Chain steering wheel from scratch

Teh Police · 04-08-2021, 12:05 AM

I've been wanting to do this for years and finally got around to making a chain steering wheel with the help of my good friend Joe. Started with 4ft of chain from Lowe's. @forester_gumpp on Instagram for more fun stuff.

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Started out tracing an old steering wheel on a spare towel
https://i.imgur.com/7BXKoG1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/vdA65QD.jpg

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Teh Police · 04-08-2021, 09:12 AM

Then I got it laid out how I wanted it and decided how many links it needed to be.
https://i.imgur.com/o78D101.jpg

Closed it off
https://i.imgur.com/7JLlm2x.jpg

Teh Police · 04-08-2021, 09:15 AM

Next I needed to design the middle piece in cad. This took a decent amount of time because I wanted each spoke of the steering wheel to line up in the middle of a link. I also had to figure out angles and make sure everything still lined up after being bent
https://i.imgur.com/D57GM5p.jpg

Teh Police · 04-08-2021, 09:29 AM

Forget to document the bending process but it was tedious. Spent a good amount of time making sure all the bends were the same and also had to make sure it was level all the way around
https://i.imgur.com/yFxBEbr.jpg

Welded
https://i.imgur.com/TLCsZw0.jpg

stikid2005 · 04-11-2021, 03:30 AM

I enjoyed this! Looks awesome. Nice work!

Teh Police · 04-11-2021, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by stikid2005

I enjoyed this! Looks awesome. Nice work!

Alright alright, I’ll post more updates. It’s definitely not finished yet...

Teh Police · 04-11-2021, 09:44 AM

Decided to put my friend's logo on it, after some tweaking, this is what I ended up with.
https://i.imgur.com/OSBbCdf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/gU26nQO.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tEED8vm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/arCNZx9.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/lQGMN1x.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DiajA1I.jpg

stikid2005 · 04-11-2021, 09:14 PM

Slick! are you going to polish it? powder coat? combination of both?

Teh Police · 04-11-2021, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by stikid2005

Slick! are you going to polish it? powder coat? combination of both?

Powdercoat. Waiting for powder to show up, hopefully this week sometime.

Teh Police · Yesterday, 12:20 AM

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04-08-2021, 09:12 AM	#2
Teh Police Scooby Specialist Member#: 246204 Join Date: May 2010 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: suhhhh dude, Michigan Vehicle: My Subaru Forester is White.	Then I got it laid out how I wanted it and decided how many links it needed to be. https://i.imgur.com/o78D101.jpg Closed it off https://i.imgur.com/7JLlm2x.jpg

04-08-2021, 09:15 AM	#3
Teh Police Scooby Specialist Member#: 246204 Join Date: May 2010 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: suhhhh dude, Michigan Vehicle: My Subaru Forester is White.	Next I needed to design the middle piece in cad. This took a decent amount of time because I wanted each spoke of the steering wheel to line up in the middle of a link. I also had to figure out angles and make sure everything still lined up after being bent https://i.imgur.com/D57GM5p.jpg

04-08-2021, 09:29 AM	#4
Teh Police Scooby Specialist Member#: 246204 Join Date: May 2010 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: suhhhh dude, Michigan Vehicle: My Subaru Forester is White.	Forget to document the bending process but it was tedious. Spent a good amount of time making sure all the bends were the same and also had to make sure it was level all the way around https://i.imgur.com/yFxBEbr.jpg Welded https://i.imgur.com/TLCsZw0.jpg

04-11-2021, 03:30 AM	#5
stikid2005 Scooby Specialist Member#: 76228 Join Date: Dec 2004 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Tri-State NJ Vehicle: 2005 STI Aspen White/Seibon carbon	I enjoyed this! Looks awesome. Nice work!

04-11-2021, 09:44 AM	#7
Teh Police Scooby Specialist Member#: 246204 Join Date: May 2010 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: suhhhh dude, Michigan Vehicle: My Subaru Forester is White.	Decided to put my friend's logo on it, after some tweaking, this is what I ended up with. https://i.imgur.com/OSBbCdf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/gU26nQO.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tEED8vm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/arCNZx9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lQGMN1x.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DiajA1I.jpg

04-11-2021, 09:14 PM	#8
stikid2005 Scooby Specialist Member#: 76228 Join Date: Dec 2004 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Tri-State NJ Vehicle: 2005 STI Aspen White/Seibon carbon	Slick! are you going to polish it? powder coat? combination of both?