anybody fab their own steering column?

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by hotrodrookie

Cool thread. You're making me feel lazy just wanting to shorten and fit a van column into my truck Nice find on the press brake too you lucky dog, the next time you see one that needs rescuing let me know, Im right down the hill from you.

It also came with a 42" stomp shear and a drill press.
oh yeah and a rotatory shear thing that I may be able to adapt the gear box to my bead roller.

[mknittle]

almost finished with the bottom half just a little more work then paint. I am thinking dark grey hammerd for paint

[mknittle]

almost together. I have to get some longer screws for the upper shroud then I can fish the wires through with the cord wraped around the stop. I will get a dressup kit for the knobs and arms.

[Kabwe]

Looks great man.

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by Kabwe

Looks great man.

Thanks Kabwe, It has been a fun project. The top shroud was probably the hardest part to figure out.

[Number 9]

Good job.

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by Number 9

Good job.

thanks number 9.

[_Ogre]

saw this link on your maybellene thread
did you finish the column?
nice find on the brake press

[BarnFind]

Man you have some mad skills! With that much welding and fab talent, your labor rate must be pretty good. Im guessing that steering column you just created costs about 1500 bucks. LOL !

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

saw this link on your maybellene thread
did you finish the column?
nice find on the brake press

yeah the fab on the column is done. i just need to fish the wires through. It is in a box under the bed waiting to take it's place.
I dont have a steering wheel picked yet though.

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by BarnFind

Man you have some mad skills! With that much welding and fab talent, your labor rate must be pretty good. Im guessing that steering column you just created costs about 1500 bucks. LOL !

Thanks barnfind, It was a lot of fun. i am still thinking about making a brass tag with the serial number 1-IDIOT just for fun

[_Ogre]

ididit2 would fit better
no idiots were involved in making that

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

ididit2 would fit better
no idiots were involved in making that

lol thanks Ogre. The thing sort of snow balled . I started out to eliminate the ignition switch.

[paintman5851]

very impressed

[NEWFISHER]

Bumping an AWESOME job on making a column.

Is it in yet?

Wanna make another one ?

[_Ogre]

mknittle hasn't posted for almost a year
he's on an extended break or working on his honey-do-list
as happened many times during my build

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

mknittle hasn't posted for almost a year
he's on an extended break or working on his honey-do-list
as happened many times during my build

yeah I got busy on my daily driver(90 dodge Cummins) It started out as a freshen up. replace the bushings ,fix the ac. Then I was given the parts to make it a 4X4. so the GMC is on hold for now. I will be back at it soon though.

[_Ogre]

and he has email notification set up correctly, i see

[NEWFISHER]

That's funnier than anything on tv

[II_Slow]

I have to admit I was a little skeptical when I saw the first post or two, but you can't argue with the results. Certainly looks better than a "universal" column would have. But as stated earlier, you must work cheap if that much labor offset the cost of IDIDIT's basic column"Old School Straight 1012360010" at only $119.

[_Ogre]

it's called custom fabrication, if we all bolted in the same parts our trucks would all be the same
i'd rather spend a couple hrs fabricating a $10 bracket, it's how i roll
luckily i work cheap, i'm so cheap you could call me a fabrication slut
if the guberment made me pay myself minimum wage i could probably buy 2 or 3 new chevy trucks and come out ahead