The Ultimate Sailboat Workshop

[@Beansforlife410]

Man you are doing awesome. I drove from Baltimore Maryland to Tulsa Oklahoma just to see it back in 2020. I got some great pictures on the rig.

[@johnsmithh662]

Love seeing a man literally build his dream. You are a huge inspiration.

[@motorcityboatwerks]

Pay them no mind. If they’re not hating on you, they’re not paying attention. 👍😁After all these years you STILL make hard work look like fun. You motivate me !

[@johngato737]

Thank you Doug. After spending the last month or so endlessly working to move my family onto an old farm, some nights I just want to vegetate now that we are living here. Watching you always kick starts me into remembering “the work” is what keeps a ship sailing. Thank you for regularly doing what you do, it matters.

[@SVSeeker]

Thank you for the positive vibe. Best of the New Year to you.

[@juanmercado2577]

I enjoy your videos . organizing is the best way to start a project , makes it easier when things are not in the way .

[@SVSeeker]

It sure does. And knowing which box it’s in.

[@roscoesimpson2639]

I sometimes wonder if you're ever going to go out and sail this thing, but man I love watching you work on it! You're very inspiring to me to keep on doing the things that I do. Thank you

[@SVSeeker]

Sailing is not actually a priority right now. Completing the build is. So first things first. We sail some and we built some.

[@shannonmullane318]

Just having a crazzy thought Motorcycle and a trailer in the little red boat be able to load it into the little red boat. Maybe like a rokon not fast but cool I know you have Tons of Friends But just in case😂😂😂😂😊

[@SVSeeker]

@@shannonmullane318 Sure, you could put one of those in the tender. We have a crane on deck. Just lower it in and out and drive it off the front onto a beach.

[@pgnandt]

@@SVSeeker Yeah a little grocery getter for the Hot Tamale.

[@jerremm]

I thought it was going to be a research vessel, you can make a workshop on land.

[@DavidVanHelden1]

He doesn't live on the land anymore... You must have missed that part....

[@jerremm]

@@DavidVanHelden1 no he lives on a house boat the internet built

[@SVSeeker]

I live in a beautiful world with ample opportunities. I hope you find your happy place in the new year. I was told I’d never finish the boat. Never launched the boat. Never make it to the ocean. So on and so on I am so done with listening to people like you and your negative outlook on the world. At this point, I only feel pity.

[@Jack-yl7cc]

A workshop is mandatory on a research vessel as a lot of research equipment can be surprisingly fragile and needs constant refurbishment and repair. Eventually I am sure there will be a "Laboratory" area setup as well, which is essentially just a more refined and polished workshop area at the end of the day.

[@bluehornet6752]

Spoken like a man who has never spent any time on a boat. The bigger the boat, the more you need a maintenance shop. To be able to fix something broken while at sea, instead of having to return to port (possibly while being towed), is priceless. I'm very impressed with the workshop Doug. I see you have a RapidTurn on the Tormach--so at least you have some lathe/turning capabilities. The other option for you is to have a little Sherline lathe as well, for doing small parts. I have a couple of them and they're incredibly handy.

[@Graveltrucking]

You having dragged up old bodies with the anchor 😂 Working on Seeker will be never ending you'll always find ways to improve things.

[@Sandhoeflyerhome]

I noticed, after a few years of one project, the day comes when you think you are done, then up pops a new idea, a modification, a must have, and the dream continues, ha ha I predict, there is no end in sight ever !!!

[@SVSeeker]

And that is the upside. There is always something new to imagine, try, and learn.

[@mp6756]

I have to agree about the PVC. Only once over my rather long lifetime did I see a PVC pipe explode that could have taken my head off. The shop manager before me used a 4" pvc pipe to plumb a large air compressor. I thought the pipe was leaking around the tank fitting. I bent down to take a look, and as soon as I touched, the elbow it sheard off at the thread taking a 2' section of 4 inch pvc pipe with it. I almost lost my hearing and my head. When you're storing 180psi in a 200 gallon tank, use steel. One inch or less no problem. I figured I'd share my cautionary tale. Thanks for another great Seeker update.

