First side piece for the joystick case has been shaped:
Comparison with the throttle side:
A much longer tail.
Comparison with the throttle side:
A much longer tail.
Community Event / Creation The C-Pod: A DIY Command seat (build log)
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Side cloned with the window marked out:
Onwards I go ...
Onwards I go ...
A quick overview of the process to make the windows.
Drill holes to rough cut the window:
Rough cut the window:
Do the same for the second piece.
Attach the router guides:
Flush trim the window:
Use this piece as a guide for the second piece:
On to the beveling ....
Drill holes to rough cut the window:
Rough cut the window:
Do the same for the second piece.
Attach the router guides:
Flush trim the window:
Use this piece as a guide for the second piece:
On to the beveling ....
Side panels completed. External bevels:
Inlay routing:
Fit:
That's the weekend's building complete. The cases were more work than I'd anticipated but I'm pleased with them.
Hope you enjoyed all the pictures.
Inlay routing:
Fit:
That's the weekend's building complete. The cases were more work than I'd anticipated but I'm pleased with them.
Hope you enjoyed all the pictures.
Awesome job !!
Have a good week ahead ..
already looking forward to next weekend's endeavour
Have a good week ahead ..
already looking forward to next weekend's endeavour
Side panels completed. External bevels:
Inlay routing:
Fit:
That's the weekend's building complete. The cases were more work than I'd anticipated but I'm pleased with them.
Hope you enjoyed all the pictures.
This is genius.Around six weeks ago I had been trawling through the internet trying to find a means of securing a joystick so it didn't look rubbish.
Awesome job !!
Have a good week ahead ..
already looking forward to next weekend's endeavour
Thanks Winterwalker. For the cases, I still need to glue various pieces together, fill, sand, paint, varnish, make the inlays and top panels and apply blackboard vinyl to certain sections
Some of this can be done during the week.Thanks very much Ven
I agree, most are fairly simple which is great if you're not obsessed with aesthetics like I am. It can be a bit of a curse at times tbh.
Great work mate. I bet at the end of each day working on this you are totally knackered but also happy as a pig in its natural environment
I hope you realise how jealous we all are here. With that in mind I'm off to play ED on my DK2 - HAH!!!
Jealousy isnt enough to describe what I feel
On the positive side, when the day comes I have enough room to house a bigger simpit, and a garage/room where I can work, TIOO will have finished this project, figured out all the details, and experienced/solved all the issues.
So I will be able to copy his work with ease!
Thanks Yes, very happy with how things are turning out and I am always knackered at the end of a weekend of building. It's a nice contented kind of knackered though.
A couple of pictures of the cases loose/dry assembled before I start the finishing process and glue some more of the parts together. Some of the parts are a little wonky or leaning a little as a consequence. The bases of the units will be raised slightly to create a more even spacing around the edges. There are a couple of areas where it's a couple of mm off but I'm generally very pleased. They will look a whole lot better once complete.
Yes, very happy with how things are turning out and I am always knackered at the end of a weekend of building. It's a nice contented kind of knackered though.A couple of pictures of the cases loose/dry assembled before I start the finishing process and glue some more of the parts together. Some of the parts are a little wonky or leaning a little as a consequence. The bases of the units will be raised slightly to create a more even spacing around the edges. There are a couple of areas where it's a couple of mm off but I'm generally very pleased. They will look a whole lot better once complete.
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Thanks
A couple of pictures of the cases loose/dry assembled before I start the finishing process and glue some more of the parts together. Some of the parts are a little wonky or leaning a little as a consequence. The bases of the units will be raised slightly to create a more even spacing around the edges. There are a couple of areas where it's a couple of mm off but I'm generally very pleased. They will look a whole lot better once complete.
Just - Wow!
Those pics give a real beginning of an idea how cool this is going to be.
Where abouts in the country are you, might have to start stalking you
Thanks ZZleeZZ! Surrey is where I live and I work in London.
Also, just to say that both the throttle and stick will have plates made to go over the top of them so the lines will be a lot cleaner once complete.
I'm also considering using the E: D pin badges on the upward facing slopes of the cases (just behind the throttle and stick).
Also, just to say that both the throttle and stick will have plates made to go over the top of them so the lines will be a lot cleaner once complete.
I'm also considering using the E: D pin badges on the upward facing slopes of the cases (just behind the throttle and stick).
