Country Dave’s Lowe 1752 modification/restoration project.

[Badbagger]

Hot up here too Dave, going to make a run on the Specks and Reds in the early am. Found the ideal place for your eject button.

 

[Country Dave]

Badbagger » 54 minutes ago[/url]"]Hot up here too Dave, going to make a run on the Specks and Reds in the early am. Found the ideal place for your eject button.

LMAO……………………………………… :LOL2:
Try again the jack plate control switch is going there. Good luck, catch um up.

 

[bigwave]

No No No.....that is not an official eject button [-X [-X [-X

 

[Country Dave]

I was able to mount the hydraulic helm tonight.

I really like that fact that its 4in tail. I can see all the gauges real good. Between the riser I fabed and the tall helm, I don’t have to bend my knees when I’m standing up. I can just side straddle a little bit to be comfortable.

When I fish the mouth of the shark river it’s about a 25 mile run from the ramp. Sometimes I stand the whole way. I really don’t mind.

 

[bigwave]

Looks good with the wheel on it.......

 

[Country Dave]

Thanks big,

I still have a ton of work to do though. I have to scurf up the mounting service on the inside so I can 5200 the starboard on. Then mount the battery switch and fuse box on the starboard. I also have to drill and mount 12v outlet and the jack plate switch. Then start wiring up everything and after that mount the rod holders.
Hope to be done with all of that over the weekend. :mrgreen:

 

[smackdaddy53]

I can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[Badbagger]

Looks great Dave. FYI, 5200 won't adhere properly to Starboard. I wanted to use 5200 on my console top cover that I had FL Marine Plastics make up for me. After talking to John, he told me he's yet to be able to get 5200 to work on Starboard.

This is directly from the manufacturer of Starboard:

King StarBoard®, King StarBoard® ST, King ColorCore®, King ColorBoard® and King CuttingBoard® can not be glued using standard adhesives. Products like 3M’s 5200 work well as a water sealing caulk but will not adhere King StarBoard® to itself or other materials in a permanent bond. It is preferable to mechanically fasten or weld King StarBoard®, but when an adhesive is necessary you can use a product called Lord 7542-AB or 3M’s Scotch-Weld DP-8005. We do not represent these products, make any claims about their abilities or accept liability for them.
Lord 7542-AB can be purchased by Wensco online (www.wensco.com) or offline; Phone: 800-253-1569 or 616-785-3333.

 

[Country Dave]

Badbagger » Today, 05:47[/url]"]Looks great Dave. FYI, 5200 won't adhere properly to Starboard. I wanted to use 5200 on my console top cover that I had FL Marine Plastics make up for me. After talking to John, he told me he's yet to be able to get 5200 to work on Starboard.

This is directly from the manufacturer of Starboard:

King StarBoard®, King StarBoard® ST, King ColorCore®, King ColorBoard® and King CuttingBoard® can not be glued using standard adhesives. Products like 3M’s 5200 work well as a water sealing caulk but will not adhere King StarBoard® to itself or other materials in a permanent bond. It is preferable to mechanically fasten or weld King StarBoard®, but when an adhesive is necessary you can use a product called Lord 7542-AB or 3M’s Scotch-Weld DP-8005. We do not represent these products, make any claims about their abilities or accept liability for them.
Lord 7542-AB can be purchased by Wensco online (https://www.wensco.com) or offline; Phone: 800-253-1569 or 616-785-3333.

Good morning BB,

How was the fishing brother? Tell John you just have to scruff up both sides of the mating surfaces real good. After a generous application of 5200 apply heavy pressure for a minimum of 24 hours. I’ve had good success doing this.

I have two smaller blocks of starboard that I mounted busbars to. I used this process and it’s been probably a year and a half ago so far so good. I’ll snap some pics tonight. It probably wouldn’t work well on bigger pieces that are in direct sunlight.

 

[Badbagger]

Hey Dave, great to hear on using the 5200. We latched onto a baby Hammerhead, oh joy along with a short Speck and some Catfish. Better than a day working!

 

[Country Dave]

Badbagger » Today, 08:14[/url]"]Hey Dave, great to hear on using the 5200. We latched onto a baby Hammerhead, oh joy along with a short Speck and some Catfish. Better than a day working!

You sure got that right bro,

A bad day fishing is better than a good day working… : ) Well I finally got the end all answer about the ipad GPS capability. (It does have an internal GPS/GPS card.) (You don’t have to have a data plan.) However the GPS does not locate you from the satellites like your every day run of the mill marine chart plotter sounders.
It has to be in range of a cell tower : (

I do get some cell signal when I’m out front on the flats but the back country is sporadic at best. It’s all good though there are new cell towers going up all the time and there are very few places where I fish that I would not have connectivity. In the metropolitan area I will always have a signal.

Either way I wanted the ipad so I could face time with my grand kids and other things as well. I will see how it works it may just work fine; I have my Garmin as a back up anyway, I just wish the screen was bigger. If it doesn’t work to my expatiation, go to plan B

 

[Country Dave]

Did I say last word. LMAO
I was doing some more research and found this article from About.com GPS

https://gps.about.com/b/2011/03/20/apple-ipad-2-gps-quick-guide-and-capabilities.htm

So I called apple again and talked to someone who actually knows something and he confirmed that my ipad with the GPS gets it primary signal from the satellites and just uses cell tower to sure it up if you don’t have a good line of sight to the satellites because of obstruction. No obstructions out in open water…………………………… :mrgreen:

 

[Country Dave]

More good news…………………. :mrgreen:

I got my water proof case for the ipad today. I like it. Her are a couple of pics plus a pic of the starboard that I used 5200 to attach to the inside of the console. I was using this console on another project but changed to a deferent one. It’s been on there for like a year and a half, watch they will fall of tomorrow. :LOL2:

 

[smackdaddy53]

What case is that Dave?

 

[Country Dave]

smackdaddy53 » Yesterday, 22:18[/url]"]What case is that Dave?

Good morning,

It’s an Aryca. Here’s the link. https://www.go2outfitters.com/Aryca_Rock_Waterproof_iPad_Case_White_p/aryca-rock-wht.htm?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=versafeed&utm_term=aryca+rock+wht&utm_content=aryca+rock+waterproof+ipad+case+white&Click=23615

 

[smackdaddy53]

I scrolled back after I asked and found the link. Looks like a nice case. Have you figured out a mounting bracket for it yet? I may go this route as well. It would be nice to use the weather, tide, wind etc apps while fishing without having to squint at a tiny phone screen.

 

[Country Dave]

smackdaddy53 » 6 minutes ago[/url]"]I scrolled back after I asked and found the link. Looks like a nice case. Have you figured out a mounting bracket for it yet? I may go this route as well. It would be nice to use the weather, tide, wind etc apps while fishing without having to squint at a tiny phone screen.

Yeh brother I’m with you on that,

I have an idea in my head. In direct sunlight there is going to be some degradation of the screen view. My idea is a removable mounting bracket that has a build in hood. The ipad “with case” would snap in and out of it.
I have it in my head now let’s see if I can make it…………….. :LOL2:

 

[Country Dave]

Making a little progress today,

Got my battery switch and fuse box mounted to the starboard base. I was also able to make up and mount the positive cable from battery switch to fuse box. Also wired up 12v feed wires from fuse box to switch panel. Mounted NAV lights.

 

[Pweisbrod]

Nice work Dave, always super clean. Wish I had the patience for such nice work.

 

[Country Dave]

Pweisbrod » Yesterday, 20:46[/url]"]Nice work Dave, always super clean. Wish I had the patience for such nice work.

Thank you sir,
I don’t know another way to do it.