We connected push pull cables in the engine room. Mounted fixtures in the pilothouse. And finished a beautiful pilothouse table to go with the worlds most awesome ships wheel. Thanks to Steven Rangel from Boston, Patrick "OK Diver" and TotalBoat for the Table Top Epoxy and Varnish. Total Boat: www.totalboat.com/ TotalBoat Table Top Epoxy: amzn.to/34bg0qC TotalBoat Halcyon Marine Varnish: amzn.to/3fAgfAG Foam Brushes: amzn.to/3fxYYIc Sanding Discs 8 Holes 240/600/1500/2000 Grit: amzn.to/2TdKXYX

@randycarter5263

3 жыл бұрын

FYI if you have any other projects with epoxy it will help with air bubbles if you seal the wood first

Finally made it overseas, my dream for quite some time. I built a nice place and it’s getting nicer. Just turned 56 to come to the realization it was too late, my body has betrayed me. Guys, DONT WAIT! Dont let others tell you what should/n’t do, you do you and go for it. Live your dream, MAKE your dream. Thanks Doug 😊

This boat has to be the hardest weldityourselfkit available.

@littlepastelkitten

3 жыл бұрын

it was not a kit tho...

@AdamMelton

3 жыл бұрын

@@littlepastelkitten it was a joke. The weldityourselfkits guy is on the seachest board of directors

@moo6748

3 жыл бұрын

@@littlepastelkitten I don’t think you got the joke 🤔

I bingewatched this as a kid years ago when i was learning to weld and loved it i actually got to a point where there were no videos left to see and i got busy with life and built a career after highschool went through an apprenticeship learned welding, machining, hydraulics, pneumatics, cnc programming, cnc machining, designing, and became a maintenance technician for commercial and learned to repair and build all kinds of things and then all of a sudden years later, boom at 1:00 am I remembered the boat and though holy crap! Did that guy ever finish? I looked you up and seen how far you have gotten and my oh my i am impressed i cant wait for you to put it in the water bro congrats

I used to be a skeptic. But this man is an inspiration. I could honestly see Netflix doing a massive documentary on this. Just amazing. Parts of it I feel are a littttle wreckless, but I think that is what Doug is going for. Improvise, Adapt and Overcome. And he's got the skills to fix any issue along the way. So excited to see this in the water.

Highly recommend total boat as well as having great videos online, their phone customer service is also full of really knowledgeable staff. Great stuff

Hi, dont ban steel tanks! There good for drysuit diving! Saves you from loading up with lead weights. :) In my area with cold water we only use steal for back mounted tanks and alu for stage/ad on tanks :)

I appreciate the entertainment and the knowledge provided by your channel. I am eagerly awaiting the transformation of the channel featuring exotic ports of call on SV Seeker.

I like how you ended up making the corner pieces vs's trying to steam bend them. Worked out good; maybe even better. 👍

That is a BEAUTIFUL table!!

Man Doug, Seeker is looking mighty fine!!! If you don’t watch it you might have to hold one pinky up while you’re drinking your morning coffee lol!!! 👍🇺🇸

Doug you having a Bruepeg bug moment. : )

I do a lot of work with epoxy tabletops is something a lot of people seem to forget especially when you're doing the top for outdoor use is that epoxy degrades pretty rapidly with UV light. So you need to cover it with I usually use polyurethane but spar varnish will work really well also.

90 days? Crazy, never thought it'd be done

We did that with a stitch and glue canoe but wit resin, we put up a mosquito net to stop the bugs

Cant wait to see how many tanks he gets.

@rogerroger7734

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve got 11 and my brother has about 24 lol we could outfit him.

Love Total Boat,love S.V. Seeker

just realized Taylor crane and rigging is going to be hauling Seeker to the port. Great company and great equipment. Very happy to hear this news

Nice finish on the table top.got a bit of Jurassic Part look with the bugs setting down.

Dang Doug ! That tables too nice ! Maybe get a 1 or 2 piece cover made from plywood, mdf, or perhaps sailcloth and some bungee cord ? Just something to protect it thru it's initial trials against saws and crew and various projects you know you'll be doing up there instead of below decks.

