EXTRA WIDE 17' Custom Welded Boat Build - Part 2 of 3

foreign [Music] [Music] had just a couple quick hours to get these guttles on just the first tube it's a bit of a chore but straighten those sidewalls right out gave it that shape it kind of pushes the bow out just a little bit gives them a natural curve get back at it tomorrow get the front tied up and that back corner will finish it off just like that little angle back and down and then this will get covered because we had to cut around the transom this will get covered with a nice Corner cap Corner gusset and that helps strengthen up the transom too foreign I've got some tigging to do and then we'll probably just sand this the Top's going to get covered straight across with a plate probably some diamond plate that'll hold the trolling motor and the anchor winch and then we came in this morning the big thing that I wanted to do on this boat is make sure that I step into the sides so we use these tackle trays this is a eight and a half inch for the one inch lip we'll put some trim on top and a six and a half inch so they end up pretty close to in line the bottom sticks out a little bit which will actually make it easier to get your rods in and out of so if you look at the sidewall it really sure this up nicely to make sure that we don't get any heat warp as I weld so my next step you see all the tacks in here everywhere I need to turn most of those into full welds got to weld the all of the corners the inside the corners the middle line where the two sheets come together we're going to full weld all that on the inside with the Mig moves a little faster and then I'll take it from the outside but I also have to sure all of the stringers down all of the bulkheads down then I can get to where I'm able to put the floor and we're going to do a two by two angle in the corner and the floor what the floor is going to actually screw into will run across and that'll create a grid out of tube every 12 inches that'll create a grid to actually Mount the floor to pretty excited when that happens then this boat's really close so let's keep going a lot of welding to do today and then we'll get to the fun stuff do you wear your Sketchers when you weld yeah um maybe I'm get I'm getting some new welding boots I think pretty soon here runt reached out and said we want you to test out a pair of our boots and I said I trash everything so I'd love to try them not on purpose it's just what I do [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] everything on the floor is welded I've got a couple big knee braces in the back got a finish while nosing the gun was getting kind of hot yesterday uh but those are going to help obviously with supporting the 400 pound motor that's going on the back tie it down in I think the transom is plenty sturdy we'll also gusset the top corners just a little added protection there too I think I've gone through somewhere around like six or seven pounds of spool so inside's all welded what I've got to do now is who I will say putting the tackle trays in just tacking them I know they're a little wonky right now but we'll level them all out they're level against the sidewall they're just risen in the middle a little bit but that kept the sidewalls really nice and straight no warp or anything with that so really happy and that'll even play in more when I weld this corner brace in so that's what the floor is going to rest on pretty critical piece right there and then all these pieces up front you see we cut slits in them and that allows them to twist and bend into place for the hull for the bow to actually stiffen everything up a lot a little bit of extra work but it'll be worth it because that's a critical part of this boat I'm gonna get back to Weldon we'll get you back on time lapse and keep this project moving along [Music] [Music] remember we're doing this style of rail for the sidewalls for the gunnel so I'm gonna show you what I did on the big boat to get set up because last time I had to make the cut as perfect as possible to run this all the way back to the transom you can see it's just goop welded there and then just fit up in the front with a little nicer weld but still not perfect so what I did is something different I'm excited about on the big boat let's go look I took this is one in one inch by two inch piece roughly two inches I just cut it a scrap but I took this one inch piece and I mocked it up to and I cut the angle of the tube you can see that's cut at an angle there and that lined up here and what it's going to do is allow the tube to slide through still get my one inch spacer in here we'll do those every they'll be actually spaced apart every 10 inches the cool part here is I can get my tube cut roughly to size Leave myself a few extra inches and that way I can pull it back snug to the transom weld it into the transom then I can work from the back to the front welding in my tube to these little spacers so what I do first is I go from the back and make a mark every 12 inches and what I do is put the the back of this on the mark get it as centered halfway as possible and I tack it in with my Mig just on the corners then we'll go and run the tube clamp the tube to here on the outside attack those Corners we'll get them all tacked in and lay in some nice looking bead for that so that's how I'm doing the guttle little chunks the double tube and that right now can't really see it right now there's a bit of play in the sidewall that will be gone as soon as I get this double rail in then once the double rails in I can move on to getting that front deck that cover made I got to add some framework to that because we put an anchor winch up there the trolling motor will be in the front too and then I got to decide where the front deck is going to start and I got to lay all of these because that's one and a quarter inch tube I just had a whole bunch of it had to buy in bulk for a pontoon project but that's what's going to give us our flat floor so it rests and will be welded to those outside corner pieces that's just angle aluminum and then the floor every 12 inches will run one of these and then I will run maybe not every 12 inches maybe 16 inches I'll run connecting so it's going to end up being a big grid all the way from the front deck just in front of the front deck back because in front of the front deck say the front deck was here I need a little area for storage and primarily for my batteries for the trolling motor so that's what we're going to do I think it's going to end up being about probably a six foot front deck so somewhere in here is where it'll come up and it's probably going to be about 16 inches tall we'll run it across we'll get all these covered up by that deck a lot of work I'm going to keep welding that's the update where we're at [Music] and there is the look both sides are tacked in now I'm gonna run my Tig and make these look pretty like I said it's just a quick tack get it together and then get in there hot with the tig and we'll lay a nice little bead on each side I've been pretty