electrics guy). So now that I have an aluminium Koopmans 35 from 1982 with teak deck, structure, and interior, I'm watching your process very carefully for ideas. To me, you are building the modern Tally Ho!
@chrisvalford the modern Tally Ho! Now there’s a thought! We’ve got some super modern plans for the boat build that’s for sure… no idea where it will take us but we’re not the type to be stuck in a box. We like experimenting and research! So hope you enjoy what we do and btw, Koopmans, simply beautiful boats! Nice choice!! An electrics guy…. Could be nice to see what you have to say later on in our project…. 😉
Hi Kevin! Thanks for that, we’re stoked you like what we’re up too, we’ve got some cool things coming up that we’re both pretty excited about. One of them is chopping boards of all things! 😂. If your on Instagram keep in touch there too, we would love to see your conversion too 👍
I love the way professional craftsmen, any trade, make beautiful look effortlessly simple. That finger jointing router bit is very cool, I want one, God, so many uses. Also very interested to see how the Airhead goes. We have a cassette toilet in our bus build (tidy, functional, not beautiful), and you need to be emptying that stanky puppy every three days in summer, even if it's only half full.
Hey Peter, yeah we didn’t want the cassette lark. I had one leak years back. Not good. Simple is good and it’s got to work, I’m told half of Scandinavia are on them at home! Anyhow, time will tell and we will let you know. It will be a godsend on the boat if it works, all them pipes going out under the waterline are usually a constant worry for me in the back of my mind somewhere! Glad you like our work so far!! 👍
@@SailHub Love your work! Are you building your own water tanks? I discovered that hot air welding HDPE sheet is ridiculously easy, so custom built tanks to make best use of the available space. They've survived over 7000km of NZ roads so far, so I'm quietly confident that they're a solid solution.
@petercroft9895 thanks Peter, so cool to have your support! No, we’re not making our own tanks but we do have some that’s are blown formed to the underfloor shape of the van. It’s super easy stuff to work though, I have repaired many a kayak over the years! And yeah, those roads in NZ, they will be giving it a beating mate! Well done lad, must be a fab job you’ve done. Man, we loved living over your way for a few years!
Hey, we will have, it will be on the sail hub website when we’re done. We just don’t have time to do it all at once! We will also be at bunch of shows when it’s finished so if your not too far away you can come and poke around a bit!
Very cool build. As a life long boat fanatic who likes to do it myself I’m really enjoying the boat and road boat videos. Btw I want a pair of those dungarees Chris is wearing, what brand are they please? 😊. Andy UK
Hey Andy, thanks for that, great to hear your enjoying our work!! Carhartt is the brand your looking for, I’ve been wearing the same pair for about 5 years now!! 👍
Love the Tig work but shame you haven’t a mig for this type of work a lot quicker, I believe Tig has its place especially on aluminum and stainless steel again very talented guy doing this work 👍👍👍I’ve not come across that bendy ply before, made my own with the cuts as you showed but it is a bit tricky when the sheets get bigger .
Hey Neil, thanks for the compliments! Yeah tig is fab and not needed here, it has its place for sure but your right - it’s not here! We have a massive mig elsewhere but it’s not nearby and we are just using what we have to hand. Mind you… it’s painfully slow! The flexi ply is a game changer but if your using it in moist environments you must resin infuse it to keep it from rotting. Do that and it should be fine, just like the RM yachts really.
@neilwharton720 thanks mate! So cool to have the support! Sadly we didn’t build it, it was built by KM. We were going to make a strip planked boat (like RAN sailing are now) basically because it’s cheaper and we could afford it! But this came up and Aluminium is better for what we best to do, we are super stoked!
Only just started watching but what’s that brown material on the frame work of the van? I’ve got some of my grandads tools too, he was a furniture maker. Makes me smile whenever I use them. Love the editing on your videos. Such high quality production you should have much higher subscriber numbers
Hey! Thanks for the kind words, so cool, we’re really glad you like our work! Great to have family tools with us ay, it’s a sweet feeling!! The brown material… it’s cork and it’s fab! Find out about it here, ruclips.net/video/zXXzXpD3_ng/видео.htmlsi=_Xqi8gYifIjjyDMe
Absolutely loving your van build so much so I'm considering ripping out my van interior and starting again, birch ply is no longer cool lol. looking forward to following the van build to completion and also the boat build as I'm an armchair sailor unless its in my kayak.
Hey Allan! Great to hear from you and stoked we seem to be providing some sort of inspiration! We would both live to see what you do, maybe keep in touch over on Instagram too when you get started. We could hopefully do with some tips re kayaking for an up and coming product test… let’s see how this on fairs😬 Great to have you along for the boat too, stoked to hear this!!👍🕺
Hi Chris and Jenny, I just discovered your channel! Fantastic! I think I've binge watched 6 videos already. Chris, you keep refering to to the Spirit 72. Did you work there? I know their boats are bespoke and your craftsmanship seems like it comes from that world. Just curious. Cheers, Chris S.
Hey!! Great to hear from you. Thanks for the compliments! Thanks for watching too, we’re so happy to hear you wanted to watch more! That is so confidence inspiring for us!! As for Spirit, they are probably the closest thing to what I like to achieve from my boat building that is commercially available. The Spirit yard will always be an inspiration, a lad from boatbuilding school worked there and we have met the team a few times at boat shows now. I haven’t worked there, I’ve not really found working in a big yard is for me, I like to use my own creativity too much! I have been flying solo since being taught traditional cabinet making by my grandfather and then furthering my skills on boats at the IBTC👍 Mind you, we’ve been chatting about visiting the guys down at Spirit for a while but it’s a long way from us! Hope to hear from you again!!! Cheers, Chris & Jenni
great techniques and a joy to watch but you are only spending 10 minutes of your day in a shower/toilet and it is occupying a quarter of your van. there are many great shower / toilet cubicles that fold away when not in use and as space is so precious in a van I would never want to take that much space up but I wish I had your building skills. best wishes from a life long van dweller.
Hey Peter, your right chap. Space is everything, when we move onto the boat we’re into a whole new world of bike strategy. Here though, this is my mobile portfolio where luxury is key! There is only two of us in the van too which should help a bit but yeah, I live some of the cool space saving ideas that are out there, we’ve got a couple in mind..! Cheers for commenting and probably stopping us forgetting we need to conserve space too!! 👌🙂
How much is this going to weigh when done with fresh water and grey / black water and fuel on board guys? The LWB and XLWB crafters are notorious for being overweight once converted unless you're incredibly frugal with how much material is added... curious what your approach is. Uprating is obviously possible, but pushes you into the next license category etc. and can make some ferries / RORO trains more of a pain. I'm just thinking that gorgeous curve and the material added to the step are probably a fair chunk of weight alone and then adding wall panels, furniture, the pop top, flooring, tanks, batteries, inverter, solar, any other cabinetry etc. it adds up really fast. Some soft / "airy" upper storage instead of solid ply perhaps? We've ended up doing a lot of apertures in our upper cabinets with canvas or bungee ran through cleats to avoid traditional camper van / yacht door fronts. When I was doing some back of napkin maths on doors for the upper cabinets alone, I'm pretty sure it's saved us something in the region of 25kg.... which means we can drive with the van loaded and 100L of fresh water on board, (and that's with 13mm Garnica Ply with a 2mm Linoleum laminate). Helps keep the weight down low too, which can't be overstated because it helps with the driving character of the van but also getting a good nights sleep through any weather... You're probably all over this weight thing, but if you're not, get it on a weigh bridge now and keep an eye on it as it could cause you some massive heartache down the road!! Can't wait to see what you do next - feel like I'm benefitting from your woodworking knowledge by RUclips osmosis.
