I'm busy making mast and gaff parts. I checked my stock of hard woods but had nothing suitable thicker than 5/4's rough so here I am gluing up two layers of this to make the mast foot, gaff slider mast cleats etc. Note the two 1" dowels on top of the glue sculpture. These I made from an old but good broom handle - handle good, broom bad - you never know when all that junk you keep will come in handy and it still works as a broom! How I drilled the 1/4 inch center hole, over drilled to 5/16th, is a story. First I tried free hand. That was no good. Not having a drill press I "made" one. The broom handle section fit inside of a plumber's hole saw I have, the kind with a separate center point drill that goes all the way through. So I stuck the dowel in the holesaw and then spun it in a drill to make shure it was square - no wobble. Then I took this set up out of the drill, put the 1/4 inch bit in the drill and drilled through the holesaw and therefore the dowel - perfect job! I then over sized the hole for epoxy with a 5/16 bit. I love the creative solutions that drinking coffee all day makes you think off.