Best I can do ...
Start he
Garmin products/obsolete
(It's here I found mine too...)

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=168

mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
...
Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Looks great! Thanks for sharing.
I guess the big trick is how to locate the hinge line
so they panel can swing around any framing for the companionway.

This on uses two features to do that.
First, the hinge spacer moves the hinge line away from the wall.
Then there is a recess that fits around the framing.

I looked at a lot of photos of how this was done on other boats.
Each boat is different, and the panel arrangements are all quite
different.
Just work out what will work on your boat and go for it!

Richard

Sounds good. I noticed your spacer arrangement and IIRC, mine is about 1 1/2
inches.
I was going to just mount my depth sounder (fish finder) but after seeing
your arrangement will also mount the compass.
Thanks again!


LOL, just don't hang a speaker near the compass.

Before I removed the speaker, you could "adjust" the compass
20 or 30 degrees just by tilting the speaker a bit.

mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
...
Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Looks great! Thanks for sharing.
I guess the big trick is how to locate the hinge line
so they panel can swing around any framing for the companionway.

This on uses two features to do that.
First, the hinge spacer moves the hinge line away from the wall.
Then there is a recess that fits around the framing.

I looked at a lot of photos of how this was done on other boats.
Each boat is different, and the panel arrangements are all quite
different.
Just work out what will work on your boat and go for it!

Richard
...and a bracket for my H/H GPS.



Make it as unobtrusive as possible.
Mine clearly could be smaller as it has a bit of unused space and
blocks off a lot of companionway.

I'm just too busy with other (fun?) projects right not to tackle
a new panel.

cavelamb wrote:
Best I can do ...
Start he
Garmin products/obsolete
(It's here I found mine too...)

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=168
Thanks but I've exhausted all known possible sources both in the US and
the UK.

Bruce's "man" could be a treasure.

I've managed to ferret out a few chips on Ebay and Craigslist, but still
have a few holes in the coverage.

Brian C

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:20:56 -0800, Brian Cleverly
wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:58:50 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:00:55 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Is that a Garmin 12/120/128 I see there?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

No, it's a 182C.
It still works fine!
It has BlueCharts for US Lakes, and the Gulf Coast.


When I bought the current Garmin 128, that I have now, I had the
darnedest time. I usually get these kind of goodies in Singapore in a
small shop where I've been trading for years. This time all the guy
had were mini-chart plotters (or whatever you calls them). since I
don't find charts of the East Coast or Great lakes to be much use in
this area I had him locate what may be the last 128 sold in Asia for
me.
You can also buy the garmin hand held, that the joggers and bicycle
guys apparently use - with California charts :-) In Singapore ???


Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Interesting Bruce.

I wonder if this guy sells the Garmin G-Chart chips separately ?
Specifically the mini g-charts... I have a 180 and am having a difficult
time finding the chart chips for the Nth Pacific, US west coast and nearby
areas.

Do you have any way I could contact him ?

Thanks,

Brian Cleverly (add an "le" after the "c" to reply direct).

I could direct you to his shop but have no idea whether he can be
contacted by electronic means. I can get a mate to drop by and ask but
it doesn't seem likely that a shop in Singapore would stock N.
American charts :-)

From observation they trade mainly in Singapore and Indonesia so I
assume that he would have chart chips for these two areas, or perhaps
regions, and probably order other areas from whatever source furnishes
them.

Just asking, but doesn't Garmin sell the chart chips separately?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:02:42 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
...
Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Looks great! Thanks for sharing.
I guess the big trick is how to locate the hinge line
so they panel can swing around any framing for the companionway.

This on uses two features to do that.
First, the hinge spacer moves the hinge line away from the wall.
Then there is a recess that fits around the framing.

I looked at a lot of photos of how this was done on other boats.
Each boat is different, and the panel arrangements are all quite
different.
Just work out what will work on your boat and go for it!

Richard

Sounds good. I noticed your spacer arrangement and IIRC, mine is about 1 1/2
inches.
I was going to just mount my depth sounder (fish finder) but after seeing
your arrangement will also mount the compass.
Thanks again!


LOL, just don't hang a speaker near the compass.

Before I removed the speaker, you could "adjust" the compass
20 or 30 degrees just by tilting the speaker a bit.

Garmin now seems to give a spec for how far each model GPS needs to be
away from the compass to avoid interference.

"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
...
Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Looks great! Thanks for sharing.
I guess the big trick is how to locate the hinge line
so they panel can swing around any framing for the companionway.

This on uses two features to do that.
First, the hinge spacer moves the hinge line away from the wall.
Then there is a recess that fits around the framing.

I looked at a lot of photos of how this was done on other boats.
Each boat is different, and the panel arrangements are all quite
different.
Just work out what will work on your boat and go for it!

Richard

Sounds good. I noticed your spacer arrangement and IIRC, mine is about 1
1/2 inches.
I was going to just mount my depth sounder (fish finder) but after seeing
your arrangement will also mount the compass.
Thanks again!
LOL, just don't hang a speaker near the compass.

Before I removed the speaker, you could "adjust" the compass
20 or 30 degrees just by tilting the speaker a bit.

