Depth raider and Scotty rigger question

[Gowiththefloat]

Hey guys. I have the depth raider unit with the spring coil that goes on the black cable for speed and depth transmission . Wondering if there is a good way to set this up with Scotty riggers that have auto stop beads. Seems the beads would catch the spring and cause damage. Any ideas on how to rig this better? Maybe just use a rubber stop that ends at the top of the rigger end instead of the beads? Tha k's in advance.

 

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[Dirtyhooker]

Hey guys. I have the depth raider unit with the spring coil that goes on the black cable for speed and depth transmission . Wondering if there is a good way to set this up with Scotty riggers that have auto stop beads. Seems the beads would catch the spring and cause damage. Any ideas on how to rig this better? Maybe just use a rubber stop that ends at the top of the rigger end instead of the beads? Tha k's in advance.
 
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They make a thimble to replace the Scotty thimble a lot more durable than spring contact Fish307 they should be able to help you out



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[spoonfed-1]

Yup. The stop beads on the Scotty will tear that spring up. Get the sleeve.

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20 hours ago, Gowiththefloat said:

 

Hey guys. I have the depth raider unit with the spring coil that goes on the black cable for speed and depth transmission . Wondering if there is a good way to set this up with Scotty riggers that have auto stop beads. Seems the beads would catch the spring and cause damage. Any ideas on how to rig this better? Maybe just use a rubber stop that ends at the top of the rigger end instead of the beads? Tha k's in advance.

 

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I've got an extra Scotty antennae. Check your PM

[Hawkeye50]

I run the same set-up you need the Scotty thimble..I think they are hard to find.

[strik]

Would a pice of copper flair at the ends work as well??

 

Deffently seems to be hard to finding the scotty 1211 part.

 

Thanks

[Hawkeye50]

Not sure if that would work.I think Scotty no longer makes the part .Try contacting Fish307 they are Scotty reps and may have some left.Good luck.

[J.D.]

2 hours ago, strik said:

Would a pice of copper flair at the ends work as well??

 

Deffently seems to be hard to finding the scotty 1211 part.

 

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Absolutely.  Made one up a few years back. Wrap the antenna spring around the copper and shrink wrap it..

[Dirtyhooker]

Absolutely.  Made one up a few years back. Wrap the antenna spring around the copper and shrink wrap it..

Wow pretty cool love the ingenuity makes me wonder if you could braze a post onto copper and use that without spring and attach cable to post


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13 hours ago, J.D. said:

Absolutely.  Made one up a few years back. Wrap the antenna spring around the copper and shrink wrap it..

Great idea J.D.  Did you use a flaring tool on copper tubing?

[J.D.]

I didn't have one... I worked the flair by hand.

[Gowiththefloat]

Absolutely.  Made one up a few years back. Wrap the antenna spring around the copper and shrink wrap it..

Nice. What size tube did you use?

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[J.D.]

 1/2 or 3/4 inch diameter would be fine as long as the stop bead goes through.  I had a piece of 3/4 x 3 1/2" laying around so that's what I used

[strik]

How did you mount the copper to the rail of the downrigger?

 

Thanks

[Gowiththefloat]

Here's my final product. I wrapped my copper with rubber splice tape and also attached to the boom with the same.

 

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[J.D.]

On 2/3/2020 at 8:01 PM, strik said:

How did you mount the copper to the rail of the downrigger?

 

Thanks

The copper just floats on the cable, the antenna wire is secured to the rigger boom with wire ties.

[strik]

Look's great