I watched your channel from the beginning, and I was surprised at your ability to think outside the box, and therefore to use alternative and cheaper solutions to problems.

Another Seeker...of inspiration here. Never get discouraged if viewers criticizing your work. They are miserable pretenders, you are a doer. I'm looking forward to catching up and watching her splash. Good luck my friend and fair winds...soon.

OMG, another one who doesn't understand what makes a boat float. I want to see this thing when it hits the water!

Mate... I am impressed. I was watching these without sound and was thinking to myself "Is this madder going to build a steel boat with just and old welder and some handy bullies?!" And now that I've watched a few more, I'm ecstatic to see that that is exactly what you're doing. That's my kind of spirit, I hope to do the same soon. Fair winds and following seas!

Ingenious, this is the project scale I can probably do.

Just finished watching your first video and looking forward to watching your progress. SV Seeker recommend your channel. With your ingenuity I think you'll get done.

Hi, Doug from SV Seeker sent me over, and I'm impressed with you ingenuity! Best of luck on this build. RichB

Also here from Doug's channel (SV Seeker) and just subscribed. :-)

SV Seeker sent me :D Looking forward to your build, man.

Saw your build videos while I was watching an SV Seeker vid and opened it in another tab while watching that, then noticed he mentioned you. That's a lot of grinding, a plasma torch would make your life a whole lot easier. Subbed and liked. Good luck with the build and Merry Christmas!!

Subscribed. Doug from SV Seeker sent me here. Looking forward to this build. I hope you get a lot more subscribers and a bit of help. regards from the UK

Looks good will be here waiting for more videos!!!

Amazing stuff my respect to your energy hope it all works out will watch all the videos now

G/Day! Craig, Uncle Doug from SV Seeker sent me also. Looking forward to your build. Regards from Australia.

I too am over from S V Seeker, subbed., this looks ambitious with the tools at hand, but that just adds to the attraction. I am glued.

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Doug recommended you! I'll be following!

Great channel- very impressive; looking forward to watching this build 👓

I listened to Doug, svseeker, my friend and neighbor, about your adventure with the SV Rusty Junk, subscribed just minutes ago and so far, very interesting. Hope to catch up on more of the goings on with your build. So far in this 1st vid and intro, already see your ahead of it. Continued good building and Happy Holidays from svseeker crew member !!

Craig, I've used small welders with a 20% duty cycle. I remove the covers and put a fan next to it to blow out the heat from the core. This greatly extends the time it take for the thermal overload to shut it down. I'm in Van Nuys.

Hi Craig I got the link from SV Seeker and I have to admit I am impressed. Just gotta keep watching to see how it ends and how you get it outta there! lol

I came here at Doug/Seekers recommendation...I subscribed and will watch it all! Good luck with your project.

Great project 👍🏻

Hi there another person from Doug at SV seeker came over to follow your project. Just subscribed

Hello joined from Seeker....... looking good!

Just found this, also because I follow doug from sv seeker. Looking great so far!

From SV Seeker. Great 1st vid. Subscribed.

hey man, glad to find your channel....... Doug from SEEKER sent me this way, cant wait to follow your progress, im in the very infantile stages of building a 33-34 footish tug yacht style cruiser myself, you guys are serious inspiration to me .....

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

If you are making videos, let us know where to find them. Even a tour of the boat as is would be interesting to me.

yet another from the Seeker!!! Best of luck

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

great engineering

Gorgeous work site!!!! Beeeeeeee careful!!!!

never liked seeker. gave it up long ago. found you on my own! lookin good.

You are crazy ambitious

fantastic build!

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hey , Doug pointed me your way, all subbed up and looking forward to your build .

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Sv seeker sent me... I'm anxious to follow your journey. Good luck!

Hi, thank you so much for your channel and information, I am just starting my journey to build a 37 foot steel gaff rigged sailboat... same as you for the lowest cost possible. thank you for sharing!

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Good luck on your build! If you create any video or pictures of your work, let us know.

@TheWanderingYogi

6 жыл бұрын

Will be picking up a GoPro tomorrow and start up the channel, althought there is a couple months before the boat construction will start I will document everything from the very begining of the dream!! :) will drop you a line when up in a week or so.

@sailingluckybear1045

6 жыл бұрын

Still me George, posting under my channel account, channel and First video up... let the journey begin!!! Could use a like and view if you have the time.

had you considered gunnels and bulkheads stood upright and flanged and then welding sections of hull along the outside? To me it seems the obvious way to go and since I'm not doing it and you are I was wondering what the thought process was for one method over another.

I did not come from SV Seeker, I 'tripped' over your boat building via Mr Google's recommendation. :) who is this Seeker guy anyway? ... just kidding :))

Sent by Doug with sv seeker.

