Good DIY aluminium profile sim rig instructions?

[Bez]

are there any go to/tried and tested instructions for DIY projects using aluminium profile, I've found a couple but wondered if there was a definitive design people use.

Edit: or a good premade aluminium profile rig on sale?

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

Seat arrived 2day, side mounts and slider included

which seat did you buy?

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

@Frederic Schornstein look at post #116

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

@Frederic Schornstein look at post #116

Thanks good to know that it includes sliders as well. Will be interesting to see how you mount it in the end From what I read most seats dont include mounts and was hard for me to find out the space you need for the mounts.

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Vesa mounts and pivot plates arrived. Thanks @sim-lab.eu

Foil job done

Now the building can start

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Here 2 pics of the building which i started yesterday. And yes also wrap all the brackets in foil

Starting the day with mounting the hardware
Well immediately a problem with the HE pedals. Profiles are M8, pedal holes M6
Problem solved, called the drilling sergeant and now we have HE pedals with M8 holes

 

[Tsfc]

Right on man. Looks sweeet in black

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Back home after a few beers to cool off
Pedals and base are fixed and in position, same as the seat
Unfortunately the wheelbase is a real nightmare. The csw panels broke off due to my own stupidiness. Should have them disambled before mounting the base.
Anyway it is mounted but not to my satisfaction
So until i have this sorted to my liking, i won't start with the triple screens.
Hopefully a new day tomorrow will bring me some fresh ideas.

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

For the wheelbase, i made a wooden surface to mount the wheelbase on. Much happier with that. For now there is too much flex on the side profiles of the wheelbase. Gonna move a profile from the insdide to the wheelbase so i can mount this in a 90degree.

That's gonna be the last for this weekend. Now time for some relaxing

 

[William Geuze]

Nice solution on the steering problem! The blame might be on me on this one sadly!

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Nice solution on the steering problem! The blame might be on me on this one sadly!

What for?
With the tilt mounted on the base it was possible but still not good enough.
Anyway good like that at the moment. Switching, hopefully to OSW at the end of the year
To make the wheelbase more stable gonna use the big brackets, and instead of brackets behind i will mount these on the side.

 

[William Geuze]

Well I suppose I didn't take the beefy 45x45 well enough into account when drawing up those plans. When I have the time and when I'm going to order myself I think some redesigning of the plans for my own rig design will be conducted

edit:
have to admit though, your fix is possibly a better and cheaper solution than what we decided on earlier. Might reduce flex and saves you 3 brackets

edit2:
I might draw a mounting plate and see if simlab will build it

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Some pictures of tonite's work.

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Rig is up and running. Still the finishing touch to do but 1st getting comfortable with the new furniture

 

[William Geuze]

Super awesome

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Made a 2nd order @ETSLux with some profiles and accessoires to finish and complete the rig.
Pc will be put on an alu-platform instead of the wooden piece and the the logitech z906 receiver will also put on a alu platform behind the middle screen
Buttkicker mini LFE's will be mounted also,along with the receiver under the rig
Also have a mouse tray/rest or how you call it, designed and made.
Any ideas/hints are more than welcome
Did abit of finishing today with inserting the cover profile strips

 

[William Geuze]

There is no stopping you! How about some nice overview shots so people can actually see what the rig looks like in total.

I'm curious if we end up seeing this design pop up elsewhere as well

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

There is no stopping you! How about some nice overview shots so people can actually see what the rig looks like in total.

I'm curious if we end up seeing this design pop up elsewhere as well

Still have some work to do, patience my friend

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Small update: mounted the t.amp D4-500 amplifier for my buttkickers under the rig
Alu-plates and etc are coming to finalize the rig.

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Some alu plates arrived today.............

 

[Kurt Vanhee]

Did some more work today