Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Steering wheel

How to put a car steering wheel on a Dreamcycle? The steering column hole doesn't fit any PVC pipe size. But an old 35mm film canister is close. Gorilla glue holds it onto the wheel.

This fits loosely into a 1&1/2 inch coupler.
Need something to attach the brakes and shifter to.
I painted this 1 inch pipe by sliding it onto a wood dowel and suspending it in air through the spokes of the wheels so I could do all sides at once.
Need some way to really clamp the wheel down on the pipe so that it turns the column instead of slipping.
And below is the finished wheel in an unedited photo because this editor won't let me delete it and replace it with a better photo. Better photo next time.

After all of that, several of us, after viewing the ships wheel I bought at a yard sale, decided a miniature ships wheel would be much cooler. We'll see.









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