For 32 years I slaved in the wheel mines trying to find a steering wheel that could be replaced like this one. Little did I know, all I had to do was ask a talented young man to make one and it would have saved me a lot of trouble. You live and you learn!
Seeing you do all the hand filing in this video reminded me of my Grade 9 machine shop project. We were each given a slice of 1.5” hex rod that was cut very sloppy on purpose. Our task was to file both side flat and parallel to 1/4” or thinner and the chamfer the corners to have each face be a 1.5” circle. All work done by hand with the exception of the hole to make it a key tag if we wished. Hard to believe that it was 40 years ago. #gettingold
Good to see you back again! There are parts of that vehicle whose ingenuity and effort per cubic centimetre (or however you want to measure them) are just off the charts, and yet they're practically invisible. But you know they're there.
You're back! At long last! You're a sight for sore eyes. Suffice to say I've logged on to your channel everyday for the last 2 months waiting for your upload. You're a breath of fresh air in the internet ecosystem. For a young person to upload such terrific and well edited videos on this wonderful project speaks volumes about you. Thank you.
I'm not gonna lie, its good to see you post a new video, they are getting more infrequent, good job lad on the wheel release, simple but effective and safe. I miss the videos. Hope all is well on your end.
Son, you rocket way past the skills of a machinist, making mistakes is a learning curve that only works when you push yourself. You impress me as a person, would like to shake your hand for putting yourself out there on TH-cam. Good luck
Great work as usual. One suggestion for when you mill an unsupported part (you could see the part flexing when you were milling with the ball end mill) is to use double sided tape to stick the part to the mill table, along with the clamps. That is a tough piece to lock down and eliminating flex would eliminate chatter marks on the piece.
Love your work. One suggestion, your steering wheel nut, lick the first few threads off of to make a shank that'll line it all up. It won't fall off suddenly at the end of the thread when you're undoing it and it'll align when you want to put it in. 👍👍👍
1° out of parallel and the bottom ends not touching could have given You a self-adjusting no-play seat with the wing-nut tightened. Anyway, great achievement, and a nice improvement for a really astonishing project. Thanks for sharing!
Watching from the other side of the world; living vicariously through your build until I can get home to mine! Thank you for helping me get my mind off of tough things here.
I noticed your Baja shirt during the video. I was working with an engineering student that just started a 16 month internship and he is involved with the Baja team at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario. He said he has learned more from that than he ever would just from classes and is looking forward to the new challenges with the change to 4 wheel drive. Perhaps you’ll see the McMaster team at a future competition.
It's awesome that you are sticking with the channel when you are home from college. Some people would use that time to relax and you are sticking with your work. Nice job!
@ 3:15 The challenge is to have the two constellations interlock. This is because the sides are cut at 90 degrees to the radius. There should be a slight taper so that the two sections close the gap the tighter they are pulled together.
Great work young man. That can be a life saver if Lord forbid you had an accident. I’m a retired firefighter and can’t help but wonder if you built any collapsible features into your design (chassis and steering column), that could save your life in an unfortunate event. You have mad skills, awesome thought process and attention to detail now I pray you apply them to those things you may not have thought of; don’t forget it’s not how good you drive but how drunk the other guy could be.
That's so cool! The only thing that i find kind of dangerous is the lack of a safety pin or something lika that, just in case tha sterring wheel wold get loose due to vibrations or in a crazy case that you hit the nut. I know that's really hard to happen but since the sterring is such an important piece, maybe having that extra part would be more for ease of mind. Can't wait to see this master piece driving!
As long as he keeps a grip on the wheel, I don't see it pulling 3/4" or so back towards the driver (uphill) to disengage the splines. The screw is long enough that it would be noticeable long before the threads were backed off far enough to disengage the splines also. I am in favor of redundant redundancy, especially when it comes to safety, and maybe for the general public a more secure locking pin(with ignition interlock, and warning bells and lights) would be necessary. This car is not for the general public, but for an enthusiast who will be paying much more attention to the vehicle.
How you visualize a solution and then make the parts needed......functional and looking good, is amazing. I am in the planning stage of a car build right now.....hope my build goes half as well. Thanks
Dos cosas, la primera, siempre que veo arreglos relacionados con este tema comento lo mismo. El ser humano viene creciendo 20 centímetros por siglo, es decir que para tener una sensación real de cómo se sentían estos autos es necesario por lo menos construirlos multiplicando todas sus medidas por 1,2. Segundo, me parece que sería conveniente poner un aro exterior que evite que se abran los encastres. Muy bueno el trabajo que hacés. Sos un Capo 👍
this is the best car build series on youtube today ! right up there with Binky but this one is soo much prettier. love your work looking forward to every video
The best part of working with metal is, if you take too much off you can add some back on. Unlike wood where once it's gone, that's it, there's no going back.
