Should have added some rust and made the worlds first thermite infused motor mount
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hehe, maybe next time! aluminum powder isnt uncommon for resin applications by the way - the heat conductance thing is just some icing on the cake -> http://shop1.r-g.de/en/art/210160
It [aluminium powder] enhances the impact and compressive strength of moulding compounds, and its low resin content helps to reduce shrinkage.
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think it will be a very very strong bond. thats why I wont cut it open - basically the pipe with the resin will become part of the truck. its the only downside compared to OKPs version I guess ⌠it will forever be an APS mount cronin ⌠but thats ok with me!
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Awesome dude thanks for sharing I might try this
Fantastic! What kind of resin did you use exactly? I have some bondo lying around that I could experiment withâŚ
slow curing epoxy resin for lamination of cfk/gfk - dont think its anything special and there are better resins for this kind of casting/potting.
woke up early and had to take a peek even though the resin isnt fully cured yet - but its already hard to the touch - probably cured at elevated temperatures from the exothermic heat of the large resin volume confined in that space - so it might actually be cured when I think about it. 
results look very promising! this is the side where I poured in the resin - it shrank a little as expected, but still looks nice with the aluminium inside. few stains of resin on the pipe which Ill sand and polish off I guess:
same side, but the âthickâ resin part towards the board:
kingpin side - you can see why you need the thinnest possible pipewalls for this: the pipe touches 3 of the 4 truck edges and really cant get in any further - so I would say for 15mm belt on cronins, there is only one possible motor mount right now: APS due to 30mm inner truck mount adapter diameter.
and the 3 touching points from another perspective:
now I need the motor mount to check how straight this will turn out and if it was actually stuck in far enough so that 15mm belts work! if it doesnt, there is no way around filing down the truck a little.
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think I was a little lucky: its a perfect fit for 15mm belt and also really well aligned (tested with torqueboard v2 which got 28.xmm diameter)!
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looks great. Great work as always. Looks like I need to remove a little material for 28mm pipe which shouldnât be problem.
APS order arrived - was a pretty disappointing experience, really sloppy wrapping, obviously used motor mount, scraping sounds on both motors, missing screws, screws that were meant for the 9mm set and do not fit the 15mm one, sharp edged wheel pulley teeth that will slice up my belt ⌠but no problem because the belt isnt fitting my ordered 15/36 anyway - looks like its made for 15/32. Im not super happy and wrote bruno a mail about it - lets see how he responds. think he is getting too many orders. I might have looked beyond a few things, but considering his 15mm motor mount set is by MILES the most expensive one, I simply expect more. torqueboard and enertion mounts always arrived in absolutely flawless quality.
/rant off
anyway, I used the mount, despite scratches, motor-, pulley-, screw- and road marks because I didnt feel like waiting another 4 weeks for bruno to post another mail.
conclusion: it worked great. after swallowing my disappointment of the APS order, I was fairly happy, because the mount fits 100%, extends the motor far enough to the center of the board so that it does not touch the weird croning pin holder part of the base plate - but at the same time its far enough away from the carbon enclosure.
here you can see that the motor is out far enough to get past the croning base plate pin holder. I even had 5mm room on the mount, so I couldve gone further.
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How does belt tensioning work on that mount?
That looks so bad (in a good way) And the motor looks good too
you guys really got to try ronins if you havent yet 
paris, caliber, bear, indies - I tried them all on different boards and they are all very similar - you pimp them with some urethane pivots, add some riptide/otang goodies, maybe a precision cupped washer and theyll feel alright, but these cronins are just OMG.
I got really expensive dont trip poppies with pivot and kingpin spherical bearings on my pump board - they are super precise and sensitive, but nearly a little too sensitive and the damping isnt so nice due to the spherical bearings instead of urethane pivots.
the cronins are just right in between and it feels like the perfect mix. that cronin spike that holds the truck is rubber dampened and makes for a superplush ride, while, at the same time, it really adds incredibly precision and sensitivity to the truck ⌠but in a super smooth way, not that crisp spherical bearing precision truck sensitivity. and with the tall barrels, the lean feels super juicy ⌠my vanguard really got pushed to the next level with that mod.
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Oh I want to use Roinins so bad
Very nice and clean work. Maybe a possibility to add motors on SKOA Stream7 trucks. I like them even more than my ronins for higher speeds, but they are really tricky to mount something.
dont really know any other precision trucks except for the DT poppies - those skoa look very light but fairly standard otherwise ⌠what makes them special? just measure the trucks - if the thickness in the mount area is not larger than 28mm, then this is a way to go for sure!
imo that ronin support pin is a genius concept that really set them apart in feel from any other truck â and for a price thats pretty much in the same league as caliber & co. its just incredible 
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Do you think the epoxy will hold up? Do you think something like jb weld is okay or should I look at something stronger?
Ronin trucks are great itâs hard to explain like you can run the softest bushing and itâs still very stable at high speeds and at the same time very turny at slow speeds and after testing calibers and Ronins back to back the Ronins are noticeably more shock absorbent theyâre great
Very nice work! I am strongly considering this for my next build. I will most likely mill out an Enertion mount though. Would there be enough room for a dual 15mm setup? Looks very tight.
@Chris1 you wouldnât be able to fit dual 15mm setup on a single truck as the hanger is only 177mm even 9mm belts is a very tight fit. Only diagonal would work
@Titoxd10001Thankyou, thats what I thought. I have an industrial epoxy that I plan on using. Its a stronger version of JB Weld, I once fixed a blown out plug on a Ford motor with it. Held for over 100,000 miles. I will get you the name tomorrow.
Okay thanks @Chris1 let me know about that epoxy
I didnât want to say anything before I tried but Iâm going to add a longer axle on my Roninâs the old ones hammer right out I donât see why a longer axles and some spacers wouldnât allow dual 15mm thatâs what I had planned
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