Wii Steering Wheel

Make an easy, sturdy wii steering wheel for less than $5.

Step 1 What you will need

I got a new wii game that involves driving a car. I wanted to try out a wii steering wheel but did not want to pay for one. So I went to the local hardware store and this is what I came up with.




(1) Black 7/8 inch plumbing pipe. There were a couple of types of this black pipe but I bought the thicker of the two. I am not really sure what it is used for but I think I read something about it being for the sink or garbage disposal?? ($0.79 a foot)

(2) 3/4 nylon insert coupling ($0.89)


(3) black electrical tape ( I already had some black tape I previously bought at the dollar store)






The following is a picture of what you will need BUT it is actually enough for two. So if you are making one you will only need half what is pictured.

Comments

[whiteflea]

This is pretty neat and seems even cheaper than you said. A few thoughts, though: 1) You need to make a hole for the B-Button. Games like Mario Kart require you to be able to hit that. 2) You should also put a hole for the infrared camera if possible. I don't know if that would make the whole thing too flimsy and it's not necessary as you would only need/want it in the home menu and game menus, but in both of those instances you could easily just pop the controller out. Nice and simple!

[LuminousObject]

This looks pretty cool. I've used the store bought ones before, but it seemed like they were too small. It looks like you could make this one bigger.