On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 06:56:29 +0000 (UTC), Fortunat1 wrote:



i'm thinking since it's similar to powder coating in a lot of ways and
therefore may have the same drawbacks, I'm going to give it a miss and
just use standard epoxy paint instead..



whatever process you use get a tube of Duralac and smear the face of
the metal abutting the wood with duralac, then push them into position
and bolt. this is a jointing compound designed to prevent corrosion
between dissimilar materials.
it is used in aviation and it works.

the rest of what you are doing is quite ok.

Stealth Pilot