Marking plate for pinblock fitting

[Phillip Ford]

I've also been doing the epoxy fitting for some time because I feel a get a
better fit of block to plate.  I work on the block until I get a good fit.  As
some are pointing out, this fit may not be as critical as we've been lead to
believe, so getting a very close fit and the epoxy treatment may be overkill. 
On the other hand, it doesn't take me much longer to get a good fit than a
poor one and the epoxy treatment takes all of 5 to 10 minutes, so why take
chances with a poor fit.  Slather the plate flange with paste wax, mix some
epoxy to paste consistency, put a some along the edge of the pinblock (you
shouldn't need that much if you already have a good fit) and clamp block in
place.  Leave until epoxy is hard, remove block, and wipe off wax.
By the way, I also fit the top of the pinblock to the underside of the plate. 
I do not use epoxy on this face.

Phil F

> I still do it because it insures a perfect fit
> to the 
> flange.  I can only go through carving the
> block for so long.  I get 
> it to fit as close as is reasonable in a
> reasonable amount of time, use marine 
> epoxy paste which is very thick and doesn't run
> all over the place.  Smear 
> on just enough to have a small bit of squeeze
> out, wipe off the excess and it's 
> done.  
>  
> David Love
> 

>    
> I 
>   didn't realize folks were going to the
> trouble of epoxy fitting the block to 
>   the flange. For what purpose?. I've done it
> years ago what a mess. I don't 
>   find any tuning stability problems with a
> nice block to flange fit. Is this 
>   insurance or what. Somebody kindly splain dis
> to me. There's already so many 
>   pickin details in complete remanufacture. 
>   Really!      Dale 
> E.