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My new project - 'Transformer' Standup/Sit down driver cab
Cretster:
Think I just got a more robust sound system for free actually with proper separate channel inputs and much more oomph.
Teah it's way better suited actually as it'll do an input for each sound card outpuy. Only problem is there's way of setting the source on it without the remote I think.
Wil try to get the issue with the door ironed out today, and if I can get that done and gas struts fitted then I' try to do a video of some sort ok?
Don't get excited though. It looks sh1t at the moment guys....
Cretster:
Ok no video yet (I lied, but only because the pissant motorbike battery doing the job is so slow, I couldn't bear it). I've been repair charging/desulphating etc a bigger one for days now ready to see this stuff move a bit quicker only to find it was slower still.
Anyway, we now have a fold down door panel, which includes a rudimentary seat (quite comfy but no back on it yet), motorised steering wheel positioner (not quite perfect, and thing stiffness in the bracing is an issue here, but mostly it works), and motorised up/down control of the main top half of the cabinet (ie monitor and controls etc).
Up position:
Down position:
Sorry the pics are crap but it's only a carcass of a machine still and surrrounded by other bits of wood that serve only to camouflage the real machine itself.
It's real and it works how I wanted it to though importantly. But it needs a lot of refinement, and tweaking to make it nice and fluid/co-ordinated etc. And I hate all that ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- I really do.
The wheel is actually just nice positioning relative to the seat even if you can't see that here. What I wanted though (and will find tricky) will be side panels on the fold down seat section. I thing they'd add to the appearance a lot, but might not be as easy to implement as I'd hoped.
BadMouth:
Looks like solid progress.
Cretster:
Thanks mate - all this initial getting stuff aligned & smooth etc is an absolute nightmare that I never had to contend with last time round. So it's taken forever just to get a workable carcass, then once the motor stuff is in I have to suss out how best to fit averything around that.
Another issue I've got is the speed the motors move. I'm about to post a video once I get it edited & uploaded etc, and no, it's not exciting, but both the wheel and the lift are soooooo slow. I can live with it but it'd be great to have it go faster. The problem with the main lift ram is it's 24v rated and I'm putting 12 into it. Obviously it ain't gonna run well at half its rated voltage. Not sure about the steering ram but that's real slow to so I may try that on 18 or 24 with a drill battery or something. If they both work great on 24v then I'll invest in one of those cheap 24v PSUs like you use for 3D printers etc. Should provide quite a few amps too.....
Cretster:
Ok, here's the first video - as explained in the comments, it's real slow as it's running on 12v instead of the 24v it should be using. Also, I stopped it about an inch below the top so just under full height.
Sorry it's not filmed from further back for better perspective:
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