UPDATE: Thanks for all the concern about our health! Steve went and got a lead level blood test, he has had much much more exposure than anyone else, so if he is fine everyone else at the pour should be as well. His blood level is 7ug/dl The US Dept of Health and Human Services recommends adult levels be kept below 10. Symptoms aren't felt to develop until levels are 40 or higher and Chelation therapy does not usually get prescribed until it's over 50. According to the doctors we should live to fight another day and don't have to fret about any long term issues for our health.

@tomharrell1954

6 жыл бұрын

In reality it is just not that toxic. Also anything spilled does not go all over and into the soil. It stays in a splash zone and can easily be picked up.

@VikingRul3s

6 жыл бұрын

Acorn just use real air filter masks, only one of you had (you i think, hoping you had fresh carbon filters on) the others where just useless dustmasks

@cadenjeager9683

6 жыл бұрын

Acorn To Arabella What about earth's health cough cough

@o.429

6 жыл бұрын

Blood test for lead is not accurate. Most of the lead is stored at fat tissue and nerve tissue. Blood tests does not show the lead in your body. Actually we do not have any tests for lead concentration in your body. Only way to measure lead in your body can be done when you are dead. This is how we accurately test organic materials: Take all the water from the body, turn it into dust, mix it untul it gets a homogenous material, analyse it in spectroscopy lab. BTW ike fun's post is irrevelant. In water systems you apply low electric current on water system to prevent metals to dissolve and/or oxidize in water. Lead in paint is not that harmful as metallic lead or pure lead oxide; it is bound by other molecules. It will effect you at the rest of your life. Please seek technical support to clean the area and contaminated materials. Especially those wooden pieces came out of lead. Do not burn them!

@biglammo

6 жыл бұрын

10μg/dL is the CDC's guideline but there are no safe levels as listed by anyone - a microbe of lead can adversely affect the development of a child without treatment but for the most part you all seem biologically developed and are free of lead-based developmental issues. The 'safe amount of lead' was removed in 2013 when the CDC put out a report stating that 10μg/dL is a policy guideline, or something politicians can point to, in health care issues if need be. Love your doctors; they're not going to get you killed by not staying up to date on all the minute filings of governmental bodies however in the case of lead poisoning or indeed any contact with fuming heavy metals then I would ask to see a specialist that is familiar with the detox procedure, which is as simple as going to your nearest poison control center. I hope in the future if you all are boiling heavy metals you guys might enjoy the monotony of using safety gear, the champion of the 'what if' scenario and barring that, incidents do not befall you. And yes, I'm sure you guys swept up well enough and carefully enough.

I WANT TO REMOVE THE SLAG SO BAD !!!

nice work, all that lead could have kept the residents of flint hydrated for a year or two

@mpsSalvadorian

4 жыл бұрын

😂...😔 i shouldn’t laugh.

@whammond511

Жыл бұрын

That’s a horrible thing to say!! We Flint Residents can’t find any humor in the 8000 children exposed to lead or the 12 people who died from Legionnaire’s due to the water!!

@ironsam2381

Жыл бұрын

@@whammond511 its a joke. chill.

@whammond511

Жыл бұрын

@@ironsam2381 Chill yourself!! You wouldn’t think it a joke if it were your child that got poisoned or your loved one that died!!

@ironsam2381

Жыл бұрын

@@whammond511 if a loved one of mine died i wouldn't really give a shit about a joke lol id be more focused on grieving.

yeah smooth jazz goes really well with A GIANT PIT OF MOLTEN METAL AND A HUGE FIRE AND A FLAME THROWER.

@thomaselliott573

5 жыл бұрын

they are morons

@shawn7236

4 жыл бұрын

They are not very smart and they are even less smarter now because of all of the fumes because these kind of fumes effect the brain..just saying

@chrisrey9644

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I was thinking the same thing!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Metal-Possum

3 жыл бұрын

Some good old fashioned Norwegian Black Metal isn't really family friendly, for some reason.

I've just come back to this video after 2+ years and it's insane to see the backbone of Arabella being created considering how much progress has been made. They grow up so fast!

I have no idea how pouring molten lead for a boat keel landed on my suggested list, but I am glad it did. Great watch, keep it up!

@benchasinghorizons9428

5 жыл бұрын

Jay Q dito

@popsicle33

5 жыл бұрын

And I thought the opposite. Right up there with paint drying

@ieuanhunt552

5 жыл бұрын

I was watching a video on someone processing 25 pounds of range scrap to make bullets and this video was in the recommendations feed.

@rickarmknecht8903

5 жыл бұрын

It reminded me of making lead soldiers with my brothers and my dad when I was a kid.

@ragandoil

Жыл бұрын

i saw your comment on the 17th june 2023,

I've now seen Arabella launched and sailing with Steve at the tiller, but watching this video it's hard to believe.

Holy EPA, that was awesome!!