Hey! Thanks for the comment and your right to be worried about weight too, it’s amazing how it adds up. Our plan is to keep it within its payload limits. It’s amazing though, the weight of it all to date, the wooden step weighed it at less than an aluminium angle trim which was only fractionally heavier than the plastic alternatives. The curves that are in the bulkheads (video coming soon) weigh in at twice the weight of the rubberised nock in T strip that is commonly used. It’s heavier but it’s not much weight too add. As for the curve, it’s more of an awkward a lump to move around than heavy to be honest, it doesn’t actually weigh much - I rekon if jt were 3 laminates it would weight h the same as normal furniture boats but it is of course 4 ply thick. So yeah, currently running a tad heavier than the average camper at present. There’s is of course going to be bits and bibs that add the weight up and the roof is sure part of that. As are the tanks… we have a lot of those. We’re now fitting bulkheads and moving onto the galley so we would like to get her weighed at some point before we go bonkers with the cabinets. We could use nomex cores and all the rest but to be honest we just don’t have the money for that… maybe some helper springs but I hope not! Let’s see what happens!!
Hey thanks! You know.. your the second person to mention that. Sadly I don’t as I thought I was of no interest. We’ve still got one bulkhead to scribe so I will definitely show you how I do it there! 👍👌
@@SailHub it is possible the hardest thing to me in a bus or boat (I am actually working on my boat). Always nice that nothing is straight 😅 So some tips in one of your videos would be really appreciated!
@percramer sure, once you know it’s easy! Mind you… you see some funny techniques out there..! The floor will be done in a manner that may interest you too 👍
Thanks for the feedback Lewis, it’s a tricky game as many people aren’t too interested! Let me know more of what you want to know and I will try and involve some of it for you 👍👌
@@SailHubnever underestimate how much detail people want to see 😂 you have a great no nonsense way of delivering. You could always add chapters to your videos so people can skip bits if not too interested. Anyway fantastic work. Really looking forward to seeing more, doing my own crafter so great to see ideas. What insulation have you used, did you look at armaflex?
@@SailHub thats a shame nothing better then watching a craftsman at work! And just small amounts of detail, how you stencilled the van profile to cut the bulkhead so it lines up, tack off times from when you put the epoxy on the sheet to then adding the thickened epoxy to then bending the sheet and the thinking behind why you needed 4 layers and the hardboard. Just enough that when you watch it you think, yeah watching this i could make make that at home as well and use this as a rough guide Thanks very much for the response as well by the way! Excellent channel!
@@brycon232 ok; thanks for that! Yeah we looked at armourflex but we wanted to test spray cork as it’s generally the choice for arctic yachts which we hope to get to in our boat build at some point so we though we best test it first. There is an episode on it we did a while back - full testing still to come but spoiler, it’s really good! Thanks again for the help 👍
Hello Chris my old friend, good to see you doing well mate, impressive work, always knew you had the skills to pay the bills, I’ve hit the subscribe button, gota say though what happened the accent, you’ve gone all Robson green posh haha, Jokes aside, it’s great to see you doing something you enjoy and are clearly really good at, signed your old pal Ste (from Darlo) 👍🏻
Double U double O Double T Ste? Get up ya! Mate, Great to hear from ya! I’ve always been posh mate, you know that. I guess it’s too much traveling… Or maybe not enough! Great to have you in the journey lad 👍🎉🍻
@SailHub yes the very one mate haha, I’m really impressed Chris, great work and skills my friend, hope this channel really takes off big time for ya, if your ever in the north east get in touch, be great to see you one time, until then enjoy the journey & keep up the good work, I will be following closely mate👍🏻🍻
Cheers Chris, the working time is of course really relative to conditions. They do loads of different different hardeners though to compensate, I keep slow fast and extra fast, basically I work on around 45 mins the extra fast and 2hrs on the slow in our Scottish summer conditions…. This give me a little cock up time if I need it! Of course if you’re mixing large quantities you will need to put it in separate pots to achieve those times.
Sick build dude. You going to paint the the van? Just done my bus in raptor was so quick and simple and I can drive through hedges paint intact no bother!
Hey up, Rich? I must know you right but Rich who from where?!! For sure… Either in action or in traction right!!! It’s bee at least three years since I broke a bone so I’m pretty pleased, must be due mind… Views are picking up yeah, which is great, we’re working hard at and it superb to see people enjoying it!
Great video! Please can you tell me about your insulation. It looks like you've used a spray on Cork? I know that it's used in boat building but i've never seen it in a van build before. I can see its on the ribs of the van, but is it also sprayed behind the soft fill insulation? What is your soft fill as well? 3M Thinsulate? Recycled plastic? - Lots of questions sorry.. but i'm really interested in that combination. Cheers!
I could tell you about it….. but… You could watch it here instead- ruclips.net/video/zXXzXpD3_ng/видео.htmlsi=bVROAnSjIR5CYa7H Let us know what you think and ask questions over there if you have them 👍🤙
@@SailHub I'd just found that video and watched it actually, really interesting. I've used adhesive closed cell foam in Camper conversions before but i'm not a fan of the spray foam. This looks a much better alternative, and looks far less messy than spray foam! As you highlighted it also completely negates the need for any sound deadening as well. Cheers for that, I'm looking forward to watching the rest of the build!
Thanks bud! Yeah it sure could be lighter but we can’t afford to do that. Priorities I guess, we’ve got a boat to build too’ In order to be even close to achieving our goals with that we need It to be as light as we can make her! Should be a cool project for sure🤙
Unbelievable skills/craft. Very Inspiring. Can you give any info on the process of scanning you used? I see you're doing it with the LIDAR on the iPhone? Which app did you use/how accurate did you find it and are those location dots of your own making or part of the apps process? Thankkkssss in advance! Cant wait to see what you do next!
