Reusing old bronze portholes! DIY steam bending with an IRON - Building a 40ft sailing boat (EP 47)

[@garyhorton9280]

Good to see 10k both it should be 10 times more 👍

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Yeah maybe one day hopefully!

[@patrickmartin2826]

Love yours videos thanks so much.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Ah thanks!

[@kevinwalsh6450]

Two ingenious tricks, first the porthole and then the Iron too steam bend the wood. As they say you learn something new everyday

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thank you Kevin. Glad to hear we sparked some interest with these tricks. We have some great people around us showing us some great methods and out of the box thinking

[@edkleinstuber2119]

Can't think of a better way to spend 13 1/2 minutes on a Saturday morning. Thanks for taking us along, great to see you again this week.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Hahah love the accuracy of time spent! Glad we could provide some morning fun and entertainment!

[@ChuckScheaffer]

Thanks for sharing. The boat is looking better all the time.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! Happy to hear you see improvements every time

[@nigelmorgan3449]

Yes a fantastic couple

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thanks Nigel! Much appreciated

[@stevebacon5466]

No end to your craft making. Fabulous 👌

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jthepickle7]

Steam bending works best on riven wood, not wood sent through a table saw. (rive: to split along the natural grain) As a cabinet maker - now retired - I would sort through stacks, at the lumber yard, for planks with long, straight splits in them. The face of the split I would joint, then use that as my working edge. Do you get it? So VERY happy for your 10,000 subscribers!

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Yeah we just needed a bit of camber for the cabin, it held enough shape when we took it off the jig so yeah did work! We will show it in the next video probably

[@steveshierdoesstuff7420]

Hi Guys, great to see other crazy people boat building. Thanks very much for subscribing and watching my wooden boat build. I will start binge watching your vids tonight. Cheers, Steve from 'Steve Shier Does Stuff' Building Dragonfly

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Hey Steve! Glad you found us, there are to our knowledge three boat building channels of the same size boat in Australia, you, us and Sv mistress! You don’t have to binge watch ahaha we always enjoy your videos, cheers

[@matthewlang8320]

I always feel better after watching your build videos. The project type, size, material, and persistent progress performed by two gentle, patient people is just wonderful to watch.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Oh thanks, so nice of you to say so! Cheers

[@rickestabrook4987]

Well done on passing 10K subs!! Always exciting when your latest chapter appears.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thank you so much 😀

[@DWAJarrett]

It must have been Obie’s (Wan Kenobi) day on May the 4th. Boat wise lots of lovely things happening👍

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Oh thanks Damon! Hope all is well over your side! If you see Ian, tell him we used the lead ingots as fantastic weights in a glue up job!

[@polderfischer8565]

You deserve lots more subscribers for your excellent work and filming. I am always really happy if a new episode pops up. Greetings

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thank you very much for following along!

[@rossmain4142]

Congratulations on 10/- quite an achievement 👍🏼 you have a great channel, love how you both work together, never an angry word 😉

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Ah thanks! It may be surprising but we don’t really fight about the boat, sometimes very small disagreements on the most tiny things. Glad you’re enjoying the journey though!

[@quentinwoods8811]

👏 👏 👏 great work you guys . Congrats on getting over 10 thousand !!! Always good to see free ranging chooks. No predators for them around there .? Or safe night hutch. Best portlights Nice hands on steam bending too.!

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thank you! The chooks have a safe night time chook house ❤️ there definitely are predators out there at night. Obie the dog watches then during the day. Thanks for following along!

[@KayleenGnwmythr]

I'm gonna have to take up ironing again ... 🤣 Thank you for another great video

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Yep! Brush off the cobwebs and get ironing! Haha

[@rolandtb3]

Some usefull hacks for steam bending wood and disassembling port holes.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thanks Roland. Happy to hear you like the methods! Not everyday we get to use an iron :)

[@markpalmer5311]

Nice work! Hope the wood “remembers” its curves.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

It did fairly well!

[@RachelReavis-ik2qw]

An iron, a heat gun and two resourceful builders! And Obi of course ❤

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Cheers! Yeah they were all obies ideas anyway haha

[@bendaves77]

Need to take a candle while its hot and run around and seam.. the wax will melt and get into any threads or whatever is holding the 2 pieces together and then it will spin right off.. a old school mechanic friend of mine taught me this trick.

[@bendaves77]

10,200 subs when I watched it just now.. I've heard others say that once you have reached 10k your channel will grow pretty steadily until the next hurdle at 30k.. you keep putting out great content like you have been and by the time you 2 are ready to set sail on your maiden voyage you will have a following big enough to keep you sailing on.. have you thought about setting up a Amazon wishlist so subscribers who feel like helping out can purchase things you need going forward??