WELL BOYs...This video caught my eye because I pour lead also, only my pouring is 20 lbs. at a time making bullets for various weapons....soooo, I just had to stop in and see about this keel ! What an undertaking...I just can't express how happy you two make me seeing how hard the two of you work, 'old school' and how dedicated to the task at hand that you are. Boys, I can relate! You fellas are carrying on traditions that set the course of our Nation and made us great...KEEP ON KEEPING ON ! Well, I had to go back to the first video a couple days ago and get caught up...I don't want to miss a single episode in the future. I am retired for the last 25 years and wish that I lived close by, I'd be there everyday lending a hand. Damn! What an awesome life changing project that has and will change your lives for the future ahead....yeah, I'm kinda jealous but I had my stretch of adventure this past 67 years and had a blast...I hope you fellas have a blast also. Believe it or not...this right now is some of the best of it! Alright, be careful boys...don't hurt yourselves! . . . c h a r l i e

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charlie! We really appreciate the kind words and encouragement! We do realize that looking back these will be some damn good times and they currently are for the most part. It is a lot of work though and a lot of head scratching and figuring at times. Hopefully people will see us and feel inspired to chase their dreams whatever it may be. At the end of the day we know the only thing that can stop us is us and the day we slide Arabella into the water will be one of the happiest and proudest days of our lives. Those thoughts keep us trucking!

@ChessMasterNate

3 жыл бұрын

Even low levels of lead causes heart disease and other issues: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/12/lead-exposure-premature-deaths-us It is like celebrating smoking. You still alive 2 years later?

@BUSTRCHERRI

2 жыл бұрын

I think it would have worked equally as good and much faster if each guy had a torch in their hands , stood 2 or 3 feet away from each other and kept adding lead until it reached the top then skim it off and call it done. No need to build a pig and the pipe system etc. Lead has such a low temp melting point to begin with. Could have shaved hours and hours off this job.

I built 60 foot sail boats in Florida for Island packet Yachts. When doing Keels we used 25lb ingots and sealed them in with fiber glass. Didn't have to worry so much about lead vapor.

@ferky123

5 жыл бұрын

@John Doe still would have to have melted them down as the lead was in different shapes.

@thomaselliott573

5 жыл бұрын

Oh! Come on! You don't get into this form of euthanasia?

@kentfletcher8539

5 жыл бұрын

Really? The biggest boat IP makes (or has ever made) is 52 feet overall...

@utuber2940

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Reside I built 600 foot pocket botes and we used discarded concrete chunks and sealed them with saran wrap!!!

With days left before launch, this pops back up. This is also what started it for me!

It was this episode that made me realize what an epic adventure I was about to watch unfold!

Came to the comments to laugh at lead poisoning jokes. Was not disappointed!

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Right! LOL Judging by folks reactions you would think we were messing around with plutonium or some other radio active material!

@clickbait5714

6 жыл бұрын

Acorn To Arabella I know it's laughable!

@martyjohnsonozarkoutdoors8198

6 жыл бұрын

Clickbait I have cast thousands maybe millions. Of 1/2 ton, 1 ton, and 60 lbs and 100 lbs blocks and ingots. Is crazy how the masses are so scared of lead. Thanks to the media and government agencies. Use the proper procedures and you'll be just fine. Also. If you need it to cool quickly. You can spray water on it even though its liquid. Just carefully and slowly. You don't want the water to break the surface. But never pour it in a wet mold. It will blow up. From the steam it creates.

@kkknotcool

5 жыл бұрын

Radioactive poisoning shares a lot in common with heavy metal poisoning. In that it usually doesn't kill you, but you sometimes wish it did.

@greenidguy9292

5 жыл бұрын

Acorn To Arabella I was more concerned with what you ate for lunch...high cholesterol is a killer!

Thirty years ago, my neighbor built a sailboat. I helped him work on it. He did a wood model of the keel and made the mould from concrete. For a pot we used a pair of bathtubs. IIRC, it was around 3200 pounds. There were copper pipes put in before hand for the mounting bolts.

VERY Impressive! Well done backyarders... wow ✌️❤️😁

I am weaning myself off "Deadly Mouse Traps" and "Car Crashes from Hell " and was nearly clean, before I got here

@thomaswilkinson3468

4 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

Im from Bayou La Batre AL. My great grandfather built schooners for a living because it was his passion. He built many ships and one of them in the Red Witch, she does tours in Chicago to this day. He passed away around 2004 when he fell while working on his roof (84 and working on his roof what a legend) he left his tools and a unfinished hull. I'm only 16 now but after watching your series and hearing your story I'm going to pick up in his place. I'm going to build a 60ish foot schooner off of his designs and sail that b*tch around the world.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

That is some super cool family history! We hope you follow in his footsteps and we hope you succeed in your endeavors! If we can help in any way let us know. Two books we can highly recommend! www.woodenboatstore.com/product/book-how-to-build-a-wooden-boat/boatbuilding www.landlpardey.com/details

@thecorbill27

6 жыл бұрын

Acorn To Arabella Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I will look into those books asap. Since I have two years of high school I might start by building designs in smaller scale until I can start building them full size

@TheFireBrickCo

6 жыл бұрын

Man your great grandfather would be stoked to hear this

@charlesjenkins7535

6 жыл бұрын

Wizard Man Good luck and God bless

@oliverwatson1567

6 жыл бұрын

Try building a dinghy first. Boatbuilding can take much longer than you think. I'm currently completing an apprenticeship as a shipwright, and it's quite a complex trade

I used to install lead keels in nuclear submarines and we did it without any foundry or molten forming. We used 3 inch lead pigs that were either 8 inches long or 16 inches long, weighing 32 and 64 lbs each, respectively. Then we would make shims, with a band saw, using these same pigs, at various widths from about 1 inch to 1/8 of an inch. On the sub, bins were welded into the keel beam that were about 2 feet wide and varying lengths. We lined the bins with 1/4 inch thick poly and started laying the pigs in a brick laying type pattern, using shims to tighten up each layer. These bins were about two feet deep, so each bin took the better part of a day to finish. We would then place a layer of poly sheeting on top, then weld a 1/2 inch steel plate to finish the structural part of the build. The top plate also had a built in tap fashioned that allowed us to pump in molten bee's wax to completely fill any voids throughout the finished bin. That was it! I'm guessing this technique or a variation of it could be used for smaller ship and boat building without having to do a pour on site.

