Making your own gas/brake analog pedal

[SirPoonga]

How would one make their own gas or brake pedal?

[nipsmg]

With pots.
 


Edit (I've searched for this also, I'm definitely interested in hearing the answer).

[SirPoonga]

I'm interested in a couple of reasons.

[menace]

http://www.gunpowder.freeserve.co.uk/wheels/buildmain.htm

best write up i've come across--(your mileage may vary) 

[GGKoul]

http://www.gunpowder.freeserve.co.uk/wheels/buildmain.htm

best write up i've come across--(your mileage may vary)

[Tiger-Heli]

http://www.gunpowder.freeserve.co.uk/wheels/buildmain.htm

best write up i've come across--(your mileage may vary)

[hbm*rais]

Lot's of information on building pedals, wheels and whole cockpits on this forum:

http://forum.rscnet.org/forumdisplay.php?f=186

But the two links mentioned before should cover most of what you need.

Beware, thou, as you mentioned guitars, there is two kinds of pots: logarithmic one (used for audio applications) and linear ones (the ones you need).

[hatrick]

I'm interested in a couple of reasons.

[Lilwolf]

quick note... both of those will only work well with a sit down cabinet.  You really want to look at a thinner one.

I JUST won a 2 pedal set on ebay (because I have one pole position pedal now, and wanted a second because of two steering wheels).

Anyway, I will have one up for sale if the other two work out in a few weeks.  I think I got it for 10+shipping...

[Voodooray]

I got these for free when i bought a steering wheel asembly and turbo gear shift for

[menace]

Menace, what did you use?

I based my design on the first link with modifications becuase I wanted 360 wheels not 270--so i kept the double row of bearings (used roller blade wheel bearing and not pillow block ones) and instead of the gear at the end, I have an encoder wheel which I based off of one of the templates over in the build your own spinner section.  I also used a long carriage bolt (5/16") as it made mounting everything so much easier--just bolt it together and call it done.  The head of the bolt is hidden under the plastic cap on the wheel.

For pedals I used pc pedals--cheaper, easy to find and already wired.

[Chris]

For pedals I used pc pedals--cheaper, easy to find and already wired.

When you're standing up, though, you're putting pressure on the plastic pedals in a way they weren't designed to take.  My plastic PC pedals always feel like they're going to break.

I was thinking of building pedals using heavy-duty gate hinges.  They'll look awful, but they'll work well from a standing perspective.

--Chris

[menace]

When you're standing up, though, you're putting pressure on the plastic pedals in a way they weren't designed to take.  My plastic PC pedals always feel like they're going to break.

I'm perfectly happy with the pc pedals I'm using (dexxxa) and they are more than sturdy enough to withstand significant abuse (I've had some friends kids over to "playtest" the machine--amazing what the rugrats can destroy that you wouldn't even think about...

[SirPoonga]

Like I said, I've been searching guitar volume pedal sites too.

http://www.geocities.com/stompboxworktop/rocker4.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/stompboxworktop/

Just need to put a sping on one side of the pedal for arcade.