West systems system is the best you cajn buy.  I've repaired canoes and
kayaks with it for over 20 years.  The resin's shelf life is like
measured in decades and the hardner measured in years.    Buy the best
and only cry once..... Caveat... it doesn't handle high heat very well
and if you expose the laminate to sun, you should mix in some resin
colorant at 1-2% or if your're doing black, just pour in some graphite
powder or black tempra paint powder.  I repaired boats at the 96
Olympics with this stuff and a lot of the Euros had never heard of it.....

DM&FS

On 12/5/2012 7:35 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>    One thing I've learned is to tighten up those screws slowly and
> carefully, alternating screws as you get close to fully tight.   Like in a
> cross pattern...Don't just put your battery screw driver on one and run it
> in till the torque clutch lets it rattle......
>     I use epoxy to repair stuff like those tabs, but it is beyond a vanagon
> list post to pass on exactly how to best do that properly in every
> case....I prefer WEST epoxy for almost every task....with various additives
> and the correct hardner you can do about anything with it, and it's the
> best epoxy I have found for consistent dependability.   Expensive compared
> to some other stuff...but mine lasts forever, it seems.
>    Don Hanson
>
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Jon Durham <jon_durham@knology.net> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to strengthening the instrument mounts to prevent breaking?
>> --
>> �All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is
>> everything. What we think, we become.� Buddha
>>