Thanks very much Ven
Well you can't criticize a man who wants to get things right
I had a bit of problem with my joystick int hat it was a Thrustmaster T Hotas and there was no way of properly securing it.You would have kittens if you saw how it is currently held downBut the intention has always been in the next few weeks,to incorporate it into the little thing im doing.Your pictures come as a great source to me...like I said,yours is the first truly excellent effort I have seen so far.
I was born in Guildford,live Leicestershire now,and unfortunately still work in London a lot of the time.
loving it
Loving your work man, very nice indeed, seems a bit of a waste of time building all this then putting a rift on though, I would just want to sit there in my own home made cockpit perhaps a projector setup on a curved screen with head tracking would be awesomer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo33PceNS3o
it actually looks like you have the skills to faithfully model the whole cockpit interior tbh, a projector outside like on those big flight simulators would be pure nerdgasm
Perhaps devs should enable a fullscreen no cockpit mode, where the individual sensors and displays could output to android tablets, so you could literally have you sensor in front of you at an angle on a tablet, the nav and systems screens inside the cockpit each side on tablets, and the projector outside the screen
Loving your work man, very nice indeed, seems a bit of a waste of time building all this then putting a rift on though, I would just want to sit there in my own home made cockpit perhaps a projector setup on a curved screen with head tracking would be awesomer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo33PceNS3o
it actually looks like you have the skills to faithfully model the whole cockpit interior tbh, a projector outside like on those big flight simulators would be pure nerdgasm
Perhaps devs should enable a fullscreen no cockpit mode, where the individual sensors and displays could output to android tablets, so you could literally have you sensor in front of you at an angle on a tablet, the nav and systems screens inside the cockpit each side on tablets, and the projector outside the screen
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This is awesome, signed up for daily emails of this thread.
If funds were available, I'd ask if I could 'persuade' you to build another one. Alas, I'll have to make do with knowing there is 1 of these marvellous seats in existence, owned by a man who deserves it.
I'm really glad you're enjoying the ride Tyrope. You can be sure I will keep going until I'm completely satisfied with it.
Well you can't criticize a man who wants to get things right
But the intention has always been in the next few weeks,to incorporate it into the little thing im doing.Your pictures come as a great source to me...like I said,yours is the first truly excellent effort I have seen so far.
Thanks you very much for that and your project sounds intriguing! Make sure you post some pictures
Yes, working in London (the wrong side of London too) sucks. My commute is a mere 3.5 - 4 hours per day. Not good
Loving your work man, very nice indeed, seems a bit of a waste of time building all this then putting a rift on though, I would just want to sit there in my own home made cockpit perhaps a projector setup on a curved screen with head tracking would be awesomer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo33PceNS3o
it actually looks like you have the skills to faithfully model the whole cockpit interior tbh, a projector outside like on those big flight simulators would be pure nerdgasm
Perhaps devs should enable a fullscreen no cockpit mode, where the individual sensors and displays could output to android tablets, so you could literally have you sensor in front of you at an angle on a tablet, the nav and systems screens inside the cockpit each side on tablets, and the projector outside the screen
Yes, I will be using the build for flight sims also, sans Rift
Can't say that I haven't considered a more elaborate setup - I'm particularly taken with CastAR. That would be an excellent technology to build into the setup and would fit well with what you've just described!That's about the most flattering thing someone could do. Thank you
Thanks Kambalo. I don't really consider myself to have any talent out of the ordinary. I am blessed with patience and good old perseverance, more useful than most tools in my limited toolkit!
I've decided to take the rest of the week off work. Hmmm ... I wonder what I can do with my time ...
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Hello there!
I am following the thread since yesterday and i read all pages!
Very informative for people who seek wo build custom controls and environments for their online gaming hobbies!
Keep this up!
FWIW here's a link from Arcadeconrrols.com about a "Driver bartop" which is a cabin made out of cardboard for a SEGA MAME game.
It made me wonder, how about instead of using wood and plastic to use really thick cardboard, that could be folded and tacked away later!
Oh wait!
Forgot the link!
Here it is: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139895.0.html
Cheers!
I am following the thread since yesterday and i read all pages!
Very informative for people who seek wo build custom controls and environments for their online gaming hobbies!
Keep this up!
FWIW here's a link from Arcadeconrrols.com about a "Driver bartop" which is a cabin made out of cardboard for a SEGA MAME game.
It made me wonder, how about instead of using wood and plastic to use really thick cardboard, that could be folded and tacked away later!
Oh wait!
Forgot the link!
Here it is: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139895.0.html
Cheers!