"And without buying any new tools." I look forward to seeing what new tools Matt has bought.

All hail the algorithm! I have thought about making my own steering wheel a bunch of times but bottled out because it seemed like too much work. Thanks for confirming that it, indeed, was too much work.

Those "shelves" are called rabbet joints. Those are flush trim cutting bits. You did a good job for a non woodworker.

All hail the algorithm! One of my top 10 channels for the moment... good sense of humor, good sense of good enough, good sense of sense

I remember seeing wood steering wheels being manufactured when I was a kid, in the UK. They were made out of 2 donuts, like this, but from thin plywood. Alternate plies were dark and light, so when the circular profile was routed you got a pretty striped finish. And of course, because the alternate plies are in perpendicular directions, it A LOT stronger than 8 pieces of solid wood glued together ever would be.

5:26 "if i was making a steering wheel for a cyber truck i will stop here" Savage! Cybertruck has a triangle steering wheel

“Wood shelf”? In some alternate universe there is “SuperfastMatt - Woodworking edition” calling screws “corkscrew thingys”

I nearly spat out my food at your little “NOoo” around 7:14 lol. Classic and relatable feeling

Very noble of you to concede the correct pronunciation of Aluminium!

I didn't think I could find another build channel that could compete with Bad Obsession motorsport but Matt has the edge on humour and almost keeps up in the creative/technical side - Well done Sir!

Fun thing about the pronunciation of aluminum. When it was introduced to the US, the term "Aluminum" was brought over from England, when the name was still in flux between Alumine, Alumium, and Aluminum, thanks to Sir Walter Davy. While the term Aluminum (for the theoretical metallic base of alumina) was working through US colleges, a Brit coined Aluminium, to try and make the element fit in with Davy's existing naming scheme that he used for elements like Potassium.

6:22 your "shelf" is called a lap joint. It's a good option for a lot of things.

Super Japanese Matt could have told you how to do Shou Sugi Ban to finish the wood. Great work!

Take smaller cuts, and make sure that you're always going with the grain. Just because you're moving into the bit, it's still possible to get the grain backwards.

Nice ALUMINIUM, and great wood

A nice blend of old world craftsmen'ship and some angry pixies with a smattering of adult words. Anything that's an excuse to buy more tools is cool with me.

I thought you were past the pit of despair portion of the jag project. Hitting integration hell now?

Just found your channel with a Tesla video. You are underrated!

All hail the algorithm. I love homemade steering wheels. They allow you to use a bunch of skills without needing to be an absolute master at any of them. They can easily be personalised and they are relatively cheap to make. Finally, re: sanding. No matter how long you estimate ANY sanding job will take it will eventually take infinitely longer.

The connections you used for this are called “half lap” and are indeed a way to glue two pieces together:)

Metalwork: send cut send Woodwork: sand, cut sand

Great job - I’m in awe of your willingness to have a go at anything. The end result looks way better than the guys at Retropower produced for project Utah. Plus, your delivery is just great. All hail the algorithm…

Man, those tiny Hondas are beautiful. I bet they're super fun to drive too.

That bit at the end where you said 'probably next week' on the Jag, perfect time for 'Even more lies!'. LOL! Keep up the great work!

You sir are the this old Tony of car KZfaq. Came across you a few weeks back (all hail the algorithm ) and now I’ve watched pretty much all your videos.

Great ! 👍 And tools and more tools. It's a relief to know those tools are available to you at any time after you purchased them. Next project , tools and more tools...😂

You need to do a cross over with Rich Rebuilds.

Another great video, your crew in starship troopers would be proud! Thanks for your comment on the last video! Made my day Super Neil Patrick Harris’s brother!

Why yes, i do love my automotive ideas half-baked and questionably good! How did you kno... Oh.

I love that you are sponsored by Send Cut Send!! That must be a DREAM COME TRUE!!

I was missing the Jag videos.

Oh my! NICE GUITAR, MATT! 😲👌👍

I couldn't care less about cars, but here I am watching your videos. You're a great presenter, very entertaining.

