who has made their own gearknob/gearstick

[trekkerglenn]

I need to extend my gearknob after an engine swap in my Chevy

ive searched for cool gearknobs but they are either very expensive or done to death aka dildo/samurai sword/grenade etc

has anyone made their own and if so how. i'm thinking of putting something (not sure what yet) into some resin, let it set and drill it to suit the thread

just hoping for ideas or do's and don't's please

thanks

[penski]

How about a particularly large, unusually-shaped and perhaps slightly hairy pork scratching encased in resin?

*n

[mt2man]

How about a nice crystal glass or tumbler filled with resin and drilled to suit?

Or a beer can, beer bottle etc?

[106e30]

How about replicating Richard Attenborough / Mr Hammond's Jurassic park walking stick

i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/10/article-2322324-19B35E7D000005DC-28_634x465.jpg

[trekkerglenn]

Sept 15, 2014 16:12:08 GMT mt2man said:

How about a nice crystal glass or tumbler filled with resin and drilled to suit?

Or a beer can, beer bottle etc?

ive just been looking at vintage Bud cans ans similar as I do like this idea, cheers

[Mystery Machine]

Kind of play on the whole state of the cars paintwork.

[Splitty456]

I got halfway through making one out of a camshaft once... I should finish it off really, still think its a good idea lol

[LowStandards]

I have half the camshaft from the original engine as mine, weirdly the bearing surface is smooth and comfy in the hand...

[markbognor]

Adaptor piece and extended shaft from aluminium, and the knob is made from layered acrylic, turned to true the edges and then polished.





Short extension, with snooker ball knob. I've made a fair few solid colour sooker and pool ball knobs, for a while I had a bit of a niche for a while as everybody and their brother was doing spots and stripes.









Turned aluminium.





Mini Pop can with the bottom removed and then filled with resin, before drilling and tapping.



Cue ball with laser etched shift pattern - colour filled with black w/b marker pen.

[trevorbrady]

a poor photo of one of my previous "Beer levers"

[ray900tap]

Sword shifter in my transit camper, I made it last year, its snapped twice, is horribly flexible, indirect action and uncomfortable, looks cool tho

[hairydave]

Sadly no pics, but I once witnessed a golf ball drilled out and have a nut glued into it to make a knob for a girl with small hands. Looked pretty good sprayed up red to match the bodywork. Obviously it was fitted to a golf...

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

Haha knob and small hands in one post!!!

[DWDarkWheels]

^^^^ Sorry, but that did make me chuckle.

Someone once let me take a spin in their Westfield. Stirring the straight-cut gears was via a cut-down Scania steering column. The splines near cut the hand off me.

[valman]

heres one ive made to fit my e36 recently using a volvo 360 differential pinion gear that decided to wreak havok on my drivetrain. was very easy, simply got a bit of 1"by 1" bar, drilled a 14.2mm hole through the centre on a lathe, placed the bar inside the pinion and sif bronzed it in with a tig welder. used a pair of m5 grubscrews to keep it in place on the shaft (lol)

[kram]

Very smart resembles a classic ''HURST'' kn ob..

Sept 15, 2014 19:55:30 GMT markbognor said:

Cue ball with laser etched shift pattern - colour filled with black w/b marker pen.

[chairchild]

best one I've got of my old one - old tank shell, that nobody actually knows *how* I got (it turned up in my room when I was about 12 - kept it for about 11 years before turning it into a gearknob, still got it 6 years after the fact)

[MrSpeedy]

OK, here's my knobs (snigger)

Previous W201 190E



Sprintfire;



Current one in the Vitesse;

[masi]

Even though this is done to the death and already there was a nicer example above, here's an example of a quick n' dirty one which lasted well a couple of years.

Bought a "11" pool ball from this forum. Drilled a hole ini it:



Put some sticky tape on the gear lever...



... and then forced it by twisting and pulling down at the same time.



Stayed in place well enough. Renaults do not have a thread, in the OEM ones there is a plastic shrinked on to the gear lever... This was a red Renault 11 where this was attached to I know this is not the best way to put one in place, but it was better than the original, and fun to do.

[jules1200]

Sept 16, 2014 20:37:55 GMT chairchild said:

best one I've got of my old one - old tank shell, that nobody actually knows *how* I got (it turned up in my room when I was about 12 - kept it for about 11 years before turning it into a gearknob, still got it 6 years after the fact)

I like the 'custom' heater switch better