Shift Knob!!

[So Live]

Hey guys.

I was bored today in Mechanical engineering lab so i decided to make a shift knob.

Me and a friend of mine are probably going to split another aluminum bar and hes going to make a few VW knobs and im gonna make a few bmw ones.

Heres what the "prototype" looks like. Its not done yet.



I can do basically anything thats round easily haha. If we had smaller stock we could bang em out in about an hour.

Ill get pics of it finished up and in the car this weekend.

[scott_is]

These are the only two remaining of my free time project at school (also ME)



these don't take an hour to fab. Nice project!

[So Live]

Haha awesome dude! yours are a tad more exact than mine. Mine took about an hour and a half to cut down to size and i still have to finish it.

This is what i had in my head kinda when i was doing mine:

http://www.bavauto.com//assets/product_images/bas/gsa5.jpg

[ian e30 318is]

those are sick...i need to make one in my me lab too. where do you guys go to school?

[So Live]

university of new haven

[scott_is]

This is what i had in my head kinda when i was doing mine:
http://www.bavauto.com//assets/produ...s/bas/gsa5.jpg

The ones I did were replicas from some shop somewhere...don't remenber.
And I am studying at Cegep Limoilou(I live in Québec) then in one year I'll
be at ETS(École de Technologie Supérieur) university.

Edit: http://www.twmshiftknobs.com/shiftkn...hiftknobs.html

[So Live]

Right on. Did you use Stainless like they did?

[scott_is]

no aluminum stock 2"...it was laying on the floor near my lathe...

[will61]

if you make another one like that id be interested, let me know

[noE30]

Did you happen to look at the date this thread was made?

[craiggroves91]

I wish i could do this stuff i got some aluminum scrap stuff from my old work.

[JoeyBones]

Mine is better ;)



and may also be for sale soon...i'll have pictures of a production version. PS this will install exactly as a factory knob does...no set screw or anything of the sort.