[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Mark Putnam about Motor Mounts

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Rummy,

Yeah!  Only thought I might add - aluminum plate works well also, and much easier to fabricate than SS.

I agree with your take on the wood grain.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
>Sent: Nov 7, 2006 9:12 AM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Reply to Mark Putnam about Motor Mounts
>
>Ed,
>Thanks for finally posting. I've been thinking about your problem and I  
>believe I know why the piece of truss snapped. In general trusses are made from  
>oriented strand plywood. I believe that if you had cut the truss differently,  
>say 45 degrees different, the grain would have been different and you wouldn't 
> have been able to break it.
>I had some hair line cracks show up on my mount a couple of years ago and I  
>added a stainless steel backing plate cut to the same shape as the mount for  
>additional support. No problems with it since.
> 
>Rummy
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