much just running my spool gun for the last three days so this will be a nice break get in there get in my flow state with the TIG torch [Music] [Music] foreign and now it's on to weekends and after hour kind of stuff today's Sunday I'm gonna just put in a few hours try to get the floor started so I can get the front deck this part up here get that where I want it and then I'm gonna have to work that into the side walls and stuff it's a it's a bit of a bugger but I think we can get it done and that's going to give the strength to resist twisting and stuff significantly so that we can flip this thing because I got to weld all of the outside seams I gotta TIG all of that I'm gonna get to work on the floor lots of cutting getting them tacked in so we'll flip the camera around here and just show you what that's going to look like in a second so the floor supports are one and a quarter inch tube eighth inch wall pretty heavy stuff uh that way it's going to stay nice and low profile I don't want the floor to climb way up the sidewalls but essentially I have to cut them to the side wall which are all a little different and then we'll have to add brackets to support the floor because if I step on that right now it's going to Sag a ninja so so we'll add some supports in the middle a couple supports on the outside where it's lifted and obviously this being a steeper V in front is going to have taller supports as we get to the back they're only needing about an inch of tube underneath there I'm gonna get right to work here I got these stringers full welded so that's just that extra protection for the bow it's not going anywhere now really tied in tight and the big thing for today was getting those floor braces in straight across and I just looking at them I think what I'm going to do is run a 25 inch piece of tube across and that's going to support it and then I don't have to do little tubes up and it'll actually tie into each of the Cross members so one two three four those four middle ones really going to Beef It Up and it's going to help tie in just structurally too pretty excited about that that'll be the next thing I do that's where she's at a lot of work a lot of welding today a lot of cutting but I'm happy with where we're at I did add the one more down low just to beef up just that impact point if you are to hit something I'd rather bounce off of it than let it Dent us [Music] thank you [Music] I think this will help with the visual that is going to be the front step it's a little over 13 inches tall once we get the floor on there it'll be a little shorter but that will now build out two the front deck so we'll do a series of supports out support them vertically and that will be our front back so that's coming right together I'll probably end up I'm still debating on the gas tank I'm going to have to do a little bit of frame work in here maybe extend something forward a little bit to make more of a platform and we'll put a sheet of aluminum across there to support the batteries two batteries on this side and then the gas tank on this side next step is getting my floor supports in on all of the stringers or the floor stringers I guess you call them to share those up and then I'll be able to walk on them and everything will be solid because right now they Flex if I step on the wrong ones in the middle so I'm going to make those all shirt up then the floor framing is completely done and I can move on to finishing out the tackle trays this front deck the front platform it's getting real close but I do got to shout out to brunt work where just got these boots from them super comfortable I put them on day one with short socks no joke and they're super comfortable no chafing no blisters I can move around I can walk gingerly I've tigged in them so I can run my foot pedal it's another Sunday which means well I wanted to get more time but it's already 3 30. and I gotta head out in about an hour gotta get what I can done I have all my pieces my Force floor supports cut there's actually two on this because this is that front deck and I want to make sure that when people are stepping up and down on it there's lots of support there it's got the tube it's got 1 by 3 rectangle tube across it's going to have a ton of structure going this way so I'm going to go ahead and run in I've got them all cut they're laying in there gonna weld those up so we have that Center support for the floor and that way the floor is done and we can get to flipping this boat in a couple days sort of Lucky and unlucky I've got all the rest of this week it's Tuesday to weld so I'm gonna get the transom full welded on the outside probably do a little bit of front welding on the bow where it's easy to get at I've got the bow up right now as the train goes by so get this transom welded and then hopefully tomorrow we'll flip it and then I'm just going to hammer down as much as I can and weld the outside seams and the middle seam [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] flipped over actually went a lot better than expected so that's always a good thing the five of us were able to just kind of lift it up we had the forklift there in case we needed it but it really wasn't too bad once we started tipping it over we were able to catch it and lay it on down so it's on casters now I can move it around and I got to get to TIG welding so I've got everything cleaned I actually ended up just wiping down the whole boat but I sanded everything wire wheeled everything acetone everything now I'm ready to lay some TIG in so for the next day the 16th of August it's about 12 30. I think as far as I can today without melting my TIG torch and just keep laying in Weld and sealing this thing up so it's watertight [Music] [Music] thank you this is going to wrap up part two of this giant custom welded boat build we've got the runners on the bottom we're going to go through we went through with a magnifying glass found any potential little pin holes or anything like that I'm going to go through and Tig those up but we're ready to water test this you'll see that in the next part it is August 17th 16th or 17th today 17th so if you've been watching you know that I have until September 15th really September 8th or 9th because we've got customers votes coming in to get this completely finished inside and out for our trip up north salmon fishing stay tuned to see if we make that big shout out to brunt boots so they do all sorts of Workwear but these things I have really put them to the test I put my foot against the metal that I'm welding and hit it they have been awesome there is a 10 coupon code in the description of this video so if you're in need of new work boots I love them I'll keep you updated on how they hold up we're working with the product developer right now for boots for our boss right red you need shop boots the boots for my paws I'll see you in the next one thank you for watching

Channel: Toms Toons

Views: 132,862

Keywords:

Id: Z3a0Uf7CMso

Length: 21min 54sec (1314 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 25 2023