Hey, all of your answers should be in the keel scanning video but here you go; We used Polycam app The dots were our own using as of recommendation Lidar is ok but photogrammetry was better but with a time penalty Accuracy was reasonable, we will touch on that again soon when we go into the next steps. To be honest we’ve not spoken about it much with makers manual yet! For reference here’s the video ruclips.net/video/64Ul6qCzPIs/видео.htmlsi=ZWpYHY1PMp_mfdmd
Hey, all of your answers should be in the keel scanning video but here you go; We used Polycam app The dots were our own using as of recommendation Lidar is ok but photogrammetry was better but with a time penalty Accuracy was reasonable, we will touch on that again soon when we go into the next steps. To be honest we’ve not spoken about it much with makers manual yet! For reference here’s the video ruclips.net/video/64Ul6qCzPIs/видео.htmlsi=ZWpYHY1PMp_mfdmd
@@SailHub bloody legends. Your videos are insane. The production value plus the craftsmanship, both just top notch. Very impressive, super inspiring to do things better myself!
@dominicstuart3793 hey Dominic, thanks for that! Jenni will be stoked, the video work goes in noticed most of the time. So glad your enjoying both of our efforts and hope to hear from you in the future too! 👍🙂
Should you not have cut out the roof top hole first, then bolt in the strengthening metalwork that the rooftop will screw, pop rivet onto? Just bolting to the van roof won’t be strong enough or replace rigidity you removed by cutting out roof bracing.
So, we used the exiting roof rails which are double skin and braces from underneath. It’s more than strong enough for sure! There are many designs where you need to bolt to the steel framing but that’s not needed on the new shaped crafter. The usual steelwork that comes with these kits and several others that we checked out is all just 1mm folded sheet metal for aesthetics, some house a bed up there to but again just in the folded sheet material. Ours is quite a bit more robust, that will be evident in later videos. But yeah, cool comment and thanks for making sure we are safe! 👍🏼🙂
@ottigreenisgo for sure! However I’m getting nervous about termite problems over the pond…. Time will tell but we’re looking into all sorts of options just now
@ottigreenisgo ok, cool! Although the Florida representatives on here seem to think different! Mind you, given you occupation you have reinstated my belief and I’m now thinking of jumping the cork train again! Many thanks, really appreciate it 👍👌🙂
I can see the Cinderella is a great product and makes perfect sense. For us, we come from the sea where when things that go wrong it’s often a nightmare. We can’t get parts and have to fix it on site usually in the middle of the ocean. The Cinderella also requires quite a power source and has an incinerator, neither of which I’m keen on. I’m sure it works I’m just not sure I see the need. The airhead has no working parts except for a tiny electric fan (1/2 the size of a std computer fan) of which we will keep a spare. It’s also not necessary for its function either, it just a bonus part that speeds waste disposal process up. The most important things to us are simplistic and reliability, the Airhead appears to be the pinnacle of simplicity and function. Only time will tell 👍😃
Great video again. I'm here to pick up ideas for my next build. I'm curious on any information on the pop-up roof you are using. Looking forward to see you cutting the door in the curved wall.
Ah cheers mate! Yeah it’s a streamline pop top from close to Newcastle the UK, we looked at a few and to be honest these guys were the most friendly and that’s what matters to us. They are easy to work with and super helpful, to me that’s what we need the most, at the end of the day a pop top is a pop top there’s really isn’t that much too them, it’s the people that your selling with that make the process easy!
@Sailingon sweet spot! I hope we’re a step or two ahead of the bendytoy in more way but cool that they have recognised the coach roof similarities! There was a Beneteau or Jeanneau with the similar window but that’s where the similarities end. Still cool boats mind just for different aplications
Yeah, we’re not towing a car and let’s face it we’re not carrying a full buss load of people and luggage. Luxury over mpg here it’s our only home so that’s of greater importance - when we build the boat we want comfort and it’s not likely we will move much.
@@SailHub I understand that, but here in the Netherlands it probably wouldn't pass the mandatory camper inspection. The towing capacity is separate from the load capacity.
Iv only just come across these video and I'm loving them. I'm not looking to build a boat or a van, but I find you two just give off such a chilled, cool vide and these videos are almost therapeutic to watch. Iv loving the work on the van and looking forward to see more.
Hey! That’s great to hear! Thanks for letting us know too, super 👌🙂
I don’t understand why you don’t have thousands of more subscribers, Chris is a very clever man. Great video Thankyou.
Hi Paul, thanks fella. My mam will love to see this!
Super kind of you to say that and thanks for taking the time to comment! It means a lot to us, hope to see you in the next one! 🙂
I quite agree, but my ego seems enjoy channels that the channels I like (craftsmanship and sailing) are less popular than the party and bikini channels. To each their own but it’s a bit of a sad thing for our l preferences and their creators. Thanks for doing amazing things and showing HOW to do them 🙏😎
@robertgold2643 thanks Robert, that’s super nice of you! Yeah… it’s a struggle but I look crap in a bikini and I don’t want Jenni to have to do that so we’re stuck with slow growth.. The cool thing that comes with thy are real people that appreciate what we’re doing. Mate is so good to get the support from people here, it’s fab for us!
Because it is boring!
Hey Rev,
I’m sorry you find it boring. Mind you, your not helping us make it any better for you here if your not actually tell us what you want or how we could improve it.
It would be cool for you to help us shape the channel 👍
It is so refreshing to se someone doing high quality work without £50K of machinery and high end power tools. Honest work more of us can relate to and be inspired by. Thank you
Cheers chap, that was the intention and I’m pleased you can relate 👍
Finally! Someone who know how to actually create a custom interior for a campervan! Being all-life-boater can't stnad the sh*t they put into campervans and 'think" they know what they do with these ready made cabinet doors and handles without any personality whatsoever... GREAT VIDEO MATE, PLS KEEP ON GOING SIR!
Hey up! Thanks for that, really pleased you find it interesting! See you in the next one 👍😊
Nice to watch a craftsman at work, spellbinding.
Cheers Alex! That’s so cool to hear, thanks so much 😃
Every air space in a van needs a dual purpose, 1:airspace 2:...... A van I built used the space above the toilet pan as a wardrobe/pantry that swung into the seating space when you needed to go 1/2's. and the back of that covered wall was the electrical main distribution. Closed no space was lost, open 90 was toilet or electrical use, open 180 it was access. The underside of the van is great space for heavy and long stuff, we had pot holes through the step for our camp chairs.
For sure! Great tips there! We’ve got some interesting things that may pop into some videos, it’s just like a boat. Space is so valuable!
Wow, how have I not come across this channel before. Subscribed
Wahey! Thanks for joining and cheers for the support! Epic 👍😊
The craftsmanship and delivery of this man is superb a total joy to watch can’t wait on the next instalment. The dynamic between the couple is inspiring. Well done guys.
Hey Jack, thanks for that, you know how to make us feel good 👍. Glad your enjoying our efforts! See you in the next one 🤞
Only just found your channel, but wanted to say that it was an instant subscribe when I saw the quality of your work. I’m not into boats myself, although my dad was massively, so I can appreciate a lot of what you’re doing. I’m a wood worker in my spare time (which is now all the time, I retired last week, woohoo!), so I’m here to watch the van fit out. Also, just wanted to say that the production quality on the videos is superb. Definitely not boring like some troll said! Thanks for the obvious hard work you’re putting in for our benefit!
Hey Morgan! Thanks fella, super nice of you to say this, sometimes we really need it too, I guess you figured that after the last comment! So, thank you!!
