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MG TD TF 1500 - walnut Wheel

I just finished making a Walnut steering wheel for my td. Thanks to the nice pictures and info from G Blanco that was posted. I used some old planks of Peruvian walnut that I've had for 10 years and it turned out pretty nice. I'll share my info with anyone interested in doing a wheel. I bought a used wheel on ebay to use while I was working on the project so I wasn't down for the month it took me to play with the walnut!
Thanks
Chuck


cj schmit

Looks pretty nice to me. I like the larger diameter of the rim. Sometimes my hands cramp up using the standard diameter rims.
Cheers,
Bob
Bob Jeffers

Very nice...and I agree with Bob; the thicker rim would be very comfortable.
Steven Tobias

Chuck
I was just thinking of making a wooden wheel out of my original one.
Please pass on any info you have.
Cheers
Mike R
mmrenton@gmail.com
m renton

Chuck,

I am having a friend make one for me who loves woodwork but it will be his first steering wheel so the more info I give him the better. Please send me what you have.

Rob
Rob Welborne

Chuck, if you're willing to send the info to me I'd be happy to post it on my website (http://www.ttalk.info/) for folks to see. Bud Krueger
Bud Krueger

Chuck,

What did you do to dress up the metal bits that the rods attach to on the rim? My father is making a walnut wheel for me and we haven't figured out what to do with those.
David Littlefield

I all the old plastic and filled the gaps with jb weld. then I bondoed and sanded, spot puttied and sanded , primered and sanded then painted those tabs.
I tried to make the wheel a bit smaller than 16 inches to hide more of the tab but I made the octagon a little too big.
Te finished wheel cross section diameter is 1-1/32 inch. Feels good!
chuck



cj schmit

Chuck, you have got the same colours as my car! Or is it Ivory? Your wheels look nicer, though. Are they new?
Beautiful.
Raymond Wardenaer

I would appreciate receiving info on how you completed this task. It is truly beautiful.

frank.grimaldi@earthlink.net
Frank Grimaldi

The walnut wheel was a fun project. Thanks to gblandco for sharing the photos and info at www.gblandco.com/oldwheel/oldwheel.html make sure you make your octagons big enough to work with. I made a plate with a 9" arm on it to swing the router around that big 16" circle. E-mail me at chuckschmit@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.
Merry xmas!
Chuck
cj schmit

...here is a non public page on my website...shows most steps in doing it the way I do...

http://gblandco.com/oldwheel/oldwheel.html

samples of wheels are at: http://gblandco.com


I picked up some aluminum square tubing (architectural) and had it cut down the middle... then cut 1" pieces, ground the edges at a 45 degree angle and polished them...then they slide right over that steel rim clamp...cleans them right up....


gblawson(gordon- TD27667)

Gordon, how thick are your pieces?
Tom Maine (TD8105)

I like em fat.


LaVerne

I plane them down to 1/8" .... I use 7 layers ... that gives me a wheel 7/8"x 7/8"....then i round the edges with a 1/2" router round over on all four sides.... then sand.....gives me a bit thicker wheel rim, but not giant.....
gblawson(gordon- TD27667)

...this is the piece to cover the spoke bracket....


gblawson(gordon- TD27667)

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