nhbubba
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So I recently had a momentary lapse of reason and bought myself a Fanatec 911 Turbo S gaming wheel setup. Wicked expensive, but good quality and works with PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. I game on 2 out of 3 of those-primarily the 360.
Having blown the budget (and then some) on the wheel kit, I'm in search of an uber-low buck wheel stand/cockpit setup. Last night I got my first prototype hacked together and gave it a try.
My inspiration for the 'design' is this how-to. My intent is to extend it to include a solid mount for the pedals. I have a junkyard bucket seat that I'd eventually like to build a stand for, then connect the two somehow, probably using something easily removable with wing-nuts.
I bought my 1st house a couple years ago and have been doing a lot of improvements and remodeling. Fortunately I have a pretty good stack of used and surplus lumber from those projects. So far I have about $3 into this as I didn't have any of the metric fasteners required for mounting the wheel. I'll probably blow another $10-20 before I'm done on better bolts and fasteners. Maybe some hand wheels or wing-nuts for quick adjusting. For now I've mocked it up using clamps.
At any rate:
Had to clamp the 2x6 to the front to counter weight it, otherwise the wheel falls over in my lap. First improvement is to implement a sliding bolt down for that stay.
Works surprisingly well. Although grandma's arm-chair isn't cutting it.
My free bucket seat:
Feels like elevating the front about 3 1/4 inches gives the right seat angle. Sadly won't be able to make that adjustable.
Having blown the budget (and then some) on the wheel kit, I'm in search of an uber-low buck wheel stand/cockpit setup. Last night I got my first prototype hacked together and gave it a try.
My inspiration for the 'design' is this how-to. My intent is to extend it to include a solid mount for the pedals. I have a junkyard bucket seat that I'd eventually like to build a stand for, then connect the two somehow, probably using something easily removable with wing-nuts.
I bought my 1st house a couple years ago and have been doing a lot of improvements and remodeling. Fortunately I have a pretty good stack of used and surplus lumber from those projects. So far I have about $3 into this as I didn't have any of the metric fasteners required for mounting the wheel. I'll probably blow another $10-20 before I'm done on better bolts and fasteners. Maybe some hand wheels or wing-nuts for quick adjusting. For now I've mocked it up using clamps.
At any rate:
Had to clamp the 2x6 to the front to counter weight it, otherwise the wheel falls over in my lap. First improvement is to implement a sliding bolt down for that stay.
Works surprisingly well. Although grandma's arm-chair isn't cutting it.
My free bucket seat:
Feels like elevating the front about 3 1/4 inches gives the right seat angle. Sadly won't be able to make that adjustable.