Glad your enjoying our work, we love hearing this and I hope you enjoy the van build! Great to hear your woodworking and have the time for it’s too! My dad retired this year, is so cool to watch the project pile build!
If you get stuck you know where we are , just shout up if you think we can helon👍 see you in the next one and cheers for the sub! 👍
Working on yachts and seeing the craftsmanship onboard them I can safely say this will be the best finished camper ever!
Hey cheers for that! Here’s hoping we don’t disappoint!
I love the Brush reference at the beginning. I’ve still got my father’s and his father’s old woodworking tools in their original timber chests/toolboxes they made back then. Every time I open the chests or use a plane/tool, they are right there with me in some aspect. Don’t need photos, just those tools do it for me.
By the way, I love the channel. You deserve many more subscribers for the content you provide. Keep it up
Cheers Paul!
It’s the coolest thing having been taught by my family and keeping a hold of their tools right! I bet you live that opening the tool chest, I love that feeling too! I have new tools for sure but still use a lot of the old school stuff! Just keep sharpening the saws!
Thanks for the support, we’re starting to grow a bit now, I guess it takes time for the word to spread and of course it’s taking us time to learn what we’re doing too… still a ways to go yet I’m sure! But we’re getting there!
Thanks again! 👍🤙
Chris’s voice is so calming, I could listen to him narrate grass growing. And omg the wood skills!! This van build is pure art.
😆cheers for that, mind you I’m sure most would say I drive the. Round the bend! So glad you enjoy our work! See you in the next one!!!!
I agree! Chris's voice is lovely. Where's the accent from?
@Jwillow1990 😂 I find this do weird.. I’m from Durham, north east England 🎉
Chris’ accent has changed dramatically over the years! He had to be strong north east accent going back 10 years, top bloke and good to see him doing well.
@stew2514 cheers man, aye.. I did that, not sure what happened there, I guess folks don’t understand when you move 1/2 south let alone live abroad. Such is life bonny lad! 🤙
BOATS BOATS BOATS! A good HIMYM reference, even if it was unintentional.
😂😃
Thank you for the next video. As a seasoned hobbyist woodworker this is truly inspirational as I start my van conversion. I am learning so much. Thanks x
Hey Nikki, good to hear from you! Thanks too, we’re glad your enjoying it! It would be cool to see you van as it grows too, maybe send us a pic over on Instagram, how cool! 🙂
Mind blowing!! 🤩🤩🤩
Not likely mind blowing guys! But a fun way to bend some timber. Not as mind blowing as human berth……. 😉
Genuine skill & creativity are rare combinations- for different reasons you both have it in spades. The ability to transform your ideas& concepts into reality makes for compelling viewing! Thank you so much for bringing us into your world! 🙏✌️
Hey Paul, thanks fella! That’s super cool to hear and such nice words! Thanks so much for the support 👍😃
Wow. All that prep and forming material for a bend.
But the RESULT is so satisfying.
For sure! Quite the prep. So glad you found the result satisfying!!
For us we’re stoked with how it’s coming together! We’ve just got to keep it going now😬😂
Literally the best of both worlds, mixing boat and van building!
Cheers Will! Glad you think so!! 🤙😃
Congrats for the channel take off, it's fantastic! Its great to discover Chris' so many skills and fearless attitude to making thinks. We will learn a lot from future videos.
I am curious to see how boat hatches will fit on a van's roof and also to learn how these toilets work.
Hey Cyril, thanks for that, yeah we’re getting a bit more traction these days and it’s a nice reward for us.
I’m off to shoot the hatches right now actually! Here’s hoping you continue to enjoy our work and I look forward to hearing from you in the future!
Thanks again for commenting, it’s so cool to get feedback from regular watchers, it really helps us shape things as we progress! 👍😀
Beautiful work! I'm planning a teardrop camper build and this seems like a good option to get the curved nose and hatch. Thanks!
Ahh cool, the teardrops are much easier,
Just batten it out and lay 2mm or 4mm plywood over that and then veneer it.
We’re veneering in the next video actually, it’s going live in an hour👍
Cheers for the compliment too 🤙
simply brilliant 😀
Hey Pete! Thanks mate 🤙😀😀
Great job guys. I am a sailor and currently doing a van build myself. Great content!!!
Hah! No way, that’s great, we would love to see your build!
Hopefully you stick with us for the boat build too, that’s where things are gonna be really interesting - at least for us!
Thanks for the comment and support!!
I appreciate your explanation of the process. Looking forward to more.
Cheers to that and thanks for being a part of it 👍🏼
“Thats the badger!” Love it!
That most definitely is the badger! 😂
You two are just adorable and super professional!
Hahah! Not sure I’ve ever been called either of those! Jenni most likely has though!
🎉😂🤙
We used to make media units for Yorkshire bank which featured 2 vertical columns bent to a much tighter radius than the one you're bending to. We used the same system except that the first layer was simply pinned onto the former, the subsequent layers were applied using neoprene spray adhesive and a hand roller or just rolling the whole jig on a flat table. Works a treat, pop the laminated panel off the former and pull the pins out from the back
Sounds pretty good. It sure how neoprene spray holds up to heat from direct sunlight but yeah, the method sounds like a fab way to make furniture!
@@SailHub once it's stuck it's stuck, the only way to get them apart is either with the solvent the glue is based on or a hot air gun/shrink wrap propane burner.
Yeah, I can imagine! I’ve used that stuff for certain things. I think thermal expansion isn’t great though. Your finishes need to be of similar properties to avoid crazing right? Anyhow, certainly a cool technique! I like the speed side of it for sure, it makes perfect sense!
An absolute joy and pleasure to be able to see a Master Craftsman at work. . . .thank you both for sharing the videos.
Thanks! That’s so convincing we almost feel like we know what we’re doing ourselves!! Next ones out tomorrow, hope you enjoy 👍😀
Aagh you guys rock my world with your creativity - love your work... well done guys..
Hey Dirk, cheers fella! Much appreciated! Thanks for taking the time to tell us too, it makes all the difference to us. 😃
This channel will pop once you're onto the boat.
Well, it is what’s it is. Boats are our thing so we’re stoked to be doing this but the boats is where it’s at! Time will tell, but thanks for the confidence vote it was really worthwhile and pleasant if you 😀😂
looking forward to part 3 :)
Cheers Chris, thanks for letting us know!!🤙
Vans coming on so well guys! Smashing it as always!
Thanks mate, man we’re behind in the real world though! It’s taking forever! Still, it’s super nice to have the opportunity to be doing it!
If your up this way on that bike of yours do drop by!
The curved bulkhead is beautiful, shows how critical the preparation is, which you made look far too easy 🤣
That Airhead without the liquids bottle looks much neater.
We've been using NaturesHead for 4 years and absolutely love it.
We've been planning how to get the composting to fully safe once the solids is emptied. Reasonably confident that we can use an insulated locker with heater and Raspberry Pi Pico to control to meet FDA safety requirements.
