Glide Junior Kayak Drain Plug (Tadpole)

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This is a plug for a drain hole in a "Glide" junior kayak sold in Australia (model "tadpole"). I suspect other "Glide" kayaks use identical plugs but you are on your own there. The threads match the "tadpole junior series" drain plug perfectly and the rim adequately seats an ad-hoc gasket into place between the plug and the boat body. Adding more axial length to the "gear-tooth" grip finger tightening features may be useful. This 3d file prints perfectly in alloy 910 (nylon) as-is. You should be able to print it without additional support or a raft as configured in the included .STL unless you are having printer or plastic issues. Keep in mind that ABS rots in sunlight (UV degradation). Also keep in mind you will have to make your own gasket (i.e. steal an o-ring from something else or chop up an old sheet of sturdy rubber if designing/printing something in TPE sounds too irritating...) Enjoy!