[@tomcren59]

I love your what you are doing with Seeker. Your gett'er done attitude is what the world needs more of. I am sure I won't be the first to mention to put your chip curtain on the inside of the chip tray might be a better idea.

[@SVSeeker]

Thank you. And I’m sure it will be when the chips start to fly.

[@rtz549]

Turned out real nice! 👍

[@keithc904]

Nothing better then getting all ducks, or welders in a row or on a shelf, nice job.

[@SVSeeker]

It does feel good. I’m looking forward to storage boxes too.

[@keithc904]

@@SVSeeker I have just sorted all my stuff in to new tubs that fit in and under new work benches, almost done I will upload some pics when it's more finished.

[@arichigdon5365]

I like the shelves for the welders but was wondering if they are secured to the shelves or do you plan on maybe a cargo net in front of them. Rough seas could make them projectiles, not to mention damaging your tools. Just a thought. Thanks for another great video.

[@ciberbri59]

Same thought.

[@SVSeeker]

I don't think so. It's an easy fix if needed but I could spend another lifetime doing things that MIGHT need to be done. : )

[@philgee6901]

I havent sailed a 60’ boat, but on a 30’ boat ,when you hit some seas everything not secured ends up on the deck as part of a ‘boat soup’!!!

[@SVSeeker]

@@philgee6901 Seeker is 74 ft on the hull and barely got water on the deck in 8-foot seas.

[@loubrewer8228]

Fiddles on the edge of the shelves

[@nickwulf]

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

[@SVSeeker]

One of my favorites.

[@davidhakes3884]

Yeah Doug this hanging out on the U.S. Coastline bores the she-it outta me. I always give you the thumbs up but go SAILING !!!!

[@SVSeeker]

I could entertain you, but it a better advice would be to tell you just to get off your ass and go out and do something yourself so that you’re not bored. Live your life.

[@davidhakes3884]

@@SVSeeker Doug I doubt you could keep up with me just following me around for 2 days , I just want to see you sail the heck out of your boat. I'm Older than you so pick it up sonny. lol

[@SVSeeker]

@@davidhakes3884 And you still have time to tell me what I should do. How privileged am I?

[@davidsears5576]

Great video great job you must be the happiest guy around

[@SVSeeker]

Not always, but when I'm not I know I can change it. What's that old saying? You got sad in those pants. You can get happy in those pants.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

First wreck brought up from the bottom. First adrift boat salvaged. You might want to consider putting an air dryer after your compressor or before your expensive tools that use compressed air (the CNC and the plasma cutter) with all the moisture and salt in air. That line that you discharged when attaching the new lines had a lot of water that condensed out of it and having rust form on the inside more expensive and potentially sensitive tools could become a problem. Valves sticking and failing being the biggest problem that it could cause, but there are other ones, like water sitting inside of the tools after use and causing problems that way as well.

[@SVSeeker]

I’ve had plans for a dryer. I’ve been using it without one for sometime now and really haven’t seen it to be much of a problem. Of course I’m just using it occasionally not in a production environment.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

@@SVSeeker Volume of air through does matter. The solenoid controlled air valves is the type of valve that will get rust issues that can cause them to stick, but again, it takes enough volume for that to happen. I would put it on a low priority since you have time before there will be enough corrosion to worry about.

[@BrandonLayMusic]

$30 transmission cooler after the compressor but before the tank. Won’t believe the difference it will make

[@SteveMelissaMcAdams]

I've always loved your idea of what works for you and who cares what anyone else thinks

[@SVSeeker]

It does boil down to that doesn’t it. We don’t take care of ourselves. we can’t help anyone else.

[@SteveMelissaMcAdams]

@SVSeeker Amen brother

[@sandchar]

Everytime you say what did you make today I feel like you're calling me out I'm a master of procrastination. I have 3 projects that are 80% done. I guess I should quit bitching and start doing

[@SVSeeker]

LOL I'm calling all of us out, but mostly me. ...because, it feels so darn good to make progress even if we don't call it "done".