The pilot house would have to be my favourite place to be, plenty of seating storage you can tell lots of thought as gone into its design.

hi guys the pilothouse is looking very good

nice job with the table top, it looks good, thanks Doug....

The trim and the table really add a lot of color to the pilot house. Nice work all. You might need to hire a waitress and chef to go with this fancy of a pilot house Doug. Take care and have a great week ahead.

I have used Total Boat and it’s a great product and the outcome is outstanding!

I hope they got the sunlight issue solved. I did a boat dashboard one time and ooo and ahhhed at it all winter. Installed it so proud. Week later took the boat out and when it got hot I watched the bubble grow like there was a water leak behind it.

Welcome aboard SV Seeker, here's your Glock and Speedo!

a fella could catch a proper buzz working that that polyurethane :P

that table looks amazing

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Hard-core woodworking nicely done!

Good progress.

As always Great Show Denny from Minnesota

Your channel is kickin a$$! Fricken love it...

Awesome results!!! First try success, that's a great product story. Almost too nice for a work boat. The secret is that if it's damaged, or needs to be modified, that will happen later.

Carbon Star is right to suggest putting a thin layer of finish before pouring on the clear epoxy. 7 years ago i did a double sided table for my boat using table top epoxy. Both sides because it fold over and up to the bulkhead to be out of the way. I use Catalpa wood, which is like Oak, very porous. Air bubbles were a nightmare. I am thinking of now putting on a layer of the Halcyon product. it wasn't around 7 years ago and since my beautiful table has some scratches. I have used Halcyon in other areas and at home. Great stuff. Very hard surface. I have had it on a refinished handrail for about 18 months now and still looks new.

Beautiful! Thanks for the content! Sad to see about the yellow truck at the end! Hope everyone is okay!

@bigun447

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was sad for us also. 11 months of hard work by 2 old people well on the downhill side of our 70s. One engine cough while warming up is all it took. We did get to drive her for close to 1,000 miles. Flo does not like to pay fair value for 40-year-old off-frame restorations but she has no trouble in knowing she has deep pockets in her apron to keep from playing fair. We still have the truck and my service dog will not go near it. She was in the truck when the fire was blowing back thru the door opening and I had to reach in and pull her out. Thank you for noticing and thank you to Doug for including Honey Bee's photos.

Please tell me there will be videos after you launch

@thegammelgalopper3107

3 жыл бұрын

as far as I know: yes. I think Doug plans to then make videos about new improvements to the boat and the work the researchers do.

I only do dive saltwater up in New England & own 2 steals 72 & 2 98's. They are great. no issues!

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Do you keep them on your boat and fill them on your boat?

sunblock gets resign off hands very very well when its still wet not dry

I only use steel scuba tanks. You have to carry a certain amount of weight anyway. Your buoyancy will not change much in comparison to an aluminum tank. One problem I have had is that the steel will rust if the compressor is not well maintained.

Yeah I was just about to say you can 100% use the total boat varnish over epoxy. It's recommended even if the epoxy has UV resistance.

Table looks awesome!! Cool ideal for the center cut out of the table for putting stuff into! When well you be firing up main engine for a test? That be cool video to see as well. Another Great Job SEEKER crew!!

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully before we launch.

@dennissmith1469

3 жыл бұрын

@@SVSeeker that be a awesome video! Prove the bus engine well do the job!! Lol

Last time I was this early, we were still talking hull origami

Go WPI!!

holy god and baby Jesus , 2000 grit....I only thought it went to 400. Nice work Doug, hope you come sailing to Maine someday

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but I'm not sold on the need for it. It's about the same as toilet paper from Save-A-Lot

@stephengile530

3 жыл бұрын

Micromesh goes goes up, if I am not mistaken 12,000 grit.

Amazing Doug! Can't belive Seeker is going to be floating in 90 days! And the table looks beautiful too.

Well if they can get that airplane there they can definitely get your boat to the Port Huge

Doug, if i saw this a week ago i would of used the torch when i did my tablepoxy pour, i just used a heat gun, not as cool as the torch!

The progress continues to be amazing can't wait to see her on the water, I do have a question regarding the watermarks/measuring points on the hull. Is it required if you're not really moving products across the water such as ships that move petroleum or freight.