Cool thoughts with the insulated bin, I like it! We are a ways from that step yet… let’s get her to float first! But I am super interested to hear how you get on with it!!
Thanks for the compliments on on the recent bulkhead too 👍 hope your plans are going well, I imagine your finished the guardrails now?
@@SailHub we are now have less than 12 months to launch so we have stopped adding to the compost bin at home. Don't want to leave partially composted humanure for the next people. So a boat based solution is more urgent for us 🙂
Guardrails are pretty much done, mostly the solar panel brackets and adjustable braces to finish.
Mizzen mast is focus for tomorrow - need video content ;-)
@SustainableSailing oh yeah!! One year till launch, the countdown is on!!!! 🤙⛵️🎉
@@SailHub causes #panic at times :-) I finish work for 5 years end July and have to move out of Church provided house immediatly. Move onto boat and launch into the Menai Straits #NoStress ;-)
Superb, I was thinking airhead and curvy wall as well. 🥳 Your eye to finish is so far beyond me though. 😆
Curvy airheads! 😂 what more could we want!
Thanks for the comment, it would be cool to see what you do too!
Happy belated bday Jenni 🎉🎉. Lovely video as always. ❤❤
Thanks fella! 😁🎉
An extra thank you from me (Jenni). Love your birthday mention 💃 Hope all is fab your side!!
Awesome, great to see someone working differently in van building as it is getting very repetitive on here atm. Keek. Editing and filming is top notch.
Hey Nick, thanks fella! Glad your appreciate both of our work!!👍😀
David Coulthard’s sister ? You are very clever human’s, thank you for sharing your craft ❤
She drive you round the bend if that’s why you mean 😂😆! Only kidding..
Thanks for that, we’re doing our best here and so far so good, can’t wait to get into then boat mind!!
Looking forward to seeing the air head installation and functionality.
Cool, it’s certainly a smart piece of kit and we really want to sort one in the boat. Presuming it lives up to the hype that is!
Loving the skills shown here. My van is about to be in dry dock for a good while, so this is giving me lots of ideas as to how I can make CAD become reality. Thanks for sharing your wood skills, it's giving me loads of ideas 🤙
Great stuff, a session on the hard coming up. Sounds good, we would love to see why you got up too! Good luck and enjoy!! 🤙🙂
Another great episode. Love the quality & craftsmanship of this build. So much inspiration
Great to her you have enjoyed our video! Thanks for commenting too 🤙😃
Looks next level. Very interesting inspiring to see all classic yacht design, fitting and finishing skills in a van build.
Hey Neil!! Thanks, we’re glad you find it inspiring!! Cheers 🍻 😀
Hey Neil!! Thanks, we’re glad you find it inspiring!! Cheers 🍻 😀
awesome work mate, thats going to be the best land yacht in a Volkswagen on the road
Of course it’s is mate! It’s the only one 😂🤙
Cheers lad, looking forward to a catch up in it sometime, hopefully in Greece! 🤞
0:58 ~ 17 sets of bristles and 14 new handles....... 😎😎😎😎😎
😂triggers broom!
“It can’t sink” has to the best approach to a van conversion.
For sure! What can possibly go wrong 😁
Amazing another outstanding video
Your craftsman ship is epic
@maryrobinson1654 Wahey! Best take it out for a trial some day with that Woof! He will like it, there will a gravy bone stash in there somewhere waiting!
Love the curves Kris. Jen nice slide.
Thanks! On both counts! 😃😃
I like how you show these steps using simple tools!
It helps when we only have simple tools to hand! We’re having to move workshop now too and there’s no electricity 😆. Looks like we’re generator shopping just to get the lights on!
Many thanks for taking the time to comment, it means a lot to us 👍😃
Just stumbled across this video. Gone backwards to catch up. Now subscribed. I'm currently converting my 'race' van and oh the ideas you guys have given me. Great job and keep it going. Thank you ❤
Cheers for joining the ride! What are you racing?
Can’t wait till next week! Great job 👏
Ah! Cool, thanks for letting us know…
It’s going to be bi-weekly though, we just can’t manage it in a weekly basis, we tried and tried but it just ends up so rushed. Jenni really enjoys what she does and it takes time, it doesn’t make sense to rush it. I hope you understand 👍
Cheers, Chris & Jenni
You legends are so talented
Hey! Cheer man, great to hear from you, especially given your like, mr. super north. I though you would be way out of reception and dodging icebergs all day!
@@SailHub lol the wonders of starlink, we are dodging ice as I type lol
Brilliant that starlink mate, one day… Well, here’s hoping for the day we can set sail and we actually need it!
Go careful up there, we’re counting on you to come back and take us for a Sail you know!
@@SailHub absolutely, let's sail in company to Svalbard
@SailingYachtZora mate. That would be EPIC!
Great stuff. Always fun figuring things out.😀👍
Hey thanks Norman, every days a school day! 😁
Another great video you talented pair 😊
Ahoy Princess! Great to hear you approve! 😁
Absolutely loving this build
Hey Michael, thanks for that! Much appreciated 👍🍻
Wow! ❤
Woohoo chuffed you’ve seen the next steps! Cant wait to show you in person! 🙌🏼
I’m building a 4x4 RV using a unicell Areocell on a E350 ford chassis . No straight lines anywhere so I decided to do a yacht theme and have had to make templates for everything, thanks for the videos and beautiful work.
Hey, thanks for getting in touch! That’s awesome, so good to hear we’re not the only roadboat out there!! I would love to see how your getting on, how do we see it?
Great video, very informative! Thank you for your efforts
Thanks for that! So good to get feedback, especially when it’s positive!!! Cheers 🍻
Nice workmanship….
Thanks! Glad you appreciate it and thanks for commenting too 🙂👍
Another great video. well done guys
Great to have the support! Thanks 👍😀
This is amazing!
Hey Sebastian, thanks for the support! 👍😀
Great channel, really enjoy your work
Cheers Eric, we enjoy what we do, where hoping we don’t go ‘pop’ when we move onto the boat as the Pat comment suggested 😂
Super nice of you to comment and hope to hear from you again!
How is your channel on that many subs?!?! You deserve so many more!! This is epic and watched all your previous videos!! Woodworking to the finest degree! Are you able to tell me what varnish/overlay you used on the walnut trim around the steps? It looks fantastic!!
Hey, thanks for that! Tell the world for us!! Share share share 😂
We’re trying our best with the filming so thanks so much for the compliments and support, it really means a lot to us!
To be fair varnish is varnish, is more how you use it and learn it. We use different things for different places. The varnish on the step there is Epifanes PP, I will be finishing with the PU topcoat from them as it’s harder and then a rubbed effect on top. It’s just find good for this application. 👍👌 Thanks again!
This is going to be awesome.
Thanks mate, much appreciated!!
What a stunning build
Cheers John, we’re trying our best! 😃🤙
Much nicer to watch a proper boatbuilder creating something great than the bodge jobs on most channels! 🙂
Cheers Chris! There’s a lot of talented people out there but finding them is getting harder! I’m really pleased to hear you like our work. Thanks for your comment, it makes all the difference to us!
