Community Event / Creation The C-Pod: A DIY Command seat (build log)

ThereIs0nly0ne

ThereIs0nly0ne
Enride said:
It already looks amazing but im really excited seeing youve begun work on the "hull"!
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Yup, begun and then began again as you shall see ...

Cadw said:
The CP-1 already looks amazing, you are doing an amazing job! I would love to build something like this! Unfortunately, bought a house that needs renovating! So in the wife's opinion, that has to be done first!

Enjoying the build and looking forward to the completed Pod!
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Thanks Cadw, always best to get the credits in by attending to the wife's considered and correct opinion ;) I've decorated our house from top to bottom about 3 times over the last 11 years so have some credits to spend :)

Draw everything up, drill access holes, rough cut the insides cut and attach the guides and flush trim. Things are going well. How wrong could I be:



Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh. The window is massively overcut, extending down to the side pod.

Options:

a. Stuff it and carry on
b. Do it again

I did it again, correctly:



I'm glad I did.
 

ThereIs0nly0ne

ThereIs0nly0ne
I've routed the inside bevels on the windows and also inserts for both the mesh and the aluminium bars which are now fitted:



I still need to cut the bars for the other side. I'm almost out of mesh - just enough for one side - so will have to order some more of that.
 

Ogre

Ogre
And you say when it's finished we can all come round to the launch party for it and give it a test ride... great!
 
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ThereIs0nly0ne

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Sanderson said:
Wicked. Commercial companies should be taking notes on this.
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Thanks Sanderson, I'g be game to see this going into production tbh!

pigfumbler said:
It's so good to see this taking shape. Good decision on the windows I think. Quality, as always!
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Thanks PF. Nothing worse than doing something you're not happy with and compromising. Leaving it as it turned out initially was only an option for about 5 minutes.

Enride said:
Great work mate, and kudos on the recut windows, it all works together so well!
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Thanks Enride. Extra work but when measured with the amount of time taken to get to the current build state, I figured it'd be a relatively small percentage overall.

Ogre said:
And you say when it's finished we can all come round to the launch party for it and give it a test ride... great!
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I need to get it into my games room to start with! That's going to be a challenge in itself.

I completed the vinyl backing and mesh on the right hand side window:



 

Tyrope

Tyrope
If memory serves, you were going to colour the wood black. Those white alu bars will stand out a lot.... Intended or are they gonna get a new colour as well?
 

ThereIs0nly0ne

ThereIs0nly0ne
Tyrope said:
If memory serves, you were going to colour the wood black. Those white alu bars will stand out a lot.... Intended or are they gonna get a new colour as well?
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Hey Tyrope, the bars will remain as they are. They key in with a metalic coloring on the CP-1 font on the artwork. I also want something which stands out a bit, almost organic/cyborg-like with the blood red colour contrasting with an aluminium skeleton so to speak. It will look much more effective once painted black. I posted this on the first page from recollection and this is the effect it has (with different coloured vinyl):



MarkOzzy said:
wow, just wow. It's looking good mate :cool:
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Thanks MarOzzy. Digging the Hawkwind avatar :)
 

[VR] Frank_G

[VR] Frank_G
I was overwhelmed of custom cockpits, that were built for Kerbal Space Program, but seeing this... it dwarfs anything i have seen so far. Very impressive.
 

ThereIs0nly0ne

ThereIs0nly0ne
Thanks Frank :) You got me interested in what people have been up to over there so I went and had a look. There are some nice control panels people have put together!

Edit: Just posted over there to see what people think its usefulness might be.
 
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ThereIs0nly0ne

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The time has come to start dry assembling. A lot of measuring to do to make sure everything lines up correctly. Hopefully by the end of today I will have the structure screwed together. The first job has been to correctly size the base which has now been completed. About 10 steps backwards seemingly at the moment:

 

ThereIs0nly0ne

ThereIs0nly0ne
Dry assembling is going slowly but well:







I use some very large batons and 6cm screws for the connection into the base. This structure isn't going to shift or creak:

 

ThereIs0nly0ne

ThereIs0nly0ne
That's me done for today. Just a couple of batons I needed to complete but I will do those tomorrow:



The seat raiser will need to be re-cut. It's too wide.
 

ThereIs0nly0ne

ThereIs0nly0ne
Txakal said:
Yessssss! It looks better and better. Nice progress. Good work, TIOO!
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Thanks Txakal, no bling today or anything that looks impressive but it's feeling nice and solid. It gives me a position where I can start on the shoulder sections and the back of the seat.

pigfumbler said:
60mm screws? That will never shift! Nice work as always, good to see the 'inner core' taking shape! :)
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Cheers PF. Yes, it should be on securely :)

It needs straightening up a bit but I have put some additional padding in the main seat panel:

 
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Adam Lusardi said:
http://s218.photobucket.com/user/SpaceHedgehog/media/DryAssemble6_zps72b1189b.jpg.html
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I hope that middle seat bottom bar is not placed correctly, and the 60mm screws are not poking out too much!
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lol, that bottom bar is what I refer to as the seat raiser - maybe bottom bar would be a more appropriate description with it positioned like that :) It's too wide to fit with the sides attached - I suspected it would be. I just need to uncover it and trim some wood and re-cover.
 
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