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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by tsasala</i> <br /><br />I mounted mine to a piece of wood under the layout and then used caulk to glue the wood to the layout. The tortoise can be removed easily by removing the scews, but the mounting is still there - very easy to put the tortoise back (or a new one). Not necessarily a good solution for space contrained applications though. <br /> <br />-T <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Yeah... My guess is that the caulk solution's viability is directly related to the surface area of the bond. So a 4"x4" piece of ply would hold better than just the tortoise itself... a 6"x6" piece, better than 4x4, etc... Just making a SWAG based on my many uses of caulk for other purposes... I'd throw out 3"x3" as a likely point of stability, but less as questionable... YMMV of course. <br /> <br />As you say, you could quickly run into space problems using that method though, even at 3"x3". I know an overhead "footprint" of 3x3 would certainly cause me trouble.
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