@AcornToArabella

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting method, thanks for sharing!

@lordgarion514

5 жыл бұрын

Why do they call it a keel? The definition of keel says it's the main support structure. Lead would just bend from the weight of the ship so it can't be used as the main structure right?

@reggierico

5 жыл бұрын

The lead 'keel' is actually ballast. It keeps the boat/ship upright and reduces rolling motions. It is laid on top of the main structural keel beam to stabilize these moments or rolling motions.

The vision of one man, the camaraderie of everyone involved …. a job well done. 👍💪

@AcornToArabella

Жыл бұрын

🙌

I'm watching this at the end of February 2021 revisiting my first Acorn to Arabella. Here is where I came in to Arabella's journey like so many others. I've not missed an episode since and gave enjoyed every single minute of the journey so far, so thank you so much Steve and Alix for the pleasure you give to every one of your faithful subscribers.

@AcornToArabella

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for such a nice comment!

Just to confirm it is extremely difficult to hold one's breath for 10 minutes and 26 seconds - WELL DONE GUYS!!

@minibuilder1512

6 жыл бұрын

I passed out at the 3 minute mark ...LOL

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

LOL Thanks!

@morpar318

6 жыл бұрын

Pete Nash we all love to play with lead. Here is just a little tip. You and your crew might want to start using a respirator. $175 per respirator. Is a hell of a lot cheaper than $475,000 Plus for medical bills. Retaining to lead poisoning.

@SuperJlonergan

6 жыл бұрын

im gonna make a small bet and say they will all be fine with one keel pour outdoors in their whole life:)

@rlikemoney

6 жыл бұрын

JNaasty less than 30$ at wesco for an activated charcoal disposable respirator that is good 40 hours.

Lead: The Stuff That Made Ancient Rome Nuts.

@linnblack3661

4 жыл бұрын

Damn I never thought about that wth. They made water pipes and utensils out of it they definitely were all lead poisoned

@Jacob-yg7lz

4 жыл бұрын

It also made the 80s nuts but the gas companies swept that under the rug

@seanlanders4180

3 жыл бұрын

There's a lot of evidence that a majority of older people are nuts because of it today.

@jesseeodom2891

3 жыл бұрын

Thought ot was mercury

@seanlanders4180

3 жыл бұрын

@@jesseeodom2891 no, it was lead

This thing has been in my suggestion box 100 times

Hard believe it's been three years since this video grabbed my attention. Been watching it every 2/week since.

I feel like I'm getting lead poisoning just by watching this video

@jeffburns4240

4 жыл бұрын

Thats becausd you are a giant pussy

YT just recomended this video to me yesterday and I binge watched the rest to catch up. Amazing. So impressive what you are doing! Thanks for sharing it!

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, Nice! Glad you have enjoyed our journey so far! It's still just beginning even though we have been at it for two years =)

@dwaynetube

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah. At first I was just impressed and then I began to realize the timescale. And when you where talking to that boat builder (whose name I can shamefully not remember, although having watched that video just a few hours ago :-) ) and mentioning 9000 hours or 10 years, but having a brand new boat at 42 it realy hit home with me. I hope you get there sooner, but OTOH it will be realy interesting to watch the progression. Best wishes to you guys!

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, it's a long journey and a big undertaking, more so than most realize. That is a big part of why we started at the very beginning with the video's. We wanted to be sure to tell the whole tale, this ain't a quick read, even if we get on the water in 3 years it will still be an odyssey. The messed up part is for us the boat is merely the beginning of the dream and over all goal. There is so much more to come!

I saw this video come up when it was fresh, been watching the whole thing grow since then. Who'd've thunk it, car guy watching boat stuff? I think what keeps me watching is that you're trying to make something that you haven't made before and you get through the challenges. I can't wait to see it on the water 👍👍

Awesome job! That was incredible and I hope you do make another one.

Nice work guys, keep it up! Don't worry about the do nothings who sit at home and tell you what you can't do.

that was a very smart way to pour the lead.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we think it worked well!

Good job guys! What an ambitious project!

Congrats on taking the big step, guys. Can't wait to see it dug up to see how it turned out.

Bravo!

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We are much relieved! That was a lot of molten metal!

@dozer1642

6 жыл бұрын

Acorn To Arabella you are doing pretty damn good when you get a Bravo from Doug. Nice job.

@alexandersalz5850

6 жыл бұрын

for what melting some led???? low standards confirmed?

@dozer1642

6 жыл бұрын

??? ??? You are such an awesome troll.

when i was a kid we used to make fire and melt old batteries in the forest and make all kids of things from led

That is Amazing!!! WOW!

Always great to see people following their passion like this, especially when parts are experimental. Cool work. Thanks for the inspiration. As for the music : There was no 'lead' singer.

