Showroom My First 2dof Seat Shaker Build w/Complete Shopping List

I've been browsing this forum off and on for the past year and finally decided to take the plunge. I plan on keeping this thread up to date with as much info and as many pictures as I can to hopefully make it a one stop shop for all future first timers.

Shopping List
Main components:

• GTR Racing Simulator cockpit (which I plan to cut up and modify)
  
• Thrustmaster TX servo base
• Thrustmaster VG Ferrari 599XX EVO Wheel
• Thrustmaster VG TH8A Add-On Gearbox Shifter
• Thrustmaster VG T3PA-PRO Pedals
• 2 x HP DL380 G4 575W Power Supplies (DPS-600PB B 406393-001)
  • 2 x NEMA 5-15P to IEC C13 cables to power the PSUs
• 2 x 150/160 rpm 25:1 ratio gear motors (bought from pgsaw on eBay)
• 2 x Pololu 12v12 JRK motor controllers
• 2 x 180 degree hall effect potentiates
• 4 x heim joints
• Square tubing
• 2 x NEMA 5-15P to IEC C13 cables

Miscellaneous components:

• 8 x misalignment spacers
  
• 4 x jam nuts (for use with the heim joints)
• 14 gauge silicone wiring (for the 12V and ground connections on the PSU)
• Toggle switches
• Servo cables (for connecting the PSU pins)
• Heat shrink
• Male/Female spade quick disconnects
• USB hub (ended up cutting this out of the project and went straight to my computer)
• 2 x 10ft USB cables with ferrite cores
• 1/2-in x 2.5in hex drive wood screw (used these for my pot mount, see the pictures below)
• Fork spade terminals
• 4 x Screw terminal strips
• 2 x Arctic F8 fans to cool my JRKs
  
• M2 nylon spacers to mount the JRKs
• M3 nylon spacers to mount my fans
• Heat sinks for the JRKs

Useful Links
I've done a bit of pre-gaming with some earlier threads (thanks to all of those who have already helped!). I expect I'll have some future specific threads so I'll keep those linked in this post along with the threads I find that answers questions:

• Longtime Lurker First Time Poster.... PSUs - Some PSU questions I had
• Looking for Motor Shaft Examples - Title says it all. I was looking for some good examples of shafts/levers
• JRK configuration - This is a great starting point for your JRK configuration if you have no idea what you are doing (Like me!)
• How to Modify a Server Power Supply for 12v - This is the guide I used to setup my PSU

Tools

• Gear Puller - I needed this to pull the bearing off the motor shaft so I could reverse it.
• Angle Grinder
• Flux core welder
• Soldering iron

7/24/16 - Lots of Progress Today

Is there anyway to remove the shaft from the motor and reverse it? I have the motors from pgsaw on ebay.

More progress...

I had a hard time reversing the motor shaft. I couldn't bang it out for the life of me. I ended up having to rent gear puller which did the trick.

7/25/2016 - Finished the frame
8/2/2016 - Got the motors mounted to the frame

Any links to how this was done Noorbeast?

I'm very much in the planning phase of my sim upgrade and would like to incorporate this mod in my design.

Oh, very nice..

I have some questions I'll ask in that thread.

Paul

I had screws where noorbeasts rivets were so it was just a matter of unscrewing the case and opening it up. The hardest part for me was getting bearing off of the shaft which is where the gear puller came in handy.

8/9/2016
Big milestone today. Finished off the levers on the motors. All major welding is done.

Next step, clean and paint the frame.

Center to center is 3.5 inches. Should it be shorter?

Nice, thank you. I will definitely keep this thread updated on how well they work.

All primed and ready for paint...

8/13/16
- Frame all painted
- POT mounts created (used some 1/8in aluminum and twisted it, cut down the hex drive screws and connected the two with some rubber tubing to create these)

Unfortunately I fried one of my JRKs so work is on hold until the new one shows up.

8/17/16
It's alive! Next steps

- Clean up the wiring
- Create protection for the JRKs
- Mount power supplies and JRKs to a solid base.

8/24/16

Built a couple fan mounts/JRK protectors with some spare parts.