This is by no way the definate guide of how an UW should be made. Its a description of how I made mine with bits and pieces lying around - all of which I deem there to be no 'specalist' parts. Anyway, it depends largely on your DIY (Do-It-Yourself) skills and abilities, and if that's just not your bag, and you can't friend a friend to help, I suggest your surf on out. If you're just not sure, then have a scan through my ramblings to equate whether you're up to the job or not - tell me what you think, if you have a go at it please tell me how you get on. (mail me derek.b@disciples.com )

A general set of tools is always good to start with, but in addition to the "standard set" you'll need access to a jigsaw and a couple of chisels.

An old bike wheel: 20"(BMX) 24"(Kids MTB) or 26"(MTB), 24" is the happy medium from which a lot of UW's are made of. My self I went for the 26", cause its what I had lying around.
	Then you'll need a sheet of square plywood, the sides of a length at least equal to the diameter of the wheel you have chosen. You'll need thick plywood: I used 1", you might get away with 0.75", but the thicker the better.
Something to screw the pedals into - bike cranks are the basis for this. You'll need to source cranks from an older bike (unlike the very expensive Truvativ ones pictured here !), which has essentially straight cranks - newer cranks are angled:
	You'll need a set of four metal plates, I used 0.5mm aluminum, I guess around 150mm by the length of the crank. These should be available from any half decent hardware store.

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