Art & Inspiration How about a shift knob thread?

Those HoBo art coin inserts are amazing

 

I made mine from a piece of burl maple. Turned it on a lathe and recessed a 1947 walking liberty half dollar into it. Coated in clear epoxy resin. Just gotta finish the car now so I can use it!

 

some kids High School craft class project

 

Bump for the new year.

 

Can't remember if I posted thsi before here. Couldn't find it in quick scan of all the pages so here it goes (again?).

I needed a clear barrel knob for my Ed Roth Mysterion reproduction. Much searching left me dry for any colored barrel. Finally found one with red ends on ebaY so I decided to get it and make my own clear ends caps.
I cast a silicone rubber mold from the red cap. Then I tried several clear resins before I found urethane made the clearest, water white caps. Worked perfectly.

Here is Ed's knob


This is all I could find on ebaY


This is the silicone mold.


The outer castings are polyester clear resin castings. Really popular for making those ugly old 60s style clump of grapes hanging lamps. It yields a strong yellow cast. The two inner castings are urethane plastic resin. Just wnat I needed.


This is my resulting version. Perfect.

 

Awesome! I NEED ONE!!!

 

Just good ol white balls in the tri fives.

 

We all have a "hook" in our shtick, right? Mine will be "what shiftknob is this fkr using today?" Several are Jimmy Flintstone resin but there's more:
A tiki I woodgrained for Mrs Highlander:

We know this guy, right?

I call this one Angry God of Nitro:

Kool cast devil from a biker dude out east,
Yes, a real grenade:

I've only ever seen 2 carnival glass knobs...

I also have some other devil, tiki, monster resins. I get to em when the mood hits. Also have a very nice correct stocker and a big 2 piece from an American Classic like a 30s V-12 Caddy.

 

Just something to bump this thread.
Have you ever checked to see how many shift knob threads there are on the HAMB?

When I thought it couldnt get any weirder.


https://www.news9live.com/auto/gear-knob-mistaken-for-egg-snake-survival-story-2422521

 

Nothing rare or special but I had to buy it because it looks like a cartoon of my wife lol

 

Put the OG gennie shifter knob back on last summer.

 

In Brass (Home made?)

 

I think Hurst made brass ones, I've also seen black fuzzy ones, and of course a ton of aluminum ones.

 

I would say the brass ones a pretty heavy......

 

I'd add knuckle holes and make it a quick disconnect.

 

Things you will find at my swap meet space:
Here are some examples of how I take misc. old pieces to make "vintage" shift knobs........




A random example of the semi-precious gemstone shift knobs that I create.......

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I notice a theme with my shift knobs....total lack of imagination!

 

Kirk made this up for me for the Lucky Penny 49 a few years back. Put my .02 cents on it.


Iron Lords Forever/Forever Iron Lords

 

Theft deterrents!

 

My St. Christopher Knob in my 34' Ford Hot Rod