DIY Simulator steering wheel tutorial

[@tomthomas21]

Hey Guys! Thank you the lot of comments and kind words! I appreciate! I haven't answered every comment yet, but I will in the next days. I think the most frequently asked question is the cost. For me it cost about 300-350 USD. But I don't know exactly, because I don't care. I built it for fun. I didn't make it for savings and I don't want to compete with big manufacturers. If someone takes as much pleasure in building as I did, it was already worth making the video. I am not a simracer, I rarely play, I like much better the engineering. I built this wheel, because at the time I was interested in this. Maybe the next time I will be design something totally else stuff (But probably it will be a shifter - 99%). There are some comments to which I will not answer. A short answer for these: Something is a tutorial or not? It totally depends on your skills. If someone can't distinguish a screw from a resistor, this really isn't a tutorial. For some badass genius a piece of drawing can also be a tutorial. Hard question. It is a moderately complex project, so it requires some basic knowledge. 3d printing and laser cutting? Yeah! Welcome in 2021! If someone has no experience in machining processes, then 3D printing and laser cutting is the cheapest alternative to produce quality and intricate parts. If somebody cannot understand this, I highly recommend for those people the 5-Minute Crafts videos. I am pretty sure they can build something cool stuff from glue and cardboard. XD

[@memeconnect4489]

that is some mad skills right there yo

[@ezaulzillmer]

Perfeitamente esta sua colocação!! Não nos importamos com valores, mais sim pelo prazer de fazer! de dar vida a algo!!! TOP Parabéns!

[@unknownrandomcomment8453]

Thanks

[@ArtPowerStudio]

Como você descobriu quais resistores usar nas portas analógicas A4 e A5? Gostei muito do seu trabalho!

[@CCPwillfall01]

I personally love it I'm not trying to be rude but why not direct drive?

[@sepitbeats]

The renders and build quality, it truly looks like it came out of a factory

[@OrionMCMXCV]

If it came out of a factory, it would've been made of plastic

[@sepitbeats]

@@OrionMCMXCV that's not what i meant but ok

[@Fallice]

@@sepitbeats It seems like you missed Alex Mitchell's capitalism joke

[@sepitbeats]

@@Fallice wha-

[@Fallice]

@@sepitbeats Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that Alex Mirchell was joking about how factories would use plastic instead of high quality material to cut prices

[@pv2xeek]

Super smart idea to monitor resistance values for the programmable buttons. I probably would have a separate wire for each one and added a bunch more failure points. The use of magnets instead of springs for the paddles was also brilliant. Great job!

[@fss1704]

It ain't as good as you would imagine, and will require a good analog read at the other side, and the buttons with the least significant bits are prone to interference.

[@movietv1886]

Hello, I wanted to buy the PCB, but I did not receive a response. If anyone has one, could you please send it to me?

[@shakao666]

he didn't even monetize the video, this man is a hero

[@demonorgoddes_8312]

He can’t

[@vikassm]

@@demonorgoddes_8312 not yet ! But soon 😂

[@dnilaimn]

i just get an ads

[@waheeddoesstuff]

@@dnilaimn that's probably so youtube and google can make money

[@Reman1975]

It look ridiculously well thought out and machined, like a piece of professionally built, very short production run, ultra high end equipment. I'm very impressed with your work on this mate.

One word "Perfection"

[@tomthomas21]

Thank you very much!

[@sityu82]

Really great work, but the only two word would be : input lag. It's not your driving that makes this so wobbly, but the late input. I'd really like to make one of these. Is there a way to improve this?

[@OdysBrother]

@@sityu82 i'm very sure ther is a way to improve that.

[@hamitaksln]

@TOSCANELLO FUN MOMENT Adamın adı Tamas Repasy o yüzden "TR" diye kısaltmış sanırım.

[@cezariusus7595]

apart from the bench

[@yeysbaws]

Okay, nevermind I'll just buy one.

[@ali32bit42]

beat me to it

[@cocosloan3748]

@@marcomelbourne Other guys did it using his instructions ! Theres enjoyment to be had in building stuff too !

[@cocosloan3748]

@@marcomelbourne Yeah but this wheel beats Logitech 10X

[@ratupmyass]

@@marcomelbourne this beats logitech in every metric.. besides if he has the money to build this stuff and live a comfortable life why stop him

[@janhendrikfranke]

@@marcomelbourne you do realize that this is way better than the g29 by a Longshot don't you?