@matthewslater6975

5 жыл бұрын

Again like i said to another comment no PUN intended :-) c'mon its like our dads old lame jokes

Great work! Thanks for sharing this video... I love to see people following their dreams!

Cool video. Really enjoyed seeing you cast something so massive. My only complaint is that this comment section is toxic. Maybe get the comments tested? I think they already gave me cancer...

good job very ingenuous use of air tank

Love the 70s lounge music :D

Where did u find so much lead. I can barley find enough scrap to reload

@chuckfalls9827

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’m sitting here trying to resist the urge to math out how many grains are in that keel.

@haroldlamble5163

5 жыл бұрын

Car batterys.

@-a13x-75

4 жыл бұрын

Chuck Falls 63,000,000 grains

@Frank-bc8gg

4 жыл бұрын

Old boat keels are made of it, the problem is they want you to take the whole dang thing and it's a chore and a half cutting it into smeltable portions

O man your gonna get all the experts telling where you went wrong hahaha great job guys

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

O they are!!! There sure are some interesting concepts getting thrown around!

@453421abcdefg12345

5 жыл бұрын

Acorn to Arabella:And all by people that never lift their bum off the computer chair ! Well done you.

Wow and now my feed sends me back to the first video I watched and made me a patron for the whole build

Good job lads. Team work makes the dream work.

I have been casting Aluminium all of my working life. You took a huge risk but you succeeded. Well done. The quality of the lead may be suspect but at the end of the day is ballast so will be fine. The bubbling on the plywood was moisture by the way.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

That we did! Thanks! You are correct on the quality not mattering much, so long as it's decently hard which it is we should be good to go. We know the bubbling was moisture escaping, everyone else seems to think we got to lead hot enough to boil for a hour after the heat was removed. Not sure a wood fire is even capable of getting that hot. LOL

@raybignell

6 жыл бұрын

Its a shame that I came across the video when the casting was completed. I could have helped you no end in the design and the actual casting.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

How are you at casting bronze? There is a significant amount of that in our future and there is time to sort it out. Feel free to email acorntoarabella@gmail.com if you are interested in helping us with that down the road!

@raybignell

6 жыл бұрын

Two e mails sent. Hope you find useful.

Dude! You guys have balls of steel - I would never screw around with that much at that temperature. Glad it went well!

@knightridergt7787

5 жыл бұрын

www.myinstants.com/instant/balls-of-steel/

@BUSTRCHERRI

2 жыл бұрын

Its not that hot.

@captainboing

2 жыл бұрын

@@BUSTRCHERRI I'd watch a video of you picking it up.

This was really cool!

great work and great music selection!

I lined my wooden mold with 1/8" tempered masonite painted with aluminum oil paint.. worked well. 3900lb

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Right on, thanks for sharing your experience! There are not too many folks out there who have cast a keel!

@robvannNS

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks should go to David Stevens of Second Peninsula Lunenburg Co NS who I was fortunate enough to spend time with years ago. He gave me the encouragement and his expert advice from a lifetime of building schooners and other wooden boats.

I enjoyed this video a lot. Done lots of casting with lead and a little auto body solder over the years, but never on anything approaching this scale, so I learned quite a bit. The dangers of working with lead, as you probably know, tend to be overblown by those unfamiliar unless you do something stupid like melt a lot of it in a confined area with no/poor ventilation. I would certainly have worn a respirator, but outdoors ventilation isn't a problem, so the helpers who chose not to wear them are probably unharmed. Burns tend to be a much bigger danger when working with lead. Some commenters mentioned lining the mold with sheet metal, however removing the sheet metal from lead once it has solidified and cooled can be a real chore. The wood will be a lot easier to remove, and anybody who has ever used an empty soda can for a mold (I've made a hammer and several large sinkers that way) knows that you probably still won't get a smooth surface once the metal has been laboriously peeled away, so fairing compound is in your future no matter what.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Finally someone reading from the same "book" we are! haha We think folks confuse lead and plutonium judging by their reactions. We poured a bunch on ingots into old bread pans and such and most were a nightmare to remove. Could not fathom trying to peel a steel mold off our keel!

@gubr

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah lead vapor... gotta heat it up real high, and when you pour it, it's probably cold enough again. the bigger problem is lead dust. I.e. People collecting lead from shooting ranges' target area etc, they are far more prone to get lead poisoning. Or eating with unwashed hands. Or not keeping the clothes you used for lead work separately. Once your gums change color at the teeth and them falling out you should get tested ;)

@dickiedollop

6 жыл бұрын

Still think wearing RPE wouldn’t be a bad idea though it’s dealing with the unknown gaseous quantity even in the open and the neurological effects could take a while to manifest by then cellation therapy will be a bit like closing the proverbial stable door - sorry if I’m pissing on your chips guys.

@yourface3154

6 жыл бұрын

Been fishing for over 30 years, only way we've ever closed snap shot onto line is with our teeth. Maybe that's what's wrong with me =D

@randymc61

6 жыл бұрын

I used to mold lead a lot when I was young. Cast aluminum molds. I would coat the mold with soot from a burning candle. Nothing would stick to it, and the lead popped right out. Something similar could've worked using a sheet metal liner. I doubt the surface of that lead is very smooth considering the deformation of Charing wood, not to mention the pieces that broke off and floated up.