[@grntitan1]

Only 3 projects 80% done? Lightweight. 😊

[@briansaben5697]

Is a thought in your head a project? If so, I have dozens of projects that are 1% done (I am being ambitious by giving myself 1% for having the idea).

[@Rcplanecrasher]

Gotta be so satisfying building things out while on the water

[@SVSeeker]

Getting supplies takes a lot longer, but yes. It is really cool to be running a table saw and watching the birds and dolphins.

[@user-ru2vz2xj8g]

Doug, hilarious what you think of when someone talks of a subject. Shop that I worked in, was an old gas station, we relocated the chassis grease drum but we piped the grease supply pipe through a cinder block wall into the managers office with PVC pipe and then out into the shop. This worked for 6 months until it did not work, the manager walked out into the shop with strings of red chassis grease all over him. It seams that the failure was not catastrophic failure but a momentary leak until the pipe failed completely. No one was hurt but it took a minute or two too get to the store room to shut off the air to the grease pump, one hell of a mess.😅

[@SVSeeker]

And it makes for a great story too. It’s all worth it.

[@Chris-ut6eq]

Watching someone skilled makes everything look easy. :)

[@SVSeeker]

I get that feeling when I watch, Jody get welding, tips and tricks. But I can’t aspire to be that good. :-)

[@TrzCharlie]

Great stuff Doug...thanks for letting us learn along with you.

[@SVSeeker]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nietfier]

Are you kidding me?!?! I love a boat workshop. It's my dream and i don't see people doing that.

[@Chilly383]

Great progress. That’s one hell of an elephant you are eating.

[@CerebralAilment]

I got a buddy who's a marine diesel tech Ill have to show him I bet he will be impressed. He's used to working on those Alaskan Fish Factories

[@Ty_N_KC]

There’s nothing like a seeker video that makes me wanna get up off my ass and get motivated for the day!!

[@dominictarrsailing]

btw, you can also clean the epoxy brush with acetone, or less toxic and cheaper, denatured alcohol. just use about a bottle cap full, work it in and flick it out. or better, use a comb. either cheap plastic comb or metal brush cleaning comb. it doesn't come out perfect but good enough for spreading epoxy. best with cheap plastic bristles because the epoxy doesn't stick as much to them

[@danmcleod7365]

really nice shop , on your yacht... enjoy every moment-

[@shannonmullane318]

Happy new and love the Channel

[@SVSeeker]

Welcome aboard!

[@jamarie1972]

Wow look how much you’ve achieved on one video, bet you’re super pleased. Happy New Year to you and Hope you have a fantastic 2024 Cheers Doug from a wet and windy England

[@SVSeeker]

Thank you, happy new year to you as well.

[@tallstacker]

i never knew u could mill on water thats awesome

[@SVSeeker]

Almost every ship and submarine in the US fleet has a lathe and mill. Many, like the carriers have full machine shops.

[@tallstacker]

@@SVSeeker that is awesome! Learn something new everyday! Not really a boat guy but will be following the machine shop build for sure

[@KamikazeWombat]

Looks like good progress on getting stuff set up to get more things done efficiently. I have faith in you being able to sail it!

[@user2C47]

As an electrician that does IT, my advice would be to keep the computer for the CNC machine away from the metal shavings and coolant, or to put filters on it to keep them out.

[@SVSeeker]

That’s why it’s on the backside of the controller housing.

[@boatelectricaldiy]

The 10/32 is my favorite fastener.

[@Dave_1966]

You are so amazing, the things you can put your hand to is brilliant 😊 I hope you have a fabulous new year and 2024 brings you everything you wish for 😊❤

[@SVSeeker]

Thank you! You too!

[@WildmanTech]

The Closed Caption recognizes welding crackle as applause. I'm good with that.