[@AlexandreMonteiroSilva]

Congratulations on your work, very professional, clean and direct! This would greatly help the sim racing community to have such a robust and easy-to-maintain steering wheel. Greetings

[@tomthomas21]

Thank you!

[@jgvtc559]

​@@tomthomas21how much to buy all the part from you to assemble ourselves?

[@HowlingCurve]

A DIY direct drive version of this would be great.

[@temp_uura]

I think you could just put the motor just in front of the steering shaft, right?

[@ubaft3135]

@@temp_uura i guess it would not have enough torque. the construction and software setup would be a bit different

[@temp_uura]

@@ubaft3135 Yeah would've thought that

[@thijslenssen192]

I build one with a brushless dc motor from a hoverboard

[@kylianvanloocke3552]

@@thijslenssen192 how? do you have a tutorial?

[@kyobruno]

The pedals my friend i want to see the pedals, what a perfection, you deserve all the credits, this is the cotent i want to see in youtube, learning with the best. Thank you for the free project.

[@tomthomas21]

Hi! Thank you very much! I used that pedals which I made for the first wheel. You can see in my first video.

[@kyobruno]

@@tomthomas21 Thanks i had see it. First the wheel then the pedals

[@immortalxgr]

Oh man, that was so perfect. The idea, materials, execution, documentation, and presentation are top notch!

[@herbi102]

his is more than a pro, everyone should see this clip on how to make a simulator. The best production that can be seen on KZbin!

[@VladimirUlianov152]

Hmm. Steering buttons on a resistive matrix and sliding contact for taking readings is an extremely unfortunate combination. When the contacts oxidize or get dirty (and this will happen rather quickly, since they are not covered with gold), this whole system will begin to glitch badly. IMHO, it was worth using a "clock spring" instead of the current collector, which can be borrowed from the steering wheel of any serial car produced after 2000. Inside this "clock spring" there is a flexible stranded train, rolled into a ring, which allows you to rotate the steering wheel several turns to either side from the center point. The reliability of such a solution is much higher. In any case, the work done is phenomenal, thanks for the video)

[@warlockd]

Yea that's my only real problem with it. I do like how he split up the button bus so you can press the buttons on the left and right at the same time. Took some thought. Honestly if all your doing is detecting button presses RFID might be the way to go. You don't have to have any physical contact with the shaft and logic AND power can be sent though RF, but it would mean building a coil antenna in the shaft and using some more electronics. The plus side you wouldn't lose any accuracy and still have a 360 degree freedom with the bonus of having more buttons or controls latter.

[@notpoliticallycorrect1303]

Sprung or sliding contacts have been used in automotive stuff for eons, almost every horn button or rim was connected via this method and a fair amount of stuff that had wheel mounted drive select buttons used this method too,and by and large they were very durable.In my nearly fifty years in the motor trade the only time I had to replace contacts was on a Talbot in which the owner had removed the grease while the wheel was removed and had failed to replace it.

[@movietv1886]

Hello, I wanted to buy the PCB, but I did not receive a response. If anyone has one, could you please send it to me?

[@federicodalinger3453]

Just one word: Awesome! Hope to see a new part with the pedals and shifter assembly video! Cheers from Buenos Aires :)

[@malan3809]

its very nice and clean project .I really love it .Because You put your parts and other stuff on your video description .So its very helpful for others . please do like that videos .Good Luck Brother . keep it UP :3

[@tomthomas21]

Thank you your kind words!

[@putoPalo]

The question here is: - When can we buy this at your website, in a box, perfect like in this video? :) Great piece of hardware man!

[@tomthomas21]

Thank you bro! :) But I don’t think it would be worth it for either me or you.

[@DracolegacyOfficial]

@@tomthomas21 come up with a price that would make it worth it for you to make, somebody will buy it, trust me.

[@ATSaale]

@@bazzleuk Nah, 400-500 is a very high end wheel, this probably cost at least twice that in parts, and I'm not even sure how you factor in the time to make machined and laser cut parts.

