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  1. Looking nice. Definitely a hobby I'd love to get in to. If you don't mind me asking, what were the approximate material costs for those butts?

    Don't really know the material costs as I've had most of the materials a while.

    The reel seat hardware is about $17, the wood I've had in stock for a while. I got a good deal on some stuff off ebay and bought a bunch. Cork cost is probably in the $30-$40 range.

    The only other materials to factor in are Rod Bond for gluing up the rings and seat and the thick CA for the finish on the wood.

     

    FYI

    I have about $200 in materials in this handle. :o

     

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  2. Been doing a little lathe work lately (between periods ;) ).

    These are for a couple of float rods I'm building up.

    The top one is Amboina Burl and will go on an 11 foot 6-10# XST and the bottom one is walnut that will go on a 13 foot 4-8# Lamiglas. :D

     

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  3. Will they run together, side by side, with no interference, or will I have to switch from one to the other. Now I'm thinking I might not want the DSI.......might have to rethink this, and exchange it for a comparable bird unit that will do both...........

     

    S.

    They will run fine side by side.

    My 2D sonar is 50/200 khz and the DI is 800 khz so no problems there. ;)

  4. Well, I guess I'll leave my old graph installed and compare the two side by side. Might speed up the learning curve.

     

    S.

     

    That's what I have done.

    Got my old Lowrance LMS 350 alongside of my Mark 5X DSI.

    Eventually it will all be replaced with an HDS Gen II when the $$$$$ are available. ;)

  5. Been looking at this unit, can't believe the price difference up here.. It's not even close, lol

    Even in Alaska they're only $1050.

    I plan on getting one also.

    Need a better genny for my camper and hopefully for building my cabin.

    The cheap offshore one that sounds like someone shaking a 45 gallon drum 1/2 full of ball bearings is getting annoying. :D

  6. A buddy of mine that has a commercial fishing license for Great Slave Lake brough me a couple of nice chunks of lake trout fer eats. The 2 chunks he gave me made up the latter 2/3 of one fillet. :D

     

    The first chunk went on the BBQ last week.

     

    This:

     

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    Became this X2:

     

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    Tonight I carved up the bigger piece.

     

    This:

     

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    Became this and another baggie in the fridge for later this week:

     

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  7. Nice additions guys.

    Dave that merc will serve you well. Can almost feel yer pain on waiting.

    Mike Im sure you will love the e-tec. I have heard and read, great reviews.

    Bill,IMO,I like the foot pedal over the remote. Just a personal thing.

     

    Enjoy yer new toys boys.

     

    :D

     

  8. Nice Bill!!!

    I just added the co-pilot to my TM.

     

    I'm planning on replacing my old Lowrance LMS-350 with one of these when I sell my old motor. :D

     

    http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Products/Fishfinder-Chartplotter/HDS12-Gen2-Touch-en-us.aspx

     

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    Probably the biggest advantage offered by the Gen 2 HDS units is the ability to make your own depth maps.

    The only mapping available for my lakes are on C-map and only for Great Slave. And they aren't very detailed.

    This will give me the ability to map any of the lakes I can get my boat on and have them as detailed as one foot increments and 3D.

     

    https://insightstore.navico.com/insightgenesis

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