[@SVSeeker]

And when it's running smooth it thinks it's Music. Certainly is to me. : )

[@PlanesBoatsandSubmarines]

Awesome video Doug. Always be working on something 💪

[@billyword7428]

You should definitely make something to slide into your bow that’s open for heavy waves. That pins in maybe with pre-designated areas for emergency welding during heavy heavy storms so you can run out there and weld it on.

[@SVSeeker]

No. You need to look at the boats that have no bulwarks at all. : )

[@bluehornet6752]

Brilliant!

[@piperjohn_3]

Super satisfying watching Doug tweak his space so efficiently.

[@ericmitchell5350]

Great work, excellent editing and content!

[@DoorPro3667]

‘What did you make in your shop today’ as he is out in his shop making a shop! Very nice Doug!

[@SVSeeker]

Thanks 👍

[@grntitan1]

Doug, you are having way too much fun. Happy New Year.

[@SVSeeker]

Thanks, you too!

[@koningbolo4700]

thanks Doug for hurling my slightly larger and new to me van onto the interweb... Best wishes for you and yours for 2024...

[@ptrollip1]

Love it, love it

[@choimdachoim9491]

Regarding your anchor-watch monologue: becoming old and retired was the best ever for me. I've been trying for 2 weeks to solve one detail on the roof of the garden shed I'm building for Wife. I woke up from my nap a couple hours ago thinking about it. I go to sleep at night thinking about it. Not having deadlines is wonderful. I bought tile, etc. for my Stepdaughter's kitchen splash a week ago, delivered it and told her I'll let her know in a couple weeks or so when I'll install it (no charge, of course.) Sometimes I wake up at 5 a.m. and sometimes not until 10 a.m. This is a natural way to live and though slow, is very productive.

[@artip777]

Doug! I recommend you put net on shelves with plasma and welding machines. It will prevent fall out. Once at good storm it fly down.

[@SVSeeker]

No, I think that’s a longshot. I left my trunk stacked three high and everything stayed put in 10 foot seas.

[@juanjosegarcia8499]

A question .....When do you start your sailing trips? I would really like to see your sailboat sailing long oceans!!!

[@SVSeeker]

Me too. But I also need to finish building and learning to sail her. I sort of think that will be the best. : )

[@dmitrymikheev7899]

Many huge things have started from the single step. Massive expeditions require practice and experience, as any massive process does. I'm sure when you're ready, you'll find some students that generate decent papers from practical results they acquire within the area you're comfortable to be right now. You'll get the experience and definitely help to prepare for next expeditions better.

[@SVSeeker]

That is the plan. And there are a lot of projects out there that any of us can do. Check out seakeepers.org.

[@oliver9089]

Thanks Doug! Happy new year!

[@SVSeeker]

Happy new year!

[@zopEnglandzip]

Happy new year mate

[@SVSeeker]

Same to you.

[@scottwheeler2494]

We used to use schedule 40 pipe and 4f powder to make pipe bombs back when i was a kid. Blowing up canals down in Cape Coral FL. It was open land with no houses then... more than 40 years ago. They would put you under the jail nowadays. 😢

[@SVSeeker]

Don’t fuck with the old guys. Some of them know some shit :-)

[@jsquirre]

sewing machine is a textile welder

[@carlbukowsky1931]

Doug you rock…..got go out to my shop now! Smooth sailing, wind at your back….

[@ChadPrestonOfficialThree]

Fun to watch you work, Doug! Organization is relaxing. Looking forward to the "sail".

[@SVSeeker]

You and me both!

[@ki6hzs]

LOL I’ve used PVC for my compressor. It lasted about a year. BOOM! Man it was loud. I wasn’t out in my shop. I replaced it with some heavier PVC. No issues. We learn as we go.

[@SVSeeker]

Right on. I had PVC air lines in my shop for over 15 years. Sch 40 for the win.

[@pgnandt]

A marine surveyor once told me he can almost tell the condition of a boat based on the condition of the workshop. My first 3 days on a 60ft trimaran was spent unF'ing the workshop. It's the lifeblood of your boat because independence.

