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sac01:
What about a telescoping shaft? One larger pipe fixed in place at an angle, going down through the front of the cp base and into the cabinet.  Then a smaller shaft with the wheel attached that pulls out from the front of the cp, up to a comfortable steering position (also whould allow for some adjustment for different height users)

you'd have to come up with something for the encoder wheel at the other end (inside the cab) so it moves with the shaft.)

just a thought.

sac
lucindrea:


keyboard shelves on office cubicles , they are nice and strong , they hide under the table , and they lock in place ... i happen to have one on my computer desk ( acctully i got 2 spare cubicles from an old office i usted to work at , andyone want 600+ lbs of cubicle ? )  , i dont use it for my keyboard , but when i'm watching a dvd on the computer , it makes a nice pull out shelf for eating somthing.

best picture i could find
http://www.bettymills.com/store/images/product/OBSH1336.JPG

the shelf would need to be modified , but it should work.
Silver:
Hmm yes would probably be more sturdy - and thinking about it I've seen such shelves that swing 'up' as well as out so that the wheels would be raised up to the same height as top panel.

The only issues would be clearance of the wheel, and then knee-banging underneath - could just mean lots of careful measurement.

Office furniture seems to keep cropping up - someone suggested a moveable monitor stand - which is basically a very strong version of angle-lamp idea anyway....
Lilwolf:
Hotswappable control panels and be done with it.

But as for the first picture... don't have the angle change.  Drip it down to the ground... Then attach a full steering wheel at the end (don't put a shaft down that long... and you could get it to work... but I bet it would never be sturdy.

I'm typing on a cubicle keyboard banana board right now.... It would work and be able to twist out of the way... But they don't move that far up/down because they only care about a keyboard height...  But even then, they aren't firm.

I would say a better way would be a way to attack a removeable steering wheel.  Most have some form to latch it to a table... question is if you could get it to latch it to your control panel.
Silver:
Hmmm yes I'm beginning to lean away from the retractable idea - the long shaft inside the cp panel would work, but may as well go removeable for that...

I'm still not keen on swappable, so may look into just having 2 cp's and making the cp flippable/rotate or something.

Thanks for all the feedback though...
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