May not come across that situation again now that you're past it, but if you're trying to pull stuff together like that, it's always best to just use a locking pair of pliers (the parrot style come to mind) and weld beads as you make it come together. They are also useful for grabbing sheet metal and moving it around. Digging the build so far, found the pic on Doug's channel, figured you had to have some sort of video by the way it looked and went hunting :) this is going to be a neat boat when she's done.

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and the idea. I love learning new techniques and how to use new tools. How would I use locking parrot pliers to pull the ribs to the sheet or line up a sheet to a sheet? Weld a piece to lever against with the pliers?

looking forward to this. would you recommend starting with say a rib Skelton and welding the sheets to the ribs instead of trying to do the shell first?

@craigreisgen8179

6 жыл бұрын

A rib skeleton would make symmetry much easier. The added challenge would be hanging the sheets on the ribs instead of standing them up on end on the ground. Hanging them would be totally doable with some jack stands.

Man, just about everyone says that Doug sent them (me too) over here. If you ask for advice, and I can help, I will. But, I'm NOT going to demand that you do it MY way! Subbed and following. steve

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! If I get stuck somewhere, I do a "Help me!" video.

GJ

Craig, i had that problem over heating duty cycle. i put 3 computer fans in on there own 12 volt power source, and i could well all day without any down time, unless i wanted the down time. two fans right on the transformer and one facing out to remove the heat. noise not that bad, rather well than worry about the fans, Doug sent us over from SV Seeker, Old One Legged Joseph T.

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Great idea. I'll see if I can rig that up. The panels come off easily, so it shouldn't be difficult.

Over from SVseeker (-:

Never heard of welding the hull plates first... wouldnt been easier to lay out the frames first?

is the boat sailing YET?

Doug sent me. Merry Christmas.

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you, too. Nice car!

@kevinparker7953

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I built that from a wreck in the parking lot of my apt. building over a 9 month period. When it was nasty outside I worked on stuff on my coffee table inside. When it was done it became my daily driver for years as well as club racing and car shows. I'm happy with how it turned out.

Doug sent me :)

Why did you decide to go with steel instead of aluminum or fiberglass?

Cool.. seems thin but still good.

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

I agree, but it is stronger than fiberglass. I'll post a video on strength specifications soon.

Curious. Where, in general, are you? If you're close enough, I'm semi-retired and might be able to give you a hand.

Do you have a set of plans? Have you ever heard of the "Metal Boat Society?"

Do you have a pattern? or a design? can you say where you got it from? Thanks, Joe

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Just making it up out of my head as I go.

Great project. But very concerned about collisions and structural integrity of the hull. They do happen.

@ckh2815

6 жыл бұрын

At minimum reinforce the bow area as much as possible.

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

I'll do more reinforcement. Might put a "ramming" plate on the bow.

was worried, with the statement of building it without plans, ive done that on small houses, and cabin's. they turned out ok but cost me a lot of extra money, and work but there never going out onto the harsh ocean salt environment. just a warning don't go cheap on the paint and corrosion inhibitor, it will come back to bit you or who buys it in a couple years. but good luck. not sure if you used corten steel, but I'm looking at aluminum boat's

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Aluminum is the best, in my mind. I just can't afford it.

@davejames1452

6 жыл бұрын

Can weld aluminium?

All the best. Im building a steel boat too.

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

Cool channel! I subscribed and I'm looking forward to the build.

@SailingYachtZora

6 жыл бұрын

SV Rusty Junk thanks mate. Fair winds

Doug did not send me. This is some random suggestions shenanigans

gotcha, may need a spendy welder too. for some reason women can weld aluminum as good as men.

Just "Hello", for now!

No plans?? Eish....... good luck regardless..

Maybe you should build a shed first ?

Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else is searching for small wooden boat plans try Joolaim Rudder Replication (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some incredible things about it and my neighbor got cool success with it.

interesting points ,if anyone else needs to find out about wooden utility boat plans try Joolaim Rudder Replication (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my friend got amazing success with it.

Please get a better camera :) nice channel

@svrustyjunk3327

6 жыл бұрын

It's all I can afford. Sorry about the quality.

@chineseal5350

6 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with the quality.

@lugerginyu

6 жыл бұрын

yeah 360p is great!

@chineseal5350

6 жыл бұрын

Arlandah Goinkhoser no its no great, but its more than adequate. He is obviously building on a budget, which people need to learn from. A ' great ' camera would be a unneeded expense.

Did you really not even bother reading Bruce Roberts first? I’m all for back yard boat building, but if you are going to commit to the time and effort, why not make some effort to learn a bit first?

bud your welds do not look good at all.they look dirty, your metal looks dirty and not even remotely prepped , and you have it laying on the ground that's why your welds more than likely aren't lookin too good. i don't mind the budget based mind set but you would have been better off getting a more higher end welder that runs off it's own generated power .