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Tutorial DIY 3D printed magnetic shifters SRT : the world's first shifter to use ********

Discussion in 'DIY peripherals' started by Lebois, May 10, 2020.

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  1. Lebois

    Lebois (maybe I am wrong, but who knows...)

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    Hi !

    Here the SRT shifter paddles. They are the first ones to use ball bearing to obtain the smoothest motion !

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    1) Video

    Presentation in french :



    2) Features

    Magnetic paddle shifter with a bearing mounted lever. The stroke can be tuned. The horizontal position can be tuned. You can inscrease the shifter resistance bt adding more magnets.

    Find out all the informations to build it on my website : https://lebois-racing.fr/srt-magnetic-paddle-shifters-v1
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    FFB?
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    Well...no. But that makes me think that you should add a bass shaker in the steering wheel ^^
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    Oh, my bad, thought off stick shifter, not paddles. Should have looked better at the picture.
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    Thanks ! And I'm sure that this project will go even further :)
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    Very nice, following all this with great interest!
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    these are cool - tempted to buy a 3d printer just to make them !
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    I am going to work on V2 during the following weeks :)
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    Wow these look really good! Amazing that you've managed to make them fully adjustable as well! I'm using a thrustmaster tx and the shifters feel so damn spungy! Wondering how noisy these are? A friend I speak to a lot has pretty noisy shifters and every time he changes gear all i hear is CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK Time to make something else!
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    Well the noise depends on many thing, but the most important one is the spring or magnet force. I got two wheels. One use my shifter, the other use Leecarl shifters. Leecarl use stronger magnets, so when the shifter comes back into his neutral place, the sound is bigger...
    Lebois, Jul 26, 2020
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