YIPPI-KAI-AY!
Finally got the lid on the pod.
The water tank has slowed things down somewhat, but I think at the end of the day, it was time well spent.
To get water from the tank, I drilled a 1' hole as low as I could get it through the transom (of the boat) into the water tank.
That was then filled with epoxy glue, which was successful after 2 goes...
Next, I drilled out a 16mm hole through the epoxy "plug" and ran a tapered tap down it to screw in a BSP 1/2" male thread hose tail.
That all went well, so next step was to coat the entire tank with epoxy flowcoat, which is food grade, so we can drink the water..
Gave it all a good hand sand, acetone wipe and taped off all glue surfaces:
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Applied the epoxy flow coat:
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Applied liberal amounts of epoxy glue, and sat the lid on, weighted down with a couple blocks:
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Next job will be to glass the lid on. I'll probably use triple layers of basalt and epoxy.