Welding the bilge closed - Brupeg Ep.314
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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Our next step to getting the Cummins 855 engine installed, this week, we replace the bilge floor in a lower position to fit Brupeg's new larger gearbox. Thanks to Carlos, Dame & Birk we got it done!
Of course it's Brupeg so that means a lot of grinding, plasma cutting and of course sweet sweet welding. Now we can focus on the new engine beds and gearbox mounts... but that's next week.
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Once again,, onward thru the fog 👍👍
Hard yakka grinding, and that's not a euphemism!
I'm constantly impressed with the quality (and quantity!) of your work. But I will have to say, it's the first boat I've ever seen that is apparently made entirely of welding rod! Or so it seems.
All up we added about 1kg of filler rod to the boat. Buy alloy welding does chew up the filler. Maybe 4-5 times more so than stainless or mild welding. Was a crack course in how to feed filler fast that I desperately needed! Dame
Sod's Law of Averages states that using a 9 inch grinder long enough and you WILL end up in the Emergency Department
Jess :) all those brain/head injuries and her health and mobility degraded still gets down in the hole no one else can get into and being lifted out by Damian, so entertaining.
The red lead gives me the worst anxiety. I was on a municipal water 100,000bbl wst and we were coating the inside. The blast crew didn't tell us there was red lead in the tank to keep it hush hush from the state inspectors/regulations. Anyways; I helped them shovel grit out the tank for 10 hours strait with a handkerchief in place of a respirator and then helps blow it down so I could get to coating quicker. Had the WORST lead exposure experience that still haunts me today. The pain and cramps. The mental confusion and exhaustion. Took me out of the game long term. Small exposure-meh. You know this though
I'm sure I'm missing something, but shouldn't you have a thrust bearing somewhere in the system? Seeing that prop shaft just slide inboard like that makes me concerned for the lifespan of that transmission.
The transmission on most commercial boats is the thrust bearing.
What is a fiddle??
It's a smallish vertical 'lip' along the edge of a shelf or hob (or anywhere horizontal) to stop things sliding off as the boat moves.
Edit: Those fiddles are for galley shelving and made to slide in or out as needed.
A rail across the front of a shelf to stop objects sliding out in a seaway.
WHAt THe Hell did you wipe that oil up with
This went way, way easier than i anticipated. Camera lies and it's a bit difficult to figure out what's the low point, but i'm happy you managed to sort that out. Nice work everyone, especially to Jess, for being the MVP getting in that tight space, she's a trooper.
I guess by now that floor is already painted, but did you guys try and pressurize it and check the seams with soapy water? Having bilge water leak in the tank via a pinhole would probably make a mess.
I was just floored by how well this went
lol very good
Filming a welding arc will damage the CCD in your camera. Try using a layer or two of silver potato chip bag as a filter. That stuff is mylar and is the same as a #10 "gold" lens plate. Any packaging that looks silver or gold color can be used if its large enough that there is no brand logo in the way.
OK. if this tank is to be a hydraulic oil reservoir wouldn't have been easier to figure out where the pickup tube. return port and fill port should go and be welded in place or did I miss something?
Ahh, two tanks. Forward is waste oil, rear will become hydraulic at a later date
I am continually amazed at well you jiggle things around to get room to work in the engine room. Real team coordination. Great progress on the engine installation. everyone have a great week ahead.
Thanks Matt
Thanks for not welding Jess to the boat. We need her around 😊
A week or two ago the Scottish Folk Singer, Dougie MacLean, told a story on his weekly live music show about being a welder's helper on a big oil project in Scotland when he was a young man. He said all the welders were from Texas (and all wore "Cowboy Hats") and they were extremely well compensated for their welding expertise. Do we need to worry about some large company that needs skilled welders trying to entice Damien to go to work for them?🤔🤔 His welding is looking pretty darn good.🙂🙂
That was probably oil or gas pipe welding, that's very special work because of the stringent standards they have to meet and those Welders qualified to for work those company's can travel the world on that qualification
Normal welders in Australia are paid very well though, basically the more expensive your tickets and qualications are, the better paid you are
Now days you need all your safety certs as well as your welding tickets, working at heights, rigging, white card, so on and so forth
Welders qualified for harness work are very well paid
Under water guys are the highest paid of the lot, for good reason
Suggestion I would of left the sump fully open and just welded flitten run tube across the void and weld an extra skin in the viod one inch of the inner plates for safety.💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡🤔🤔👈👈👍👍Saving a ton of time and you can really see when the oil sump NEEDS to be emptied.👉👉👉👉But still an excillent fabrication learning curve for those who never worked with steel. Which isn't set in stone WSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When chain falling a unit out or in. The absolute best way to level to install a piece of equipment is to hook up on the port side and one on the starboard side and a leverer chain fall at eather end aft or stern to ajust your pitch angles to install your eqiupment flawlessly. 🤔🤔👍👍Maybe next time.
