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The molded epoxy is still slightly flexible, but it fits the pedal well without bending. The difference between the inner and outer arc of the pedal was negligible. Now I just need to wait for it to harden for another day to shape this block into shape.
While it is still soft, I also drilled an access hole to remove the pedal face bolt leaving a relief in the underside for the bolt head. There are now 3 holes in the underside and the screws have been driven in and removed so that the holes will cure with threads matching wood screw threads in place.
I'm not 100% positive that these screws will not strip out and I'm wondering if I should have molded in some metal threaded inserts. If the holes in the epoxy strip, I can do one of two things.
Fingers crossed this will just work, or just adding a bit of epoxy to the holes will work. I'm hitting that point again where I feel like I want to be using my rig and not working on it any more.
I decided that it was hard enough for me to start shaping it, but I need to wait for it to fully harden before I can complete sanding it.
While it is still soft, I also drilled an access hole to remove the pedal face bolt leaving a relief in the underside for the bolt head. There are now 3 holes in the underside and the screws have been driven in and removed so that the holes will cure with threads matching wood screw threads in place.
I'm not 100% positive that these screws will not strip out and I'm wondering if I should have molded in some metal threaded inserts. If the holes in the epoxy strip, I can do one of two things.
- Pour a little wet epoxy in the screw holes and put the screws back in. I'd give that a half decent chance.
- Drill holes in the bottom of this piece to fit the centers of machine inserts and then use this shaped piece of epoxy as a blank to make new mold. Once the mold was cured, the machine inserts could be filled with a bit of soft wax and located with the silicone pegs from the mold and a new clutch face could be molded.
Fingers crossed this will just work, or just adding a bit of epoxy to the holes will work. I'm hitting that point again where I feel like I want to be using my rig and not working on it any more.
I decided that it was hard enough for me to start shaping it, but I need to wait for it to fully harden before I can complete sanding it.
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