{"id":1263,"date":"2015-04-28T17:41:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T03:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.familjenjonsson.org\/blog\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2017-02-25T18:35:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T04:35:37","slug":"nc30-fairing-job-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.familjenjonsson.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/28\/nc30-fairing-job-4\/","title":{"rendered":"NC30 fairing job #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

A short update on the fairing job: In the last post<\/a>, I had just done the layup for the new hole. After the epoxy cured, I cracked the Bondo off and broke the aluminum pipe loose from the epoxy without too much difficulty.<\/p>\n

\"After<\/a>

After I removed the Bondo mold and the aluminum pipe that created the shape for the screw hole, I was left with this.<\/p><\/div>\n

Not bad. As I suspected, there were a couple of air bubbles in the micro that I’ll have to fill. The plug in the aluminum pipe had also gotten pushed into the pipe a bit, so there’s a ring-shaped depression around the perimeter of the bottom of the hole. I’ll fill that in with a little micro fillet, I think. That way there won’t be a sharp corner there either.<\/p>\n

Putting the fairing back on the bike, it was now time to see if it would all work out. Luckily, the hole is in exactly the right place. I could even see the screw hole in the frame through the epoxy, so it was easy to drill it out enough that I could get the screw in.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The location of the hole turned out pretty much perfect, the screw is well centered.<\/p><\/div>\n

I still need to make the hole bigger to fit the rubber grommet, but that will have to wait until my step drill arrives, because I don’t have a drill bit that large right now. But I’m going to count this as a success! Now on to the right-side hole, which is even more misplaced than the left one was. But the same technique should work fine there, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A short update on the fairing job: In the last post, I had just done the layup for the new hole. After the epoxy cured, I cracked the Bondo off and broke the aluminum pipe loose from the epoxy without too much difficulty. Not bad. As I suspected, there were a couple of air bubbles …<\/p>\n

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