@Karl Clarke
I'm trying to build a standalone control column for my desktop setup and would like to reduce the square footage as much as possible due to space constraints. I would like to get your suggestion on reducing the length of the potentiometer rod. Would it cause any problems if I halved the actual length to reduce the overall length.? Any other suggestion is also welcome. thanks!
Hello, Reducing the pot lever is fine and will have no adverse effect. However, with that unit being on non-locking casters and it's now, very narrow gait. I think the whole unit might rock instead of the control column. You can check the range of angles with fusion using the assemble joint command and moving the component to see how it affects the other components. It will then tell you how much the pot rotates.
Kind regards Karl
Reduced the length of potentiometer rod and the overall length of the box and also added a default forward angle of ~7.5 degrees. I suppose and hope it shouldn't cause any issue. Since I don't plan to use motor yet, do you think it would be a good idea to reduce the length of pot lever to utilize more turn range of the pot? May I know how much of pot range are you able to utilize with you current setup (i.e. +-12.5 degrees?)