Damian, Big Bird would be so proud of you!
That was definitely a lot of cramped difficult cutting and grinding.
My carpal tunnel aches just from looking at it.
Great to see you out and about Jess 😃
😀👍
Always Great and Perfect Job 👌🏼👍🏼🥂🥂🥂🥂🙏🏾
My weekly welding and metallurgy tutorial...much appreciated!
Another terrific effort, especially those in confined spaces. Love those Long Johns…. you just can’t beat a Tuba in the background ;)
I know you explained why etc… but I would really feel a little better it just a little bit of something what used as a vibration damper for the engine… even just a 1cm think hard-ish rubber… just something…. I’m just imagining people trying to sleep with the engine powering for 20 straight days and nights…. Is there anything at all that could be done? :)
Dame, Jess & Crew, no job seems ever to big for you guys. You always have such a positive attitude. A true inspiration.
Thanks mate
Take away grinding wheels and you guys extend your time by a year!!! That floor looks great. Do you intend Oil changes by pump instead of a drain? One thing to tell if the gears are flaking etc. is that magnet on the drain plugs....
I thought the gearbox fitting issue would have put launch date back 6 months but looks like only 1 month now.
Why is there a forklift wheel in the bell housing?😂😂😂 joking but every time I see it that's what goes through my mind
The the "Count" impression. Great job guys.
i just love has casually dame is cutting in the boat like it an average week. Can't wait to see what happen next
Laughed out loud on the train to work when you did the Count Dracula impersonation 😂
I posted this last week and would ask you consider it or at least discuss it.
I'm not a marine engineer but I did have a career in the USCG. I am wondering about storing waste oil, or any pollutant, in the keel at the bottom of the ship. While shes a fine old ship with good steel ...well you know "steel" happens. 😮! Your plans include Arctic trips and one of my jobs in the USCG was we used to bomb icebergs with florescent orange paint. Yes I'm old. This was before satellite tracking, GPS, computers, cell phones and on and on. Like I said I'm old. As we know upwards of 80% of an iceberg can submerged and sorry to say would slice Brupeg like a plasma torch through aluminum foil. Sooo maybe a little more thought into that? Love youse guys and you're getting close!!!!
um I've no idea what you are getting at at all. Yep most people know icebergs are dangerous and a lot of ships they would damage? Are you suggesting they fill the bilge tanks with foam or something??
That tank is located near the stern of the boat, they would have to do a lot of damage before getting anywhere near that tank. That boat would sink long before ripping that section of the hull open and they would have much bigger problems to contend with.
Doubtful they'd have issues so far back. Also, if they do... then the oil in that tank is the last thing that pollution should worry about.
Also... i've bad news, these days fiberglass boats sail into regions that would've meant certain death even 20~30 years ago. These ain't the days of the Northern devil passage anymore. We lost the ice, we're heading for disaster.
@@garyharris8082 A bilge is a bilge is a bilge. It catches most everything and then the Seaman Apprentice finds out how to clean one when it's time. I just think it's a bad thing to use it as a planned space to store old oil from at sea changes. Think of the worst stuff that can happen to you at sea and then realize you ain't seen nothing yet. It's not the high probability but the improbability of something happening that catches you. I flew search and rescue in the north Atlantic for 5.5 years and I have seen the most prepared and careful sailors lose everything including their lives when the underestimate the ocean. I'm just bringing things up that worry me after my career as a professional.
This tank had waste oil in it for the last fifty years, the only change we are making is dumping it out old onboard oil into it and pumping that oil out every few years rather than leave it in there. Tanks like this are very common on small ships to be used as waste oil holds
Great job guys , bloody strong job 👍🏻
What about the 3 phase motor that was supposed to be the backup get home motor with the genset? Where is that going to connect?
