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A couple of weeks ago I pulled one of my on-going projects (the crowd-sourced one) off the pile and did a bit of work. To bring anyone up to speed who hasn't been following along, I've been working on a project using a Seahorse box that, in a previous life, housed electronics associated with my work. As I've been doing this, I've been getting input from my readers on each step along the way. Last time I mentioned that I was pulling out all of the old bits that wouldn't be needed, to get ready to put the new stuff in it. That left me with some holes:
The power jack I'm going to leave in, because I'll reuse that to connect the charger to the built-in battery (which I'm also re-using from this box's prior life.) This just left me with the other holes to contend with, and last time I promised that I would share my trick for doing that. Big reveal:
​Epoxy.
For something that will be painted or covered with something else, liquid epoxy is an easy way to fill in a hole. In a situation like this, I just cover one side with tape, sit the item up on end, and fill the void.
Once the epoxy dries you've got some fancy little windows. Hit them with a bit of paint, or cover them with a decal of sorts (like I'll be doing with this one) and you're back in business!
P.S. If your YL has a little metal yard sign that you busted when you snagged it with the mower wheel, use any left-over epoxy to fix that too.....
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