Moved to the country in '85, brought some battery hens. They didn't know how to perch, just sat there looking up at it. Picked them up at night, put them on it. Some swung upside down, just hung there. Got some farm chooks, who showed them how it's done.
Hi Stu, Great to see you and your fingers are genuinely on the mend after the recent mishap. It's true the docs and physios can help and advise after a traumatic injury, but at the end of the day it's your body and you have to be happy to live in it. Stick with what you're doing...it seems to be working. P.S. Eddie the Wonder Dog is an absolute phenomenon. He's a true sea-dog born to be afloat and every sailor or boater watching this wants to adopt him.
Glad to see you're on the mend Stew, everyday brings a day of healing once the swelling subsides a lot of that function hopefully will / should return, your medical team did a great Job on You...
Stu! I’m a bit concerned you cut and welded the item that stops your boat visiting New Zealand without you, now I know welders that would make it stronger, and I have watched you....... I also vote Eddie the coolest dog on water, and luv the chickens. Thanx for the vid.
I have 20 chickens here on my hobby farm. They are a blast ! When I let them out of the coop in the morning and feed them,it's fun to watch. And there are some that believe I also serve as a place to fly up on and perch,lol.
I enjoyed how you persevered with your limited usage of your hand. I’m in the same boat after a grinder kicked back and lacerated my forearm 2 months ago severing my muscle and tendons. it’s such a slow process getting movement back and strength. But like you I am back in my workshop playing with my tools again and inventing different ways of doing simple things. Hopefully we both get back to normality soon as been dependent on others is certainly not in my DNA lol. Great progress on Renko love watching the progress
Hi Stu, Good to see you getting better with your hands again. It will be cool to see some diving recoveries down the track. You winter down there is like our summer here. Haha
Great video! It was good to see Tailgunner Eddie back in his rightful place as the star of the show! We want an Eddie t-shirt!! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers from Florida!!! All the best!!!
I see your neighbour has their house up for sale!...who wants to be Stu the metal grinder's neighbour...lol. Love your vids bud. As a Berowra Waters boy you bring back great memories of the Hawkesbury
Greetings from The Netherlands! next time welding a large plate to the wheelhouse u can cut a large hole in the center of the plate and weld the inner edge to the wheelhouse to get some extra strength! Keep up the good work and stay afloat!
I was thinking about doing a plug weld in the centre but then I figured it was probably already more than strong enough. It is a great technique to keen in mind for very high-load situations though for sure. Thanks!
Glad you’re thumb is doing better. I’m praying you get full use of it back. Mine took about a year to get all use and feeling back. Enjoying the trawler videos use your info vids regularly. Thanks
The needles have a hell of alot of protrusion on your needle gun. Those tools are so bloody noisey! I don't think the sound comes across on the audio but they are also so useful. Glad to see you are getting back on the tools mate. All the best from the UK.
Glad that your thumb is on the mend...life is rather difficult without one! I had a severely pinched nerve in my neck that took out the use of my left thumb (and index finger a bit) for over a year...and that was after the surgery to fix it. Rear gunner Eddie :)
G'day Stu your thumb is looking good and your using it which is good for recovery process, the winch is looking good on the face of it you did a good job with it, my Sampson cleat was to the side of the winch but it's good what you have done. The girls are looking good and Eddy is a great little dog, anyway mate she's coming along well nice to see you stay safe regards John
Thanks John. It is tempting to add two side cleats and have the mooring come over both sides of the bow as a yoke so the anchor can say in the bow roller.
hey Stu.Good to see the hand back to almost workable mate..I've had a drum winch for 15yrs and love them..Ill give you one tip if i may and that is when you are dropping away don't take your eyes off the drum as they easily throw a coil of rope over the side of the spool and if you don't catch it the rope will get bound around the axel between the drum and the cradle and man it takes some effort to get it out, especially solo..I have even had to cut it and splice it back together until i learned my lesson..I threw the domed bow roller away as well after some frustration and just ran the rope up over a piece of SS 50mm pipe with each end flattened a bit to give it a domed effect and never had much drama with the rope coiling up unevenly after that..of course you may still need to drive left or right to help it on but the roller near drove me mad trying to get the rope and chain back on evenly and in one go..The SS pipe has been there now 4 yrs and it doesn't worry the rope as the water lubes it on the way up and going down is pretty rub free anyway..would i swap for a capstan winch? nope, not while im anchoring in under 50m depths
Great video Stu. Good to see you hand is healing well and your mates are always swinging by to help out. And then there’s always Eddy. That dog has the best life... And your girls are a nice distraction, always good for a giggle. Especially watching them trying to cruise along behind you when you’re off to grab them some tucker. Crack me up. Anyway mate, have a great week, don’t push your hand to hard and I’ll see you in the next one... ;-}
Great to get this update! Winch looks very well-placed, thumb looks pretty good. It's amazing how well we can adapt to using (or not using) specific fingers, isn't it? Looking forward to the next bits. Many thanks.
