kta Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Well after making a small error and buying a slightly too hard grade of stainless steel for using on a lathe and after wearing out a fair number of tools and breaking two tap and die sets (apologies to my dad! ) the stainless steel gearknob was finally finished! A short blast under the Laser and here it is.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thats excellent work. Looks very nice indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Looks like a Nismo knob, good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1703 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I want !! Can anyone advise the gear knob thread size on a UK car ? ( failing that I definitely have to get round to having a bash at pulling mine off tonight ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Excellent A guy i work with does a similar thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Excellent. Any chances you will start selling these? My carbon Nismo ones is showing sign of wear with the chrome coating rubbing off the top, so could quite do with a new replacement and dont fancy paying todays prices for a Nismo, they seem double what I paid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Excellent. Any chances you will start selling these? +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thats awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2JOU Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 + 2 Very impressive knob you have there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Looks a quality job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Nice work. Looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrain69 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Great job! looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Wow thats very good, I have just thought of how to keep my engineers busy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kta Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Excellent. Any chances you will start selling these? +1 Yes i can, i have an order for one, i'll try to replicate this style in aluminium next and see how good a polish i can get on that, this stainless steel takes much longer to work with so would cost a fair bit. I'll have it with me at Wales on Sunday if you want a closer look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R800NER Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Let me know, I might be interested too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kta Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 ok everyone's going to have to make allowances for my car on Sunday, as I'm spending valuable bodywork polishing time in front of a lathe instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Either steel or Alu would be cool with me Could you do a more cloudy one rather than polished? Like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kta Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Either steel or Alu would be cool with me Could you do a more cloudy one rather than polished? Like this yes that's a similar finish to my first model which was in aluminium, sort of a satinised sheen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M350ZB Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 That looks awesome bud, very impressive, great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Very impressive can you do one with the gear shift patten on the top with the 350z down the side in the cloudy aluminium finish like the niso shape ones pm me with a price cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1703 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Very impressive can you do one with the gear shift patten on the top with the 350z down the side in the cloudy aluminium finish like the niso shape ones pm me with a price cheers Spooky , I just sent William a PM about 2 mins ago with that exact spec' ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kta Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 I'm still slightly unsure about threadsizes UK to JDM hopefully i can get the chance to check that at the weekend, if anyone coming to the Wales drive has an oem gearknob off a UK model that they have taken off and have lying around and would like to bring it along i'd be glad off the chance to check it. I can't see why they should be different but maybe my car is unique! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kta Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Very impressive can you do one with the gear shift patten on the top with the 350z down the side in the cloudy aluminium finish like the niso shape ones pm me with a price cheers Spooky , I just sent William a PM about 2 mins ago with that exact spec' ! yep working on the gear selector pattern logo, will let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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