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shmokes:
Built up some legs for the front casters to mount to, and mounted some non-swiveling cabinet wheels in the back. Voila. There's my base. Like I said, I have all the pieces, but haven't mounted the pedals or drawer slides, so if anyone has ideas to make it better, or if you see something that might be a problem let me know.
Oh yeah . . . the cable that connects the pedals to the steering wheel is too short and must be cut. I've never spliced wires before like this. It's a pain in the ass. For various reasons that I will get into later, I want a very clean splice; I don't want to use wire nuts. So I'm trying to individually work each pair of wires together, solder it, then cover it with liquid electrical tape. It is a long, messy, tedious process. Surely there is an easier way. FWIW, I'm splicing it with an ethernet patch cable.
That's it for tonight. It's after 1 in the morning and I hardly got any sleep last night. I'll try and give you a side-panel update soon.
jban4us:
Are you not able to get some heat shrink tubing on there for some reason? It is about 2 or 3 dollars for a 3 foot piece, you can shrink it with a hairdryer if you don't have a heat gun, and it will probably be a lot faster and cleaner looking than the liquid stuff. Or if you have a nice crimping tool you could use butt connectors, although it would make the joint bigger.
shmokes:
I was going to use heat shrink over the whole cable, but I don't have any small enough for the 24 gauge wires inside the cable. Maybe I should pick some up. That would probably make my life a lot easier. I wonder if Ace would have it, or if I'd have to find it at an electronics store. I suppose there's Home Depot, too, but that's not very conveniently located.
mountain:
--- Quote from: shmokes on August 20, 2008, 12:20:36 am ---I was going to use heat shrink over the whole cable, but I don't have any small enough for the 24 gauge wires inside the cable. Maybe I should pick some up. That would probably make my life a lot easier. I wonder if Ace would have it, or if I'd have to find it at an electronics store. I suppose there's Home Depot, too, but that's not very conveniently located.
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Lowes has a variety pack in the electrical tools section which includes 1/16" heat shrink.
Hemi:
If you seem to have a problem making straight cuts, at least measure it (if you're confident in your measuring) and take the measurements to Lowes or Home Depot and have them cut it all for you. I would imagine they would be able to get it straight for you.
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