That will connect to the prop shaft but not for a year or so due to cost management
Progress is being made.looking forward to seeing the engine/gearbox installed
Another great job seeing it plated and welded. Did the welding burn the paint on the outside of the hull? While I watched the welding it just hit me that the paint on the outside might not fair well. It too can be fixed.
Yeah that paint died but is easy to epoxy prime and build back up as it’s just a line where the weld is
Are you going to pressuretest the two keel tanks before fitting the gearbox? Just to ensure there are no leaks in the newly welded bilge plates.
Yes
Do you need to pressure test that lower tank to make sure the weld is water tight so the bilge doesn’t leak into it?
The unimig seen at 20:58 is a nice bit of kit. I like a good MIG-centric techno future thing.
Yeah it’s a pretty awesome welder. Makes a huge difference inboard having an all in one machine
You did the right thing. It took 2 - 4 days but looks very robust. Long term, you did not put a foot wrong. Maintenance just got alot easier.
Wohoooo! Great episode as ever.
And I finally know who played that somg you used a while ago - hooray for The Long Johns!
And each of those corners put a round hole for water to drain into the bilge an another suggestion put you a t track on the roof of the engine room so you can move your hoist back and forth
Love you guys, Great show! Stay safe, cannot wait to see you launch Brupeg. Almost there.
Lovely job guys !
i love this great job done by all its looking so dam good it would be good to see Bruce and Peggy come for the launch and see there opinion on all the custom work done to this beauty .. all the best big pete..
I wonder how many cutoff wheels you guys have used over the years in Brupeg? It was good to meet you in the yard when I was up in Burnett Heads whilst house hunting a month or so ago Dame. Brupeg is really getting there now.
Thanks Nick you too mate
Wow that was a lot of fireworks in this episode. Brupeg is looking good and coming together. Missing Margo already.
From the last video's intro, she should have been present in this video. In fact, she should be in another 6ish videos. Margo was supposed to be aboard for 3 months.
@@ChuckDaBear I remember in the last video it was announced that Margo was going back to France. But they never elaborated for how long and why or if she's returning to Burpeg.
@@nascarncoke Last video Jess said Margo would be with them two more weeks.
❤A very big job but well done guys❤ Good to see you up and about Jess ❤
I think the engin3 room should be off limits to Jess. I wouldn't want to see her injured again.
That’s like saying the savannah is off limit to a tiger.
🐅 (tiger emoji)
So what will have to be done to get the limp home motor in? Or is that a job for after launch? The words of all that have held something that is going to be welded "don't burn me" followed by the yips of weld splatter hitting. Been there.
Hi Darren, fair bit of work so we will delay that till after launch and fit it in the water.
@@ProjectBrupeg sounds fair, don't want to go over your quota of sparks for the year either. 🤪
Bloody marvelous job everyone. The Engine and gearbox will be in place and secured in no time. Whoop whoop !
That welder sounds spicy
He can be but most of the time he is harmless
Good you have clearance now. Local swimming pool to loosen the body after using it in a confined space may help. 😂
Would a gantry rail above the engine and gearbox be a consideration for future engine/gearbox changes???
The issue is space. We’d loose height to the rail. Then more height to the trolley, then more to the chain block. As it is we are on the limit of available space with just the chain block. A taller engine room and a gantry would be amazing
@@ProjectBrupeg Thanks, judging height from this side of the screen is difficult. You guys are doing a great job. I'm a rusted-on Brupegophile.
Thanks mate, great to have you with us
When you weld in those gearbox mounts are you going to space them off the 'box with a few washers before welding? This will give you a small amount of adjustment for the final alignment of the 'box/shaft.
I was thinking the same but i think it would be better if they made them out of angle iron and bolted them down to corresponding flat plate welded to hull this would allow left to right adjustment as well as allowing them to shim up and down for alignment and give them support to remove gearbox for any repairs
i know you are probably well aware, but at 16:47 do i see daylight through a pinhole? can't be good for a boat to have a hole in it, can it?
That’s the camera picking up the reflection of a lights shining on some left over black oil
Hmmm cooked plums! Took one forthe team there dame!!!
P.s.i thought you had a plasma cutter?
You have been working on your filming of your welding. Starting @30:33 you were getting some good closeups of the welds. I can actually see what you are doing fairly well.
Amazing job with the whole team on the bildge rework!! Amazing communication and team work on all of it so far!!
I have been watching your channel for over two years now and still look forward to each new video. Keep up the great work. Dave from Canada.
Awesome! Thank you!