[@spazmaticaa7989]

@@ATSaale Cost of machined parts would be based on the material mostly then the time to make x amount. Also the degree of accuracy expected for the part to function properly, plus tooling, plus electricity costs. At the point the guy would need to sell the wheel just to make profit, you might as well buy a cheap direct drive. Still awesome to see stuff like this, and people could really innovate on the design.

[@MaxC_1]

@@ATSaale well the dude said it cost only around 300$ which isn't bad at all. Just replace some of the parts he used with cheaper alternatives and you can do it for half easily. I personally designed a similar design and it was just 150$(200$ max) with off the shelf gears (GT2 timing gears do the trick) and stuff instead of CNCing my own, using thick laser cut Acrylic which is less than half the price of aluminium, and substituting the motor here with a cheaper one and so on. Cheaper than a T300RS for me while still feeling better.

[@adrianszczecinski6110]

In my opinion this wheel is perfect. Currently I waiting for your shifter.🙂

[@R3XT998]

tbh there are many shifter videos out there just make it look better then them and build it better but use there ideas

[@jlmarco7552]

look the gearbox SRT

[@mrmonsterz644]

I will copy this build *but* : Make it out of MDF Have the wheel tilted like in a real car Use my full size steering wheel from my race car Great video 👍

[@MechPix]

The most neat and clean build i've seen so far. well done mate!!

[@gaborborsodi5802]

I actually came here for the electrical and the software side of the project. As far as i saw its a ready to use program available for it now. Back than when is was thinking about a project like this there were no such program. Good to see it became more simple. Anyways great video.

[@RainbowSheep_was_taken]

hes just flexing with his laser cutter while im watching with my plasitc printer and then realizing i can make it, with plastic

[@ieatchickens]

But it would not be as strong

[@OdysBrother]

Sure, why not, but did you see the table shake at the end?

[@ygalion]

yeah, but look his desk barely holds it on, i think here even PETG wont hold pressure, but can try, let us all know :D

[@RainbowSheep_was_taken]

@@ygalion I saw it and I'm kinda disappointed tbh, but why not, imma buy the motors and the circuit and try to make a better looking casing and I will try to make it hold good

[@RainbowSheep_was_taken]

@@OdysBrother yeah I'm kinda disappointed

[@3.zer0]

friend, congratulations on the work!!! until today, your project was the most complete, beautiful and described that I could see until today!!! simply a job well done!!!

[@blagoydragnev5171]

Man this is amazing, I hope it gets in recommended to everyone and you pop off

[@YavuzKartal]

Terapi gibi video olmuş bağlantıları ve lehimlemeleri izledikçe keyif aldım başarılar.

[@thebeast88_]

How does it keep track of 0 degrees (central position i guess)? Like when you turn it on or especially if you spin it more than possible in the car

[@erykkowalczyk6825]

I was thinking about this!!

[@sarim5030]

I didn't know buttons worked like that, if I understood correctly, you have different resistances in every button, giving a different voltage when pushed, and thus easily identifiable. But If you have more than one button pressed at the same time you just have all the combinations possible with the different voltages they would produce? or how does that work. Sorry for the wall of text :p

[@hamsterwolf]

Wow the detail in this build is just beautiful. Nice and clean and very well designed. Everything nicely terminated and heat shrunk functioning art.

[@popaul_feur]

The most professional DIY video on the Internet:

[@kikowner]

It's like this video fell from heaven at just the right time. Now to get the guts to do this. And find a laser cutter

[@Dutch3DMaster]

Not sure, but some companies that started out as a CNC-service-for-consumers and who now might be in 3D printing as well might do stuff like laser cutting as well. It might not be cheap, but it's probably more expensive to buy one yourself and have one with the power of being able to cut through 5mm of alumnium.

[@movietv1886]

Hello, I wanted to buy the PCB, but I did not receive a response. If anyone has one, could you please send it to me?

[@firstsurvivor7600]

So overbuilt. I love it. Also 4:03 and 6:20, use dupont crimps connectors, it'll be much easier and stronger than soldering, and protected without heatsink...

[@noahagnew6517]

shorting different value resistors in series to detect different button presses is super interesting, anyone smart in the comments know what is this process called? I see people doing it in parallel but they can only detect one input at a time.

[@bruskis8685]

looking for info on this too, just discovered this video. I'm still trying to understand exactly how that works. I can't imagine the resistance across the plates to get the data out of the wheel is constant? Not sure but interesting to say the least

[@yusufgulenben]

What a slick perfectly designed wheel i m definitely make one of that one

[@tomthomas21]

Thank you!

