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Title: New racing chair Post by: 34FieroGT on March 29, 2005, 01:21:14 pm What do you get when you cross a spare fiero seat, the base from a busted office chair, and a force-feedback steering wheel & pedals?
(http://www.magma.ca/~fierogt/chair.jpg) I've wanted to do this for a while now, and finally had the time to do so this weekend. I'm trying to teach myself how to weld, but I can't bring myself to mindlessly weld scraps of metal together for practice. I need some sort of project, and this was my 2nd attempt. It works much better than that stupid lap bar that comes with the wheel, not to mention a lot more comfortable. ;D Title: Re: New racing chair Post by: fiero308 on March 29, 2005, 02:18:19 pm what do you GET?
too much time on your hands is my guess........ ::) ::) ::) and here everyone thought you were BUSY........ !!! Title: Re: New racing chair Post by: 34FieroGT on April 06, 2005, 11:27:21 am Well, I found myself with 'too much free time' again last weekend, and I wasn't too happy with my original design. The uprights for the steering wheel were too close to the seat, making entry and exit a tad difficult. I still had some leftover tubing, so I cut the uprights off and relocated them.
I also replaced the chair base. As I posted above, I had scavenged it from a busted chair from work. Well, the chair base was the reason it was in the 'scrap pile'. I acquired a second busted chair after making sure that the base itself was in good condition. Take a look at Racing Chair 1.2 ;D (http://www.magma.ca/~fierogt/chair1.2.jpg) Title: Re: New racing chair Post by: aaron88 on April 06, 2005, 11:56:42 am So what do you do when the chair starts to pivot in the middle of a game from all the movement?
Aaron . Title: Re: New racing chair Post by: 34FieroGT on April 06, 2005, 01:21:27 pm I thought that it would be a problem, but the chair does not swivel during play, even during spirited driving.
Title: Re: New racing chair Post by: fiero308 on April 06, 2005, 04:20:19 pm ;D where's the 6 point belt?
I was SURE you would by now. And a racing stripe. Yeah. not only does this guy have time to BUILD a chair, he has time to USE it........ himmmm I'm doing something wrong....... ::) |