[@SVSeeker]

True that. It’s like you can tell a housekeeper by looking at the sink.

[@Jack-yl7cc]

I used to work for a company that performed brown and blue water survey and the mentality for how everything should be kept "shipshape" extended to the on-shore workshops too. The workshops were kept immaculate and they had a documented procedure for everything and not just encouraged people to create new documented procedures but required it. One of the surprising things for me when I first started working there was finding out that the company actually had an arrangement with a a mobile vehicle detailer that would come by on a regular basis just so that people who were offshore for an extended period of time could come back to a nice and clean vehicle.

[@pgnandt]

@@Jack-yl7cc Keeping something 'ship shape' requires constant routine. Not periodic events. What chaps my hide is when people use a work bench for storage leaving no place to work. 🙃

[@Jack-yl7cc]

@pgnandt Tom Sachs has a video for his "10 bullets" rules for his studio. The one rule that has really changed the way I work on things is the "Always be Knolling" rule. That level of organization on horizontal surfaces has really helped prevent that pesky problem of interrupting my workflow just because I "lost" something right after putting it down in a chaotic mess of things on a horizontal surface.

[@pgnandt]

@@Jack-yl7cc Yes a constant state of knolling and there is never a mess to clean up.

[@avonneave2131]

Happy New Year Doug and all the best regards from here on the West Coast side of Australia 🌏 Batavia Coast 🙏🖖🤟🇦🇺🐨👽🎄

[@SVSeeker]

Happy New Year

[@jurgenjudo1]

You've done a lot of work again, great video!

[@SVSeeker]

Thank you very much!

[@philgillespie9583]

thank you for the hot chocolate. I just ordered the book.

[@SVSeeker]

Thank you for the visit. I enjoyed it. : )

[@ohenrysservicesjeep233]

Awesome work ethic and willingness to grow attitude ❤

[@troyboyd3100]

I like that magnetic work light. It's $40 USD on the US Amazon, and the same light is $63 USD ($80CAD) on the Canadian Amazon. That's typical... This was a great episode! Thanks,

[@SVSeeker]

Try spending a couple weeks in one of our hospitals. :-)

[@craigfuller6187]

Great video. Keep the videos coming.

[@cybertuffguy71]

Damn I should of paid attention I was home in Tampa up till new years.

[@seancollins9745]

Painting the engine bay in a 1973 BMW 2002 ti, then home to install servo drives in my cnc milk. Bost looks good Doug, steady progress wins eventually

[@karlfair]

Happy New Year Doug!

[@SVSeeker]

Happy new year!

[@luckytoastsebastian]

I love building shelves. Especially in my log cabin. I have to fit each board to fit the log.

[@SVSeeker]

Betsy got me one of the pattern jigs for Christmas. I'm looking forward to putting it to use. amzn.to/48U8UGn

[@scottmckenzie2289]

Im the biggest bilge rat yet ever, happy new year Doug to you and everybody that has helped out. Your a good man.

[@scottmckenzie2289]

One day, one day Doug I'll not be a rat, it has been so enjoyable watching you from the start. Thank you for all your words of wisdom, passion and persistence. X 😊

[@billsrq1788]

Good morning from Siesta Key Florida

[@SVSeeker]

Howdy Siesta Key

[@thomasgarrison3949]

I love your sign "DANGER NOT TO BE OPERATED BY FUCKWITS". I need a few of those for my shop.

[@SVSeeker]

It’s a lot more fun than just a danger sign.

[@000polsris000]

Doug, where did you get those magnets for the shower curtain? I used to harvest them out of air suspension pumps that failed, but yours are new, and shiny, and not peeling or corroded or broken. I like. Also, neodymium? Great video. It's cool seeing you rearrange and set your workshop up so it actually WORKS now that you've had to use it. Your boat is pretty cool man. Congrats on getting as far as you have. Fair winds and following seas.