There’s a finish for Maple that dates back at least to the Revolution. It was used on LongRifles as well as musical instruments. The traditional name is AquaFortis, the formula is 50% Nitric acid and 50% distilled water used VERY carefully. If you make it always remember AAA, always add acid to water not the reverse. Steel filings or easier steel wool is dissolved into it until it is Neutralized and won’t dissolve anymore. Strain it through cheesecloth to remove iron particles and save in a glass container such as a mason jar. It’s still somewhat caustic but much safer to use. Use rubber gloves though or a cotton dauber on a stick is the traditional way. Make sure to raise the grain several times and knock it back down with finishing paper before applying it fairly evenly. Heat is then applied traditionally with a heated iron bar other methods are usable a well. The smaller the heat source the more control. A sunburst effect is easily achieved. The heat is combined with the sugar in the maple to carmelize it and allowing colors between yellow up through orange red and into brown. It doesn’t darken the grain which is still clearly visible. On rifles it was also combined with silver wire inlay to give nice contrast, I’ve also seen copper wire used. Both the inlay and aqua fortis are fairly inexpensive to learn. The traditional topcoat is boiled linseed oil. Which gives it a wonderful luster With a miles deep effect, it seems to be on fire. It’s also incredibly easy to touch up if damaged and has a Wonderful odor. Just don’t get it from Wal Mart. Tried and Trued wood finish has the real stuff. The curlier the maple the better.

More tools is always good.

When you are milling in the pulling direction on a table - maybe it would help to have a bearing 2/3 of the wheel diameter away from the router. Fixed to the table. That way the setup has 2 points to be stable at.. 🤔 ..it might work.. ..or not - don't really know.. 🤭

"Half Baked" 🤣😂🤣😂 sounds like a lot of my rc ideas 👍

You know what’s more fun than routing your own steering wheel? Using a desktop router like an X-Carve to do it. Your will likely really enjoy not worrying about loosing fingers and how you will cover up your screw ups. Most CNC software sucks and is massively frustrating to use to the point of driving you to making it by hand but there are some simple to learn controllers like X-Carve or KiriMoto that only need a basic model or line drawing. I’ve been a product designer for 30 years and the desktop CNC and printers have been a real treat for projects like what your working on. I love and still use Send Cut Send but I can also get templates done same day on my X-Carve and who doesn’t like instant gratification, and fingers?

The remark of "Low resolution donut" got me. That took a lot of stress off of my week as a soon-to-be EE student.

Sarcastic enough. Eyes on the upper right corner.. Perfect. And I need more space in my garage.

Oh my gosh, cracked me up @ 7:20. That's me on every project ever.

Automotive ideas got FULLY Baked in this episode 😊

"I'll probably work on it next week....probably." You sound like me saying I'm going to finish installing and painting all of the wood trim in my entire house.

The over-roasted maple is actually charcoal, now.

Don´t worry. Here in Sweden we have about 4 different types of pronouncing the famous word aluminum, only thanks to dialects within the country. Thanks for doing this channel, all the funny comments and....hard....work? ;) Keep it up Matt, doing great!

The maple and polished aluminum are a nice combo

Man I really want to make a steering wheel for my 69 mustang and my 68 C10 now. Yours turned out awesome!

Nice job with the bunch of old tools laying around 😁

I appreciate that you have two pairs of glasses. It means you're cool.

You NEVER cease to amaze me you glorious barsteward

climb routing, finger joints and pattern bits

Roasted Maple? AWESOME!

That came out fantastic!! Super entertaining and informative. Thanks, Matt!

All hail the algorithm

Wow - your videos just bring me unbridled hilarious nerdy joy. Thank you :)

Very satisfying work! Well done.

I wish I had 1/16th of your wit.

Awesome...Extactly what I am trying to do. Hope I can get at least half the result you got. Thank you for sharing.

Great work! In British English you 'route' a groove (rather than 'router' a groove), so that's probably where the extra syllable in Aluminium was obtained from (I assume that the 1LT also applies to syllables, i.e. they can never be created or destroyed, only moved from one word to another)...

It’s round! Kudos to you sir!

Beautiful job Matt!

