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shmokes:
The rust was curable with a bit of cleaning and a fresh coat of paint. It looks A LOT cooler now. I also attached the 2x4's to the base piece with three big hex bolts in each. I attached the pedals using the existing holes. I just tracked down longer versions of the screws that originally held the base together. I drilled holes through the metal base-plate I made to match the factory holes on the pedal unit, and just went right through into the pedal unit. It's really sturdy. I also ran the screws through some magic slider thingies, which makes the thing slide super easily, almost like it was on wheels.
shmokes:
Here you can see the drawer slides installed, as well as its mate on the cabinet base.
shmokes:
And the bottom of the unit, with the magic sliders. As I mentioned, the odd pattern is a result of using the original screw holes on the pedal unit, which were already laid out in an odd pattern.
shmokes:
And here it is hiding in the base. If I take a picture from an angle that allows you to see the pedals, it looks like they are sticking out the front. I took a top-down shot to show that they actually slide all the way in and are completely obscured inside the cabinet base.
shmokes:
As you may have noticed from one or two of the pictures, I severed the cable that connects the pedals to the wheel. I'm almost sure that it wasn't long enough, but regardless, it has a DB25 connector on the end, which is too large to route into my control panel because of my particular setup. I'm thinking that I'll punch the gas/brake pedal cable down to a CAT 5e jack and mount it to the base, and crimp an RJ45 to the other end of the severed cable. That way the pedal base will remain modular if I need to pull it out for any reason.
Well . . . that's all for tonight. I know it's still the base, and I promised more, but I'm not quite ready for another big update. I have been making lots of progress, though. I routed the t-molding slots today, which means I should be able to get the side-panels laminated tomorrow. It's a-comin' together. ;D
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