These are some pics of my M7. I have no idea if this is the current version that JBL is using, except to say that I just got this one last fall.
You can see that there are three additional small pins, and each supports one of the three springs. I'm not about to completely disassembly it.
Second this mech can be installed in a thinner gun as the width of the housing is not dictated by the diameter of the shaft.
It may be true that this housing design could potentially be thinner. But my M7 is very close to 1/2" thick across the straight sides, and a little wider across the max OD of the rounded top.
If the shaft for the Kitto mech can indeed remain round, then it can be inserted the wrong way, the notch turned to the side for example, and loading will take longer.
Perhaps in an open track, but not an issue in an enclosed track gun, as the shaft fins captured in the top of the track keep the shaft orientation correct.
Are there any serious disadvantages to the Kitto M-7 style housing?
I originally installed an M6 in my Bay gun, and I had a lot of problems with misfires. I think that there were a number if reasons for that, but in part, because the trigger pull is so light with the three part mech that any little jarring could set it off. Kitto upgraded me to an M7, but I haven't had it in the water with the new mech. I'll have to pull it out of the gun to be sure, but I believe that my M7 is different from the pics you show. I believe that it has at least one additional spring.
nice mutton..very big...
With the first alternative are you confident you can get the screw pattern in just the right place to match the housing screw holes?
Yes. My milling machine lets me control things in the X and Y directions with very good accuracy.
Just to kick these around for feedback, I have two approaches that I want to play with.
The first approach is straight forward, and one that I am relatively confident that I can do. This would involve replacing the thin black ring with a thicker one. One set of screws would hold the new black ring in place over the existing lense, just as the thinner ring does now. Once installed, this ring would stay in place. A clear polycarbonate lense (flat plate, actually) would attach with a second set of screws. This would provide an easily replaceable lense if it becomes scratched, but the 6 or 8 small screws would be a bit of a PITA if you wanted to take it on and off frequently when using the housing in or out of the water.
The second, and I think more elegant approach, is one that I don't yet know if I can do. It starts off the same, by replacing the existing thin black ring with a thicker one. Only in this case, the outside of the new black ring is threaded. A threaded cap containing the new lense and an o-ring seal would screw on to the OD of the new ring, just like the front of a waterproof flashlight. I like this, because it would be easy to remove the lense, without tools, any time you wanted to use the housing out of the water. And the "dryness" of the design has been proven in countless flashlights. It just remains to be seen if I can do the threads, and whether the whole assembly would stick out far enough to intrude into the picture frame.
Roll 'em around in your head, and look for flaws in either approach before I go forward.
Dynomiiite!
I wonder how good this would be with striped bass? I'm going to try this with my first bass of the season.
Is there a particular part of the fillet that is better for the sashimi?
it is the housing for the GoPro Hero HD...there is only one...if you think you can make due with one, I will send you mine
LB - That would be great, if you can do without it for a couple weeks. If I can come up with something, I'll send it back with a prototype. But I don't want to leave you stuck if I'm delayed a little.
Sorry Jeff,
I don't have any particulars yet. I am still waiting for my gopro from that websight. It's soo cheap it is on back order for "afew weeks." I would be glad to send you my housing once I get it so you can check it out and mess around with it. I really think there is a big market out there for this..
Can you give me any particulars so that I'll know that I'm looking at the right housing? Model number, or something?
I found the replacement kits. Is it the curvature of the glass lense that presents the focus problem? I read through the previous posts and I couldn't tell where the idea landed - could you not just use a flat glass or plastic piece to fit in the existing black ring? Or is there something special about the backside of the lense to hold the camera in position inside the housing? Or do you just not want to swap lenses for land / sea use?
Edit - May have an idea. Where's the cheapest place for me to pick up a housing to play with?
Is this the housing? Could the new lense attach to the same screw pattern as the black ring? Either on top of it, or in place of it? Without a housing, I can't really tell what the black ring holds together, or what would happen if it were removed.
If someone could sketch up what you need, I'll give it a look and see what I can do.
Anyone had a chance to take some dimensions? Maybe some photos of where you want it attached. Also, do we know what the housing is constructed of? In my (very) limited experience, I would bet that it is some sort of polycarbonate, and anything attached is probably better bonded with solvent or cyanoacrylate glue than epoxy.
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Bienvenido jorge
tomorrow we r going spearfishing..I hope to get good video with him..
Hey Jorge! welcome to the forum. Great to have you here. Can't wait read your post. Sounds like we could learn alot from you and vice versa!:good:
BTW thanks for the story. I enjoyed it.
welcome bro!!..wow a lot of flashback memories with the rookie stuff..we learned with all that expirience..best times in my life...here are a lot of good and humble people..check around..this is my friend and spearfishing partner..treat him well guys..enjoy the best forum bro..
I saw that program. I think it was on "I shouldn't be alive"
Just ask my boy. Bear He uses a canteen and some tubing.
Warning-kinda graphic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIG4TuVnvg
Check out how nast that water is:drink3::barf:
Considering all the dilemmas you have had developing this gun it is still BEAUTIFUL. Please keep us posted. I'm excited to see how that lever turns out. Thanks alot for sharing this brother.