Good job. Well done.

Love that smoky jazz beat...

I used to work with melted lead every day. We melted it to temper steel wire from about 500 to 1400 degrees. We called the things to melt the lead in kettles. I also worked at foundries and would think you could use foundry sand to cast your keel. To let the lead cool you just let it cool, you don't need to stir it or cool it with fire.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for in the insights! All the experienced people we spoke with recommended a wooden mold. We think for newbies it has a higher chance of getting a function keel or at least a hunk of lead one can trim into a keel. The keels is 11' long, 18" deep and 16" wide, that is a lot of casting sand!

@philmenzies2477

6 жыл бұрын

You need to add more lead as it cools or you end up with huge sinkholes as it cools

@twagner6155

6 жыл бұрын

Ok

@daveopincarne3718

6 жыл бұрын

So here's some insight from a journeyman patternmaker. This could have been done a lot better and I agree that sand casting would have been the way to go if possible. Keel bolts should have been added or holes cored. A_to_A, just because that's how someone else does it doesn't mean it's the best way to proceed. I imagine the problem previous examples were avoiding (and here's the difficulty you would have encounter with sand casting) is flipping the drag. You would have had to mold it in a large enough flask upside down, and then flip it and withdraw the pattern. Alternatively, you could have molded the sand directly, but that takes some skill. Regardless, the binders in sand aren't environmentally friendly either. At a minimum, you're talking about a bunch of oil. The co2 and resin stuff other people have mentioned are for cores. They are expensive, nasty, require special equipment, and get super hard. You could have poured a refractory plaster or cement as other have suggested, but if it had any moisture you could have steam and molten lead everywhere. This is a danger with wood too, but less so. Sand is porous enough to let the steam vent until the lead starts to solidify at the mold surface, but no matter what, steam can blow back and make the surface of the casting porous. As someone mentioned, you will get shrinkage and it can occur inside the casting. The thickest area will remain molten and feed the casting as it cools. This can happen internally but I imagine you got a nice concave area on the top surface right in the middle. Adding solid metal isn't the solution however. That's called a chill and its used to initiate solidification. In specific areas. What's need is a riser - a thick sacrificial mass that sits at the top of the casting and cools last in order to feed the rest of the casting. It is cut off later. However you can't add a riser in an open mold. So yes, you could have done this better, but sand casting presents a number of problems too. Between the two, I'd opt for green sand. You obviously have the ability to make a flask and a pattern and you must have a way to lift the weight of the keel so you had the ability (but maybe not the patience) to roll a flask. Then you could have added a riser. So had I been doing this for myself, I'd have considered lost foam first and vacuum molding second. Both can be done in loose sand. Good luck

It keels me that no one scraped the (dross? Slag?)

Got to admire a person with hands in his pockets, what a tell, tells you all you need to know about them.

Salt and Tar turned me on to you guys, sooo glad!! Your attitudes are very refreshing, even the rough spots are "no problem that can"t be solved". Good luck, and can"t wait to get caught up on all your videos......

Sketchy as hell. At least move all that junk out of the way so you're not tripping into a vat of molten lead.

How to turn your back yard into a superfund sight in 3 three easy steps.

@Absolutelycraziness

5 жыл бұрын

sleestalk indeed lmfao! new title... "cancer in a box"

@rob_6292

5 жыл бұрын

hipster style

@kentfletcher8539

4 жыл бұрын

And what exactly are you talking about? Oh, that's right, you don't know.

Wow that’s incredible. I would have screwed that up 10 different ways but you guys made it look smooth as butter!

I poured a12,000 lb keel by myself 2 years ago. I lined the mold with drywall and that went quite well. I trimmed it with a power plane but the worst was drilling the keel bolts. Keep up the good work.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Drilling for keel bolts is in our future. Our lead is pretty hard and so far has machined well, hopefully the drilling goes smoothly. 12,000 pounds is a big pour! What vessel was the keel for?

@johno6861

6 жыл бұрын

Acorn To Arabella It was for the Arctic Witch, an Arctic research schooner. It was to replace an iron keel, boat suffered badly from iron rot. Unfortunately the owner ran out of money before it was finished, got into a legal battle, and it isn’t finished yet. When drilling the lead you can’t do more than 1/2” at a time, clear the bit and let it cool. You will melt the lead and seize the bit. It will happen, best way to get them out is same as pulling keel bolts, with a plate and hydraulic jack.

Yankee ingenuity on full display...Young America, still alive and well....

@mysterymete

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Non-Yankees would have poured it in a mold made from an old pickup bed, so the mold didn't burn up in the process. ;-)

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Bu then the steel would warp and we would have a whole different set of problems! =) It was some serious backyard engineering though!

@ElectricityTaster

6 жыл бұрын

You strapped a water tank to a seesaw and attached a pipe to it.

@ITzSmores

5 жыл бұрын

Technically a Yankee is a person from New York as a person from New York I should know. My mom grew up down south where the term originated but the term is not used much today

4:41 Smooth Jazz to pour molten lead by.

@jonmacdonald5345

6 жыл бұрын

Brad Woodfield Played by Melvin and the Pantie Droppers!

@eddi9824

6 жыл бұрын

What’s the name of the song?

@PaulRecchiaJr

6 жыл бұрын

J A V I E R I'm also looking for the name of the song. I know I've heard it elsewhere, and assume it's an open source song, but I can't track down the name.

