Contest Underway!

Watch / Rate 5 stars / Comment / favorite

Want One Contest Starts in 2 Days!

The Judging period for the contest starts Wednesday. I have spent the last few weeks researching and studying ways to win. Here is a list of things that will help:

1. Views - watch the video all the way through and share with people you know. I am still not sure how youtube counts a view, but I do know that simply refreshing the page does not count.

2. Rating - Rate the video 5 stars

3. Comment - post anything you want, just post. A good idea would be to ask a question. That way, I can respond and thus generate more comments.

These 3 things are equally important in the scoring system. You will need a youtube account to do number 2 and 3. sign up here - http://www.youtube.com/signup?next=/index

4. Add the video to your favorites - If you have done so already, please remove it and re-add it on or after Wednesday.

5. post a video response - You can use a web cam to record a message if you don't have a video camera. Just like with the comments, if you ask me a question, I can make a video response to your question, thus generating more video responses.

Number 4 and 5 also require a youtube account. These do not directly effect the scoring, but will help the video get a "Youtube Honor." I think the honors category of the scoring could be the deciding factor in determining the winner as it could easily be over looked.

I will also be posting the video on several social news sites like Digg, reddit and stumbleupon.

The contest does not start until Wednesday, but I wanted to post this a few days early in case someone wanted to prepare a video response.

And if anyone has any clever ideas on generating traffic please share.

Thank you again for the help

Making a Hollow Rotor Boot Cone Part 5

Remember this project? It's been a while. The plaster took almost a month before it was dry enough to sand. I also got side tracked by several other projects so its time to finish up this mold.

I got the mold face sanded, then used Bondo to fill in the gaps. Bondo is great for a project like this. It's a nice thick putty and, when dry, is easily sandable. I had a minor emergency when I accidentally poked a hole in the bottom of the mold (tip of the cone.) It turns out that the plaster was only about 1/16" thick there. To fix it, I glued a piece of wood to the underside of the mold (to close up the hole.) Then used a healthy application of Bondo to fill / blend it in. Here is the mold ready for a coat of epoxy to seal the surface. The red stuff is the Bondo:



Here is the mold with the epoxy applied.



And here it is after sanding the epoxy and spraying a coat of automotive primer.



If I were really concerned about getting a nice surface finish on the parts that are going to come out of this mold, I would apply more Bondo, then wet sand, re-spray with primer and repeat until the surface was glassy smooth. But these parts are going to be hidden away in the boot of a harness, never really to be seen. The one coat of primer will be enough. I will wet sand this with 600 and maybe 1000 grit sandpaper. Then it will be ready for waxing. I might be able to start laying up my first parts this week.