Bought my boat used and it has a Garmin 540 GPS/sonar flush mounted at the helm. However it is off to the side (only flush mount area) so it’s hard to see when I’m driving boat unless I lean over to my right to be more directly in front of it - I guess due to the anti-glare on the screen? Is there a kit or easy way to angle it slightly towards me and still have a neat flush mount - a spacer that is tapered on one side, maybe a 1/4" ? Have looked around online without any luck, including Boat Outfitters. I’m sure I could get something custom made but seems like there would be an offering for this other than gimble mount.
Post a picture and let me see what I can design and 3D print to solve your problem. It would be worth to me to see if I can produce something useful.
Mark Ingle
NauticStar 1810 Merc 90
Thanks, Mark. Don’t have a close up photo but you may be able to zoom in on this one to get an idea. The boat is in Folly and I’m not for a couple of weeks so all I have to work with right now. I’d like to have a spacer between the display and fiberglass of helm that is thicker on right side and tapers across the top and bottom of the display as it goes across to the left side of the display to tilt the display toward me when driving the boat. I’ll need to determine the exact thickness needed on the right side to achieve the amount of tilt/angle to improve the viewability without having to lean over. Can also get exact dimensions of the display mounting area at that time and I believe I can also pull dimensions and templates from manuals, etc. that are available online. As noted, will be a couple of weeks before I’m in Folly and can do all that. I’ll PM contact info, which may be an easier way to communicate on all of that. Thanks for response and offer to help!
Yeah the picture helps a lot! I will download the flush mounting instructions tonight and print a sizing/angle template for you to take with you. My concern is that there may not be enough clearance on the right side of the fiberglass hole for the bracket mount socket on the unit. If so you would need to slightly widen the fiberglass hole on the right. The template I make should help determine if this is the case.
Nice boat!!!
Mark Ingle
NauticStar 1810 Merc 90
I’m lovin’ this 3d print stuff. I made one for a Lowrance using a router and a jig. I made a jig with about 10deg taper and used a big block of PVC.
You’ll probably have to screw the tapered deal to the unit and separately screw the combination to the dash from the back.
BG
Let me know if you are still interested in testing this out in the next few weeks. A picture of the template is below and shows the right side raised to 32mm.
Mark Ingle
NauticStar 1810 Merc 90