It's 3 Different Trades in a Day - Boat Building Ep346

[@latitudeash]

You polished that cat to perfection. Looks like new.

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Bit of hard graft mate.

[@martinneubert4068]

Ross of all trades. Nothing better than polished stainless. Nice work as always. Have a greate weekend. All the best.

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Thanks Martin Hectic times right now, loved my beet from my favourite though.Cheers.Rossco

[@martinneubert4068]

@@LifeOnTheHulls i belive so, there must be thousands of things to remember now.

[@gordonwd2]

Love the sight of polished stainless. Good job, Ross!

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Thanks Gordon what a long process it is.

[@eppot1]

Doing it all ,makes you a multi pro fabrikatio/ boat builder.. and its looking good !!!

[@johnwgibson24]

Detail or anything you do on the boat makes GREAT video... What an awesome build to follow every Thursday.. thanks

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Thanks John really appreciate your comment.

[@s.simsmamasboy]

Finally a you tuber that KNOWS what slow speed n heavy feed is about.

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Son of a gunsmirh toolmaker mate, I did listen to everything he said.

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Well understood and agree Rossco!

[@ronkuypers1224]

It’s amazing how you get towards the end of a project but it’s the little things that take all your time and seems never ending.You’ll need to wear sunglasses with all that bling.Nice job Ross,nearly there.

[@matswilliams1058]

I remember the colorful language that helped me expanded my English vocabulary in a damn interesting way. It has disappeared despite the challenging work tasks... 😂 missing it a lot 😢

[@latitudeash]

Your grand had some great robust tools.

[@colinwatson5771]

Great work, getting tantalisingly close. Good progress.

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Cheers Colin

[@fonhollohan2908]

Good progress Ross, cheers, have a good one.

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Thanks Fon, have a great week.

[@harrymerritt7745]

A total animal. Such respect. End in sight

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Good onya Hazza

[@stephenj9563]

Good episode Ross It might have cost a few dollars to get all those base plates cut with the holes but it would have saved a hell of a lot of work!

[@gregworkshop5713]

hi guys the cat looking grate .cant wate to see it in the water. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😄

[@Nena84734]

Wow, super nice work on those backing plates!

[@abritabroadinthephilippines]

I remember when you started this project and seeing it today you must be so proud knowing that you did this and you did it together with your wife and family. I am looking forward to seeing it in the water it's going to be awesome. Question : Would you do it again ? Haha probably not right. Thanks for showing us the journey it's been a real rollercoaster of emotions.

[@Kezzht]

Awesome work mate your yacht is a credit to you and Janet. 😊

[@johntowers8822]

Loved the stainless welding you did on the helm roof ( cover) jt

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Thanks John, so happy with the outcome.Ross

[@johntowers8822]

Awesome

[@Baj64]

I agree with you Ross, stop dreaming and start working, skills will come along with the project ! No name yet ? ;-)

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Haha, totally agree, the skills come hard and fast and can be quite costly when you aren't quite there., Almost there mate.Rossco

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Ross and Janet, you must be so excited I think it’s not far off. I have the girl in the water where she belongs. The work. Will never stop when you’ve got a boat as you know but you have chances of actually enjoying all your hard work anyway keep up the good work. Always enjoy your videos , Cliff from Logan City, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺 I’m on the big island 🏝️

[@geraldtribbe6363]

Your skill with cutting things with grinder is amazing!

[@ZenWithKen]

I hope that someday you make it up to Vancouver and I can meet you and Janet in person.

[@briantambling3918]

She looks so amazing. I've been watching for years and am so excited. Working on my own project I know the feeling of " it's just the little things now" phase. You've done an amazing job. You and Janet ROCK!!!!!

[@123turby]

I cleaned my laptop screen so I could get the best possible results of your amazing work. Spot on mate.

[@julesdufresne7822]

Let's go Ross! I'm so excited to see this boat in the water after years of watching this process!

