Build Thread The '80 FrankenJeep frame off reassembly

[Posi]

I've been waiting for the end results on your steering wheel, well done!

 

[shum8]

I've been waiting for the end results on your steering wheel, well done!

Thanks!! - but not done yet. Still have the finishing to go.....


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[Belizean]

Yeah already looking great !

 

[shum8]

The problem after you get one of these on your jeep is some low life will probably want it also

Well, if removing a steering wheel takes them half as long as me, then I’ll have plenty of time to catch em....


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[shum8]

Ok - two coats of polyurethane in......











Once I get the grain filled, I’ll knock it back to a satin finish. I don’t care much for glossy wood finishes.


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[Belizean]

Wow !!!!!!!!!!

 

[mtnwhlr]

Wow !!!!!!!!!!

X2

 

[mdeluca]

Wow !!!!!!!!!!

X3...!!!

 

[gert]

Wow x3


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[Belizean]

I didn't really realize my steering wheel looked like until tonight. The bad news is I can't compete with that even if I wanted too Yours looks like something off a Rolls or Bentley or Jag

 

[shum8]

Thanks - I appreciate it.

Now, I didn't go back thru the thread to see who suggested it, but whomever suggested the walnut gear shift knobs, thanks a lot...... LOL. I have the walnut globs glued to backing plates for the lathe. Gonna try to get em turned next week. Just what I needed - something else to
occupy my time.......


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[Belizean]

Yeah you right ! It's time to get back to the real work so you can fire that thing up and get driving. That what it's all about anyway right? You can do that pretty stuff later. Anyway great job. Do you job

 

[gr8dain]

That is a work of art. Well done (or “wheel done” for the pun lovers out there)

 

[JAE]

Damn talented people, I'm going to be stuck with something off the shelf and boring.

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[shum8]

Daughter and her boyfriend just left headed back home - so now that my babysitting duties are done, it's back to Jeep work LOL

Finished up the steering wheel last night - has a few imperfections in it, but I'm done. Couple months use and they won't even be noticeable. The grain is filled, the finish is a nice satin luster, and I like it....... and trying to photograph it is frustrating. A flash over exaggerates the colors, and indoors it's washed out. Once I get it in place and the Jeep is outside, it'll be somewhere between these.

Here it is in indoor lighting......

Here's the difference in indoor lighting and a flash...









Now I gotta clean the spokes up where I got finish on em..... figured that would be the last thing anyways.....


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[gert]

Man that sure looks good, great work


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[shum8]

Man that sure looks good, great work


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Thanks!! Now we'll see how slick it is once it gets put in service.....

 

[gert]

Rub a little mud on your hands for extra grit lol


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[shum8]

HAHAHA - That would do it for sure....


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[mdeluca]

Gorgeous man...!!!

How about the black horn cap with a stainless center cap with Jeep CNCed into it...