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Title: rough & ready gps mount mk1
Post by: flips on January 23, 2012, 01:05:49 AM

Hi Fellow FJ'ers.

The mounting hardware that came with my cheap ass gps might work on a bmx so I knocked up this one in the shed.Yeah I know....rough as guts....but it's only a prototype :flag_of_truce:

(http://fjowners.com/gallery/2/1645_23_01_12_12_32_05_0.jpeg)

(http://fjowners.com/gallery/2/1645_23_01_12_12)

(http://fjowners.com/gallery/2/1645_23_01_12_12_32_10_1.jpeg)

(http://fjowners.com/gallery/2/1645_23_01_12_12_32_15_2.jpeg)

(http://fjowners.com/gallery/2/1645_23_01_12_12_32_19_3.jpeg)

I used 2mm aluminium plate...some m6 threaded rod bent into a u shape & some heat shrink over it and locknuts/washers.The threaded rod clamps under the ignition/steering lock.The gps clamps onto the round black thingy under the ignition barrel.
This is the budjet gps I bought , which surprisingly has better features than the tomtom I use in the car!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180799334949 (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180799334949)

Cheers :drinks:

Jeff P

Title: Re: rough & ready gps mount mk1
Post by: diymanic on February 14, 2012, 02:48:02 AM

hiya Flips,
whats the led on the left infill?
cheers
ps fit a flashing led to the mounting plate an peeps will think its some mega alarm system :good2:

Title: Re: rough & ready gps mount mk1
Post by: flips on February 15, 2012, 03:48:36 AM

Quote from: diymanic on February 14, 2012, 02:48:02 AM
hiya Flips,
whats the led on the left infill?
cheers
ps fit a flashing led to the mounting plate an peeps will think its some mega alarm system :good2:

Hi Diymanic,

Continuing the "Cheap ass" theme its a digital temp meter....

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Digital-DC-Temperature-Meter-K-Type-Thermocouple-C-/250559826617?pt=Elettronica_Industriale&hash=item3a56878ab9 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Digital-DC-Temperature-Meter-K-Type-Thermocouple-C-/250559826617?pt=Elettronica_Industriale&hash=item3a56878ab9)

It works well...the only draw back is that it is very hard to read in the day light (looks cool at night though :biggrin:)...should have got the lcd instead of led but it only goes to 150 c

Title: Re: rough & ready gps mount mk1
Post by: diymanic on February 15, 2012, 12:42:35 PM

hooooooooooooo me thinks ive got another prodject :good2:
don't want to hijack your thread......temp guage....what a good idea
gona go search bet there's stuff on here about that.

Thanks for the link :good:

Diymanic

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