@@SailHub I've worked at Pendennis, B&V, Lursons etc, on some very nice yachts (electronics/electrics guy). So now that I have an aluminium Koopmans 35 from 1982 with teak deck, structure, and interior, I'm watching your process very carefully for ideas. To me, you are building the modern Tally Ho!
@chrisvalford the modern Tally Ho! Now there’s a thought!
We’ve got some super modern plans for the boat build that’s for sure… no idea where it will take us but we’re not the type to be stuck in a box. We like experimenting and research!
So hope you enjoy what we do and btw, Koopmans, simply beautiful boats! Nice choice!!
An electrics guy…. Could be nice to see what you have to say later on in our project…. 😉
Inspirational work the two of you. I am about to start my crafter comversion so I will be magpieing lots of your design ideas!
Hi Kevin! Thanks for that, we’re stoked you like what we’re up too, we’ve got some cool things coming up that we’re both pretty excited about. One of them is chopping boards of all things! 😂.
If your on Instagram keep in touch there too, we would love to see your conversion too 👍
I love the way professional craftsmen, any trade, make beautiful look effortlessly simple. That finger jointing router bit is very cool, I want one, God, so many uses. Also very interested to see how the Airhead goes. We have a cassette toilet in our bus build (tidy, functional, not beautiful), and you need to be emptying that stanky puppy every three days in summer, even if it's only half full.
Hey Peter, yeah we didn’t want the cassette lark. I had one leak years back. Not good. Simple is good and it’s got to work, I’m told half of Scandinavia are on them at home! Anyhow, time will tell and we will let you know. It will be a godsend on the boat if it works, all them pipes going out under the waterline are usually a constant worry for me in the back of my mind somewhere!
Glad you like our work so far!! 👍
@@SailHub Love your work! Are you building your own water tanks? I discovered that hot air welding HDPE sheet is ridiculously easy, so custom built tanks to make best use of the available space. They've survived over 7000km of NZ roads so far, so I'm quietly confident that they're a solid solution.
@petercroft9895 thanks Peter, so cool to have your support!
No, we’re not making our own tanks but we do have some that’s are blown formed to the underfloor shape of the van. It’s super easy stuff to work though, I have repaired many a kayak over the years!
And yeah, those roads in NZ, they will be giving it a beating mate! Well done lad, must be a fab job you’ve done. Man, we loved living over your way for a few years!
What a great content. Amazing craftsmanship!
Do you have a list of all the high quality components you are using in this ship on wheels??
Hey, we will have, it will be on the sail hub website when we’re done. We just don’t have time to do it all at once! We will also be at bunch of shows when it’s finished so if your not too far away you can come and poke around a bit!
Very cool build. As a life long boat fanatic who likes to do it myself I’m really enjoying the boat and road boat videos. Btw I want a pair of those dungarees Chris is wearing, what brand are they please? 😊. Andy UK
Hey Andy, thanks for that, great to hear your enjoying our work!!
Carhartt is the brand your looking for, I’ve been wearing the same pair for about 5 years now!! 👍
Love the Tig work but shame you haven’t a mig for this type of work a lot quicker, I believe Tig has its place especially on aluminum and stainless steel again very talented guy doing this work 👍👍👍I’ve not come across that bendy ply before, made my own with the cuts as you showed but it is a bit tricky when the sheets get bigger .
Hey Neil, thanks for the compliments!
Yeah tig is fab and not needed here, it has its place for sure but your right - it’s not here! We have a massive mig elsewhere but it’s not nearby and we are just using what we have to hand. Mind you… it’s painfully slow!
The flexi ply is a game changer but if your using it in moist environments you must resin infuse it to keep it from rotting. Do that and it should be fine, just like the RM yachts really.
Loving this series and love the boat too did you build it?
@neilwharton720 thanks mate! So cool to have the support!
Sadly we didn’t build it, it was built by KM.
We were going to make a strip planked boat (like RAN sailing are now) basically because it’s cheaper and we could afford it! But this came up and Aluminium is better for what we best to do, we are super stoked!
Only just started watching but what’s that brown material on the frame work of the van?
I’ve got some of my grandads tools too, he was a furniture maker. Makes me smile whenever I use them. Love the editing on your videos. Such high quality production you should have much higher subscriber numbers
Hey!
Thanks for the kind words, so cool, we’re really glad you like our work!
Great to have family tools with us ay, it’s a sweet feeling!!
The brown material… it’s cork and it’s fab! Find out about it here, ruclips.net/video/zXXzXpD3_ng/видео.htmlsi=_Xqi8gYifIjjyDMe
It's epic! I love the series!
Hi! Thanks, it’s great to hear this!! 🤙👍
Stateside here in the Midwest I've always called it "Bender Board" when ordering it from suppliers.
Bender board! 🥴😆
Absolutely loving your van build so much so I'm considering ripping out my van interior and starting again, birch ply is no longer cool lol. looking forward to following the van build to completion and also the boat build as I'm an armchair sailor unless its in my kayak.
Hey Allan! Great to hear from you and stoked we seem to be providing some sort of inspiration! We would both live to see what you do, maybe keep in touch over on Instagram too when you get started.
We could hopefully do with some tips re kayaking for an up and coming product test… let’s see how this on fairs😬
Great to have you along for the boat too, stoked to hear this!!👍🕺
1:11 I’m very interested in the treatment on the walls and the insulation used. Will there be a video on this ?
Amazing skills by the way.
Hey! There already is one, is titled boat cork insulation. “Beat the heat” on the thumbnail.
Enjoy, and thanks 👍🏼
Yippee another video. 👍😁
Hey Patrick, thanks for the comment! We hope you enjoyed it?! 👍
Hi Chris and Jenny, I just discovered your channel! Fantastic! I think I've binge watched 6 videos already. Chris, you keep refering to to the Spirit 72. Did you work there? I know their boats are bespoke and your craftsmanship seems like it comes from that world. Just curious. Cheers, Chris S.
Hey!! Great to hear from you. Thanks for the compliments! Thanks for watching too, we’re so happy to hear you wanted to watch more! That is so confidence inspiring for us!!
As for Spirit, they are probably the closest thing to what I like to achieve from my boat building that is commercially available. The Spirit yard will always be an inspiration, a lad from boatbuilding school worked there and we have met the team a few times at boat shows now. I haven’t worked there, I’ve not really found working in a big yard is for me, I like to use my own creativity too much! I have been flying solo since being taught traditional cabinet making by my grandfather and then furthering my skills on boats at the IBTC👍
Mind you, we’ve been chatting about visiting the guys down at Spirit for a while but it’s a long way from us!
Hope to hear from you again!!!
Cheers,
Chris & Jenni
great techniques and a joy to watch but you are only spending 10 minutes of your day in a shower/toilet and it is occupying a quarter of your van. there are many great shower / toilet cubicles that fold away when not in use and as space is so precious in a van I would never want to take that much space up but I wish I had your building skills. best wishes from a life long van dweller.
