Well fabricating is a passion that the more of a push to perfection the better overall the final product gets. Bon Temps needed some help to mount a 106sv Garmin Plotter between his steering wheel and the dash. First look seemed kinda impossible to do but after letting the imagination do it's magic I came up with a replacement dash. The original is a piece of CnC 1/4in Starboard, nowhere near strong enough to hold a 106sv for the duration. Replacing with 1/8in 5052 Aluminum sheet is the ticket.

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Tach, Trim, & Fuel gauges needed relocation, due to the weight of a 106sv I didn't trust just braking a shelf out of a piece of .125 5052 Aluminum. I don't think it would hold up over time. Especially since the Aluminum sheet would have a bend in it already. I decided to use some 6063 2x2 1/8in Structural Angle, welding a extension of 1/8in 5052 outward to the width of the 106sv Gimbal Mount Base width. After roughing this out I ran over to Bon Temp's home to install this dash and mount the 106sv before welding out. Due to how Aluminum will draw when TIG welded and this will be painted black I decided to put short TIG welds to attach the Angle Shelf for the 106sv. The Plotter will block the view of most of the welding anyway. I still have to cut the holes for the cabling, mainly the fiber optic cables because each will need it's own hole to pass thru because the Quick Release Mount is almost touching the new Dash panel before painting.