Fish finder sun screens

[ronaultmtd]

I have been having difficulty seeing my screen in certain positions due to sun glare and water droplets, so I wanted to protect mine from both glare and spray...unfortunately no one makes one for my Hummingbird 798 side scan unit...so I watched a You Tube video on a homemade Kydex thermoplastic sun screen...pretty straight forward home project- so I went on EBay and ordered two sheets of .80 8X12 kydex...

[azmdted]

Let us know if it works

[Oldbayrunner]

Did you check with Delaware paddle Sports the Berley Pro for Humming bird might work.

[ronaultmtd]

Yes, I did...I even called Berley Pro- they don't make one for it...

[Oldbayrunner]

Good luck with your fabrication, It's well worth having one.

[J. Rentch]

I made one for my FF from some thin plexiglass sheets purchased at HD. Made a template from card board; Used a heat gun to bend it, then spray painted it flat black. Used 1/2" Velcro strips to hold it to FF. System works fine.

[ronaultmtd]

Exactly...with Kydex thermoformed plastic...heat gun- pair of heavy-duty sissors & velcro- a 15 minute job to install once you have all the stuff...you would think the manufacturer would offer these as accessories to their product...especially when installed on small, open cockpit skiffs and kayaks...

[mchottie]

the other way would be to create a "block" (i.e. your actual FF) and them vacuum-form or heat-gun the plastic to malleable and form to the contour. Quick sanding and matte black spray paint, good as gold. The berleypro for my lowrance serves its purpose (and was only $40) but the plastic is very thin/brittle in my opinion.

[ronaultmtd]

All done- I'll have it at the CBKA tourney if you want to take a look at it Saturday afternoon after the weigh in's...been sick last few days with upper respiratory infection/sinusitis- taking my last ZPack antibiotic Saturday morning so I can participate...don't think I can make it to the Friday Captain's meeting but been to every one- so see y'all Saturday...

[smithmal]

I've seen that video you mentioned describing the process for creating the sun screen out of Kydex. Can you provide pics of your screen? How do you like it so far? Did you follow his video to the letter or do any amendments?

smithmal

[ronaultmtd]

I've seen that video you mentioned describing the process for creating the sun screen out of Kydex. Can you provide pics of your screen? How do you like it so far? Did you follow his video to the letter or do any amendments?

smithmal

That is the video I followed the same process- works fine



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[WVKayakFisher]

There are a fair lot of 3D printing templates out there for various fish finders. This like this and this . My printer isn't quite big enough for the widescreen ones but this may be an option if you know someone with a 3D printer or have access to one, lots of high schools have them now.