Looks like these guys are just keeling time and having fun.

After stumbling across this particular video, I went back and binge watched ALL of your videos. Amazing commitment to the project, and I can't wait to see it all unfold. You gained another subscriber.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you are enjoying following our journey!

Thank you Kenny (South Park) for the commentary.....

I remember I used to chew on lead pellets for my pellet gun when I was a kid. Looking back this was the dumbest thing I've ever done. I'll probably get dementia in my 40s

Great job guys. I just watched the whole story. Nothing like work on a dream together. It's the process that matters. The glory is in every day of life. Live hard.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We are doing our best to "Live Hard" you only get to do it once so why not go full bore?! =)

Very VERY nice video, I really enjoyed watching this. This is one of those videos you just get in a trance and watch, like all the stress and hassles of life go away for a few minutes to watch these guys make this. Fine job fellas

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Congrats I am amazed the wood worked out. Cant wait to see the keel. I don't know if you plan to do this again, but the burned material floating on the top of the lead, the dross, should be dipped off It leaves your lead pure and clean. The top of the keel will form with out the dross skin. The dross skin will not stay attached to the keel or hull. A wax candle can be dropped into the pot then stir to get all the impurities out and any hardening metals completely mixed into the lead. Antimony or what ever you use. The breathing mask are not needed, but eye shields are.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Why do you say the masks were not needed? We have heard so much about lead toxicity, folks have been adamant we need to wear protective gear (gloves, respirator) even when the lead is solid and we are just moving it. We will use a router to flatten the top which we would have done regardless of skimming the dross. The dross seemed soft enough that a carbide bit should eat it right up. We will make sure we get it all off the top before we mate it with the wood keel.

@ScottyB0AllDay

6 жыл бұрын

I disagree that any PPE is unnecessary, if you have the PPE you should use it, even if you think you shouldn’t.

@tomharrell1954

6 жыл бұрын

Here goes my best shot. Lead must be in a micro size to be absorbed. If you rub it on your hands you can see it rub off and leave a residue. The residue from your hands can be ingested and you can absorb it in your stomach if you handle food like a burger or sandwich or fries. This can be toxic. just wash your hands after handling lead and you are fine. If you could breath a chunk of lead it would sit. You may choke to death, but it will not poison you. Not enough would be absorbed. You would have to call my son to cut/pull it out. Some of our veterans have lead shrapnel in them and never removed from WWII but have no lead blood levels. You can see lead lumps under the skin. To get the lead in a microscopic size into the air, the temperature of vaporization about 3180 degrees F, must be reached.. The energy to get the atoms of lead moving enough to jump from the liquid lead into the air, which is about 783 Newtons per mole per Jewel must be reached.. (This is a guess i don't feel like looking up the exact vapor point).. The lead would have to boil. At the boiling point 3180 degrees F some of the atoms of lead would vaporize into the air. Then the lead could be inhaled and become toxic over a period of time. The melting point of lead is about 630 degrees. The vaporization temp is 3180 degrees F. You can melt lead with a wood fire, but wood will not get hot enough to boil lead to form lead vapors. A much hotter way of burning has to be used. Like burning gas in an engine with leaded gas. Or like a heating furnace used for melting steel or an oxygen acetylene cutting tourch. Think about water boiling. Water water boils at 212 degrees F. At that point steam rises up from the water. The single molecules begin to jump from the liquid into the air at the temperature of vaporization. This happens with water very easily but not with the lead. Leads temperature of vaporization is 3180 degrees F. That is the best i can explain it in layman's terms with the physical chemistry of lead. Now for the practical explanation. I have molded lead bullets from my teen years. I have had blood lead levels run at least once every 10 years and more. I have never had a blood lead level. I have shot more than a million rounds. Be careful and don't get burned or splashed. The most dangerous thing you did and survived was adding those cold lead pieces to the hot lead.. If there had been one drop on moisture on one of those pieces it would sink to the bottom and explode. (colder lead is heavier than hot lead) A better technique would be to let the lead sit above the molten lead and warm up. Then put it in. Humans have the ability to learn if they want. I learned that a wooden mold can be used to mold lead. I also found a video of a professional foundry pouring a keel. Two workers had respirators and two did not. So ??? There could be impurities in the lead too. I use pure lead and mix things i know into it. But you are using scrap. So you could say its for any unknown impurities if you like and that would be valid. kzread.info/dash/bejne/g22FupWEaZCYgrw.html Here is another example of a professional foundry pouring lead without respirators. Granted they are in India. Is India a third world country? They have the bomb. I don't know. kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5uZo6yzqLbWZ7Q.html Here is a US foundry pouring lead without respirators. The casting is toward the end of the video. Please note that the workers are all presumed to be regular 40 hrs per week. I don't see any of them running around crazy with lead poisoning. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHycxs2klNbchLA.html

@phatman808

5 жыл бұрын

Your comment made my day. Useful, evidence and experience based information, knowledgeable without being a condescending jerk. What in the hell are you doing in a KZread comments section? :p

4.5 tons melted lead and smooth jazz

love it - fantastic - great - all superlatives you can add :)

First video I watched! Congratulations on the launch!!

