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Tilt Steering Wheel control panel
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I've worked up a board very similar to Lanman's design.
Mine lays horizontal (to accept the steering wheel mount) and I'll put a 'dashboard' mounted perpendicular to it with shelf brackets on the inside.. See the cardboard mockup in the photos.
I made some brackets to act as pivot points and decided to mount them on the rear of the horizontally mounted tilting board so that I could drop the front edge about 30 degrees. The movement seems much more natural this way and it lines up perfect with the kids height while sitting in the wheelchair.
Just using some c-clamps as stops for now. I hope to find some cabinet hardware with locking detents for this.
Had to test play a game or two. ;D
Yes that is Wrigley Field you can almost see on the screen there...
Not sure if I'm going to use wood or steel for the dash yet. Most likely wood, faced with plastic overlay.
Got an idea to mount the cd-rom drive into the 'dash' area, put the volume control next to it, and paint a radio dial on the tray's faceplate to simulate a car stereo.
Somewhere I saw an 'el cheepo' key switch I could rig up to a M.O. switch for a power button. Not sure I'd want that on the front of the system though.
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Now I need to figure out how to close up the top.
I am thinking a retractable plastic panel.
Any suggestions?
DarkBubble:
You could make the hole in the panel just large enough for the wheel and it's range of movement, using vinyl or your choice of cloth to make a flexible boot in a manner similar to what they do with shifters.
hng:
window AC bellows.
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That is a good thought, keeping the front panel static and moving only the wheel.
However, the wheel housing has a bit of a taper to it and may present another problem.
It looks very similar to this one...
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