Hi Stu, Easy to say when it's too late... But , if you had cut the Sampson pat off at an angle you could of matched the angle and angled it away from the winch. You look after those injuries mate and keep up the good work!!
Dead middle of winter in Sydney, Australia, and Stu is wearing a T Shirt and long shorts, in summer it will be a long sleeve shirt and long pants....to keep the sun of.
Tip: for contact cement, get a piece of formica or thin piece of hardboard or plywood, cut "teeth" in one edge, pour and spread. Similar to a toothed float for tile adhesive. Much easier than brushing and no cleanup.
"Winter in Sydney is not that bad in the scheme of things" he says while sitting in the sun in his T-shirt... Over here (Belgium) it's summer, and the weather is worse 😥
Could be worse you could be in the likes of the American Mid West which had been burning up, or worse still down in Southern States of the U.S.A. that would be mad, what with Heat and Humidity thats a Challenge ... New Orleans, USA Tuesday 09:00 Scattered Thunderstorms 31 Degrees C and 75% Humidity....[Last Summer on the East Coast of Australia was seriously Hot... be careful what you wish for...]
I had My left arm In a splint from the elbow down for eight weeks just before I went to a welder fitter school in a shipyard, managed to cut a tendon In my thumb. My arm was really weak for a few weeks but got its strenght back pretty well when I began to learn what the fitters work is in large cruise ships.
That thick goopy stuff works great, and although what you are doing will work I would do it differently ( of course ). A tip for welding thin metal : hot and fast. cold and slow still too hot, do a bead either side on good parent metal and work in, going side to side to alleviate heat gain and a wet rag does wonders. I wear gloves when welding and grinding too.
Good vid Stu, love the comment about your winter, weather looks warmer than the British summers are. Get some more vids on the go, I am in self isolation with this Co I’d problem and just got a case of shingles too so need something good to take my mind off things 👍
FYI use the glue designed for synthetic grass. It's much cheaper and is designed for wet areas outdoors. Coat one surface ridged like tile adhesive, let it tack off, then apply carpet. Its a thick paste so builds a tacky layer to push the carpet into and bond Bunnings stock it
Great to see that your thumb is healing up pretty quickly Stu. I’ve enjoyed following along through your videos and am currently looking at a trawler to purchase here in Ontario Canada, similar size to Renko. It: 26 feet by 10 feet and a former fish tug that I’ll be converting to pleasure use. Keep up the good work! (Just a reminder about the single screw maneuvering video you mentioned- just an option when time permits) ~~Cheers~~ Aaron
Have you tried AB epoxy before. 2 part epoxy and is pliable to shape. Works great for finnish work and can be painted. Works great under water as well. Use on ruff metal surfaces for a nice finnish. Will shape w/wet hands also
Work will help you heal up, when I was at the Ford dealers in Southern California we didn't take time off for injury, we just wrapped it up and went back to work. At least you are not a machinist, they seem to lose fingers at work instead of just mangling them. The fumes will make you invincible, nothing can hurt you now.....
Ah yes, diving off of Washington State with a cheater on under a cold water wet suit, and gloves. Not quite freezing, but it was tough to make it 45 minutes under water. Fly away job, no dry suits available.
I think I would have made sure that anchor / mooring post had extra strength for when a storm hits Renko while swinging from her mooring . There`s going to be a lot of shock weight on that post . Tells us your welding will hold it together and I`ll be happy for you , cheers .
@@DangarMarine Cheers , I would be getting some Marine expertize looking into that , any signs of rust in the future and I would be re- designing the whole stem right down to the bow framework , that`s where the post should be starting from , cheers , Rick .
I was thinking of coming up and helping you for say a week but then I am from Melbourne Victoria Australia. I have a friend who built his own 65/70 steel yacht and it a Pittwater and was going to stay on his yacht but I am lockdown now for 6 weeks. I am looking a buying a small trailer sailor just to get me through until next year. I just need to have a yacht again.
Sweaters and shorts, must be winter down south. Who is that woman stealing Eddy? They make "spray tac" that is just contact in a spray can for convenience. Really nice brush you are using on fiberglassing Stu. I use the cheapo's in the 10 pack from Home Depot. Living large my friend...livin large.
Heat up resin not hardener in warm to hot water and it speeds up set time Using white iron oxide makes it last a bit bitter and UV light as well and hardens the resin even more. It's cheapest chips Its use it for coloring concrete
Get yourself a thick copper plate for pad welding. Wedge it on the underside of the deck etc. Stops the molten steal from flowing through the hole. Allows peno and the weld doesn't stick to it. 😉 👍
I did actually give that a go once, but I think I need to make the plate smaller as because of the irregularities in the deck I ended up with a 10mm gap bewteen the deck and the plate. Great technique though!
@@DangarMarine I have used hammered copper pipe in a pinch before. It is just something to keep the puddle in place long enough for it to cool. Then you can build on it with fillet runs