You should have been scooping the Slag out while It was still hot use a shovel and cut some slits in it whether it's lead or steel when it's molten and cooling you Scoop the Slag out that's all the impurities

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

We tried but it seemed like mostly lead covered wood ash, we felt like we were taking more lead than dross each scoop. We figured it would be easy enough to flatten later, once cool it crumbled right off and was easy to flatten.

Holy cow...........this video sure brought the trolls and internet medical experts out of the woodwork! Most of the comments were way more toxic than the pour itself. Such hysteria. I'm thinking there are folks out there that could turn a hang nail into cancer in about 10 minutes of discussion! Carry on men you're doing great!

@Prander5x5

4 жыл бұрын

The internet allows us to be more intelligent than we really are. The trick is, we believe it more than the people we are preaching too. It's self congratulation and a cheap dopamine hit.

Great Job!

Go akiva!!! Im so proud of you!!

Mmmm spicy water 😋

Adds a whole new meaning to "hot lead" for an old war veteran like me. LOL

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha Bet it does!

I only wanted to watch a video on how to get my fuel pump back on my Camaro, and ended up watching your entire pour video. You guys are perfectly insane. Don't let any one tell you differently! Great video, glad you all survived!

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

HAHA Thanks! We regularly say we are just crazy enough to pull it off =)

I have no idea what is going on but I'm hooked

New subscriber, fascinated by your work. Would love more narration on what you're doing and why you have to do it.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Have you watched many of the videos or just the lead pour? In the others we narrate the what and why much more than with the pour. The next video will cover the setup and such for the pour, we just knew folks were anxious to see the pour so we saved the explanation for the next video. If you have watched a bunch or all the videos and still want more info we can certainly answer any questions you have. We are doing a Q+A video from time to time and if you send us a question we just might make a video of us answering it. Since we are novice boat builders we are also trying not to "teach" how to build a boat. We have been harped on pretty hard by folks who think we have no business teaching due to lack of credentials and should just share what we did and not how we did it. So we are trying to walk that line between sharing our journey and process but not teaching how to build a boat. It's a fine line! =) Glad you are enjoying following our journey!

@moonw0rt

6 жыл бұрын

Acorn To Arabella this was my first video but I'm enjoying watching others! Thanks for catching me up to speed!

Imagine casting the keel for a Nimitz carrier

It's always easier to be critical from the outside looking in, but watching those guys hold that lifting bar all I could think was that I've never seen a more perfect job for a hydraulic jack and jack stands in my life

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

True, though it was for a limited time and easy enough to do by hand and with blocks.

@jeremy499

6 жыл бұрын

Acorn To Arabella I get it, I've done lots of things just like it working on projects. "Get it done -itis", lol. Keep up the good work!

Good work thanks

Gotta love the fumes of fresh molten lead.

Sigh, after reading the comment section I commend you for your dream, for your hard work and ingenuity and the willingness to put yourselves and your considerable hard efforts to be judged by many who dream much smaller and dare much less but speak much louder. Keep up the dream.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Making videos and being judged is often harder than the actual boat building but it's all part of the character building process =) As Aristotle once said: "If you want to avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing." The criticism is just proof we are saying, doing and being!

@Whitpusmc

6 жыл бұрын

Acorn To Arabella True, just sorry that’s where we’ve gotten, partly through social media but it can’t take all the blame. Keep on dreaming! I once got a chainsaw stuck in a tree, newbie mistake and it worked out OK but I’m glad it isn’t on KZread.

@alakani

5 жыл бұрын

@@WhitpusmcYep social media is a big part. Also, notifications in general. I read recently that a lot of the brain processes responsible for empathy only run during day-dreaming. So if someone is constantly attached to their phone or TV or job, there's no time for that processing to happen, and people start to get un-empathetic and narcissistic.

@Whitpusmc

5 жыл бұрын

Alden Zenko Very interesting! Makes some sense, in school we used to daydream now kids are on their phones.....

Well done!

looks fun!

I see no health and safety problems with this project at all!

@saltwaterrook4638

6 жыл бұрын

ike fun there are a few.

@saltwaterrook4638

6 жыл бұрын

ike fun you're a fucking idiot.

@saltwaterrook4638

6 жыл бұрын

ike fun lol. I wasn't aware I had to outline the issues. Is that in the KZread EUA? Quit your whining douche. Anyone that's ever been in or worked at a foundry/steel plant knows what's wrong here. You clearly aren't one of those people. You are however, showing your stupidity. Very effectively. Congratulations, you're still a fucking moron. Side Note: Learn the English language and proof read. You're grammar and punctuation are garbage.

@matthewkantar5583

6 жыл бұрын

LOL. "You're grammar" it should read "your grammar" You're the idiot.

@saltwaterrook4638

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Kantar if you can't tell the difference between an autocorrect fail and poor education, that's on you bud. But keep struggling for that bar. Lol.

at 4:46, I've never seen hearing protection used as a beard protector before. LOL

@christiangeiselmann

6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Russell You don't speak about the filters of the breathing mask, do you?

@thomasarussellsr

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, is that what it was? looked like ear-muffs on his side-burns. My mistake. Thanks for catching that.

@christiangeiselmann

6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Russell :-) I first thought "Hey what an observative guy, where did he see that?", but then I saw the one of them wearing a mask (similar to one I use)... but you are right, they look quite like ear muffs. Cheers!

