Custom Carbon Shaft For My Apex

[palzynski]

The Apex balance/weight is very good but as I thought it could still be improved , I decided to update it a little bit ... 🙂

My modifs :

1)  polymer lower shaft replaced by an home made carbon shaft :       30g saved
2) aluminium mid shaft replaced by an home made carbon shaft :       40g saved 
3) rubber handle replaced by a lighter foam handle :                             30g saved
4) armrest replaced by a lighter and wider ML Vanquish armrest         50g saved

note : I have kept the original aluminium S shaped upper shaft , just the lower and mid shafts have been replaced by carbon shafts

Total : 150g saved 

After these modifs my Apex/Ripper only weights 960g /2.1 lbs  👍!  
( vs 1110g/ 2.4lbs for the original Apex/Ripper ) 

I spent a little time doing this but it was worth the effort  ,  very few detectors weigh under 1kg , and now my Apex balance is almost the same as a Deus/Orx and it is very fun to use in the field ... 🙂

[mh9162013]

Love it!

It's always fun to try finding ways to reduce the weight of metal detectors.

 

[kac]

Very nice. Been eying either the Orx with 9" hf or an Apex for a lighter machine to putter around the woods and parks. Got me leaning towards the Apex now.

[Steve Herschbach]

Wow, very close to a flat two pounds - nice!