My old wheel was painted black and when I stripped the paint I found a lot of filler. I repainted it black and began looking for a piece of Mahogany big enough. A fellow turner locally came up with a piece of Honduran Magohany 24"x24"x2". A few hours on the lathe and I have a beautiful new natural wood finiah wheel for my T.

Hi Sam,

to get your pictures to appear like this rather than as just a link, in the editing window where you type your post there is a little blue icon next to LINK click the blue icon and it will allow you to search your drive for the image you want then you can type whatever and send/save it.

Great looking wheel too

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Charles Nicholls said:

Hi Sam,

to get your pictures to appear like this rather than as just a link, in the editing window where you type your post there is a little blue icon next to LINK click the blue icon and it will allow you to search your drive for the image you want then you can type whatever and send/save it.

Great looking wheel too

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Charles Nicholls
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nicholls61@att.net
Proud supporter of The Wounded Warrior Project, Homes For Our Troops and the NRA

http://www.etsy.com/shop/nichollswoodworks

Sam, awesome job on the wheel!!!!!

I'd sure like to see the rest of the car too.

Now the million dollar question, how did you do this on the lathe?

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John, After band sawing the piece I turned it on the lathe and you can see in the pic on the lathe that I parted off a ring that I turned 90 degrees and glued the it together. That was to eliminate the possibility of the wheel breaking at the end grain.. I then turned one side of the ring using a plywood template of the old wheel to get the right profile. I turned a tenon on the outside (the piece was mounted on a faceplate) so I could turn it around and turn the other side. I drilled a small hole through the piece to make sure I had the inside of the wheel aligned and give me a gauge for parting off. After sanding and sealing with two coats of laq. sealer mixed 50/50 with thinner. After parting off I hand sanded the inside and mounted the spider. I have removed the paint from the spokes on the wheels and finished them natural.

Thanks for comments

Sam

That is a beauty - the steering wheel and the car.  Nice job.

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The wheel brings back a lot of memories for me. I restored a 1926 Model T touring when I was 14 and learned to drive it in 1970. It was sold many years ago so I could support raising my family. I have missed it ever since. Woodworking and turning took the place of car restoration over the years. It is a whole lot easier to finish any woodworking project than to restore a car. Cars and dust don't mix either.

You did a nice job. Enjoy, Mike

Awesome steering wheel and a very cool car!. Great turning techniques in there. You should be very proud. 

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