Through-hull bungs
Winter is back - snow, wind, well below zero. No chance to work with epoxy in such temperatures.
It will get warm eventually so I focus on preparing everything needed to close unused through-hulls in fo’c’sle.
The biggest hole, left after output valve, is too big to find ready-made bung on the market. I make my own on the lathe - gluing a rounded piece of pine as a grip, to clamp it on the lathe.
Diameter is nominally 42 mm. I decide to leave 0.6mm excess - for tight fit and to allow for proper cleanup of the through-hull before applying epoxy.
The other bung is easier - just 17mm so I turned it from ready-made 25mm mahogany bung.
Short, evening visit to the boatyard to check how they fit.
Very tight fit - I would say press-fit. That’s what I was aiming for.
After I file hole edges, to clean red lead residues and expose fresh wood, the bung will fit snugly, leaving enough room for epoxy.