Great video all of you beautifully Edited Jess
Thank you so much!!
can anyone imagine what the Romans could have built if they had a 9 inch angle grinder lol stay safe all
Now now get a room you two boy there's some work going on in the engine well hope all goes well
Welldone. That is a good aolution! Like it.
Master grinding ,n cutting real deal Bravo
You could of used CO2 with the plasma cutter instead of compressed air when cutting out the bilge. The other benefit of using inert gas when plasma cutting is better cut quality.
That works, and it does improve finish (i use both CO2 and oxygen for very fine parts, depending on metal)... but it needs multiple bottles a special manifold to pool it all OR you need a bigger tank. All these cost more money. Not worth it, cleaning the tank should suffice. My tank is 4 times bigger than the standard EU CO2 tank, and i can only charge it in a special place. The manifold that would've allowed me to use normal tanks is stupid expensive. I'd get it, but it's cheaper to fill the bigger tank than 4 independent ones (cost per operation, yeap, they gut us for everything).
@@aserta My gas supply send a truck to my shop to fill my compressed gas tanks. I was using a lot of H35 and F5 compressed gas with my plasma table when cutting stainless and aluminum. The F5 seemed to produce better results but was extremely expensive. I don't use either of them anymore since I purchased a omax water jet. The cost of cnc plasma cutting equipment has dropped down so much and with the abundance of used water jet cutting equipment on the market it is now much more affordable. I paid $12,000 for my 7 year old omax water jet and it was extremely low time when I purchased it. I paid 3 times that amount for my first plasma table.
My large outdoor compressed gas tanks are now only used for nitrogen, I use the nitrogen in my autoclave. It is used for interting so that the autoclave doesn't explode like a bomb when curing composites in it.
Most people do not realize that plasma cutting was invented using inert gas and the switch to air plasma cutting came much later.
Noice keep on keeping on 😂 you will be in Ireland in no time 😂
That is a tight squeeze to get the driveline installed! How will you go about dropping the sump if it becomes necessary?
Lift the box if needed. Will never drop the sump inplace
Yes do check 16,47 was a hole
That’s the camera picking up the reflection of a lights shining on some left over black oil
@@ProjectBrupeg Ok, good to know.
The Family that chills in the bilge together stays together . Great vid as always keep up the good fight .
And other country and western lyrics.
Engine Room - HELMETS !!!!
Can you stick a welding glass in front of the camera so we can see what you are seeing as you weld?
We are looking at this but it’s a bit of a challenge we haven’t quiet solved yet with auto focus settings
@@ProjectBrupeg you mean manual focus right? 😁
Auto. Manual is a pain in the bum for what we do
@@ProjectBrupeg true but if you had a fixed camera position with the glass on it, focus it up one time then do the weld.
It’s sounds easy when you put it like that. In practice our cameras never leave auto as we just don’t have time to reset for every shoot.
I was unaware of Jess’ multiple brain injuries! Is it a concern then for her to go to sea, which may sometimes be quite rough? How will you handle this? Or, is she currently in recovery mode? Concerned and curious about her safety long term.
Hi Cathy. Jess is one of the most adventurous people on the planet. She is in recovery/ongoing management for the brain injuries but she is also away that some legs of the journey might not be possible onboard and we will figure another way for her, ie she meets us ahead and we take the boat to where she is
Well that makes sense. I understand she is adventurous, but I was curious about risk management on her behalf. So, now I know, I won’t wonder any longer. Thank you.
Great video 2x👍
Correct usage of "brought" in the intro - well done 👍
Glad you liked it!
Looks good keep up the good work
Love ya work! 👍
Awesome!!!!
Ding!
Dong!
does the new bung you welded in from the oustside, does it need a fairing dome or some sort of filler to "smooth" the shape a little? or is it just too small to really worry about scraping it off on some random pack ice?
Too small and there is so much weld on it that driving it into a concrete pier would damage the pier not the bung...
Also known as a "register" fit.
Congrats another project knocked off the list.
Dear Jess and Damian,
What a hell of a job it was to create enough space for getting the new gearbox of Brupeg in line with the shaft but as with more challenges in the past you also fixed this problem so hopefully in the next vlog of yours the gearbox as well as the engine will be in position in the boat. That will be a mile stone closer to the general finishing of Brupeg. As always WIlleke and I look forward to your next vlog and send you love from the Netherlands
Nice work!