The first pontoon was completely done welding so did our first test to see if there are any holes that might leak. The basic idea is that we welded on a few extra connectors to the top corner of the pontoon. The first allows us to screw in a pressure gauge. The second allows us…
Flotation foam?
I’ve been reading up on using foam in marine applications for flotation. The basic idea is that if your boat springs a leak and it is made of materials that are heavier than water (like the steel in my pontoons and boat/house frame!) then it will sink. But if you fill the pontoons with a…
Pontoon update: attaching the skin
Here are a few photos of the pontoon welding in progress. Since we finished the frame in the last update, the welder is moving on to weld on the plate steel that I usually just refer to as “the skin”. We’ve finished the sides, front and back, and in these pictures they are welding the bottom. (The pontoon…
Pontoon update: frame done
I swung by and took a look at the progress on the pontoon yesterday. The metal frame of the first prototype pontoon is done. The next step will be to weld on the outer plating. I’m excited to see if we can pressure test the plating successfully or not. After that we will begin the…
New project: Building custom steel pontoons
We have begun building a prototype of our custom steel pontoons that Kong helped us work out a simple engineering design for. Here are the steel plates that we will use for the “skin” of the pontoon: In this picture, the workers are carefully covering the steel in high quality anti-rust coating. After the pontoons…
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