My new shaft that i bought from Ebay has arrived today from Bulgaria,for my Mirage PI control box and coil setup,its a perfect solution for the job in hand as it provides all the major components rather than say bodging from other detectors or plumbing fittings that type of thing.
One of the problems that i still need to sort out is that the foam grip that goes just above the 'S' bend come separate so one has to slide the foam down to the correct location,so what is the best method of sliding the foam grip down the shaft without damaging it ??? would washing up liquid be the best method or something else.
Also one last thing,although the control box will be mounted onto the arm cup as this gets around the problem of mounting a flat control box onto a round shaft as the shaft was designed to address this problem because the arm cup has a similar flat surface so that both the control box can be mounted against another flat surface.What i am not sure about is would i mount the control box as high as possible on the arm cup to counter balance a possible heavier coil or mount the control box flush with the top of the shaft ??? My way of thinking about having it level with the top of the shaft is to stop the control knobs from being altered if that makes sense by getting knocked.
Should have it all assembled either later today or tomorrow,only one thing i am still not sure about is the fact everything is black on the detector ie shaft coil but the control box is in a brushed alloy finish control box,which looks a bit odd,may try and find or get a black control box cover so that everything is the same colour.
Once it is finished i will try and get a photo or two up,was hoping to get it all finished prior to tomorrow as i am out on a roman site that is about as mineralized as it can get,its like a wet beach but 70 miles inland,but its the most prolific roman site that anyone can detect on,but also the most challenging site as well,and only a Pulse machine will do the job.This will be the biggest challenge for the Mirage machine,but it should take it all in its stride.
One of the problems that i still need to sort out is that the foam grip that goes just above the 'S' bend come separate so one has to slide the foam down to the correct location,so what is the best method of sliding the foam grip down the shaft without damaging it ??? would washing up liquid be the best method or something else.
Also one last thing,although the control box will be mounted onto the arm cup as this gets around the problem of mounting a flat control box onto a round shaft as the shaft was designed to address this problem because the arm cup has a similar flat surface so that both the control box can be mounted against another flat surface.What i am not sure about is would i mount the control box as high as possible on the arm cup to counter balance a possible heavier coil or mount the control box flush with the top of the shaft ??? My way of thinking about having it level with the top of the shaft is to stop the control knobs from being altered if that makes sense by getting knocked.
Should have it all assembled either later today or tomorrow,only one thing i am still not sure about is the fact everything is black on the detector ie shaft coil but the control box is in a brushed alloy finish control box,which looks a bit odd,may try and find or get a black control box cover so that everything is the same colour.
Once it is finished i will try and get a photo or two up,was hoping to get it all finished prior to tomorrow as i am out on a roman site that is about as mineralized as it can get,its like a wet beach but 70 miles inland,but its the most prolific roman site that anyone can detect on,but also the most challenging site as well,and only a Pulse machine will do the job.This will be the biggest challenge for the Mirage machine,but it should take it all in its stride.