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Thanks Jules, we are getting there, tonnes to do yet.Rossco

[@PAINFOOL13]

Looking good 👍🏻👏👏

[@ronsutterfield8430]

you have come a long way, both of you, great job

[@Finn-McCool]

The rule of thumb I've always used is: ~the SMALLER diameter cutter, to a certain extent, the FASTER the bit turns. In other words: ~One doesn't want a 100" hole saw turning at THOUSANDS of RPM and you don't want your 5mm twist drill chugging along at HUNDREDS of RPM. ESPECIALLY if you have good cutting oil. Naturally you don't want a tiny wire size drill bit screaming too fast either but as a general rule it served me well.

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

Looking awesome Ross! keep yup the good work sir!

[@normanboyes4983]

Roscoe you are doing amazing work - I bet you could have done without the stainless fabricating.😉👍⛵️

[@terrystarr3012]

Amazing work,love perfection.regards

[@latitudeash]

Very nice trinkets for the cat. Dress her up to look pretty….lol.

[@steeltree-fabricatingandcu3796]

you need a buffing party just like when you set the upper hull buff the whole boat in one day lol

[@icelandviking1961]

If you end up drilling stainless steel again look into drill bits that the cutting angle is 135 degrees instead of 118 degrees. Used them when I was a machinist and they are so much better. They save both time and effort. Probably should have mentioned this a year ago.

[@williamhamill813]

I have been using rubber gasket material under all my stainless and neoprene washers and acorn nuts. Keep all trapped water way from the stainless.

[@timdwyer4229]

Inconvenient to work on a boat that’s in the water, miles from the shop I would think. The shop…. where the tools are, and the air compressor, and the drill press, and the pails full of chemicals, and the drawers full of fasteners, and……😊

[@paulvlug-zu4tz]

Cobalt drill bits for stainless steel is as easy as hss bits on aluminium 👍

[@gregarnold5782]

Would you be able to share the plans and design for the rudders they look a great idea. Could use that setup for the rudders I need to build

[@cw3339]

So how do you clean the nonslip areas so it doesn't look so dirty?

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

There will be a mild acid wash that will remove the dirt then full polish to restore the seal.It cannot be wetsanded.

[@saltlightdix4704]

I love your attention to details! You're on the home stretch. Kev

[@lauriekennedy7984]

hey ross do you have your mast and sails yet?

[@heiko5081]

you should have out sourced the plate cutting to a company that does laser cutting for the time you took to cut those plates and drill them you could have saved your self a lot of time as that would have probably cost you less than $100 and the finish would have been a lot better

[@Matthew-c9b]

Hey Ross, what are the left over moulds out the back of the shop? I think I see an arch?

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Matt, the arch is the 2 piece targa mould for our boat.I opted for the more modern look and a hoard less weight and much better vision without it with our new stainless uprights.Ross

[@stephenroyal1619]

I know it is counter intuitive, but never pilot hole stainless. the pilot hole gets worked hardened, an it wears out the second drill.

[@mikewohlstein1162]

Why would you polish backing plates? Are they visable ? If not it sems you could do something else.

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Yep visible, also prevents scale on parts in harsh enviros.

[@william6526]

Hopefully you won't have any of those crazy killer whales where you sail that have been attacking the rudders of sailboats off the European coast for the last year. They have disabled quite a few sailboats by destroying the boats rudders.

[@vettepicking]

A laser guy would charge $100 usd to cut all those ss plates....

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

That was my next move with chainplates and larger basplates, anchor mount etc, smaller ones were done on the fly.

[@mikec6264]

Finishes are half of the job

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Indeed

[@AM-jw1lo]

We know you are in the detail stage, but it doesn't make great video. Perhaps you could have farmed out the stainless pieces, a polishing video as interesting as a sanding. We all want to see you finish the boat, but you need to question whether your really want to see boat cleaning/polishing at this stage.