Project: Playseat

[activated1]

This is something I finished about a year ago. I bought a used Logitech DFP some 4 years ago, and I honestly think it`s the best/most fun piece of hardware I ever bought. Shortly after the purchase I wanted to make a cockpit, I made some drawings but it was pretty much all I did. Then 2 years ago I entered a F1 2012 tournament. I practiced at home with my wheel bolted to the table, and me siting on an office chair. When I got to the tournament and sat in the playseat the feeling was so different than the one at home. Needles to say, as we had only one practice lap and two timed I only had a decent lap on my last lap but that was enough only for the midfield. When I got home I finally put my plans in motion, my dad gave me a seat, I bought/had the material I needed and the end product is on the pictures below. I`m currently making modifications to it so the Logitech G25 can fit (i need to make a mount for the shifter, and extend the bay for the pedals)

 

 

What I needed for the project:

 

- The seat (in my case it`s form a Citroen Saxo)

- one  3cm x 3cm square steel pipe 6m long 

- a piece of steel sheet metal 43x35cm

- a piece of l-profile 40cm long

- a piece of metal 48x10cm

- a piece of wood 50x25cm

- nuts & bolts

- a piece of carpet (for the pedal bay so they won`t slip)

- glue

- paint

- saw

- power drill

- electric grinder

- welding station

 

The initial plan was to copy the original Playseat but that one required the most material (and I was looking not to spend much), then I looked at the Playseat EVO & Playseat WRC design, and made my own crossover version of the those two

 

 

Original Playesat

 

 

Playseat EVO

 

 

Playesat WRC

 

 

 

 

The Sedište

 

 

The Šipka

 

 

Work in progress...

 

 

 

And The final product

 

[Guest]

Wow, nice! Considering how expensive those things are this seems like a really nice DIY version for racing fans.

[ShadowCaptain]

Wow thats really awesome

 

I have been considering making a matching office chair and racing wheel cockpit from some old car seats I have in the garage

 

You might have inspired me to just go do it

[Notree]

Nice  metal fabrication work man. How much did you spend on the metal?

[activated1]

Nice  metal fabrication work man. How much did you spend on the metal?

 

The pipe was about 10€, the rest I had at home. But I would estimate that about 30€ would be enough to make the frame, and then you just need a seat

 

I made the pedals and the wheel detachable so I can use the seat instead an office chair when I`m using my computer

[ZacDaMan72]

lol.

[gylmir]

great job on the seat and frame

you can sell this looks clean and very good

 

Thumbs up

[Scheer]

If you ever build another, using aluminum extrusion is very popular for the adjust-ability, and is easy to design to break down flat when you want to store it. Plus if you decide you don't want it anymore, you can always find a use for extrusions.

 

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