Very nicely executed my worry would be the column would make a harpoon for your chest in a moderate impact . Two round tubes with opposite flat sides one fitted snuggly inside the other. pin together with 2x small pins these would shear on impact the two tubes would just slide together not spearing you. Live to fight another day and build more great projects . You have a great skill set very impressive all the best stay safe.
I recommend you put some kind of a chain on the wingnut so your mom doesn't lose it at Ralph's . do maybe a catch that doesn't allow the wing nut to separate completely from the steering wheel
Hey! Because the wheel is removable, it means it can be placed on the seats/bodypanels/on display (upside down). The hub screws sticks out from the backside few millimeters. File them down to the smooth surface, so they won't catch the eye... or seats, body or the handler ;)
For Safety I would like to see you incorporate a collapsible steering column (if you haven't already). In a crash, the old style of columns acted like a spear right into to the drivers chest.
Kinda woulda liked a quick shot of how you ran the column... But I'm splitting hairs here... Lol Looks amazing. This is seriously my second favourite build on TH-cam. (Sorry but you just gotta love binky.). I can't wait to see what you got lined up for it in your upcoming vids. Killer build man. 🤟 Keep'r up!
Hi, I love the build quality of this, but as a Mechanical Engineer major you should be designing a quick release for it. You don't want it to come loose while speeding around a track. You wouldn't have time to be watching your line & other cars on the track to notice this come loose.
Another wonderfully talented piece of craftsmanship moving the car ever nearer completion, well done. At around 13:04 we get a side on view of the wheel and the dash and I wonder if you have contemplated shortening the column by a couple of inches to get the wheel slightly further from your chest as it already looks a little cosy in there and that's before the seat goes in?
Great work as usual. I was thinking you were going to make the steering wheel AND column removeable by using the same type of lugs/knuckles and perhaps a quick release pin of sorts. Either way, elegant design.
Vince, often I think it will be great to see you driving your masterpiece, but I then think nah, it's the journey getting there that is so enjoyable, watching you manufacture each part and fitting it, how you will tackle the next issue to arise, when you do finally finish it, to us we will only see a small amount of its future compared to the build process . Unless you video it at car shows and maybe rallying it. We will be left with a vacuum, unless that is do you have something in mind to top this build after it is finished,? Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺
The end goal for this car is pretty much just to cruise around on the road. By the time I finish it though, I'll probably have already jumped head first into the next build and it wont get driven as much as it deserves lol
@@MacroMachines Vince consider when you have completed it taking it along to car shows, with the quality of work done so far I am sure it will be a real crowd pleaser and award winner,. There won't be many completely hand made vehicles out there and I'm sure it will get a lot of attention. And who knows where that will lead for you. Have a look at Runge Cars TH-cam channel, Chris does some Amazing work and also shares his tips, take any advice and knowledge you can find it can only stand you in good stead for the future. Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺
Great work as ever. If you don mind me saying: You could have made just one slot. That would avoid finding the right out of 3 positions. Also if the slot was very slightly tapered the fit and tightening the nut would always take out the play. Last not least, please never crash cause those wings would leave a nasty impression….
Hey Sir. GREAT to see ya back. I will say, honest and true I really did miss seeing your videos. I truly look forward to some more progress on this speedster. Great job on the steering wheel. Look forward to the next video. Take care sir.
As usual really nice work. Just wondering if you’d considered the implications of those two sharp wing nuts if heaven forbid the driver got into an accident and their chest hit the steering wheel?
How about a quick shop tour? Is this stuff you acquired at a young age or.maybe a family or friends shop you have access to? I'd certainly love to hire you at my little shop.
This car is being designed as if built in a time where helmets were little more than a leather sack on your head. So, saftey is not number one priority.
Great to see another awesome video from you again. I checked your channel yesterday thinking maybe I had missed a post...was pleasantly surprised this evening!
I'm a wee bit concerned that the knob will work its' self loose while driving so some sort of keeper to keep it from spinning might be needed (road testing will test the need). Then have it coated so that over time it will wear off where you grab it - giving that well loved/used look.
Don't take this as a criticism, cos it isn't, but...there are times I watch and wonder why you're doing something in the way you are: but then as with the wing nut, I smile when I realise you're totally over-engineering it! It's a brilliant bit of lateral thinking, and one of those details that are really gonna make people wonder if the car's really the vintage it seems to be. Can't wait to see it finished.