For the cap maybe 3d printing, molding + epoxy for the actual part

route against the spinning bit (to avoid self feeding and maintain control) and with the direction of the grain of the wood (to avoid tearout), it is how you shave your beard, if you go against the direction of the individual hairs you lift them and tear them out (which will happen of the blade is not sharp enough) if you go with the hairs you simply cut theme

Dude, I am not joking when i say that iv been looking for a good video for the past 4 months. I’ve only found other one and he made it in a makers space. This one was a game changer

This is such a fantastic channel. Thank you for the honesty and sincerity, it's like a beacon in a bottomless ocean of crap

Tip for preventing tearout while cutting a radiused edge: Start with the bit really low, so it's just barely shaving the wood. Do a full pass that way. Then raise the bit ever so slightly, and do another pass. Continue with more passes until you get the radius you want. Be patient and sneak up on it. By shaving less wood with each pass, you drastically reduce the odds of that bit digging in and sending a chunk of wood flying into space. Yes, it takes five times as long, but it takes less time than starting over from scratch. It's also much less scary. Ask me how I know all this ... 🤠

Wonderfully amusing and informative.

Well that turned out really nice. I like the 1 inch opposed to a smaller diameter. Very impressive. The new router and table were a good idea for sure.

Another great video, Matt. Your simple shelf joint looks a great deal like a lap joint, btw.

A nicely done project, however I don't think aligning the wood grain for a piece 1" wide that is also back by aluminum is necessary. I would have also considered using AL rivets to attach the wood like in an original Cobra.

That's beautiful Matt! Inspiring to say the least.

Another way to prevent tear out is to not take so much off on the first pass. Lower the bit take half off then set to finish depth.

Great job. I like the new steering wheel.

The Super Japanese Matt's eyes got me snorting...😂

I love my Nardi steering wheels...I've fitted them to several cars over the years.

That's really cool man. Well done. 👍

Wow, Matt, that steering wheel looks amazing, you are a talented man, I think that’s why I love your channel. All hail the algorithm! 😎

Nice work! Thanks.

Outside of the USA and Canada, those shapes would be called trapezium, to go with the ending of aluminium of course...

'Roasted' (torrified) woods are heated in an oxygen-free environment....you know, so they don't burn. 😉 Great vid!

gotta love that super japanese matt was super sayian.

Outstanding. I don’t like old Hondas. Or Jags. Or any of the cars you own. But I do love watching you work your ass off so that I can be lazy and fat while pretending that my sloth is actually the pursuit of education.

I'd go for a resin wheel. But I'm a sucker for resin. In any form. Even glue!

I just discovered your channel. And English being a 2nd language i thought Super British Matt is really a different person in the other video. I was wrong. Anyway thanks for all the commentaries. This channel is the most informative practical automotive engineering i have watched. Thank you SuperfastMatt.

Finger joint, rabbet joint, flush trim bit.

Stunning!

came out pretty good. Another thing I'd suggest is doweling the wood, so it can't fall off. Also the dowels look cool

Beautiful steering wheel 👍👍👍, looks good in the Honda.

Nice job on the steering wheel!!

Best car content on youtube!

Nicely done, from a cabinetmaker 😎. Really enjoy your work.

this is call the world class jobs 😍 amazing !

Center cap easy, CNC a logo, sand it, fill with color resin , sand again

Looks great!

5:15 what a coincidence: just watched this movie (again) last night 😊

Nice Wheel!

Engagement comment to please the algorithm. Hello. Woodworker here. I also make new wood rims for old Steeringwheels. Nice work we pretty much do the same thing but out of mahogany.. But what I really wanted to say was that the ugly thing that's not a TNG joint is called a Finger joint.

Matt, my dad was a petro engineer, and like you, a dyed in the wool contrarian. But past his incredible collection of Texas Aggie jokes (Class of '49) he din't have nearly your sarcastic humor, or really much of a humor at all. Somedays , you really are a "fresh dose", if you know what I mean! Awesome wheel, but not Jag material, dangit! You will do better! The Algorhithym demands it! FR

Looks great.

I tried to guess what "aluminium" is in Japanese based on my rudimentary learning so far, and came up with アルミニアン because it autocompleted as katakana. A quick google search shows that to be "Armenian" instead though, so hey. I don't know why I told you this.