2dof to 3dof DIY Seat mover

is that before or after you punched him in the face.......

Buddy's buddy Flaked out and never came. So unfortunately never got the chance to try. Ill wait for CV1 and just order it. No big deal.

And what was he doing underneath the back of your sim anyway?

So Recently ive been discussing with some of the member's about the Traction loss frame requiring a little more support rather than just a lazy susan/bearing up front and a pair of Caster's out back. I noticed on my rig as well there was some "rocking" of the top frame at the front end on either side of the lazy susan. So without getting crazy technical with Caster's and plates to roll on, I fashioned this up with a pair of these roller balls, I had always wanted to play with them and actually found this pair in my shop so went to work with some Steel and aluminum angle.

I used a "wedge" to slightly lift the top frame so when i pulled the wedge, the balls have some tension on them.

Nice. How does it feel now? I will have two casters up front also. Hopefully in Jan.

No play No Mo. Lol at least from the rig's perspective. Still Just a little from the Double Cushion carpet and carpet sliders.

only this option works on mine 700GB,s white other option it shutsdown after 10 sec ? But now works ok!

So whats the problem exactly ? Sorry i never really spend much time with my 700's....they got wired up tested then put on the shelf. Was my Pin out different to what you just posted ?

Decided it was time for a Handbrake. Looked at a few DIY versions and set off scrounging for parts in the work shop, Turns out i had everything i needed, Including a Spare "Axis and Pot " on my SRW S1 to keep thing's simple.

The parts, An old Door protection plate, M10 bolt and spring, 5mm Aluminum plate, SRW S1 Pot with custom Carbon Fiber servo arm, Length of 8mm Hardboard for supports, Large supply of 1/4" nuts, bolts and washers, High pressure Grease, Small Servo Link arm and finally an E-cig Drip tip condom to prevent the spring from catching on the M10 threads













Next problem was a potential big one, I do use my rig for other games that dont include the motion or the wheel and pedals so i need to have a proper mouse pad availible, The hand brake was going to be right in the way technically.....so i started to play with a few angles and Oh my lord its gonna work out perfect, Mouse pad fits JUST Sooooo. Wow its like i planned it out somehow. lol









In the end this cost 0$ and good session in the work shop playing around, Couldn't be much happier with the overall feel and position of the HB. one more project off the list.

there's also something else new in the pics too, Ill have some more info soon.

Also over the holidays i had a slight hiccup with my PC, My Hero VII decided to take a hike off to never never land, After roughly a week at the PC shop for diagnosis, they determined it would fire a i3 and i5 no problem, but wouldn't fire my i7 up, So A new Mobo would be required. Well I happen to have about a year left in my In store protection, So i was left to essentially pick what ever Mobo i wanted, well I wanted what i had, A ROG board. well with the 1150's on their way out and the 1151 being the new IN thing, They didn't have access to a 1150 mobo to compete with what I already had. Sooooo here came the real bonus, The i7 4790, the Platinum Dominator Ram and Mobo came to a total of like 875$ credit So In the end i settled on a New 1151 Hero VIII, i5 6600 (at the time ALL i7's are backordered for a month or more North America wide) and the same 2x8 Platinum Dominator DDR4 3000mhz ram. Add in 3 years extra warranty and I owed them a whopping 17$.......Next ticket would be the new card, Buddy upgraded to a 980 Classified so he sold this to me for a Smookin deal i couldn't refuse.

Last update for the day I promise, lol

Was always lookin for a cheap tablet mount for my 10" went to the dollar store the other day and found this for 2$ and it works the ticket.






I also got Sick and tired of looking at my Worn out seat patches, so I went to the fabric store and got some Fake Suede and went to work on all 3 section's, Arm rests, Shoulder blade, and head rest. you can see the worn out portion under the patch. I used bobby pins to hold it in place, then used Shoe Goo to tack the edges (Fabric glue bleed through the suede).

Great work on the handbrake. You have some talent for making these things. What store did you have this warranty with? I'm so envious of the 980Ti, they are so expensive here in Canada.

Thanks Seb, Ive always had a knack for this kinda stuff, Being able to assemble things with essentially nothing or envisioning the end product from a few plain jane pieces of hardware.


The Pc store is Memory Express, They've gotten my PC business for the past 4 or so years. The IPR Fully kicked in on this build tho. Lol As im sure you could tell i wasn't exactly complaining.

Nice Job!

Screen's were always something i wanted but never had the space to for them until i did a 180* on the room and made it possible, lol :excited:








Next thing i always wanted was an adjustable wheel plate, so with a little help from @Steve spenceley and his 80-20 version, I came up with this.













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I think with those screens you could also use a bigger angle, maybe another 10°/15°

Edit: amazing setup!!

Edit #2: I'm fought between triples like these and OR. It would cost me the same

Screen's are at 120deg....realizing AC's triple app as good as it is, Does lack a few particular features Iracing has.

The Cost of the Rift was a large deciding point for me, Next was the screen resolution and FOV, Imo it will get better, rather quickly....so CV1 wont be around that long before we see CV2 with upgraded screens and what ever else they are working on....Add in the fact Not all Developer's have it setup....I can wait...these triples are a Whole new ball game, so currently more than happy.

Great work @Nick Moxley , one of the best rigs around here

wow that is a 180 turn from single to triple screen lol . just joking nice setup