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Originally Posted by Calvin Hartley
I don't have anything to help you about going about actually building a console, however I do have a thought regarding your laptop. What if you set the on a slope so that the DEPTH of it was shortened? If the laptop is only half an inch longer than the allowed depth then it probably wouldn't need to be a very steep angle to make the console still under 12". Note that the rule nor the Q&A does not say that the LAPTOP cannot exceed 12" but that the OPERATOR CONSOLE cannot exceed 12".
Hope this helps.
-Calvin
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Thanks, that thought did occur to us, but the real kicker is I still can't find a nice little briefcase to hold it in that fits the hard requirements. It is so much easier for the kids to tote around a briefcase with a handle and actual ergonomics then some of the operator consoles I see carried around.
Also a lot of teams build elaborate consoles and I wanted them to be aware that they better be careful of their depth dimension. I saw several really cool looking ones in the nice driver station thread that looked like they hung over the edge of the shelf a little. Trying to save some people a paniced rework at their regional over a rule that seems over restrictive to me.