[@SVSeeker]

Neodymium Bar Magnets amzn.to/41Knz4y

[@curacao11]

HAPPY NEW YEAR😎

[@stephenshort839]

That Red Cedar could be placed around the boat to freshen the air inside.

[@SVHummingbird2]

I enjoyed your take on "When will you carry researchers?" As I have worked on my boat my answer to the question of when will she launch was mostly; "no deadlines because the wreck the therapy value of doing the work." I wanted to be in the water by now, but I can see light at the end of the tunnel!

[@SVSeeker]

That’s it. One day at a time.

[@reiddixon9708]

Sconce escutcheon My favorite word

[@cristianchavez7178]

Man, you are my hero!!!

[@SVSeeker]

Ha! Obviously you have never met me. But I hope you are inspired to find your happy place and pass it on.

[@gordtemple764]

Sewing machines are your mom's welder. fits fine on the shelf 🍻👨🏻‍🏭🇨🇦

[@mikep8080]

Those look like dells from a decade ago but they work well and normally a well configured layout

[@SVSeeker]

You only need a $75 computer to run the CNC.

[@mikep8080]

@@SVSeeker I used to buy that exact style of dell from goodwill and savers all the time for 10 bucks. I used to work in Point of Sales repair and I had stores with computers from the 90s still working and still doing everything they needed to do. One sports store I handled had computers so old I had to use floppy disks with the diag tools. Old stuff always has a use when its reliable. Look at your ship the design for the Chinese Junk is over 2000 years old and its still a good design.

[@mikep8080]

@@SVSeeker I just thought of a computer you might find better for many needs. Its called the Raspberry Pi. Low cost very powerful and easy to configure for different applications. Best of all its tiny

[@sandylebitz9959]

you had a small hatch that the paint was pilling off . what I did once to a old truck bumper . Heated it to get the moisture out then painted it , never peeled .

[@SVSeeker]

Yup. This epoxy is good stuff, but it has to go on a dry surface and in humidity less than 80%.

[@PAINFOOL13]

Happy New Year Doug 🎉

[@SVSeeker]

Happy new year!

[@paulmiller6277]

In UK you can get push fit plastic pipe especially for compressed air.

[@MacGuyver84]

Told you chips would go everywhere. Try vacuum setup. Might keep it less everywhere

[@SVSeeker]

It's a mill. I don't thing you're going to get a Prophecy Merit Badge for that one.

[@MacGuyver84]

Hey I earned my captain obvios badge fair and square. Along with the "don't pick up things that you just welded" and the "I forgot to ground it" badges too.

[@SVSeeker]

@@MacGuyver84 LOL : )

[@HugeK]

100% agree with learning to love hard work is the secret!

[@propylaeen]

Better watch till the end but as crew I would tend to have some belts cause its a boat… And I‘m pretty sure captain wouldn’t be amused when his tool flying around like cats. But what a great workshop and tool set on a boat!

[@SVSeeker]

I think wait and see is best. I've have thousands of predictions that just turned out to be flat wrong. Sure saved me a lot of time.

[@DavidVanHelden1]

What about all the people who donated money to this project Expecting you to take those researchers out ?.. They might want a better answer to that question...

[@SVSeeker]

If be patient is not good enough for them, then I will happily transfer their donation to SeeKeepers.org. But I think they would be better off learning patience, and you would be better off living your like and not trying to be an offended proxy.

[@DavidVanHelden1]

@@SVSeeker Well said....

[@doughudgens9275]

One of the things I like is watching Seeker videos is learning new things. I never knew that you could separate the plugs in an outlet, nor that neighbor circuit breakers were on different legs. I thought each side was a different leg. Thanks!

[@baileylouque6579]

Definitely can use the breaker as a switch. Just probably will need to replace the breaker every few years. They aren't rated for as many actuations.

[@SVSeeker]

Oh, I'm sure it will last longer that than. It's not like I even use that welder more that twice a month.

[@baileylouque6579]

@@SVSeeker videos make it seem like you are using it alot more than that. I think they are rated for a few thousand actuations normally.

