shift knob ideas

thehookeup · Post by **thehookeup** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:17 am

so i just finished my DIY short shifter, and now i need a new nob. any ideas? no threads though to screw onto. so creative minds better start workn.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:30 am

Buy a die?

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:50 am

Any die will do if you use a simple round wood furniture knob you can sometimes find at douche-ware stores like Home Depot or Lowes, but also at crafts places (for doll heads I was told). They're less than $2 and can be painted/stained/modified almost any way you want. I drilled a hole that was just a little small for the shaft, lubed it with olive oil and slowly turned it onto the threads in the shaft, reversing the knob every half turn or so like tapping a hole until I got it as far down as I wanted. Worked well, used it for years and didn't get loose.

The only other thing that would work effectively would be to drill and tap small holes for set screws on either side of the shaft or perhaps through the top to secure it, but that's all more work than a simple die.

thehookeup · Post by **thehookeup** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:52 am

haha no. i have tons of dies. im thinkn more of something that wasnt really intended to be a nob

smh0101 · Post by **smh0101** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:04 am

Modified pistol grip???

thehookeup · Post by **thehookeup** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:04 am

smh0101 wrote:Modified pistol grip???

good idea but what for a knob?

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:08 pm

Shrunken head?

skid542 · Post by **skid542** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:24 pm

A small die-cast model of a car. It'd have to have some smooth lines but it'd be kinda cool to have a model of your car in your car....

Eh... nah, go with the shruken head.

n2x4 · Post by **n2x4** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:42 pm

I vote for sticking with a real nob, but a PC mouse would be pretty sweet.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:40 pm

You'd have to get a bald shrunken head (fake, of course) or trim the hair so it wouldn't be hanging all over the place. The tough part would be getting a realistic looking one that you could secure to the shifter. Maybe you could get one of those goat-skin ones (look like the real thing except for the tell-tale lack of nose hairs) and somehow slip the skin over a block of wood. it's possible the goat-skin heads do have wood inside, but where the try to emulate the real thing, they probably stuff it with coals or rocks or something.

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:53 pm

Shrunken head.

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biggreen96 · Post by **biggreen96** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:34 am

are you a skier? ski pole handle.

big purple dildo?

big socket like maybe a 30mm?

are you a rapper? a microphone.

pimp cane handle?

thehookeup · Post by **thehookeup** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:16 am

biggreen96 wrote:are you a skier? ski pole handle.

big purple dildo?

big socket like maybe a 30mm?

are you a rapper? a microphone.

pimp cane handle?

haha that shit is hilarious. i like the the socket idea. i got a grip of extra 30 32 36 and 40 mm sockets..
keep throwing the ideas im diggn them all with the exception of the dildo

biggreen96 · Post by **biggreen96** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:24 am

yeah the socket is the coolest of those.

A screwdriver handle would work too.

A can of pabst (filled with something so it wouldn't crush)

A nice smooth river rock.

A big piece of cork, it wouldn't be hot if left in the sun either.

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:00 am

plastic banana

beatersubi · Post by **beatersubi** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:53 pm

something that looks like, and is in the shape of, the neck of a beer bottle.

dzx · Post by **dzx** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:06 am

ball of duct tape looks classy =D

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:20 am

I had a beer tap for a shift knob for a while. It was a 15" long Budwieser tap. It was awesome... Then I got pulled over. No ticket, thankfully!

beatersubi · Post by **beatersubi** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:53 am

+1 for the beer tap; that is awesome.
But bitchwieser? C'mon, we're classier than that. I'd look for something like Schlitz or PBR.

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shift knob ideas

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