Custom Made Wood Shift Knobs

[LJ851]

Be sure to send me pics when it's done, eventually I'd like to have a webpage with customer photos.

I'm glad to see this. It seemed a shame for all that tooling and woodworking experience to be confined to making dildos. ;)

[Nygdup]

I'm glad to see this. It seemed a shame for all that tooling and woodworking experience to be confined to making dildos. ;)

Yes.. customer photos would sure help.

Hell, I should probably build a center console in my garage for photo purposes, huh?

[CubbyChowder]

I ordered a custom wooden shift knob Nygdup recently. I had a vision in mind and he nailed it and even added his own twist which ended up working perfectly for what I was going for. I requested to have the knob shipped raw with no stain so I could stain it myself. Very affordable and he's super determined to create something that the customer will be happy with.

This is how I received it in raw form. I wanted to paint and stain it so that it matches my Nardi wheel:



I painted the recessed areas black to match the black stripe on the Nardi:



I then sanded the surface of the knob to remove any excess paint and proceeded to stain the rest of it. I have very little experience staining wood so this was kind of a shot in the dark for me. I picked a stain which matched the color of the Nardi perfectly on the label, but the finished product isn't an exact match. Finished it up with a few layers of a glossy polyurethane coating and installed it. Although the stain color is not perfect, I'm still very happy with how it turned out. All it took was one layer of electrical tape around my shift rod and it fits nice and snug. Super stoked on this thing, thank you for the quality product! Here is how it looks:

[Nygdup]

That Nardi color is a hard one to match. I'm trying to figure out the right combination myself!

By the way, I'm stealing you photo!

[Nygdup]

Another happy customer!

[Brilliantrot 318is]

I ordered a custom wooden shift knob Nygdup recently. I had a vision in mind and he nailed it and even added his own twist which ended up working perfectly for what I was going for. I requested to have the knob shipped raw with no stain so I could stain it myself. Very affordable and he's super determined to create something that the customer will be happy with.

This is how I received it in raw form. I wanted to paint and stain it so that it matches my Nardi wheel:



I painted the recessed areas black to match the black stripe on the Nardi:



I then sanded the surface of the knob to remove any excess paint and proceeded to stain the rest of it. I have very little experience staining wood so this was kind of a shot in the dark for me. I picked a stain which matched the color of the Nardi perfectly on the label, but the finished product isn't an exact match. Finished it up with a few layers of a glossy polyurethane coating and installed it. Although the stain color is not perfect, I'm still very happy with how it turned out. All it took was one layer of electrical tape around my shift rod and it fits nice and snug. Super stoked on this thing, thank you for the quality product! Here is how it looks:

Wow that's impressive, I like what you got going on here op.

[dinanm3atl]

That looks great!

[Nick_S]

Impressive work. Have you thought about doing Ebrake handles as well? I would love a matching set.

[Nygdup]

Impressive work. Have you thought about doing Ebrake handles as well? I would love a matching set.

Coming soon! At least for e30s. I've got to do the R&D on them first and get them out to a couple of my local customers for testing.

[Nygdup]

Toyed around with a few more tonight. #1 and #3 are available and for sale at $45.00 and $35.00 respectively, plus shipping. #2 is a customer order from here on r3v, pending review and shipping.

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#3

[Luke_M]

You what might look extra sweet? A wood knob with a roundel worked it and lacquered over so as to look seamless. Kind of like this:

It couldn't be cheap but it looks awesome to me and I'm not really a wood knob/steering wheel fan.

[dinanm3atl]

Nice, Rich. You need to update the High Line... I would steer clear of a Jaguar themed one. Would instantly cause the vehicle to break down.

[Nygdup]

You what might look extra sweet? A wood knob with a roundel worked it and lacquered over so as to look seamless. Kind of like this:

It couldn't be cheap but it looks awesome to me and I'm not really a wood knob/steering wheel fan.

If I start selling something with a Roundel in it legal issues arise.

[Nygdup]

Picked up some laminated wood last week. Whipped this one up over the weekend. And it's for sale! Discounted price of $45 because it does have a small defect at the top. Otherwise I would be charging $65.

[smitche]

interested in a short one... do you have a stain close to Nardi?