[@egontv8962]

Im starting to build my ffb wheel, do you have The datasheet of this motor? Or do you know whats The maximum torque of it? Instead of laser cut parts i will use alluminum profiles used on 3d printer frame

[@simracersarma19]

I can understand the hard work behind the whole build. maybe it took months to build, yet you made it look so simple. The FFb also looks promising. Big Salute

[@bobwilliams2192]

I'm actually building one myself after reviewing your video, but I have a question. Any idea how much torque this wheel is capable of? I've done some math to calculate the torque, but I'm curious how it compares to something like a Logitech G29. Great work, thanks for putting this in the public domain!

[@MaxC_1]

depends on the motor. The Motor used here can do much much more than G29 but in the end it depends on motor. Look for EBike motors with their controller or use a BTS7960 and hook it upto a MCU to control it

[@MultiSpoonerism]

Hope you got a sturdy desk, motors in a G29 or even the Thrustmaster wheels wont damage but start getting above 3nM and it twists and contorts your desk like a chinese fingertrap

[@Arif_Peyex]

I love the way you made this wheel base. All love you put into it resulting this high quality in a simple design. 🤩🤩

[@lucastva]

What do you say to me about precision and FFB? Can you compare this wheel with Thrustmaster or fanatec?

[@DiogoP]

Have the same question

[@LuisMiguelSosaSanchez]

Holly molly, the amount of craftsmanship is unbelievable, It's just perfect, I'm in love with this, thanks m8 for sharing this with all of us. Cheers and keep going strong m8!

[@mdmota.]

Quedó espectacular, saludos desde Chile.

[@pedropablomorarojas7021]

wena po socio, hay que hacerse este volate para el forza horizon 5 o para el forza motor sport 8

[@millomaker]

Wow, very clean build ! And awesome design !

[@zuja8898]

looks like it has lots of power, how is it compared to thrustmaster or fanatec?

[@tomthomas21]

I haven't another wheel, so I can't compare now.

[@panossavvaidis6086]

oh man, I need to see the video again now, I spent the first run headbanging! Great build, great music

[@andrewbell3822]

Also really high quality animationf

[@meharwaleed2464]

The way you built it its uptomark Its dream of millions to have this Or to built like this You are such an amazing😱

[@SHR3DD69]

wow. good job. im impressed of your work. i always wanted an direct drive but its way to expensive. how much money has cost your projekt? Yes! please send more videos like this. you should build pedals or shifters too :-)

[@simsonfoto]

yeah, please

[@RetroPlus]

Wow it's super heavy duty, it looks amazing

[@kikihobbyrepair]

Really nice design man. It looks quite stable and powerful. That 180W motor is looking good. How is it compares to the "cheaper" commercial steering wheels like a Logitech G29 or Thrustmaster? I am pretty sure this is way more rigid and even stronger. Thank you for sharing it with us. Üdv Magyarországról :)

[@rogerpratchet]

I like sliding contacts paart - it reminds me somehow old TV's switches.

[@fenessinen]

finally really detailed video :)

[@tomthomas21]

Thank you!

[@movietv1886]

Hello, I wanted to buy the PCB, but I did not receive a response. If anyone has one, could you please send it to me?

[@jagan5779]

OMG. Nobody can do it like him. Awesome skill.

[@andrewbell3822]

Long awaited my friend

[@michaelrosenbauer6493]

WHOWWWWW this is my next projekt when I finished the motion sim rig. AMAZING

[@neiljacks777]

Incredible, great job! Quick question, what would it take to produce a Direct Drive version?

[@yamaan93]

Dude this is insanely clean. One thing I didn't quite understand was how you got like 10 button inputs over like 3 wires without any additional circuitry.

[@beginswithaj]

That's where the resistors come in. All buttons are wired in series, and every button opens up with a different resistance, that the software can map to the appropriate buttons.

[@yamaan93]

@@beginswithaj woah that's smart, I love it, but it also probably makes simultaneous presses difficult. Because you risk getting the same resistance from different combinations

[@beginswithaj]

@@yamaan93 depends on the resistance of the individual components I guess. If you do it right, any combination of buttons would send a value equal to only the values of those buttons combined. Like a binary system. But in reality I think you won't even be pressing a lot of buttons together anyway.

