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My new project - 'Transformer' Standup/Sit down driver cab
Cretster:
Just picked up a really cheap nasty "Xenta" 5.1 computer system for £20 which I can set it up initially with.
It functions, and it might be the case that I swap out a couple of components to make it a bit better but anyway - it'll do to start with.
I've got brackets made for both ends of the steering column ram, so am going to attempt to screw those in place in such a way that will allow it to move the wheel to either end position, ie retracted in the cabinet, or extended out in drive position.
I need something that will lock it securely in place once it's in drive mode though. Not sure what would be best yet.
One step at a time....
Once the steering ram works, I will move attention to the front panel, and get it build better & figure out how best to include the seat etc.
Cretster:
Ok, the wheel is motorised now to lift and lower in/out of position. It needs something to easily clamp once it reaches it's top point though.
Not sure what. Would be easy to have a strong magnet but that's not good for a controlled or electrical release to lower it again, so I'm not sure. Some sort of locking bolt maybe on a solenoid or worm drive.
BadMouth:
words are boring.
video would be entertaining. :)
bfauska:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on January 29, 2015, 09:58:02 am ---words are boring.
video would be entertaining. :)
--- End quote ---
+1 real and fun mechanical gizmos are one place where the movie is always better than the book.
Cretster:
Point taken but it looks deathly unexciting at the moment when stuff moves guys. Trust me.
Specially that it's running on a really weak motorbike battery so stuff takes AGES to move.
Last night I rebuilt the door panel but there's a clearance issue underneath as it opens.
I need raise the rest of the carcass half an inch off the ground and use that the stiffen it all too. It doesn't help that my shed floor is wooden and flexes, so one moment everything fits perfectly, then next there's a half inch gap somewhere that wasn't there before. Infuriating.
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