I'm sure jay will appreciate this feature when he gets to drive it.
For 32 years I slaved in the wheel mines trying to find a steering wheel that could be replaced like this one. Little did I know, all I had to do was ask a talented young man to make one and it would have saved me a lot of trouble. You live and you learn!
"Aux âmes bien nées, la valeur n'attend pas le nombre des années", Pierre Corneille… Beautiful work !
My favorite part about summer. More speedster vids
Seeing you do all the hand filing in this video reminded me of my Grade 9 machine shop project.
We were each given a slice of 1.5” hex rod that was cut very sloppy on purpose.
Our task was to file both side flat and parallel to 1/4” or thinner and the chamfer the corners to have each face be a 1.5” circle.
All work done by hand with the exception of the hole to make it a key tag if we wished.
Hard to believe that it was 40 years ago.
#gettingold
So glad to see you back on the project and so happy to see a young person applying some great talent.
Good to see you back again! There are parts of that vehicle whose ingenuity and effort per cubic centimetre (or however you want to measure them) are just off the charts, and yet they're practically invisible. But you know they're there.
You're back! At long last! You're a sight for sore eyes. Suffice to say I've logged on to your channel everyday for the last 2 months waiting for your upload. You're a breath of fresh air in the internet ecosystem. For a young person to upload such terrific and well edited videos on this wonderful project speaks volumes about you. Thank you.
Something from nothing! Classic engineering and design. You give me motivation!
I'm not gonna lie, its good to see you post a new video, they are getting more infrequent, good job lad on the wheel release, simple but effective and safe. I miss the videos. Hope all is well on your end.
That's just because I can't get work done while i'm away at college for the semester, but I'm home for the summer now
@@MacroMachines education is more important
@@MacroMachines Vince how much longer do you have to go at college?
Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺
As a retired machinist, I really appreciate your attention to detail.
Son, you rocket way past the skills of a machinist, making mistakes is a learning curve that only works when you push yourself. You impress me as a person, would like to shake your hand for putting yourself out there on TH-cam. Good luck
Great work as usual. One suggestion for when you mill an unsupported part (you could see the part flexing when you were milling with the ball end mill) is to use double sided tape to stick the part to the mill table, along with the clamps. That is a tough piece to lock down and eliminating flex would eliminate chatter marks on the piece.
Love your work. One suggestion, your steering wheel nut, lick the first few threads off of to make a shank that'll line it all up. It won't fall off suddenly at the end of the thread when you're undoing it and it'll align when you want to put it in. 👍👍👍
1° out of parallel and the bottom ends not touching could have given You a self-adjusting no-play seat with the wing-nut tightened. Anyway, great achievement, and a nice improvement for a really astonishing project. Thanks for sharing!
Could get some wedging though. Wouldn't want to be bumping the wheel off.
Watching from the other side of the world; living vicariously through your build until I can get home to mine! Thank you for helping me get my mind off of tough things here.
Just keep going please. I once thought I was very good with my hands, but you're my master !
I noticed your Baja shirt during the video.
I was working with an engineering student that just started a 16 month internship and he is involved with the Baja team at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario. He said he has learned more from that than he ever would just from classes and is looking forward to the new challenges with the change to 4 wheel drive.
Perhaps you’ll see the McMaster team at a future competition.
You told everyone this was to help with getting in and out of the car - but I know it's actually an anti-theft device!
Beautiful freehand lathe work there! The steering shaft coupler is a pretty classy, old school way to do it. I think it fits the build!
comme pour les autres épisodes. un boulot magnifique, toutes mon respect et vivement la suite
It's awesome that you are sticking with the channel when you are home from college. Some people would use that time to relax and you are sticking with your work. Nice job!
@ 3:15 The challenge is to have the two constellations interlock. This is because the sides are cut at 90 degrees to the radius. There should be a slight taper so that the two sections close the gap the tighter they are pulled together.
Great work young man. That can be a life saver if Lord forbid you had an accident. I’m a retired firefighter and can’t help but wonder if you built any collapsible features into your design (chassis and steering column), that could save your life in an unfortunate event. You have mad skills, awesome thought process and attention to detail now I pray you apply them to those things you may not have thought of; don’t forget it’s not how good you drive but how drunk the other guy could be.
That's so cool! The only thing that i find kind of dangerous is the lack of a safety pin or something lika that, just in case tha sterring wheel wold get loose due to vibrations or in a crazy case that you hit the nut. I know that's really hard to happen but since the sterring is such an important piece, maybe having that extra part would be more for ease of mind. Can't wait to see this master piece driving!
i'd like to see some sort of safety wire on there too
As long as he keeps a grip on the wheel, I don't see it pulling 3/4" or so back towards the driver (uphill) to disengage the splines.