I thought about a speaker/mic for my VHF and then remembered the trip home
with my old GS 41 from South FL. Conversation between my 2 old friends and I
was getting stale so I decided we needed some music in the cockpit and
retrieved a boombox from below. The boat was old (73) and needed a lot but
had a nearly new auto pilot, which made a very hard right turn as I passed
the flux gate compass mounted next to the companionway with the boom
box....my buddy grabbed the wheel and yanked it back the other way before we
wandered out of the channel and went aground.
That was probably the most exciting thing to happen on the trip. Or maybe it
was the great burgers and cold beer we got at Ft Pierce City Marina.
My VHF is just inside to port and I can hear it fine anyway so I'll leave
good enough alone.

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:20:56 -0800, Brian Cleverly
wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:58:50 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:00:55 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Is that a Garmin 12/120/128 I see there?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

No, it's a 182C.
It still works fine!
It has BlueCharts for US Lakes, and the Gulf Coast.


When I bought the current Garmin 128, that I have now, I had the
darnedest time. I usually get these kind of goodies in Singapore in a
small shop where I've been trading for years. This time all the guy
had were mini-chart plotters (or whatever you calls them). since I
don't find charts of the East Coast or Great lakes to be much use in
this area I had him locate what may be the last 128 sold in Asia for
me.
You can also buy the garmin hand held, that the joggers and bicycle
guys apparently use - with California charts :-) In Singapore ???


Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Interesting Bruce.

I wonder if this guy sells the Garmin G-Chart chips separately ?
Specifically the mini g-charts... I have a 180 and am having a difficult
time finding the chart chips for the Nth Pacific, US west coast and nearby
areas.

Do you have any way I could contact him ?

Thanks,

Brian Cleverly (add an "le" after the "c" to reply direct).


Did some more checking and you can contact the shop I was referring to
at:

or
http://www.blazer.com.sg/

Everyone there speaks English so you should have no communications
problems.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:20:56 -0800, Brian Cleverly
wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:58:50 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:00:55 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Is that a Garmin 12/120/128 I see there?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)
No, it's a 182C.
It still works fine!
It has BlueCharts for US Lakes, and the Gulf Coast.

When I bought the current Garmin 128, that I have now, I had the
darnedest time. I usually get these kind of goodies in Singapore in a
small shop where I've been trading for years. This time all the guy
had were mini-chart plotters (or whatever you calls them). since I
don't find charts of the East Coast or Great lakes to be much use in
this area I had him locate what may be the last 128 sold in Asia for
me.
You can also buy the garmin hand held, that the joggers and bicycle
guys apparently use - with California charts :-) In Singapore ???


Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)
Interesting Bruce.

I wonder if this guy sells the Garmin G-Chart chips separately ?
Specifically the mini g-charts... I have a 180 and am having a difficult
time finding the chart chips for the Nth Pacific, US west coast and nearby
areas.

Do you have any way I could contact him ?

Thanks,

Brian Cleverly (add an "le" after the "c" to reply direct).

I could direct you to his shop but have no idea whether he can be
contacted by electronic means. I can get a mate to drop by and ask but
it doesn't seem likely that a shop in Singapore would stock N.
American charts :-)

From observation they trade mainly in Singapore and Indonesia so I
assume that he would have chart chips for these two areas, or perhaps
regions, and probably order other areas from whatever source furnishes
them.

Just asking, but doesn't Garmin sell the chart chips separately?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Unfortunately the model I have is long out of production and Garmin (in
their infinite wisdom) discontinued the G-Chart chips at the same time.
These are a mini-chip and none of their other models uses that size. To
compound matters even further Garmin, at some time in the near past,
dropped their proprietary chart format and now use a different one.

So now they have a number of models that the owners can no longer obtain
chart chips and Garmin's answer to any inquiries is decidedly "stiff cheese".

Brian C

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:20:56 -0800, Brian Cleverly
wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:58:50 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:00:55 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Is that a Garmin 12/120/128 I see there?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)
No, it's a 182C.
It still works fine!
It has BlueCharts for US Lakes, and the Gulf Coast.

When I bought the current Garmin 128, that I have now, I had the
darnedest time. I usually get these kind of goodies in Singapore in a
small shop where I've been trading for years. This time all the guy
had were mini-chart plotters (or whatever you calls them). since I
don't find charts of the East Coast or Great lakes to be much use in
this area I had him locate what may be the last 128 sold in Asia for
me.
You can also buy the garmin hand held, that the joggers and bicycle
guys apparently use - with California charts :-) In Singapore ???


Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)
Interesting Bruce.

I wonder if this guy sells the Garmin G-Chart chips separately ?
Specifically the mini g-charts... I have a 180 and am having a difficult
time finding the chart chips for the Nth Pacific, US west coast and nearby
areas.

Do you have any way I could contact him ?

Thanks,

Brian Cleverly (add an "le" after the "c" to reply direct).


Did some more checking and you can contact the shop I was referring to
at:

or
http://www.blazer.com.sg/

Everyone there speaks English so you should have no communications
problems.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Many thanks Bruce, I'll contact them and see what eventuates.

Thanks again,

Brian C