Linear Actuators

[ark_ader]

Well I have been busy designing my ultra thin cabinet which will fit in wall recess of 8-9 inches.

I have been thinking about the control panel which I want it to swing out via a front panel of the cab.

The CP or bucket (as I like to call it) will have to be moved by a Linear Actuator, but I'm not sure which one would be acceptable the basic model or the more interesting non-captive version.

I want the cabinet to come alive on power up with the CP slowly and silently coming out of the front cabinet panel.

I was also looking at a Linear Actuator to rotate the LCD via a switch, but I can always add that later on.

Luckily the Actuators which, I have been looking at, are all 12v so I can take power from the PC PSU.

Does anyone have any experience with these Actuators in a cab?

I want the cab to have a James Bond coolness factor.

[kelemvor]

So you won't be pulling the CP up but it will rise up on it's own when it's turned on?  Sounds cool.  But I have no experience with that at all so can't really help.  But post some pics or schematics or something so we can all drool over the coolness factor.

[drventure]

Sorry to ping an older thread, but did you ever do anything with an actuator?