5.05.2010

The confidence of goats

After pouring the mounts with foam, I used a simple hand saw to carve away the extra foam then I used a disc sander wheel to create a groove all around the inside edges of the mount.  When bonding these mounts to the inside of the hulls,  I'll mix a good thick amount of cabosil and epoxy, load it into a large zip-lock bag  then cut the corner out of the bag so that I can lay a good thick bead of thickened epoxy inside this groove and smack the mount down where it belongs.

The thickened epoxy is then smoothed along the edges to form a fillet and then two staggered layers of DBM1708 tape.

When you're not really sure what your doing, it's always good to confide with a small billy goat.  Chickens provide little or no boost in one's confidence as they are generally very apathetic.  Note:  When making photographs of foam filled motor mounts, never leave them unattended as goats will eat all the foam out of your new engine mounts and you will have to go back the the previous steps.

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