Some pictures of possible interest

[Dabbler]

I watched a few videos of the guy building that 'Seeker' boat: NOPE. nope, nope nope... He's going to get himself killed or one of his volunteers badly hurt. It looks like his goal isn't a seaworthy vessel, but a profitable youtube experience 'about' building a boat.

I'm no expert, but for the things I know, he performs very badly.

 

[Dabbler]

arg! Now that I clicked on the link above (to be sure we were talking about the same guy), now my youtube suggestions are flooded with SV Seeker links... I despise the eye-in-the-sky Google and affiliate linking!

 

[Brent H]

@YYCHM : refer to this : https://tc.canada.ca/en/marine-transportation/marine-safety/construction-requirements

You can build your own boat and drive it around etc., however, should you sink and drown or explode or drive it into someone else chances are your life insurance will be void, lawyers would have a field day suing you and your estate …..

 

[Brent H]

Here are some other pics - check out the size of CNC plasma/submerged arc cut table:

Here is some of the plate that was cut:

And the business end:

That torch is about 3” in diameter.

There is also a 5 position pipe cutter:

Here is a shot of our tail shafts sitting on some rollers:

And one of our rudders:

The tail shafts are about 10 ton each.

Above is the rudder stock. It is about 5 ton. (We have 2)

I found the following poor table in the back. (Don’t cry @RobinHood) the certificate says it was originally a grade “A” certified true slab.

and here is the ship with its grain elevator style scaffolding covering the main mast for paint work.

 

[RobinHood]

Nice pictures @Brent H . Ships are just in a whole other league of machine size, aren’t they?

I found the following poor table in the back. (Don’t cry @RobinHood) the certificate says it was originally a grade “A” certified true slab.

You should see if you can take it with you when you leave. I’m sure there is room for it somewhere. Bring it up the St.Lawrence into the Great Lakes and off load it somewhere close to your shop. Follow Robin Renzetti’s lead and turn it into a AA grade plate with a bunch of elbow grease…

 

[6.5 Fan]

Keep the pics coming, love seeing the large equipment.

 

[Brent H]

I will snap a few more tomorrow of the giant plate roller, the punch presses and the shear and bender.

This place used to do pipe - probably for Hibernia or such so they have quite a few weld positioning tables for chucking and rotating pipe. Also a couple vertical mills and horizontal mills, 4 or 5 more lathes and a couple huge radial arm drills. All the stuff was left to whoever became the new tenant.

 

[YYCHM]

So.... is linking up with your ship an out of pocket expense or covered?

Seen anything showing significate wear during this inspection?

 

[Brent H]

@YYCHM : getting to the ship is on my dime if the ship is in the port where they moved my personal employment # but is on the Coast Guard dime if the ship is in its own home port or any other location - other than where they decided to move my employee number. It is a weird situation and affects me only at odd times a year ....very difficult to really explain and a source of a lot of stress so we sorta just leave that one alone. For me to get to the east coast - that is on their dime or I would not bother going - I could make more money making donuts than pay for all the flights and travel etc.........probably why the marine industry has a difficult time getting people.

So far wear items are all looking pretty good. We will be doing some significant machining on a few parts coming up so I hope to capture that for you guys to take a look at - should be very interesting. I have a few more pics I will upload tomorrow. Should be able to see a few mills that will not fit in anyone's basement - I will snap a pick of a Gantry Crane that @Dabbler would love - probably no space for, but it is big ass.....

 

[Brent H]

giant plate roller will do up to 2-1/2” plate

A small punch press. Good for 100 tons

how would you like to chuck this 3-1/2” MT 6 into your tailstock and make a few chips!

A Couple radial arm drill presses

And a vertical mill !

 

[John Conroy]

The motto there must be "go big or stay home". I'm not sure I could lift that drill bit.LoL

 

[Brent H]

To help lift the drill we have a small gantry crane. @Dabbler might be able to use a 32 foot high lift?

There are 4 beam crane in the building with each one rated for 20 ton and a combined max of 45 ton. Not too shabby.

I am hoping to get to the big machine shop next week …..

 

[YYCHM]

I am hoping to get to the big machine shop next week …..

Ha.... that should be good. Is there going to be a lathe with an operators station on the saddle?

 

[Brent H]

@YYCHM : not sure, probably not - I am hoping they have a couple horizontal mills/boring machines and perhaps a bad ass CNC that can machine the blade carriers (about 650 mm diameter). They are a copper/nickel/aluminum alloy - very gold looking. Will be fun to see shaving and coolant going all over the place.

 

[Dabbler]

nice pictures @Brent H That gantry crane is a beast!

 

[Brent H]

Here is a rudder pic with one of the guys standing in front of it so you can get a perspective on the size.

There are void spaces inside the rudder that make it near impossible to ensure the rudders do not rust from the inside out. To prevent corrosion, a slimy oil like substance is pumped into the bottom of the rudder and then water is slowly pumped in. The water “floats” the coating as it rises and once you get coating coming out the top you stop. The water is slowly drained and the coating sticks to the sides and frames in the rudder or void space. The coating is like car undercoating but a bit more “snotty”.

 

[YYCHM]

How long will your ship be in dry dock?

 

[Brent H]

Hey Craig, should be out here (me) for 2 more weeks (ish).......just cooking up some Lobsters and such for dinner.....life is good

Live lobster: $14/Lb in case you were wondering

 

[YYCHM]

Hey Craig, should be out here (me) for 2 more weeks (ish).......just cooking up some Lobsters and such for dinner.....life is good

Live lobster: $14/Lb in case you were wondering

I wish..... That's not fair to tease like that

 

[Brent H]