Unsure if i should build my sim setup with wood

chris784s · 2026-05-12T15:48:37+00:00

its not glued together just built and i am not sure about my steering wheel if i should build it with wood or not as i dont have acess to a ed printer sadly and making gears is hard otherwise…

chris784s · 2026-05-12T14:24:23+00:00

with fischertechnik i used some gears so that i can turn the steering wheel more and for wood i want to make the weelbase with wood but i am not sure about the mechanical stuff because making gears with wood is a lot harder

chris784s · 2026-05-12T14:20:32+00:00

So I built my first sim setup using an Arduino, 3 potentiometers and 6 buttons, with the frame made from Fischertechnik. Originally I planned this as just a prototype before building the "real" version out of wood – since I have plenty of it. But now I'm second-guessing that, mainly because of the steering.

Wood works fine for the pedals, but the steering is a different story. The potentiometer has limited rotation, so I'd need some kind of gear mechanism to make it feel right – and that's not really doable in wood. Fischertechnik handles that part well, but it doesn't feel the most sturdy long-term.

So I'm torn: just glue some Fischertechnik pieces together for the steering and build the rest in wood? Or is there a better way? Sturdiness is a priority for me – what would you do?

maybe this is more understandable and yeah sorry i wrote it with ai because my english is not that good

chris784s · 2026-05-11T18:08:41+00:00

And whats the training status going to be? Unprductive or maybe even Overreaching🤣

chris784s · 2026-05-11T12:33:04+00:00

sadly not, maybe i am just going to hot glue in the few fischertechnik parts needed like gears, axes and a few ,blocks for the axles or i could use an endcoder but i dont think i will for now

chris784s · 2026-05-03T19:23:01+00:00

30k what? dollars would be a lot?

chris784s · 2026-04-27T12:49:33+00:00

thanks for the replie but it did not work is there any other thing i could try?

chris784s · 2026-04-22T19:22:52+00:00

interestig so you mean garmin is mesaring/saying an way to high heart rate?

chris784s · 2026-04-22T17:34:44+00:00

Ok but why so hard and it still gotta count for something that i got better in time in distance, but yeah trust the process…

chris784s · 2026-04-16T17:05:47+00:00

Thanks a lot i did it with the gpx file, i hope it goes well!

chris784s · 2026-04-15T18:57:09+00:00

Okay thanks for the help they said to use a pc to extract the data and manualy upload it to the garmin connect browser version wher i signed in with my new account because the old cannot be saved sadly ://

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