[@leos7429]

Amazing work!! It looks like it has a pretty bad input lag. That's why it's hard to control the car at 13:16. Have you tried switching from Arduino Leonardo to the STM32 board?

[@aliihsanerbil5841]

It looks insane! Clean job.

[@tomthomas21]

Thank you!

[@boxingedits_]

This is not diy that just step by step how the factory made it

[@tjadventures]

Hmm...that thing looks like it's really capable. Congrats on the execution!

[@montxogandia]

A lot of money, a lot of effort and a lot of time for a bad result (bad FFB drivers, also you must customize every game). Just go to the store.

[@Chillingworth]

Really nice work man, instant sub! (and might buy a pcb even though I may never build it lol) Edit: just went to your channel and saw you have barely any videos like this...MAKE MORE!!!

[@justinvzu01]

Unless you're experienced and fast at soldering, please do not solder headers stuck into your arduino. You will melt the female header on the arduino and ruin it. Also, solder headers from the outside inward, this lets heat dissipate avoiding melted headers.

[@domainmojo2162]

I dunno how many times I can like this video. Best ffb wheel video ever man! Bravo! Well done! PS: After more than a year's use, is there anything you want to improve on or that you wished you'd done better or placed ebtter etc?

[@FourFeaturesStudio]

Hello from Russia, I would like to ask you for the firmware you used, and if you don’t mind, can you give a schematic diagram of your connection board to Leonardo ?? Thanks in advance!

[@brandongoodlet6771]

Bruh!! Your work is fantastically neat and professional. I'd buy a wheel off you

[@danielramos6059]

waited forever for this to come out. Thank you so much.

[@emilianochiari4232]

One of the best work I ever seen in YT

[@brabus9294]

охрененно! я ждал такого видео 2 года! и вот почти полное руководство по изготовлению своего руля 900 градусов с виброотдачей

[@МаксимВепринцев-ь3к]

два года прошли зря , вот тебе видео с чего этот руль скапитализдили , автор наш , русский :)) kzbin.info/www/bejne/amOQlYWQl8ujr5I

[@Retromanius]

Присутствует задержка ввода, обрати внимание

[@KRATOSgame]

а вот для меня секрет как закапипастить кнопки на руль через 3 выхода А4, А5 и земля, это нужно в прошивку лазить или хватит будет просто спаять все как по схеме, кто вообще уже делал такой руль ? ато сделать хочу но в прошивках ардуино не шарю

[@pedrococlsimodeestrada]

Excellent, professional, exceptional, magnificent, incredible, majestic

[@luiginetstar]

Fabulous, surely more durable than commercial ones

[@orwell_fan]

Youre a genius man, I dont know else to say.

[@xibidit]

it's amazing. i could feel the tactility of the paddles lol

[@bulwinkle]

Nice! Only two minor suggestions, put grommets in to protect wires passing through holes and use thread lock on screws, you don't want stray nuts in the works.

[@Fryk1990]

This is amazing, showed in YT feed just when I needed such video.

[@Erowens98]

I wish i had enough of an understanding of electronics to design something like this. The mechanical aspect is easy, very intuitive. But as soon as electricity gets involved my mind goes blank.I'm aware i could probably just ask around online to have other people design that bit for me. But i want to understand it myself, as understanding gives you more freedom to design exactly what you want.

[@CKracer86]

Amazing work! 👌👌 FFB looks intense solid built congrats!

[@noorahmedsamir203]

An amazing build, but doing your own slipring??? WOW MAN... Hats off

[@ElChapoDel8]

How many nm does the motor have? If i want to put a motor with a higher number of nm, which one should i buy? or what things do i need to have in consideration before buying it? Would I have to modify something?

[@aldythsatya601]

I want to ask, does the steering input on your PC experience a delay or lag when using the Arduino Leonardo? and have you ever tried to use stm32 and compare it ?. Because when I finished creating and trying it, the steering input to the PC and the game was delayed and unresponsive and it made the car difficult to control.

[@tomthomas21]

I did not experience any delay, the reaction feels immediate. I havent tried an stm32 yet.

