wooden gromets

Saw this its great , you build a wooden boat then some people drill a hole and knock through a piece off plastic or brass/copper pipe to put a rope through well why not a wooden gromet ,this site shows one http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrwizard/wkshps/shpnotes/grommets.pdf
Imagine this then a spiced rope superb
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