The screw is long enough that it would be noticeable long before the threads were backed off far enough to disengage the splines also.
I am in favor of redundant redundancy, especially when it comes to safety, and maybe for the general public a more secure locking pin(with ignition interlock, and warning bells and lights) would be necessary. This car is not for the general public, but for an enthusiast who will be paying much more attention to the vehicle.
Some serious hand craftsmanship 👍
As usual, nice design and execution. Solid, but easy to remove as well. Perfect... Thumbs Up!
I'm looking forward to a finely detailed video of the rebuild of that engine.
amazing craftsmanship, you should be very proud. can't wait to see you drive it.
Just yesterday I was wondering where you were. Well, here you are! Neat solution, well done.
Nice work you do … fabricating each piece you need
How you visualize a solution and then make the parts needed......functional and looking good, is amazing. I am in the planning stage of a car build right now.....hope my build goes half as well. Thanks
Dos cosas, la primera, siempre que veo arreglos relacionados con este tema comento lo mismo. El ser humano viene creciendo 20 centímetros por siglo, es decir que para tener una sensación real de cómo se sentían estos autos es necesario por lo menos construirlos multiplicando todas sus medidas por 1,2. Segundo, me parece que sería conveniente poner un aro exterior que evite que se abran los encastres. Muy bueno el trabajo que hacés. Sos un Capo 👍
this is the best car build series on youtube today ! right up there with Binky but this one is soo much prettier. love your work looking forward to every video
Glad you like it!
The best part of working with metal is, if you take too much off you can add some back on. Unlike wood where once it's gone, that's it, there's no going back.
Great work. Glad to have you back.
enjoyed the video and watching your fabrication talents.
When you’re finally finished and on the concourse they’re will be people with a real version that’ll be envious.
Good to have you back
Very nicely executed my worry would be the column would make a harpoon for your chest in a moderate impact . Two round tubes with opposite flat sides one fitted snuggly inside the other. pin together with 2x small pins these would shear on impact the two tubes would just slide together not spearing you. Live to fight another day and build more great projects . You have a great skill set very impressive all the best stay safe.
Amazing skills. Good to see you well and on form. Have a great summer!
Hope at some time you make that a collapsible steer shaft cuz for any reason you hit the wheel. Those "wings " are gonna hurt!
I recommend you put some kind of a chain on the wingnut so your mom doesn't lose it at Ralph's .
do maybe a catch that doesn't allow the wing nut to separate completely from the steering wheel
Hey! Because the wheel is removable, it means it can be placed on the seats/bodypanels/on display (upside down). The hub screws sticks out from the backside few millimeters. File them down to the smooth surface, so they won't catch the eye... or seats, body or the handler ;)
Oh my! What a blessing we have for today!
Someone gift this guy a box of new Liptonizers, please. I hope you don't have all left hand turns. Glad to see another video, all are very good.
For Safety I would like to see you incorporate a collapsible steering column (if you haven't already). In a crash, the old style of columns acted like a spear right into to the drivers chest.
Great to see you back! Great job Sir!
Looks good, you might consider using more than four bolts to secure the wheel go the hub, if some is good more is better!
Outstanding workmanship as always. I learn so much seeing how you tackle each design. Much love from the UK
Outstanding! You are exemplary of what young people should be. How about a sentence or two on your school progress.
I'll be in my senior year this fall, and so far everything's going well!
@@MacroMachines What degree pursuit?
Mechanical engineering
Incredible idea. Thank you.
cool have watched you build this from the start great to see you back again. thanz
This was really enjoyable. 👍🏻 keep up the good work and you are more than welcome to share more of this fine work. 👍🏻👍🏻😃😃
SEI ECCEZIONALE. GRANDE RAGAZZO
nice work , i really admire your skill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kinda woulda liked a quick shot of how you ran the column... But I'm splitting hairs here... Lol
Looks amazing. This is seriously my second favourite build on TH-cam. (Sorry but you just gotta love binky.). I can't wait to see what you got lined up for it in your upcoming vids.
Killer build man. 🤟 Keep'r up!
Awesome metalwork! very nice
Really impressive work!
Outstanding! Glad to see you back.
Hi, I love the build quality of this, but as a Mechanical Engineer major you should be designing a quick release for it. You don't want it to come loose while speeding around a track. You wouldn't have time to be watching your line & other cars on the track to notice this come loose.