[@eniscolak1318]

Can you share your printed circuit diagram? with TR WORK written on it

[@mikhaylmoraes3796]

Very nice guy, your content, I'm trying to get all the pieces to make one, however in Brazil it's kind of difficult, more congratulations, your content was the best I've seen so far about simulators.

[@FriendlyPCGamers]

This looks a hell durable and sturdy wheel.

[@MichalZ78]

WTF did I just watch? hands down the most impressive stuff I've seen in a while...

[@rosalvoneto80]

After watching this video, I'm sure the 299 USD I'd paid in my T300RS is really worth... Amazing video man! thanks for sharing with us and congrats for the great job!

[@flood3397]

this guy totatlly know what he doing. nice job, thumbs up

[@dogewow7287]

Hello, can you please provide a list with specific parts? Electronics used and all that, excluding the parts you used as the frame.

[@JulianMgil]

Very Nice. I was looking for a video like this

[@tomthomas21]

Thanks!

[@umKayki]

Perfect video, it's gratifying to see something made with your own hands, working perfectly. I'm from Brazil, would there be some kind of list, so I know if I can get the parts without needing import? It would make my life easier if it were possible, thank you friend

[@kawaiirunnersdriftclub]

And I'm here just wishing I could extract more power out of my poor Thrustmaster T150... Nice work man!

[@hudaif1451]

oh my god. i've been waiting for this video from you over 9 months thank you so much for making this video

[@khoaphan6377]

The amazing job. However, the best thing is sharing everything. Thank you so much

[@FrancoAlcudia]

Man that looks awesome, it's like it came from a factory nice job.

[@Icarusv2x]

Great video, perfectly crafted, only thing bothering me is the wheel is not centered.

[@MrTefe]

al diy videos on youtube are like COCA COLA CUP HOLDER but in this u make steering wheel i have never seen a diy video make somethign like this

[@luisrocha26]

Either Thrustmaster or Logitech should be hiring this guy immediately

[@eduardoml1498]

This steering wheel was beautiful, congratulations it really looks like a professional job. I've already made an Ai Wave steering wheel, followed the Jenggot464 tutorial and your video left me with some doubts, what is the purpose of the contacts on the axis between the encoder and the steering wheel? How did you configure the 4 buttons on analog output A4 and 4 more on analog output A5, is it possible to connect buttons on analog outputs together with buttons on digital outputs, totaling 17 buttons, 8 on analog and 9 on digital? I tried using as a reference a photo I found in a French forum of the buttons connected between them with some resistors of different values, but it didn't work the buttons went crazy, they didn't work individually. If you can give any tips I will be grateful. Thanks.

[@bgcurbani]

I think the idea behind the 3 contacts on the axis is to have a VCC, GND and output to a pin on the arduino. With that you can use 2 resistors to divide, let's say 5V in 2,5V. With that, the pin on the arduino will read 2,5V, and with some code it will know that X button was pressed. Then you just manipulate the resistors to get diferent voltages on that pin. But now while writing this, I don't get it what it will do when pressing all buttons at once.

[@eduardoml1498]

@@bgcurbani the wiring scheme is called BoDAC, I did as in this image forums.focus-home.com/assets/uploads/files/1519057643682-bodac.jpg It works, but the first button of the 4 is quickly activating by itself, I should try with other resistor values equal to those used in this video, but I don't have them here.

[@trilobitemmmxxx8019]

So simple and easy to do. All the parts can be bought in the supermarket near you and you only need a screwdriver and a hammer. Plus no specific knowledge in electronics and engineer required. A child could do this.

[@JarvesRodriguez]

Really nice racing wheel that you’ve build there. Now you need to upgrade you desk setup. That monitor needs a wall mount to stop it from constantly shaking. 😄

[@Dutch3DMaster]

Hehe, nah, now he can switch off "Cockpit head movement" and have it happen in real life :P.

[@FRESNEL_COOKING_SOLAR_OVENS24]

Hi. I am working at the same assembly factory where you have been fired from. Good to see on youtube. I am sorry because you've lost your job at the factory.

[@speedbuggy16v]

Incredible, it blows my mind what is available to someone wanting to build whatever these days, from custom PCBs, to 3d printed parts. I still remember building things on proto boards, and point to point wiring. Though certainly nothing this complex.

[@minpercent1841]

Thanks a lot, I was struggling in making those on my own! This will help me :D