They look great! Now just mail them to me so I'll have them for my next kayak.

When you drill the hole in the kayak be very careful because you only get one shot at it. You might try to clamp a guide block on the side of the kayak to help guide the forstner bit. I usually like to drill a hole from each side and then make them bigger and bigger to pull them straight, but the problem is that the pilot tip of the forstner bit is almost non-existant.

When I drilled mine, I made a real small pilot hole from each side, and only reamed them a little bigger. Then I drilled with the forstner from each side (the outside needs to be right). If the holes wouldn't have lined up perfectly I could have pulled them together on the inside of the kayak, then the outside holes would be round and the middle of the holes would have been oval. It wouldn't matter since it will get filled with resin anyway.

Another easy way would be to fiberglass tape the seams of the kayak, drill and install the pipes (make sure the pipes are sealed with resin so the water from the bucket won't get in), and then do the end pours.

If you dig through Ross' site he details how he installed the pipes on one of his kayaks.

Dale

: Hi all,
: I made my wooden ash donuts from the dementions of Dale Frolander's wood
: pipe's of 1 1/4" outside dia. with a 7/8" inside dia. hole. I
: also used a 7/8" fostner drill bit for the hole but I ground the
: outside 1 1/4" dia. on a disc sander. I will put a 1 1/4" hole
: in the bow and stern with a hole saw drill.

: John