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Hey thanks Ben, 30k hurdle would be nice! Still a while to go though. We do have an Amazon Wishlist in our bio, it should work hopefully! Nobody has used it before..

[@CarlosCruz-vv3qu]

Nice work, nice people.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thank you so much Carlos!

[@ShredPile]

Weekly videos! Yaaay!

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Hahaha glad we could please you!

[@malliz1]

Great episode guys and thank you for the entertainment

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thanks for watching! Cheers

[@xpdnc9794]

All my steaming has been on huge timber in massive steam boxes. This is the first time I've seen a practical way of steaming small stock without the complicated creation the steam boxes to fit! Well done , to teach an old dog new tricks. 🤔🙄😉😄😜

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Oh well our pleasure! Haha it’s not as effective as a steam box but it certainly helps. Especially when you don’t have a steam box handy!

[@PeterSpringhall]

Breakfast viewing 🇬🇧. 🥳👍🏻

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Good morning!! 🌞

[@Lifesgood427]

Good update guys, always look forward to seeing your progress, one of the best boat builds on youtube, thank you and good luck!

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thanks Graham, appreciate the comment and glad you’re enjoying it!

[@rolanddunk5054]

Hi,I watch the wife ironing clothes…now I will look in my garage to see if there are any spare bits of wood that she would like to do as well(I don’t think).seriously what a brilliant idea,well done to you both,love it.cheers Roly🇬🇧.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Hahaha that sounds like great fun! Glad you enjoyed our little ironing action

[@MrFatalZero]

This is just what I needed. Needed to bring my Australian Labradoodle away only 9 days after getting him as a pup. Waking up, watching you guys doing beautiful work, and heading out to sail on my own boat… Thanks again guys for sharing it all ❤

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Oh that’s sad news, we are glad we helped your wake up and to get up and moving with your great days plans!

[@mikeblankenship3883]

You are so enjoyable to watch. Practical, simple and straightforward. Love it

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thankyou! Really appreciate your lovely comment! Cheers

[@bensteyn1974]

Congrats!

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thank you Ben!

[@fonhollohan2908]

Awesome to hear the good news of Ten thousands subs. That's awesome.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Yeah it was a happy moment! We are still climbing slowly..

[@ricksimpson1543]

Great stuff as always. Love the steam bending idea. Thanks for sharing!

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed our little “hot tip” ahah

[@ra_weir]

Cabin top is going to look classic and so are those bronze portholes that’s great to be reusing beautiful old hardware, they don’t make’um like they used to.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Too right! They are beautiful and so well made. Nice and solid bronze work. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@geoffbox4455]

Glad to see the subscribers growing. As you add more finishes, like the decking, I the numbers will grow quicker. I look forward each week to your progress. Keep up the great work(manship)

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thankyou! Yes we are having some slightly more engaging projects coming up with hopefully keep you all entertained!

[@rick91443]

Oh boy, found this AGAIN, before heading out for morning chores....cheers rr Normandy

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Haha thanks Rick, so happy we are able to keep you away from your chores!

[@ptrollip1]

well done! I’ve been running my channel for three years now and have only just cracked the one thousand subscribers

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Oh thanks! We’ll keep on keeping on!

[@ElleKendra]

Looking really nice.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the little update

[@Thomas-y3w]

congrats on the 10k

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thank you!!

[@DougPuetz]

Great vid guys , got to see how you did what i saw :)

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed a little extra vid

[@waynedoeblin6801]

A good little trick indeed.I was going to say,check your local timber supplier for curvy timber,I usually have to put a lot aside before I find a straight piece.But these two specific pieces are special timber I’m guessing.

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Yep! We have a few curvy bits around but bending with an iron seems like a bit of fun and it had to be a certain type of timber as you said

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

Jasper says hi 15 on July 2nd

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Hi Jasper and what a fine age! Must be well looked after!

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

Did you use starch when ironing!!

[@bengtrosengren9624]

To bad the videos are so short...;)

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Haha sorry, next one will be longer!

[@iefkelena]

Did I hear you mumbling that you are still looking for your tools after the clean-up? Did not fully understand your system so I put bits by bits, drills by drills and shizzels by shizzels...😉

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

You are the best, thanks for all your help and we're finding the shizzles don't worry ❤️

[@SighardTeichmann]

Congratulations on 10k. Keep on making this videos!

[@Building_a_Boat_by_the_River]

Thankyou!! We will keep pushing on!