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Since I am new here I thought I'd share this because I had not seen much info on it, not like its rocket science but its a simple way to mount your control box if you use a box mounted MD with either a curved or straight style shaft. It also makes it a quick attach/detach simple.
I used a 6 ft extension pole from home depot for my shaft (8 bucks and change) a plano micro case for control box. The extension pole can be separated easily, removing the lower metal portion and using 3/4 pvc for the bottom shaft with a coupler to attach it to the upper metal portion.
Instead of trying to drill holes in the upper 1 inch metal shaft and trying to make sure to keep them straight, I thought there had to be a simpler way to do this that would also let me be able to remove the control box quickly, easily and hip mount if I wanted to or for storing it and transporting to and from my desired detecting areas.
Well there is.... Using the cheap weaver style mount for a .22 (or other barrel types) with 1 inch scope rings that have the thumb wheel, total was bout 9 bucks for base and rings (ebay). They are also available at wally world (walmart).
Very simple to install and no drilling of the round shaft. The mount will attach to the bottom of your control box and the scope rings attach directly to your 1 inch MD shaft, once you set the hardware, it is good to go, simple to remove....
I hope someone will find this useful for when they are ready to mount their control box...
Also I hope this is the right spot for this, if not maybe the moderators can move it to the right place.
See attached images:
I used a 6 ft extension pole from home depot for my shaft (8 bucks and change) a plano micro case for control box. The extension pole can be separated easily, removing the lower metal portion and using 3/4 pvc for the bottom shaft with a coupler to attach it to the upper metal portion.
Instead of trying to drill holes in the upper 1 inch metal shaft and trying to make sure to keep them straight, I thought there had to be a simpler way to do this that would also let me be able to remove the control box quickly, easily and hip mount if I wanted to or for storing it and transporting to and from my desired detecting areas.
Well there is.... Using the cheap weaver style mount for a .22 (or other barrel types) with 1 inch scope rings that have the thumb wheel, total was bout 9 bucks for base and rings (ebay). They are also available at wally world (walmart).
Very simple to install and no drilling of the round shaft. The mount will attach to the bottom of your control box and the scope rings attach directly to your 1 inch MD shaft, once you set the hardware, it is good to go, simple to remove....
I hope someone will find this useful for when they are ready to mount their control box...
Also I hope this is the right spot for this, if not maybe the moderators can move it to the right place.
See attached images:
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