DocBeav
Bronze Member
Finally got off the stick and went and made a waterproof set-up for my GT. (Kinda had to as both excals are down and with OBN for repairs (or burial if things don't work out...."sniff") and now that the storms are here and the beach will NEED to be hunted!)
Similar to what others have done, but not as sophisticated as the Ikelite camera housing with external knobs. Way outta my area of skill! Got my hands on the perfect sized Plano box (seen em from $15-30 depending on new/used or where you buy it) and a medium sized cable clam from West marine. Thanks to Max (gravediggermax, virginiabeachmax.....whatever alias he happens to be using this week!) for having the box for me in his garage (owe ya $$ bro...) and of course when I screwed up the vertical cut in the rubber stopper of cable clam and it wouldn't seal, Max of course had a spare in his garage already cut to size and I was in business!
Easy to install. Put silicone in each of the holes before setting the screws in all the way (on the bottom piece) and cut/ground down the pointy ends inside the box and sealed/padded them with silicone as well. I am using some cheap headphones that for some reason I just haven't destroyed yet and routed them through the same clam. (small wire, shouldn't cause any issues (fingers crossed)). Put the yellow rubber "bathtub" that came with the box back in and it works well to keep the GT in place and provides some shock absorption. Need to add a desiccant pouch or two and we're ready! Mounted the whole thing on the camelback that I have been mounting my excal 800 on it it works great!
Thanks to everyone who has posted their mods here as it gave me some great ideas and a place to start. Special thanks to Max for his guidance, expertise, and equipment! He is the MD Yoda!
Similar to what others have done, but not as sophisticated as the Ikelite camera housing with external knobs. Way outta my area of skill! Got my hands on the perfect sized Plano box (seen em from $15-30 depending on new/used or where you buy it) and a medium sized cable clam from West marine. Thanks to Max (gravediggermax, virginiabeachmax.....whatever alias he happens to be using this week!) for having the box for me in his garage (owe ya $$ bro...) and of course when I screwed up the vertical cut in the rubber stopper of cable clam and it wouldn't seal, Max of course had a spare in his garage already cut to size and I was in business!
Easy to install. Put silicone in each of the holes before setting the screws in all the way (on the bottom piece) and cut/ground down the pointy ends inside the box and sealed/padded them with silicone as well. I am using some cheap headphones that for some reason I just haven't destroyed yet and routed them through the same clam. (small wire, shouldn't cause any issues (fingers crossed)). Put the yellow rubber "bathtub" that came with the box back in and it works well to keep the GT in place and provides some shock absorption. Need to add a desiccant pouch or two and we're ready! Mounted the whole thing on the camelback that I have been mounting my excal 800 on it it works great!
Thanks to everyone who has posted their mods here as it gave me some great ideas and a place to start. Special thanks to Max for his guidance, expertise, and equipment! He is the MD Yoda!