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Draft marking, load line marking or even a plimsoll line are not required for any recreational vessel. And I'd not want them as I do not want to trigger the bureaucracy associated with them.

? What happened to the adventure. lol Why can't everyone fight their dinner plate siding around on the table lol

So you are launching on my 40th bday... my 30th was national go top less day. Not sure which is more historic

Damn bugs will find anything you're trying to make pretty, they've gotten in my paint jobs in the middle of winter in Ohio.

Trim nailer and wood glue!!!!

What about a lazy susan for the middle of that table. Right up through the hole in the middle?

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

On a boat. No need to spin it, just wait for the roll, and it will swing around. : )

How you talked about how you can put stuff down and then epoxy over it like pictures shells and that stuff. I'm very sure very familiar with mustie1 he made his table top for his v.w. bus and he had put pictures on his when he did his table. With all the different work and the money detail that you put into certain things I'm surprised that you didn't put some sort of a big nautical map down. I would not be surprised if you did eventually with the new table top cool maybe with a map showing all the different places you have been within the first couple years of the boat on the water so many different places you have been.

I have seen people use a hot air gun to bring out the bubbles once it is poured and before it sets. Oh, you knew already. Looks nice.

Stupid question but how in the he'll are you going to move that from Oklahoma to the ocean? That ship is over 30 feet high and at least as wide not like it's going to fit under any highway underpass

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Not at all a stupid question. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i46t28Whga3XaNI.html and kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWFmyrRvc7LNh5M.html

You should always brush in one direction with poly .

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

90 degrees or 180? Or does it not matter? You are suggesting that the coating has some memory of the direction the brush was last traveling and responds is some negative fashion if the brush travels in a different direction in a subsequent pass? Is it somehow measurable? Because I did not observer any problems.

@vainwretch

3 жыл бұрын

@@SVSeeker sorry I just saw this. My thinking on this is within the bristles in the brush or foam brush. When you flip the brush to the opposite side there will be some air trapped and bubbles generated from inside the bristles and voids in the foam. If you drag the brush in the same direction this seems to be less of a problem . I know you are a man and we don't read the directions. : ) It is on the directions somewhere and is something I just know you are to do from way back. Also when you stab the bristles into sharp corner's bubbles are being generated. If I was on my laptop I would search for a link . I will as an added reply later . I know guitars are sprayed on and some dipped. But a buffing wheel with different polishs are used. Also self leveling pour on finishes can have good results also. Don't shake and stir gently but stir well. Also every time you dip your brush you accumulate a foam in your container you dip from. Http://www.rawhydefurnishings.com/7-tips-applying-polyurethane/ . Suggestion 7 agrees with brush in one direction.

@vainwretch

3 жыл бұрын

@@SVSeeker Just coat all strokes in one direction parallel. Bubbles get trapped in the bristles or voids in the foam .

@vainwretch

3 жыл бұрын

I found this : www.rawhydefurnishings.com/7-tips-applying-polyurethane/ . Read number 7 , I have just know for a long time to brush in one direction on poly.

@vainwretch

3 жыл бұрын

I think I originally read it off a minwax can. I do all types of remodeling , home repairs and i am a carpenter. Have done a lot of painting and finishing.

Is this a blue water vessel?

@thegodemperorofmankind7yea704

3 жыл бұрын

What do you think?

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Might be a tad overbuilt for Walden Pond.

Rather have a steel tank when diving (300 bar),but what would I know with only 18,000 logged dives lol

@SVSeeker

Жыл бұрын

Man, you must know the bottom on that duck pond like no one else. : )

steel tanks have a longer life compared to aluminium I still have the same steel tank used in sea water for 30 years now and no problems also with aluminium you need more weight to dive with

@Jack-tx2ve

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't aluminium tank start exploding while people were wearing them.

