My fantasy rig (for now)

[Hampus Andersson]

After seeing so many threads of alu-rigs i decided to give it a crack myself.

3D program: Google Sketchup (dead easy, pretty much all the parts exist as 3d models)
Renderer: Keyshot 3 (looks SICK)

Parts used:
80/20 on Ebay
45x45mm is the only pieces used for now, just started.

(wood is just to get some nice contrast)

As you can see it´s just the start, materials used for the looks are some wood and Titanium.

Will update when there´s progress, still haven´t decided on a few things.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Will you definitely be building this then ?
I think I will!

Yea i think so

 

[Fred Owen]

nice! What seat is going with the rig then?
I'll probably be buying too around mid august

 

[Hampus Andersson]

It´s only made for this seat. His "hole" is identical to mine,

You would have to re-design the rig for it to take another seat properly,
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport/seats/tillett-b3-5-seat

I´m not sure when i´ll build mine but probably around that time i think

 

[Hampus Andersson]

designed a button-box as well. The swing-arm is just a place holder as i would like to have it tilted in some way as well.

 

[Fred Owen]

From DemonTweeks¬
"Due to its very thin and light construction this seat needs to be used in a vehicle where the seat can be supported high up on the sides and at the headrest. This can be either from the vehicle itself, if it has a roll bar and bulkhead, or from a custome made metal support frame."

Perhaps the rig needs a bar holding the seat up because we wouldn't want it to break! And perhaps the swivelling keyboard/mouse tray could be attached to that a possible solution

 

[Hampus Andersson]

I plan on using a bar sticking out the back as seen on the image from the guy who have the seat and he told me he would bolt the seat into the side support so i plan to do that as well.
Should be rock solid after that
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Fixed some VESA mounts now as well. 100x100mm

 

[Fred Owen]

Keyboard holder could potentially be put on the back of the big bar... not sure how stable it would be and if it would be liable to bend..

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Keyboard holder could potentially be put on the back of the big bar... not sure how stable it would be and if it would be liable to bend..

Which bar did you mean?
The bar which holds the center screen?

 

[Fred Owen]

The bar sticking out the back

 

[Fred Owen]

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Yea i think it will probably have to be stuck to that one, will be tricky getting it right as i need to angle it as well seeing as one will be at an angle as well.

 

[Fred Owen]

hmm... any other ides as to where the mouse/keyboard can go?

 

[Hampus Andersson]

no idea yet but it will probably pop up in my head tomorrow or so

 

[Deleted member 17730]

Legal obligations? Are you thinking about selling the plans or something to this rig?

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Legal obligations? Are you thinking about selling the plans or something to this rig?

I´ve got some plans to maybe create a small company that only focuses on designing completely custom rigs for people, then they can buy it wherever they like.

But it wasn´t that. It´s that i have Derek Speare´s products on my rig, extremely sensitive information, especially the pedals which are not out yet and it´s for those things i have legal obligations i must follow.

Having two files, one with and one without the parts and at the same time modifying the rig is too much work so i´ll just stop sharing the rig from now on and maybe when i´m completely finished i can separate the two again.