Brief Description: tack welding motor mount members
spent the day shaping the ends of the motor mount tubes and tacking them into place. This was the point where motor mount version 1.0 came to grief....I just ran out of patience with the shaping process and began accepting worse and worse fitup, thinking I could bridge the gaps with extra filler metal. That was wrong and I am taking much more time with the shaping process and getting much better fitup as a result. Still not perfect, but much better. I've learned a couple more things, with the most important being take all the time it requires to get it right. another point is to be aware of where the second member is going to land, when a particular standoff has two tubes connecting to it. Ideally each tube would have its own separate landing spot on the standoff. If I do go to a motor mount 3.0, I will seriously consider using standoffs of larger tube diameter than the actual tubes themselves. Another point to consider is that given the access dificulties caused by other tubes and the threaded rod which holds the assembly jig together, it may be better to finish weld some of the inner tubes before attaching the outer tubes. In versions 1.0 and 2.0, I had tack welded all the tubes first and then went in trying to finish weld around all the interferences, which was very difficult.