@huxter1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jack-tx2ve nope only know of it happening when filling that's why all tanks hydro test done so it dose not happen

@kevindavison6019

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jack-tx2ve Sustained Load Cracking occurred in the neck and thread area of pre 1990 aluminum tanks from Luxfer and some other lesser know manufacturers produced with 6351 aluminum alloy, and caused several tank failures during the fill process. It never occurred during use. these tanks can still be used but only with additional inspections with special equipment and not really cost effective to continue to use them. after 1990 the aluminum was changed to a 6061T6 which is not subject to the SLC phenomenon. Catalina manufacturing never used the "bad" alloy but people don't know that and lump them all together.

@Jack-tx2ve

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevindavison6019 very informative answer thankyou. Were there failures to do with people re coating tanks with a high temperature powder coat? I seem to remember someone mentioning that somewhere.

@kevindavison6019

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jack-tx2ve yes powder coating and high temps are also a no-no but this is a seperate problem than the SLC problem inspectors are extremely wary of tanks that have been re-painted as to possibly the hiding of defects or high temp powder coating. It is possible to re-paint using the appropriate stripper and quality single stage auto paint that cures in air. I have done several this way but it is not really worth the effort.

$1200 for the intercom? I think we can do better than that with a little machining and electronics. Also, the table looks amazing. I have been considering making a dining table and I think I will go for a similar technique to what you did for the use of soft wood and epoxy.

@imchris5000

3 жыл бұрын

its an intercom that can survive being submerged deep in the water and not fail. thats why they cost so much

@KnightsWithoutATable

3 жыл бұрын

@@imchris5000 Lack of demand to pay for the engineering is most likely why the cost is so high. As for surviving the pressure? That is easy enough to do by potting the electronics other than the mic/speaker in epoxy rated for the pressure. You can also do a mineral oil enclosure with ceramic insulated pass throughs for the speaker/mic, all CNCed out of suitable metal alloy.

Just saw Betsy in a movie.

@TheLt1jeep

3 жыл бұрын

Tulsa.The.Fire.and.the.Forgotten

🥃

Don't touch the table. Lol

We did this in the 70's and made tables out of old wire spools , big ones maybe 4 or 5 feet across , we used fiberglass resin , it didn't come out as beautiful as yours though .

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

I remember those. They make the wood spools better back then.

Love your channel, if you haven’t check out ‘sailing Yaba’ you may like it. Old school shipwrights. Keep up the great work!

Take some extra windows , just in case.

@steampunkskunk3638

3 жыл бұрын

If one breaks out in the ocean he can always just bolt a sheet of plywood over the hole to keep the weather out and then fix it in Port. Boats need constant maintenance and Doug is aware and prepared for it.

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

If you are not ready to maintain a boat then rent a boat. : )

Spraying the last coat would of been better,table

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rubbing alcohol cuts epoxy.

i know that you are the wrong person to ask dumb questions to, but as time draws near, are you getting any nerves about the launch and first sailing of seeker.

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a great person to ask dumb questions. You only risk getting a dumb answer. But I am a horrible person to ask fearful questions of, because nobody; especially me, needs to be reminded of the dangers and pitfalls. Those come naturally, and hell yes is the answer. My monkey brain is doing it's best to take over. ....but along with the nerves is a strong undercurrent of real excitement! The kind of feeling that makes you delighted to get out of bed in the morning. Like Christmas morning when I was 5.

Ever since the fake explosion escapade just can’t watch anymore. Use to be an avid watcher with a lot of respect for the project. Was so above and beyond stupid that was it for me. Bye

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Dude. You got butt hurt and you apparently heal insanely slowly. In the mean time life is moving on and you are getting closer to the end of yours. For fuck sake, think about how you want to spend what you got left. Stop your pouting and go make something great happen.

@davidweston6653

3 жыл бұрын

@@SVSeeker Your response speaks volumes. Confirms my thoughts. Bye

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Bye again. Thanks for watching. And best wishes till we say bye again. : )

Who the hell downvoted this?! You'd be a special kind of angry person...

@Jimmyb918

3 жыл бұрын

Or maybe just the total idiot

Tig is super easy. Your just bad at it. Practice practice practice.

@SVSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

Ture, it just requires practice. But don't you think that "super easy" is something that requires no practice? : )

@koreyokeene

3 жыл бұрын

@@SVSeeker something's are easier for some where is harder for others

@koreyokeene

3 жыл бұрын

Being creative and thinking out side the box and being open minded is wise.