Another wonderfully talented piece of craftsmanship moving the car ever nearer completion, well done. At around 13:04 we get a side on view of the wheel and the dash and I wonder if you have contemplated shortening the column by a couple of inches to get the wheel slightly further from your chest as it already looks a little cosy in there and that's before the seat goes in?
I would like to do that, but then there isn't room for my knees
Nice to see you back from school! I've been awaiting your return - great video!
I've been waiting for this. I'm really looking forward to getting that crazy drivetrain installed.
You and me both!
Great work as usual. I was thinking you were going to make the steering wheel AND column removeable by using the same type of lugs/knuckles and perhaps a quick release pin of sorts. Either way, elegant design.
It will be so exciting to see you driving this. 😃
Glad to see you back.
Excellent -
Slides on like a hot knife through melted butter 👍
That is an understatement!
impeccable work as always. cant wait to see what you do this summer.
I think it looks fantastic as well, such a well made piece.
Glad you're back! We've missed ya. Hope finals went well.
Great to see you back Vince looking forward to more excellent fab work on the machine.
Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺
Vince, often I think it will be great to see you driving your masterpiece, but I then think nah, it's the journey getting there that is so enjoyable, watching you manufacture each part and fitting it, how you will tackle the next issue to arise, when you do finally finish it, to us we will only see a small amount of its future compared to the build process . Unless you video it at car shows and maybe rallying it.
We will be left with a vacuum, unless that is do you have something in mind to top this build after it is finished,?
Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺
The end goal for this car is pretty much just to cruise around on the road. By the time I finish it though, I'll probably have already jumped head first into the next build and it wont get driven as much as it deserves lol
@@MacroMachines Vince consider when you have completed it taking it along to car shows, with the quality of work done so far I am sure it will be a real crowd pleaser and award winner,.
There won't be many completely hand made vehicles out there and I'm sure it will get a lot of attention.
And who knows where that will lead for you.
Have a look at Runge Cars TH-cam channel, Chris does some Amazing work and also shares his tips, take any advice and knowledge you can find it can only stand you in good stead for the future.
Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺
A truly beautiful creation!!!
Great work as usual!
It has been a long wait! Nice to see you!
Put some kind of safety pin on that to prevent backing out.
Great work as ever.
If you don mind me saying: You could have made just one slot. That would avoid finding the right out of 3 positions.
Also if the slot was very slightly tapered the fit and tightening the nut would always take out the play.
Last not least, please never crash cause those wings would leave a nasty impression….
That's certainly correct. There's always more than one way to do something
Hey Sir. GREAT to see ya back. I will say, honest and true I really did miss seeing your videos. I truly look forward to some more progress on this speedster. Great job on the steering wheel. Look forward to the next video. Take care sir.
I missed it too!
As usual really nice work. Just wondering if you’d considered the implications of those two sharp wing nuts if heaven forbid the driver got into an accident and their chest hit the steering wheel?
Nice job.... looking amazing.
How about a quick shop tour? Is this stuff you acquired at a young age or.maybe a family or friends shop you have access to? I'd certainly love to hire you at my little shop.
I wondered if you were going to add a sleeve to the wheel side to cover the lugs and prevent them splaying out under load.
Nice work!
Soooooo glad to see you working again. I was checking every day for a post from you. That is going to be a sweet ride. Two 👍
Nice project.
Ingenious.
Very neat, thanks.
i would say those knobs would be rib crackers in the event of an accident, maybe a padded clip on as an afterthought or even better an airbag
This car is being designed as if built in a time where helmets were little more than a leather sack on your head. So, saftey is not number one priority.
Nicely done!
Great job! I was wondering just today when you would be posting again. Looking forward to more progress.
Great to see another awesome video from you again. I checked your channel yesterday thinking maybe I had missed a post...was pleasantly surprised this evening!
I'm a wee bit concerned that the knob will work its' self loose while driving so some sort of keeper to keep it from spinning might be needed (road testing will test the need). Then have it coated so that over time it will wear off where you grab it - giving that well loved/used look.
great work
Don't take this as a criticism, cos it isn't, but...there are times I watch and wonder why you're doing something in the way you are: but then as with the wing nut, I smile when I realise you're totally over-engineering it! It's a brilliant bit of lateral thinking, and one of those details that are really gonna make people wonder if the car's really the vintage it seems to be.
Can't wait to see it finished.
That's awesome but one question: does it come loose after repeatedly turning the wheel?
Awesome work
Excellent, rather project Binkyeske like in speed of progress but outstanding quality.
Glad you like it!
Binkyeske speed with binkyeske quality. And about a tenth of age.
excellent work
Nice job!