Got bored, Made shifter knob.

[KhausticMess]

 

I probably won't use this one, It Didn't glue so well and has lots of bubbles. Atleast I know how easily I can make it.

[DAT510]

Wow that's cool...

How did you do it?

[KhausticMess]

I'm an acrylic fabricator. Combination of scraps from previous projects we would have been recycling anyway, glued some pieces together and trimmed the shit out of it and sanded. I can easily make more but need to take the time to find out where to get inserts and what not for mounting it. I made this today more as a test run to see how easily it would work. Honestly I can easily do custom shapes. I also have another idea for a custom light cover but it's far more complicated and would require tools I don't have access to.

 

I'm also starting a side project making adult toys I can link the first test run I made for that too just to give ya an idea of the crazy shapes I can make.

[DAT510]

:blink:

[KhausticMess]

Yeah I know the adult toy thing is weird, but money is money and the less scrap acrylic we recycle and use to make stuff the more money we can make.

 

My shop will be getting a lathe soonish and then I can get really crazy with different ideas I've had for parts.

[flatcat19]

OLLZOLLZOLLZOLLZOLLZ!!!

[bonvo]

strange sex toy comments aside thats a cool shifter knob i would rock one i really like some of the other ones offered here but with how close my shifter is to the console i need a knob that is tall instead of just a ball

[Jennifer]

thats cool!! hahahha :D

[KhausticMess]

Well I can totally make them custom, the adult toy thing was meant if someone wanted to see how crazy I can get with shaping the acrylic I could show them lol.

[KhausticMess]

I currently can make things in any combination of black, clear, and blue. I can access a multitude of other colors but only if i can get scrap from the wholesaler. Acrylic is rediculously expensive and generally you hafta purchase it by the sheet. I could check Tap plastics also but paying full retail is "ugh."

[KhausticMess]

Oh and Bonvo I copied the shape of the stock knob in my 81 KC it just came out a tad smaller.

[KhausticMess]

Just to give an idea of what I'm normally making.

 

[the nice machine]

I currently can make things in any combination of black, clear, and blue. I can access a multitude of other colors but only if i can get scrap from the wholesaler. Acrylic is rediculously expensive and generally you hafta purchase it by the sheet. I could check Tap plastics also but paying full retail is "ugh."

 

i don't normally put this info out there because i like to have my pick of scraps...i use sheet to make all kinds of stuff. but multicraft plastics in tigard oregon has an awesome scraproom. they sell leftover sheet scraps for 2 bucks a pound. you can find some good big pieces there, i never found anything good at tap. i haven't been there for about a year but it is worth checking out.

[KhausticMess]

The supplier we use has tons of scrap also, its just rare to find colored scrap in small enough amounts to make simple small parts like a shifter knob. Black blue and clear is easily available from drops for me since we use it all the time making fish tanks.

[bonvo]

ill have to get you a pic of my vatozone ghetto knob the only reason im still using it is because the height is perfect lol

[KhausticMess]

Basically if you can imagine it I can probably make it.

[KhausticMess]

Oh and the reason the one I made already is that color scheme is because I have a completely stock blue interior.

[fuzz's '71 510]

so was this knob always a knob, or did it start out as a sex toy or is it a multi-use knob??? :rofl:

[KhausticMess]

Nah, It was always sapposed to be a shifter knob, however when I started making the naughty stuff it made me realize just how crazy I could get with the material.

[bonvo]

you should make something like this it would actually be perfect for what i would need as well

[KhausticMess]

Give me dimensions and what not that looks like it would be easy to make, actually easier than the one I made first.

[Hardwyre]

I love acrylic. I just wish I had a better way to cut it without chipping the shit out of the edges. Drop knowledge?

[bonvo]

I'll take measurements tonight when I get off work how much would it cost me?

[KhausticMess]

I will hafta figure out pricing once I have measurments it shouldn't be terribly expensive. I wont start it until you okay a price. also take a couple more shots of that knob you posted so I can see it from other angles if ya can.

[KhausticMess]

Does anyone know where you can purchase thread inserts ?