Building a Boat with Plastic Barrels and Wood in the House | by @araujocaiaque

Everyone has been on a boat at some point in their life. But few people have ever seen one built. You should see one particularly talented craftsman transform ordinary plastic barrels into an incredible boat. This creator took on the project using plastic materials and an engine. Witness every step of the transformation in this fascinating start-to-finish build. Watch this boat building review and tell us what you think. Please subscribe to our channel and like the video.

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[عبدالرحمن-ب]

Creative man and great work
Keep innovating the world
He needs work like this

[zistpooya]

I think your boat needs an inner shell as a floor cover. In fact, the body should be two layers.

[Bazaar]

HDPE can be weded with hot air gun and is guaranteed 100%waterproof. With the nails sooner or later water enters

[davfree]

Now reinforce the outside of the hull with fiberglass for rigidity and sealing all the leaks that will come up when the mechanical resistance of the water roughens up and thins the plastic.
The workmanship was good... But there is a best practice to making anything that floats on the water that significantly reduces the potential for accidents and/or failures in the material/construction.

[gacattack]

While good work the best use of these barrels is in pontoon boats.

[mehrcat]

I really don't think that butt jointing the wooden frames and nailing some plastic patches on will last very long.

[robertblahnik]

My neighbor who was a brainiac made a catamaran using oil drums halves back when they didn't have plastic drums. He put them 4ea long ways and brazed them together Then added copper tubing over it. He reinforced the hull by also bridging it with copper tubing. When he was done he sprayed the bottom a lot of coats as he did with the inside. He put an aluminum wave shield in the front. He put a 20hp motor on the starboard side as he operated it on the port side. The first trial checked out but it was completely under powered. So he kept increasing the Hp until the boat balance out. Eventually heard it sank due to an retaliation for stealing someone's girlfriend.

[jomishx]

That's a pretty awesome build. I don't know how we expected that not to leak. I think I put a roll of butyl and some stainless screws in. Let's go fishin!!

[dreamchangjo]

아주 멋진 배 입니다. 저라면 플라스틱과 목재 사이에 고무 타이어 조각을 넣어 밀봉을 할것 같습니다....

[bernardlonger]

Economiquement intéressant, mais le problème c'est que rien ne colle sur le polyéthylène, donc pas facile de faire l'étanchéité !

[richj]

More work than necessary. I would have made a couple of pontoons, built a frame and structure on top. Mounted a motor and been on my way.

[stonerphil]

On peut faire un bateau avec a peu prés tous type de matériaux, il faut tenir compte de la résistance, du poids et de la facilité a mettre en œuvre.
le gars fait avec ce qu'il a sous la main, des barils en plastiques, mais disons-le clairement ce n'est surement pas la meilleure solution, la fibre de verre, le bois ou l'alu seront évidement bien préférable plus durable et fiable! bravo tout de même pour le travail et la patience!
Je vois tout de même un inconvénient majeur sur cette réalisation, indépendamment de l’étanchéité qui pourrait être moins bonne a longue échéance,
il n'y a aucun fond de sol rigide et si on pose les pieds sur les ptastiques en dehors des longerons de bois, il y a fort a parier qu'on pourrait passer a travers ou affaiblir l'assemblage.

[fngrusty]

Love it . Looks easy enought. Built a few boats out of plywood, this looks great.

[diytoptricks]

The video was incredibly informative and inspiring. Watching the entire process of building a boat from plastic barrels and wood was fascinating. Thank you for sharing such a creative and eco-friendly project. Highly recommended for anyone interested in DIY projects!

[lenny]

Nicely done! The difficulty is all the woodwork to get a solid wooden frame.

[Bowzerbro]

This is pretty cool, not sure how safe these boats are compared to boats created in traditional materials such as various fibber or just wooden boats. I can imagine these are ok on rivers, but how does that plastic handle sea water? Also I think an improvement would be to use a heated wire cutter to cut plastic or a similar tool. And recycle the scraps too.
Using a saw creates a lot of plastic dust, which is both bad for environment and everyone else, while also being very bad for the worker(s).
Of course, just reusing the barrel for their original purpose would be an even better use.

[flyingfox]

I think your boat needs to be another 15 foot longer!

[ObetPontilan]

Keep up the good work ...love making...

[jaabnegat]

Ładny projekt łodzi! Ta, wykonana przez ciebie jest fajna ale wykonana wg. mnie dopiero w połowie. Brakuje przede wszystkim podłogi oraz zabudowy burt od środka. Bez zabudowy podłogi, stanięcie nogą na dnie łodzi grozi po prostu jej rozerwaniem i zatonięciem!
Pozdrawiam

[MichaelBritt]

Goose wasn't bothered by the guy sawing right next to it.