Hey Peter, your right chap. Space is everything, when we move onto the boat we’re into a whole new world of bike strategy. Here though, this is my mobile portfolio where luxury is key!
There is only two of us in the van too which should help a bit but yeah, I live some of the cool space saving ideas that are out there, we’ve got a couple in mind..!
Cheers for commenting and probably stopping us forgetting we need to conserve space too!! 👌🙂
How much is this going to weigh when done with fresh water and grey / black water and fuel on board guys? The LWB and XLWB crafters are notorious for being overweight once converted unless you're incredibly frugal with how much material is added... curious what your approach is. Uprating is obviously possible, but pushes you into the next license category etc. and can make some ferries / RORO trains more of a pain.
I'm just thinking that gorgeous curve and the material added to the step are probably a fair chunk of weight alone and then adding wall panels, furniture, the pop top, flooring, tanks, batteries, inverter, solar, any other cabinetry etc. it adds up really fast. Some soft / "airy" upper storage instead of solid ply perhaps? We've ended up doing a lot of apertures in our upper cabinets with canvas or bungee ran through cleats to avoid traditional camper van / yacht door fronts. When I was doing some back of napkin maths on doors for the upper cabinets alone, I'm pretty sure it's saved us something in the region of 25kg.... which means we can drive with the van loaded and 100L of fresh water on board, (and that's with 13mm Garnica Ply with a 2mm Linoleum laminate). Helps keep the weight down low too, which can't be overstated because it helps with the driving character of the van but also getting a good nights sleep through any weather...
You're probably all over this weight thing, but if you're not, get it on a weigh bridge now and keep an eye on it as it could cause you some massive heartache down the road!! Can't wait to see what you do next - feel like I'm benefitting from your woodworking knowledge by RUclips osmosis.
Hey! Thanks for the comment and your right to be worried about weight too, it’s amazing how it adds up. Our plan is to keep it within its payload limits.
It’s amazing though, the weight of it all to date, the wooden step weighed it at less than an aluminium angle trim which was only fractionally heavier than the plastic alternatives. The curves that are in the bulkheads (video coming soon) weigh in at twice the weight of the rubberised nock in T strip that is commonly used. It’s heavier but it’s not much weight too add.
As for the curve, it’s more of an awkward a lump to move around than heavy to be honest, it doesn’t actually weigh much - I rekon if jt were 3 laminates it would weight h the same as normal furniture boats but it is of course 4 ply thick. So yeah, currently running a tad heavier than the average camper at present.
There’s is of course going to be bits and bibs that add the weight up and the roof is sure part of that. As are the tanks… we have a lot of those.
We’re now fitting bulkheads and moving onto the galley so we would like to get her weighed at some point before we go bonkers with the cabinets. We could use nomex cores and all the rest but to be honest we just don’t have the money for that… maybe some helper springs but I hope not! Let’s see what happens!!
Great video! Do you show somewhere how you did the scribing of the wall contour? I would really like get some tips on that.
Hey thanks!
You know.. your the second person to mention that. Sadly I don’t as I thought I was of no interest. We’ve still got one bulkhead to scribe so I will definitely show you how I do it there! 👍👌
@@SailHub it is possible the hardest thing to me in a bus or boat (I am actually working on my boat). Always nice that nothing is straight 😅 So some tips in one of your videos would be really appreciated!
@percramer sure, once you know it’s easy! Mind you… you see some funny techniques out there..!
The floor will be done in a manner that may interest you too 👍
would love a bit more detail on the wood working process but apart from that an amazing series!
Thanks for the feedback Lewis, it’s a tricky game as many people aren’t too interested!
Let me know more of what you want to know and I will try and involve some of it for you 👍👌
@@SailHubnever underestimate how much detail people want to see 😂 you have a great no nonsense way of delivering. You could always add chapters to your videos so people can skip bits if not too interested. Anyway fantastic work.
Really looking forward to seeing more, doing my own crafter so great to see ideas.
What insulation have you used, did you look at armaflex?
@@SailHub thats a shame nothing better then watching a craftsman at work!
And just small amounts of detail, how you stencilled the van profile to cut the bulkhead so it lines up, tack off times from when you put the epoxy on the sheet to then adding the thickened epoxy to then bending the sheet and the thinking behind why you needed 4 layers and the hardboard. Just enough that when you watch it you think, yeah watching this i could make make that at home as well and use this as a rough guide
Thanks very much for the response as well by the way! Excellent channel!
@@brycon232 ok; thanks for that!
Yeah we looked at armourflex but we wanted to test spray cork as it’s generally the choice for arctic yachts which we hope to get to in our boat build at some point so we though we best test it first. There is an episode on it we did a while back - full testing still to come but spoiler, it’s really good!
Thanks again for the help 👍
@@lewiseds i second that. Lot’s of watchers that would actually like these kind of details
Hello Chris my old friend, good to see you doing well mate, impressive work, always knew you had the skills to pay the bills, I’ve hit the subscribe button, gota say though what happened the accent, you’ve gone all Robson green posh haha,
Jokes aside, it’s great to see you doing something you enjoy and are clearly really good at, signed your old pal Ste (from Darlo) 👍🏻
Double U double O Double T Ste?
Get up ya! Mate, Great to hear from ya!
I’ve always been posh mate, you know that. I guess it’s too much traveling… Or maybe not enough! Great to have you in the journey lad 👍🎉🍻
@SailHub yes the very one mate haha, I’m really impressed Chris, great work and skills my friend, hope this channel really takes off big time for ya, if your ever in the north east get in touch, be great to see you one time, until then enjoy the journey & keep up the good work, I will be following closely mate👍🏻🍻
Cool stuff, what's the working time on that epoxy?
Cheers Chris, the working time is of course really relative to conditions. They do loads of different different hardeners though to compensate, I keep slow fast and extra fast, basically I work on around 45 mins the extra fast and 2hrs on the slow in our Scottish summer conditions…. This give me a little cock up time if I need it!
Of course if you’re mixing large quantities you will need to put it in separate pots to achieve those times.
Check out Sailing Ann Mon they have just cast their new keel- think lost wax process. Really interesting
Yeah for sure! I sent them a message a week or so ago, let’s see what they come back with! Thanks for that 👍🏼🙂
Sick build dude. You going to paint the the van? Just done my bus in raptor was so quick and simple and I can drive through hedges paint intact no bother!
Cheers! Na, we’re sticking with mean and green. Let’s face it green energy is the way to go these days 😂🤷♂️
Also 39k views in 10 days that’s revving up proper. Weird seeing you with no proven bones tho 🤣 take care Rich
Hey up, Rich? I must know you right but Rich who from where?!!
For sure… Either in action or in traction right!!! It’s bee at least three years since I broke a bone so I’m pretty pleased, must be due mind…
Views are picking up yeah, which is great, we’re working hard at and it superb to see people enjoying it!
