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#3554916 - 04/12/12 08:14 AM Re: My very first 'Pit', sort of. . . [Re: Reschke]
Lupus Member Registered: 02/05/07 Posts: 120 Loc: United States	Originally Posted By: Reschke Lupus if you take a look at the bottom of the seat you can most likely attach the angle iron to the seat rails there with a few bolts and some time with a good metal drilling bit on a drill. I will see what sort of pictures I can locate on the pivot joints that I have seen and used in cabinets and jigs for building things. Go to this website link and take a look at the Jig and Fixture Bases with the "adjustable locking hubs". http://www.carrlane.com/catalog/index.cf...A3C3B285355435E At a place I used to work we built some things similar to what they are showing for mounting CRT screens at workstations and the keyboard mounts as well for those same dummy terminals. It was what we used to track inventory and production in the shop and the different users of the stations could adjust as needed and these puppies would not move once they were locked in place. However they were fairly easy to readjust when you needed to adjust them. Looks fantastic, and would be perfect. The sight you linked me to is selling them for $116.50. Any chance I can find them cheaper somewhere? _________________________ RAF-65 is Currently Recruiting Pilots of all Skill Levels. Visit us at www.RAF-65.com RAF-65 is recruiting, join us and help win the war. www.RAF-65.com
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#3555658 - 04/13/12 11:58 AM Re: My very first 'Pit', sort of. . . [Re: Lupus]
Reschke Plankowner Member Registered: 03/04/07 Posts: 1068 Loc: Vestavia, AL	Yes you can get those cheaper than that price...I just remember that place from buying for in house fabrication projects at an old company. The problem I have though is all my suppliers are at that price or higher since I deal with those things on a high end fabrication shop basis and we make some custom items for automotive manufacturers. So I can't point you at a lower price right off the bat. Edited by Reschke (04/13/12 12:09 PM) _________________________ VF-17 "The Jolly Rogers" i7-2600K @ 3.4GHz 8GB RAM EVGA GeForce GTX470 EVGA X67 SLI Samsung DVD Burner Samsung SyncMaster P2770FH TrackIR 5 with Track Clip Pro Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Warthog #1397...compliments of SimHQ
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#3562259 - 04/24/12 09:30 PM Re: My very first 'Pit', sort of. . . [Re: Lupus]
Lupus Member Registered: 02/05/07 Posts: 120 Loc: United States	Ok, I'm continuing to plan my build. I have the basic design, thanks to DudleyAZ for sharing a Google Sketchup of his pit. I'm collecting cardboard to build a mockup so I can check ergonomics. In the meantime I'm trying to layout my panel design, but to do this I need to know how big the switches I'm going to use are, and how big the knobs and housings to go on those switches are. Does anyone know of a good source for quality switches and buttons online? Or if you live in the area around Northeast Atlanta, Georgia, do you know of any place local? I want my pit to have a consistent look across all the buttons and switches, but would like to not pay through the nose. Thanks in advance for your help. Edited by Lupus (04/24/12 09:31 PM) _________________________ RAF-65 is Currently Recruiting Pilots of all Skill Levels. Visit us at www.RAF-65.com RAF-65 is recruiting, join us and help win the war. www.RAF-65.com
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#3564069 - 04/28/12 01:54 PM Re: My very first 'Pit', sort of. . . [Re: Lupus]
Lupus Member Registered: 02/05/07 Posts: 120 Loc: United States	Ok, big thanks to Dudley for sharing his finished and built design. After examining it, I further developed my design, borrowing heavily from him. Here is what I have, I figure I'll use a about a 1 1/2" hole saw to cut some holes to route cable in a few key places. I still have some developing to do. I want to incorporate Dudz idea for a hidden collective into the left console, but this is what I have so far: And showing some of the internal structure: _________________________ RAF-65 is Currently Recruiting Pilots of all Skill Levels. Visit us at www.RAF-65.com RAF-65 is recruiting, join us and help win the war. www.RAF-65.com
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#3564247 - 04/28/12 10:45 PM Re: My very first 'Pit', sort of. . . [Re: Lupus]
Lupus Member Registered: 02/05/07 Posts: 120 Loc: United States	Ok, here we are, finished design. Again, based largely on DudelyAz's design, with a few refinements of my own. Finally decided on a solution for the keyboard too, although I am going to end up having two keyboards connected, one used with the 'lapdesk' and one to be used while simming. _________________________ RAF-65 is Currently Recruiting Pilots of all Skill Levels. Visit us at www.RAF-65.com RAF-65 is recruiting, join us and help win the war. www.RAF-65.com
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#3571729 - 05/12/12 12:53 PM Re: My very first 'Pit', sort of. . . [Re: Lupus]
68valu Junior Member Registered: 02/20/12 Posts: 11 Loc: OR	If you have a "Habitat for Humanity" restore in your area, you can possibly find most of your materials for less than half of retail. I always check those places first for all my projects. 68valu _________________________ 68valu 68th Lightning Lancers Aces High Virtual Squadron
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#3572395 - 05/13/12 11:35 PM Re: My very first 'Pit', sort of. . . [Re: Lupus]
Lupus Member Registered: 02/05/07 Posts: 120 Loc: United States	Thanks for the suggestion. We do have one of those in my town. I'll be sure to check them out first. _________________________ RAF-65 is Currently Recruiting Pilots of all Skill Levels. Visit us at www.RAF-65.com RAF-65 is recruiting, join us and help win the war. www.RAF-65.com
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