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

It was the respirator you saw. Sometimes though Steve does push the ear muffs down on the side of his head so he can hear and it looks like he is protecting his beard. Lol

@tacticalultimatum

6 жыл бұрын

Omfg lol 😂😂

Great video.. Thanks for sharing :)

mmmmm lead my fav snak

I love the amount of expert shipwrights and keel casters in the comments. Lol. They're usually an expert in whatever field, the video they're commenting on, is focused on. Haha.

@nizmojoeblows

6 жыл бұрын

how surprising is it to you that people who might be experts in a certain field would watch a video about that field? Seriously, that seems unlikely to you? Youre implying that people who make youtube videos are the cream of the crop in any aspect and that people who watch are morons. Reality is completely the opposite. No one on youtube is the best at what they do, thats why they are on youtube. The best dont need the gimmicks to earn a living.

@Wogby

6 жыл бұрын

nizmojoeblows jimmies have been rustled

@DieselRamcharger

6 жыл бұрын

There is a very good possibility the people commenting are far more experienced in the field than the video poster. It seems obvious this is the first boat they've built. Their methods are poor, at best. It would be wise to heed the advice of seasoned shipwrights, millwrights and carpenters alike. NNSY Shop#38. Fuck Off.

@DieselRamcharger

6 жыл бұрын

we have all size boats and ships. the yard has been there since 1767, no shortage of wood and blow boat experience douche tard. Keep talking your shit, the fact is the experts are out here.

@DieselRamcharger

6 жыл бұрын

Midshipmen all start their naval sailing experience on keelboats called "navy 26's" You might do well to actually learn what in the fuck you are talking about, before you go talking about it. You think the navy puts people with no sailing experience behind the helm of an aircraft carrier? How do you think these men gain smaller vessel experience? Simulators? lol. fucking kids are so goddamn stupid these days. Let me guess. Not your president? Dumb fucking simian.

That's just freakin' awesome!

A incradeble journie so far. Together with the Tally Ho I saw this boot growing from this stage to the getting the boot in the water in the next few weeks. 5 years has gone by fast

What about the keel bolts? Did you install them off camera? Very cool, I mean hot, process.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

We will drill for them later. We thought about putting in cores for them but the lead is soft and drills easily enough. That way we can also mate up the wood and lead keel and make sure the bolts emerge through the wood keel right where we want them. Would suck to put in cores, be off by a degree or two and end up with a keel bolt stuck under a floor timber or something.

@shoominati23

6 жыл бұрын

Borrow an electromagnetic drill press, it will make life much more easier when you do.

@gary23jag

6 жыл бұрын

Whats that magnet going to work on?

@GTEskee

6 жыл бұрын

Electricity :-)

@SuperJlonergan

6 жыл бұрын

INTERUPTED CUT I think he means what is it going to stick to....since it won’t to lead lol

just curious, why didn't you line the mold box with sheet metal? Can't wait to see it !

@minibuilder1512

6 жыл бұрын

The lead likes to stick to zinc steel and copper so it would have been a lot of trouble , aluminum warps a ton when heated also , so in summary it's more trouble than its worth. They will probably end up adding a layer of epoxy and fiberglass on the outside and fairing compound anyway so you never see the imperfections.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Like Mini said it's more trouble than it's worth. The lead is so dense that a metal liner would want to literally float up and out if the lead got behind it somehow. We poured the keel 500 pounds heavier than it needed to be so we have lots of wiggle room to do the final shaping. Lead is so soft we can use normal wood working tools to smooth and shape it. Once moved and unpacked we will flatten the top with a router and most likely use a power planer to smooth and fair the rest of it. Then a coat of paint to seal the lead and we can start final shaping timbers and bolting Arabella together!

@bertski60

6 жыл бұрын

for beginners you're pretty bloody smart. every episode i marvel at the raw knowledge needed for an undertaking like this, never mind the relentless drive, ambition and "we'll figure it out when we get there" attitude. it;s 3/4 careful plan and 1/4 fug it...let's see what happens. :) awesome.

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

bertski60- Best comment yet! LOL The 3/4 planning 1/2 fug it, hit the nail right on the head! LOL To us it really boils down to the drive, ambition and we'll figure it out when we get there. People often ask about hurdles way down the road and most of them we have hardly given any thought to them. We figure we have at least a year, probably more to learn what we need to learn and to figure out how to go over, under, around or through whatever hurdle we hit. After all, why worry about something years from now that might not even be an issue??? We FIRMLY believe that the sole determining factor for success in anything is "how bad do you want it?" If you want it bad enough, nothing can stop you but you. Humans have proved that over and over and over again though out history. We wish more people viewed their life and future that way!

@bertski60

6 жыл бұрын

speaking of good comments... thnx a heap for taking your time to reply to myself and others. will be keenly watching your progress.

Learning on the job is one thing , but effort !

I've just recently found and caught up with your series and I'm really enjoying it. I love the learning process feel and lets try this attitude. That being said, I read a fair ways down on the comments on this video and there's a lot of things people are quite adamant about in their posts. Best way I found to deal with all the comments is to add an, "in my opinion," onto the front. You guys never claimed to be experts but I feel like you're fairly cautious about safety and take time in planing everything before just jumping in. Keep up the good work! I'll be looking forward to new videos!

@AcornToArabella

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! People sure do have their thoughts and opinions and are not shy about sharing them! Thanks for the tip!

I kept thinking of Quasimodo in his bell tower.