welcome to sailing vessel Seeker in this video we're going to convert some off-the-shelf swivel
blocks into cheek blocks so if this is the mask there's a rope that goes up called a yard that
pulls the sail up needs to come down go through this block and then back into the pilot house
and uh this is going to be our block turning into a cheek block is not really much of a
problem what's interesting about these is how they're made because they use bulb bearings
inside not just a standard ball bearing that's sealed so it's got two of those in there so I'm
interested to see how it does the construction on it actually is really nice you know you got
shoulders in there that the bearings will recess and sit against and the shaft has shoulders on
it too so when you tighten the two nuts down it doesn't pinch in the sides of the housing
here and cause a problem against the sheath or the pulley not sure it's going to cut doing that
this is the block that I'm getting ready to replace and so this is
going to do this and I'm going to weld this on and I need it out from the Mast
a little bit lines up with the top of that monkey bar set back there
I think I'll just be able to run the torch along here and not use any filler rod
that's that's warping yeah that went pretty well they just pulled
the metal up because of the angle but I can unbend that
now that's such a tight joint I'm not going to use any filler Rod there either I want to
make sure I get enough heat into it that I got a little Keyhole and then just work that hole along
not sure that went in deep enough I'm going to put
a little bit of a pass on top of it just to give it a crown
okay let this one cool work on the other one on this one I've
decided I'm going to back gouge that I know I can get deeper penetration
that'll definitely give a stronger weld yeah I'm
going to do that instead a little filler Rod this time
yeah I like that better I'm gonna go back and redo that first one
bevel my tab here because you know there's almost
no way to get a TIG torch in there and do a decent weld on that side
okay I just left an ever so small landing on that side
you know it's odd is that didn't bend out of shape at all I thought it would you know
this big fill on this side I figured it would pull it up it stayed nicely in line
it's got washers on the inside and those give me enough room yeah I got 16th of an inch on
both sides oh but I did screw it up anyway those tabs aren't supposed to come out that
direction they're supposed to come out this way this goes on to the mass like that not like that
oh hell see yeah there's no Redemption just cut them off do it again
that is one thing I love about Metal it is very forgiving of mistakes like a good friend
that's not the right place well it pulls it in too much
break that off put it on about halfway down where it needs to be there we go
I am enjoying that it's getting a little better every time I think maybe when you mess up you
think of it as like you went to school because you know when you went to school you didn't do
any work that you actually kept I mean it was just you know studying so write it off as a study
lesson because I'm happy with that and the other thing is I'm happy with the the bevel because I
am not getting the huge amount of distortion I was so man I'm gonna stick with the bevel
not as pretty as you see on the welding porn sites but that's a hell of a lot better than what I
was doing that's it for this video you know the question what'd you make today hope you've been
out in your shop building something and creating something that you did not think you could do at
least give it a try what else can you do but you know do it twice send us a photo of what you've
been up to we'd like to put it on the end of our video and let you inspire others as well as me
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