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Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/21/16 03:28 PM
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buggsboy
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OK guys, I'm wanting to install my new Bird Helix 7 in my Tracker Pro 170 and a handyman I ain't. One of the things required, is to drill a 1 inch hole through the plastic console for routing the power and transducer wires. So here's the question: what type of drill bit should be used to cut a nice smooth hole through 3/8 inch plastic, hole-saw bit, standard bit, etc.? Thanks, I need to get this right the first time.
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Re: Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/21/16 03:42 PM
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Clouser
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Unibit.expensive but makes a nice clean hole. If you have a Fastenal or Harbor Frieght a lot cheaper seeing your not cutting through metal, just drill slow.
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Re: Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/21/16 03:44 PM
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Wayne P.
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OK guys, I'm wanting to install my new Bird Helix 7 in my Tracker Pro 170 and a handyman I ain't. One of the things required, is to drill a 1 inch hole through the plastic console for routing the power and transducer wires. So here's the question: what type of drill bit should be used to cut a nice smooth hole through 3/8 inch plastic, hole-saw bit, standard bit, etc.? Thanks, I need to get this right the first time. Where on the console will you be putting the Helix 7? I have a Tracker PT 170 TX I have done this: This: This: This: Now setup with the ONIX 10 on the console, a 1198 beside the console and the Helix 12 at the bow. Have not taken a picture of that yet.
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Re: Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/21/16 04:14 PM
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buggsboy
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I am using a Ram mount and putting the Helix 7 in the spot where the OEM Lowrance Elite 3X now sits. The Elite 3X is going up front.......for now. I am cutting a plate to cover the hole where the Lowrance unit now sits, and the Ram mount will attach to the plate. In looking at your setup, I may now mount my unit a little back where yours is, and route the wires through the existing hole under the Lowrance unit. Thanks for showing your setup, helps a lot.
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Re: Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/21/16 04:25 PM
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Closer, thanks for the advice on the unibit. I live in a real small town, but we do have a Fastenal store. I'll check it out.
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Re: Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/21/16 04:32 PM
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Wayne P.
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There is a cable management base that goes under a RAM ball mount to route the cables through. That is what I have on the dash.
Use that and the RAM over the hole that you already have.
Last edited by Wayne P.; 06/21/16 04:33 PM.
Helix 12 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G3N and G4N, 1198c SI, SOLIX 10 SI G3, Helix 8 MEGA SI+ GPS G4N, SOLIX 12 SI and G3, MEGA 360, MEGA LIVE TL, RC-1
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Re: Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/21/16 07:42 PM
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Wayne P.
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Helix 12 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G3N and G4N, 1198c SI, SOLIX 10 SI G3, Helix 8 MEGA SI+ GPS G4N, SOLIX 12 SI and G3, MEGA 360, MEGA LIVE TL, RC-1
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Re: Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/21/16 08:53 PM
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Re: Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/22/16 03:54 PM
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I swear Wayne gets an email every time someone posts the word Humminbird on a public forum.
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Re: Helix 7 Install-Got to drill big hole in console!
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06/23/16 04:45 AM
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buggsboy
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My cable management base plate is being shipped, and hopefully will be here Friday. Thanks everyone.
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