Shortly before Christmas I called round to a friend's house to collect some club paperwork. The friend in question had obviously been having a clear-out of his garage, because, sat on his front doorstep was a rather nice Stainless Steel Destroyer steering wheel.
I've been after a new wheel for the Huntsman as I felt the Mountney Ford Escort Rally wheel didn't exactly suit. So the offer of a free steering wheel was too good to turn down.
The typical marine setup is a 3/4" taper with a key-way, however the Fairey boats invariably used an automotive mechanism, most likely from a Bedford truck. This uses a splined shaft and taper.
Luckily the Mountney wheel had a suitable hub, but a certain amount of adaptation was required to mate the modified hub to the "new" wheel. the photo shows the wheel setup on the lathe with the boring head in action carefully opening up the hub.
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