]> http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/taxonomy/term/142/0 Night Heron en http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/ken_stone_night_heron_0 <a href="ken_stone_night_heron_0"><span class="image thumbnail"><img src="http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/files/images/Ken_Stone2.thumbnail.jpg" width="200" height="133" alt="Ken Stone - Night Heron" title="Ken Stone - Night Heron" /></span> </a> <br /> Ken Stone Night Heron Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:40:51 -0500 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/ken_stone_night_heron <a href="ken_stone_night_heron"><span class="image thumbnail"><img src="http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/files/images/Ken_Stone1.thumbnail.jpg" width="133" height="200" alt="Ken Stone - Night Heron" title="Ken Stone - Night Heron" /></span> </a> <p>I won't bore you with any more for the time being, though I do want to send you some close-ups of the hatches and deck fittings. I tried to incorporate what I considered the best of the factory stuff (VCP hatches &amp; nylon 'mushroom' recessed deck fittings). I am especially pleased with the deck fittings - I came up with a design, that was quick, easy, and repeatable. I ended up plunging a series of 'cups' into mahogony stock to receive the nylon fittings using a plunge router with an appropriately sized round nose bit. I then used a circular cutter with an appropriately sized pilot bit to both cut out the plunged plug and to drill a pilot hole for insertion of a threaded brass insert.</p> Ken Stone Night Heron Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:38:46 -0500