vanursepaul Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 right on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 It's a cool machine and sometimes I miss mine...I ended up trading it in for my 2300. Ā strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hemmingway Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 On 2/1/2016 at 1:43 PM, Steve Herschbach said: OK, if people have not figured it out yet when something attracts my attention I can go kind of nuts over it. The flip side is once I get distracted by the latest new thing that fires my imagination I may wander off the previous item for some time before getting back to it. Such has been the ATX project. I never leave things undone however and this one has got to get off the "to do" list. Anyway, I am running out of project time before it is time to get serious about prospecting again so time to bring this thread back to life. Do not expect results tomorrow but I am going to get this wrapped up this month. Good Steve, I've followed this thread with much interest and wish you the best possible results with this project... many thanks for sharing your progress with us. Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringmoney Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 This thread is why I joined this forum so it would be great to see it finished Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Scott Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Steve, wondering if you have ever brought this project to fruition ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 OK, you caught me, and believe it or not I have a 2017 New Years list in front of me which consists of finishing unfinished projects including the ATX. One of my personality traits is I hate not finishing stuff so this one has been nagging at me. Another trait is bouncing around a lot from project to project getting back to some sooner or later but on this one later has got out of control. Anyway, I am on it, results this month - I promise!! Funny, I intended this project as a stick in the eye to Garrett goading them into making a lighter weight ATX. Looks like even with all the delay I will still beat them to it. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Scott Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 It made me think of it yesterday when I saw the new ATX coils post . Will be interesting to see the finished product of the Frankenstein detector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringmoney Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 This project was the only reason (at that time) I joined this forum, since then the forum has become my first go to place for reliable detector information and big credit to Steve for the great work, but, as the say in this part of the world, get the finger out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steve Herschbach Posted February 24, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2017 Pretty embarrassing, over two years ago this project started. Usually I am a ball of fire until a project gets finished, but when I get distracted..... I sure can get distracted! The main problem was I had no particular need of the old ATX once I got my new one, but I finally have a project where this thing would be handy to have. Also a last cold snap keeping me home at the moment. So, the ATX rebuildĀ came out of storage and it is on the bench again. I decided to give the control box another coat of paint - I really should have prepped that aluminum properly first, but oh well. I am glad I have all these photos to refresh my memory on which snipped off wires hooked up to what. Paint to dry overnight, and tomorrow morning finally bite the bullet and decide exactly where I want the speaker and switches, then cut and drill holes. Should go pretty fast after that, just mounting everything up and a little solder work. The next few days should finally see the LTX (Lightweight ATX) prototype completed. I gave Garrett an extra two years and I am still going to beat them to the punch! Never again however. Minor rod mount mods for sure, but I have learned my lesson on this one. I thought I had after the GMT rebuild but I swear from now on I am sticking with factory built product. I have too many things to do without creating extra work for myself like this. Still, it will give me another reason to contact Garrett and lobby once again for a real LTX so hopefully it will be worth the effort. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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