Great video! Please can you tell me about your insulation. It looks like you've used a spray on Cork? I know that it's used in boat building but i've never seen it in a van build before. I can see its on the ribs of the van, but is it also sprayed behind the soft fill insulation? What is your soft fill as well? 3M Thinsulate? Recycled plastic? - Lots of questions sorry.. but i'm really interested in that combination. Cheers!
I could tell you about it…..
but…
You could watch it here instead-
ruclips.net/video/zXXzXpD3_ng/видео.htmlsi=bVROAnSjIR5CYa7H
Let us know what you think and ask questions over there if you have them 👍🤙
@@SailHub I'd just found that video and watched it actually, really interesting. I've used adhesive closed cell foam in Camper conversions before but i'm not a fan of the spray foam. This looks a much better alternative, and looks far less messy than spray foam! As you highlighted it also completely negates the need for any sound deadening as well. Cheers for that, I'm looking forward to watching the rest of the build!
Cool! Here’s hoping you make it to the boat build too! That’s gonna be epic and completely different, a whole new challenge for sure! You
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Ah cheers 🍻 🤙
It looks amazing man, but it could be much lighter
Thanks bud! Yeah it sure could be lighter but we can’t afford to do that. Priorities I guess, we’ve got a boat to build too’
In order to be even close to achieving our goals with that we need
It to be as light as we can make her! Should be a cool project for sure🤙
Unbelievable skills/craft. Very Inspiring. Can you give any info on the process of scanning you used? I see you're doing it with the LIDAR on the iPhone? Which app did you use/how accurate did you find it and are those location dots of your own making or part of the apps process? Thankkkssss in advance! Cant wait to see what you do next!
Hey, all of your answers should be in the keel scanning video but here you go;
We used Polycam app
The dots were our own using as of recommendation
Lidar is ok but photogrammetry was better but with a time penalty
Accuracy was reasonable, we will touch on that again soon when we go into the next steps. To be honest we’ve not spoken about it much with makers manual yet!
For reference here’s the video
ruclips.net/video/64Ul6qCzPIs/видео.htmlsi=ZWpYHY1PMp_mfdmd
Hey, all of your answers should be in the keel scanning video but here you go;
We used Polycam app
The dots were our own using as of recommendation
Lidar is ok but photogrammetry was better but with a time penalty
Accuracy was reasonable, we will touch on that again soon when we go into the next steps. To be honest we’ve not spoken about it much with makers manual yet!
For reference here’s the video
ruclips.net/video/64Ul6qCzPIs/видео.htmlsi=ZWpYHY1PMp_mfdmd
@@SailHub bloody legends. Your videos are insane. The production value plus the craftsmanship, both just top notch. Very impressive, super inspiring to do things better myself!
@dominicstuart3793 hey Dominic, thanks for that! Jenni will be stoked, the video work goes in noticed most of the time. So glad your enjoying both of our efforts and hope to hear from you in the future too! 👍🙂
Should you not have cut out the roof top hole first, then bolt in the strengthening metalwork that the rooftop will screw, pop rivet onto? Just bolting to the van roof won’t be strong enough or replace rigidity you removed by cutting out roof bracing.
So, we used the exiting roof rails which are double skin and braces from underneath. It’s more than strong enough for sure! There are many designs where you need to bolt to the steel framing but that’s not needed on the new shaped crafter. The usual steelwork that comes with these kits and several others that we checked out is all just 1mm folded sheet metal for aesthetics, some house a bed up there to but again just in the folded sheet material. Ours is quite a bit more robust, that will be evident in later videos.
But yeah, cool comment and thanks for making sure we are safe! 👍🏼🙂
What did you spray the internal metal with in the van?
It’s a secret!!!!
Well, not really, here you go;
ruclips.net/video/zXXzXpD3_ng/видео.htmlsi=KjRlNU3UHngWj-UG
@@SailHub amazing thanks! I’ve already done closed cell in my van but this makes so much sense especially for you new boat!!
@ottigreenisgo for sure! However I’m getting nervous about termite problems over the pond…. Time will tell but we’re looking into all sorts of options just now
@@SailHub termites aren’t attracted to cork, we use it for flooring and insulation here in Australia in homes. (Architect) so you’ll be fine
@ottigreenisgo ok, cool! Although the Florida representatives on here seem to think different! Mind you, given you occupation you have reinstated my belief and I’m now thinking of jumping the cork train again!
Many thanks, really appreciate it 👍👌🙂
❤️🔥❤️🔥🫡🙏
Cheers 🍻 🤙🙂
Sail Hub Playlist??
More like the “Artlist” playlist! I hope your enjoying our choices, it takes forever to sift through all of the music!
@@SailHub absolutely
@Sunchihi great to hear, thanks!
Why not use Cinderella toilet ?
I can see the Cinderella is a great product and makes perfect sense.
For us, we come from the sea where when things that go wrong it’s often a nightmare. We can’t get parts and have to fix it on site usually in the middle of the ocean. The Cinderella also requires quite a power source and has an incinerator, neither of which I’m keen on. I’m sure it works I’m just not sure I see the need.
The airhead has no working parts except for a tiny electric fan (1/2 the size of a std computer fan) of which we will keep a spare. It’s also not necessary for its function either, it just a bonus part that speeds waste disposal process up.
The most important things to us are simplistic and reliability, the Airhead appears to be the pinnacle of simplicity and function. Only time will tell 👍😃
Great video again. I'm here to pick up ideas for my next build. I'm curious on any information on the pop-up roof you are using.
Looking forward to see you cutting the door in the curved wall.
Ah cheers mate! Yeah it’s a streamline pop top from close to Newcastle the UK, we looked at a few and to be honest these guys were the most friendly and that’s what matters to us. They are easy to work with and super helpful, to me that’s what we need the most, at the end of the day a pop top is a pop top there’s really isn’t that much too them, it’s the people that your selling with that make the process easy!
www.streamline-campervan-roofs.co.uk
It's a benavan 😅
Is it? Whats that then? I haven’t a clue, if it were a boat thing I thing I would catch on but I’m a bit lost here…
@@SailHub my friend said it looks like a posh beneteau. Sorry not meant to be mean comparing quality to a Benny
Your work here is giving me ideas for my heavenly Twins
@Sailingon sweet spot! I hope we’re a step or two ahead of the bendytoy in more way but cool that they have recognised the coach roof similarities! There was a Beneteau or Jeanneau with the similar window but that’s where the similarities end. Still cool boats mind just for different aplications
Benavan, it takes me a while 😂😉 very good! 👍😀
The camper is getting very heavy...
Yeah, we’re not towing a car and let’s face it we’re not carrying a full buss load of people and luggage.
Luxury over mpg here it’s our only home so that’s of greater importance - when we build the boat we want comfort and it’s not likely we will move much.
@@SailHub I understand that, but here in the Netherlands it probably wouldn't pass the mandatory camper inspection. The towing capacity is separate from the load capacity.
@samderealist4224 for sure, we understand payload. We’re building well within the limits and to the U.K. regulations too so we’re all good.👍🏼