Building a simracing simrig in FreeCAD

[mihi4]

For quite some years now I have started to do nearly all my tinker projects first in FreeCAD, before I cut any material at all.
2 years ago I got back into simracing again and after I saw the prices for ready2use simrigs I decided to build one from scratch.

I always want to learn new things, and this gave me a chance to learn welding at last
So I started designing all the parts needed for it:

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Which lead to detailed tech drawings which made milling and drilling of the parts much much easier.

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I even used FreeCAD to model my simroom and see, how everything fits in there:

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[mihi4]

Finally, everything came out, like planned in FreeCAD

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After the rig was done, I started with my own Wheel for it:

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It's still missing the electronics soldered, but the hardware based on the CAD design is done.

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greetings
michi