OT: Question for those with Sidewinder wheels (or amateur carpenters)

Hi, I'm about to buy the MS Sidewinder Precision wheel from www.dabs.com and just wanted to check I'd be able to bolt it to my desk. My ASCII art ain't brilliant, so I found this picture to aid in explanation... http://www.lionmetal.co.id/images/lion%20106n.jpg See the horizontal bar supporting the underside of the desktop, above where your knees would be? That's what I've got on my desk, and I don't know if the clamp will get round it or not. My tabletop is 25 mm thick, the troublesome horizontal bar starts 38 mm back from the front edge and measures 50 mm vertically and 18 mm front-to-back. Hope that makes some sense, thanks in advance for helping me with a weird question! :) Jim PS: I'm under the impression that this wheel is one of those that allows use of brakes and throttle at the same time (don't know the technical term, sorry). This is right, right?

Sawzall -- Kevin Anderson [email hidden] "Jim L" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XKSn6.1615$[email hidden]... > Hi, I'm about to buy the MS Sidewinder Precision wheel from www.dabs.com and > just wanted to check I'd be able to bolt it to my desk. My ASCII art ain't > brilliant, so I found this picture to aid in explanation... > http://www.lionmetal.co.id/images/lion%20106n.jpg > > See the horizontal bar supporting the underside of the desktop, above where > your knees would be? That's what I've got on my desk, and I don't know if > the clamp will get round it or not. My tabletop is 25 mm thick, the > troublesome horizontal bar starts 38 mm back from the front edge and > measures 50 mm vertically and 18 mm front-to-back. > > Hope that makes some sense, thanks in advance for helping me with a weird > question! :) > > Jim > > PS: I'm under the impression that this wheel is one of those that allows use > of brakes and throttle at the same time (don't know the technical term, > sorry). This is right, right? > >

Hi Jim I've just measured my MSFF wheel and I think you should be OK. The wheel would probably clamp either side of the bar The term is split axis and it does. Lee In article <XKSn6.1615$[email hidden]>, Jim L <[email hidden]> writes

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>Hi, I'm about to buy the MS Sidewinder Precision wheel from www.dabs.com and >just wanted to check I'd be able to bolt it to my desk. My ASCII art ain't >brilliant, so I found this picture to aid in explanation... >http://www.lionmetal.co.id/images/lion%20106n.jpg > >See the horizontal bar supporting the underside of the desktop, above where >your knees would be? That's what I've got on my desk, and I don't know if >the clamp will get round it or not. My tabletop is 25 mm thick, the >troublesome horizontal bar starts 38 mm back from the front edge and >measures 50 mm vertically and 18 mm front-to-back. > >Hope that makes some sense, thanks in advance for helping me with a weird >question! :) > >Jim > >PS: I'm under the impression that this wheel is one of those that allows use >of brakes and throttle at the same time (don't know the technical term, >sorry). This is right, right? > >

-- Lee Ward E-mail: [email hidden]

That horizontal bar does seem to be a problem. I just measured my MS SPRW, if your bar is more than 2" it probably won't fit. My desk use to have a bar there too. I removed it. And moved the bar to farther back. If your desk is sturdy enough, just remove it altogether. Yes the MS SPRW does support dual/split axis, so you can brake and gas at the same time. On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 19:46:17 -0000, "Jim L" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi, I'm about to buy the MS Sidewinder Precision wheel from www.dabs.com and >just wanted to check I'd be able to bolt it to my desk. My ASCII art ain't >brilliant, so I found this picture to aid in explanation... >http://www.lionmetal.co.id/images/lion%20106n.jpg > >See the horizontal bar supporting the underside of the desktop, above where >your knees would be? That's what I've got on my desk, and I don't know if >the clamp will get round it or not. My tabletop is 25 mm thick, the >troublesome horizontal bar starts 38 mm back from the front edge and >measures 50 mm vertically and 18 mm front-to-back. > >Hope that makes some sense, thanks in advance for helping me with a weird >question! :) > >Jim > >PS: I'm under the impression that this wheel is one of those that allows use >of brakes and throttle at the same time (don't know the technical term, >sorry). This is right, right? >

Thanks for your help folks, I've gone ahead and ordered it now. The reason I was asking is that it's my landlord's desk and I don't think he'd be too happy if I chopped it around with a saw - it's old but unfortunately more old-as-in-good rather than old-as-in-tatty :0) <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> That horizontal bar does seem to be a problem. I just measured my MS > SPRW, if your bar is more than 2" it probably won't fit. > > My desk use to have a bar there too. I removed it. And moved the bar > to farther back. If your desk is sturdy enough, just remove it > altogether. > > Yes the MS SPRW does support dual/split axis, so you can brake and gas > at the same time. > > On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 19:46:17 -0000, "Jim L" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Hi, I'm about to buy the MS Sidewinder Precision wheel from www.dabs.com

and > >just wanted to check I'd be able to bolt it to my desk. My ASCII artain't > >brilliant, so I found this picture to aid in explanation... > >http://www.lionmetal.co.id/images/lion%20106n.jpg > > > >See the horizontal bar supporting the underside of the desktop, abovewhere

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> >your knees would be? That's what I've got on my desk, and I don't know if > >the clamp will get round it or not. My tabletop is 25 mm thick, the > >troublesome horizontal bar starts 38 mm back from the front edge and > >measures 50 mm vertically and 18 mm front-to-back. > > > >Hope that makes some sense, thanks in advance for helping me with a weird > >question! :) > > > >Jim > > > >PS: I'm under the impression that this wheel is one of those that allows

use > >of brakes and throttle at the same time (don't know the technical term, > >sorry). This is right, right? > > >