My Latest Generation Homemade Livescope Pole with Perspective Mount

[Rojo]

So I'm building these for Saltwater Speckled Trout Angler friends of mine. I always have use of their equipment (keeps me from owning a 24-25ft center console) and wanted to "Give Back". They often give "New to Me" electronics as they upgrade, their upgrades are always serious. The 2.25in ball mount was a universal mount that I cut down on the miter saw, milled out the holes to accept the u-bolts, then paint the bare metal with epoxy black to touch up. When just moving from one bay to another the pole swivels up out of the way so you can run. When not in use it stows on a extra ball mounted on the T-Top with the wires coiling up and bungee to the pipe works. I used 1/2in convoluted tubing as a primary structural protection then sewn a marine vinyl sleeve that velcros over the tubing for looks as well as another layer of protection of the wires while on the deck.

You can see it has a Perspective Mount included. It's for looking in Bays for the Trout. Rojo Grande is my trademark brand of Rods & Flies. I'm retired, please don't get any ideas, I can't make a bunch of these, I crappie fish too much. LOL.

[FurFlyin]

Looks nice! That's almost identical to how I have mine set up. I have to take it back off, take it apart and paint it. I found a video on YouTube and copied his process for the perspective mount.

[Chuck Adams]

Looks great!!!
If I could ask, what is the material you covered the transducer wire with and where do you get it? I have a PoDunk DaDucer mount and thought it may add a little more protection for it.
Thanks for posting.


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[JET4]

looks good

[Cane Pole]

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[Rojo]

The inner tubing is 1/2in split convoluted tubing. You can order on the net. Now the outer sheath is Marine vinyl seat cover material. When I made a T-Top for someone I would make Leaning Posts & Stuff that needed seat cushions. The white stuff is the same material your seat is made of, I just cut it 3-1/4in wide and it has 5/8in Velcro sewn in to close it up and give more spine to the whole thing. Really makes it roll up nicely, adds some abrasion protection to the tubing, and just looks better than the black plastic tubing by itself.

[Slab]

Great job. Thanks for sharing.