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Think I've found a good steering wheel integration design... opinions needed.
drventure:
Reminds me of the old "Bread cutting boards" that would slide back under the counter in the kitchen when you didn't need them. Very nice!
Sure would be nice to have a place to store the wheel right there in the cab somehow. Maybe put the pc up on a shelf inside or something?
It's probably more trouble than it's worth, but would it be possible to make the front panel hinge open such that the shelf and wheel could just swing down into the cab, then you just close up the front panel and bob's your uncle.
Then again, I always seem to overcomplicate things :)
Turnarcades:
The customer in question did not want storage space for the wheel and pedals. The lower fixed shelf you see is actually for mounting the PC or components, as is common on most of my upright designs. This could have been elaborated to fit a wheel in but having the PC components accessible from the front has always been a design I've found useful.
Having a 'swing down' shelf would mean losing stability of the shelf whilst in use with most designs I thought of, plus would mean a much bigger opening on the front and loads of space inside for it not to foul on anything. In this instance, it would also have meant doing away with the keyboard drawer, which was specifically requested.
Hope this build's given others some food for thought though and maybe this idea can be taken further by another racing game fan.
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