Tired of burning my hand in the sun, machined a white oak shifter knob
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reddit.comPosted Jun 18, 2022, 12:22 AM UTC
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reddit.comMine is the knob from my 86 CRX, which perished in a not-my-fault accident in 07.
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OG with a CRX over here
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Looks great. I went from a fat knob to a thin one and it made a huge difference. Feels much better in my opinion. You seem to be skilled at woodwork so perhaps make a thin one and see how you feel about it. Either way, looks awesome ! Something like this:
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I am coming from an all aluminum CTR ball knob shifter. That was roughly 1.6" diameter. I turned this down to 1.35 and it fits perfect in my hand.
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Is that weighted? Looks great, I had something similar in my ZN6, I loved it so much.
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Wow, gorgeous piece, well done man!
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Looks great! Carbon fiber shift knob here which never gets too hot. Had the spoon shifter in my last car which never gets hot or cold which was nice.
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Dope
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I wear mechanic gloves, still plenty of tactile feel.
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Beautiful mate.
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I love it, it reminds me of the old Porsche race cars with the balsa wood shifters.
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wish i had a lathe, we only have mills :(
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Part in the chuck, turning tool in the vice, you now have a lathe.
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honestly, i've thought about trying that. i wouldn't trust any type of workholding on the spindle, especially in a Haas though lol
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Just mill a spigot on the end of the blank that will fit in a collet. Job done.
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You can do this on a drill press if you really wanted to. With some super rough sand paper.
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i mean, we do have a lathe, but its a WWII surplus craftsman lathe that's barely staying together. I program and run 5 axis CNC though, so it'd probably be best to do it on there with the B axis, using a ball end mill as a lathe tool
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Your shop sounds like mine. We have tools that are brand new and computer driven and we have ww1 and ww2 pig iron. Hell we run a 16” cb rodgers jointer cast in 1889. Swapped the square cutter head for a tersa. That’s my fav tool in the shop
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Dope! I would probably drill a little more to drop the height. Wood steering wheel next?
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Doing a wood dash for a buddy’s old bmw next. :-)
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I wanted the lock nut to seat flush onto the threaded insert in the blank so this was max depth on the drilling. I could have just turned more off the top but like I said I made it specifically for my hand. I’d love to make custom ones where people send me 3D scans of their hands but it would be a logistical nightmare
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make sure you sanded it down correctly so you don’t get any splinters! I love it
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I burnished it. Smooth like a baby’s ass
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perfect
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I got a lil reservoir cover that fits my raceseng knob perfect for summer days lol.
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Yo, fucking Love It!
Thanks bro. I run a design and fabrication shop - had some gorgeous cutoffs that I was going to throw away, but was like " wait a minute.... I can make something with those"
It's perfect bro.