[@christopherwebber1104]

Deadlines are crap, remember the insurance issue. It al takes time, just don't lose your way.

[@riverflyswatter]

Nicely done as usual.

[@priestblood]

Doug,do you wish you built it 20 years ago or are you happy you built it later in life ?

[@SVSeeker]

Well, I have been building it for about 15 years I guess. But I didn’t build this book to escape. I cubicle job. I rather enjoyed my cubicle job. I am very happy to be where I am today as well.

[@taleg1]

One recommendation on those nice shelves, add a lip to to front edge so that stuff don't slide out or off while sailing and the ship tips and bobs in the wind and waves. A lot of online nannies has very little practical knowledge and maybe skewed learned knowledge and that causes all sort of messes as they have not all that good a grasp on the real world. Oddly enough I too made pipebo**ms for fun a long time ago, and I learned a lot from it, I gain a tinnitus situation from it, but that's due to a miscalculation and it comes and goes so it's only annoy at times. The thing is, we all can learn a lot from reading, but only if we are reading truthful materials and online is not true at all, yet we often learn even more from doing, so people should try to do more, instead of complaining about what others do when they have little to no actually clue about what they are talking about and it's certainly not hard facts. Hard facts you learn from doing and supplementing that with reading. Sadly it's a thing that so many seems to skip or forget and the chaos we have online to day is partly the result.

[@bigun447]

Worry about exploding a plastic pipe with air pressure. First, the test pressure of the pipe is usually over what you will have, then you add in the test overpressure that is a safety to keep the Ralph Nader's from suing the company making it. And second, nothing is fail-safe. My grandson could have destroyed a 1,000 lb steel block with a feather when he was a kid. Oh, the catch-all word for someone failing to do something to prevent a fuckup. An old Oil Well Shooter who worked with hundreds of quarts of nitroglycerin convinced me that there is no such thing as an "Accident". The proper word would be "incident" as every so-called accident could have been prevented if only someone had not made the wrong decision or failed to do what was required to prevent the incident. I.E. If that sailboat had been properly moored you would not have had to spend time and energy to rescue it.

[@daki222000]

I use just plain vinegar for cleaning uncured epoxy brushes and such. bought xylene long time ago, smelled it once, and decide to never open the container ever again... cheers.

[@SVSeeker]

I use it for my hands sometimes, but that would take a long time for a brush. You really need to try the xylene. Great for the hands and drips. Also thins epoxies.

[@daki222000]

agree totally that xylene works better and faster. I have gotten the idea that vinegar only dissolves one of the components of the epoxy, thus leaving a residue. on brushes that are repurposed for epoxy, it is not a problem in my experience. quick rinse in vinegar, and dry on a cloth is what i do.@@SVSeeker

[@austinc2997]

Great video man! Question: how do you go about project planning. Most of the time when I’m building projects I inevitably end up forgetting something or falling victim to my ignorance. Seeker I’m sure in many ways or situations was this for you, how did you get past this?

[@SVSeeker]

I’m simply OK with forgetting something and falling victim to my ignorance. :-)

[@SKSOUTH2012]

Thanks Doug, great video. Happy New Year!

[@rudywoodcraft9553]

Jealous of the workshop! And I agree: turned me around in my work ethic many years ago to realize that productivity in and of itself has some enjoyment, which means a path to some enjoyment regardless of the job. (And I like having some of the 15-minute epoxy handy for small jobs like your cedar joint)

[@SVSeeker]

Right on! And I looked for my 15-minute epoxy and could not find it. ....I'm going to like having the new storage boxes. : )

[@luigiseguro4713]

Never give up.

[@SVSeeker]

Amen!

[@scotevert1]

If you want to sail to Greece real quick, on your way back to PCola. Stop in Tarpon Springs, just above clearwater, if you havent been already

[@SVSeeker]

I've given it a couple of looks. I'll wait for the oceans to rise a foot or so and then give it a try. : )