10-18-2006, 01:06 AM
Hey guys.
I decided to upgrade my rodrack and sonar to a new design. Its pretty much the same that tubedude has somewhere on these boards. I tried it out last weekend and it works like a charm. All together the materials like the pvc and bungee cords and some other extras cost less than $20. Here are some pics.
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Here's the rodrack made out of pvc. I fastened it to the tube with some of those white zipstrips that lock in place.
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To keep the rod rack straight up and down I use 2 bungee cords attach to the D rings on the bottom of the tube.
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Here's how the transducer is mounted. (it would be straight up and down if it were in the water, obviously)
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another picture
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And I liked TubeDude's idea of keeping the excess cord wrapped up in a eletrical box. The box here only cost me 65 cents and i just drilled the sonar mount onto the box. As you can see I couldnt find 2 screws that were the same length in the old garage. haha.
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And here is all the cord tucked in the box. I tried rolling the cord up tight but it just would not fit in the box. So I came up with the idea of just wrapping the cord tight around a pencil that I broke small enough to fit inside the box and it worked perfectly.
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I decided to upgrade my rodrack and sonar to a new design. Its pretty much the same that tubedude has somewhere on these boards. I tried it out last weekend and it works like a charm. All together the materials like the pvc and bungee cords and some other extras cost less than $20. Here are some pics.
[inline PA140213.jpg]
Here's the rodrack made out of pvc. I fastened it to the tube with some of those white zipstrips that lock in place.
[inline PA140214.jpg]
To keep the rod rack straight up and down I use 2 bungee cords attach to the D rings on the bottom of the tube.
[inline PA140217.jpg]
Here's how the transducer is mounted. (it would be straight up and down if it were in the water, obviously)
[inline PA140216.jpg]
another picture
[inline PA140218.jpg]
And I liked TubeDude's idea of keeping the excess cord wrapped up in a eletrical box. The box here only cost me 65 cents and i just drilled the sonar mount onto the box. As you can see I couldnt find 2 screws that were the same length in the old garage. haha.
[inline PA140219.jpg]
And here is all the cord tucked in the box. I tried rolling the cord up tight but it just would not fit in the box. So I came up with the idea of just wrapping the cord tight around a pencil that I broke small enough to fit inside the box and it worked perfectly.
[cool]
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