02-24-2010, 09:20 PM
[quote cpierce]I really like how you have mounted your transducer. I saw looking at doing that, but by using two pieces of wood. I think I might try the pvc. Was it hard to spread the end pieces?[/quote]
Well it wasn't too hard. I simply took the 3/4 T and stuck a foot of 3/4 pipe into it to use as a handle and then cut it with the radial arm saw I have. I then used two pair of pliers to spread the T open. That proved not to be that hard. What I did find out is that the 3/4 T has a bit too much play on the diameter of tube they used for my frame. I can't use 1/2 as it is too small if I try to do this cut and pry bit. But if I take some bits of 3/4 sched 20 tube and make some "bushings" and put those in the T first I get a really nice fit. Those bushings are glued into the T prior to the cut so that when I pry the T open everything moves as one piece.
TubeDude gave me an alternative to this though that is simpler and had I not already made the mount before his suggestion I would have done it according to his suggestion. That was to take a 1/2 T and cut the top off it like you can see in these two TubeDude pics:
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...t_id=56796
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...t_id=56797
What I want you to see in these pictures is the mount he has under the finder where the T has been cut so that he can put 2 screws through it into the plate that the finder mount is on.
Now take that idea, and this is what he was suggesting to me, and cut a 1/2 T and lay that up on your frame so that the curve of the tube on the frame and the T snug up and drill a starter hole through the pvc T into the frame (only through one side of the frame) and use an appropriate metal screw to then anchor this cut T to your frame. If you look at my picture again you can see 2 good general locations I could have done this on:
http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~brian/Fishing/...sducer.JPG
I could have done this on the horizontal bar that is below the oar arch or on either of the vertical parts of the oar arch.
The last comment is one that has been said by many others that are wiser then I am... Don't make anything permanent, ie glue or other such, until you know you like it that way.... That was my biggest mistake on the changes I made last year. What is not shown in any of my pics is that the pole holders I have setup are not glued to the setup at all. That lets me adjust the angle and direction they point until I've had enough time of real use to see if there is a "one" perfect position for them.
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Well it wasn't too hard. I simply took the 3/4 T and stuck a foot of 3/4 pipe into it to use as a handle and then cut it with the radial arm saw I have. I then used two pair of pliers to spread the T open. That proved not to be that hard. What I did find out is that the 3/4 T has a bit too much play on the diameter of tube they used for my frame. I can't use 1/2 as it is too small if I try to do this cut and pry bit. But if I take some bits of 3/4 sched 20 tube and make some "bushings" and put those in the T first I get a really nice fit. Those bushings are glued into the T prior to the cut so that when I pry the T open everything moves as one piece.
TubeDude gave me an alternative to this though that is simpler and had I not already made the mount before his suggestion I would have done it according to his suggestion. That was to take a 1/2 T and cut the top off it like you can see in these two TubeDude pics:
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...t_id=56796
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...t_id=56797
What I want you to see in these pictures is the mount he has under the finder where the T has been cut so that he can put 2 screws through it into the plate that the finder mount is on.
Now take that idea, and this is what he was suggesting to me, and cut a 1/2 T and lay that up on your frame so that the curve of the tube on the frame and the T snug up and drill a starter hole through the pvc T into the frame (only through one side of the frame) and use an appropriate metal screw to then anchor this cut T to your frame. If you look at my picture again you can see 2 good general locations I could have done this on:
http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~brian/Fishing/...sducer.JPG
I could have done this on the horizontal bar that is below the oar arch or on either of the vertical parts of the oar arch.
The last comment is one that has been said by many others that are wiser then I am... Don't make anything permanent, ie glue or other such, until you know you like it that way.... That was my biggest mistake on the changes I made last year. What is not shown in any of my pics is that the pole holders I have setup are not glued to the setup at all. That lets me adjust the angle and direction they point until I've had enough time of real use to see if there is a "one" perfect position for them.
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