My home-made shift knobs
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Racer
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From: Woodland Hills Utah
My DIY home-made shift *****
Got the MGW shift kit, but I needed a ****. After reading all the posts about a heavy ****, I decided to try "making" one. Thought it would be fun to grab onto something I made each time I shifted. 
This one weighs in at 1 pound 2 ounces ... it started out as a 2" stainless steel trailer hitch ball. I cut it down with an angle grinder, and a local machine shop drilled and tapped it for $10. Fits the MGW shifter perfectly. Total cost was $20 plus a bit of running around.
Notice anything funny? How about the "Bully" and 7000 lbs. I think it's pretty cool like that.
Since I have a woodturning lathe, I also thought I'd try my hand at a hand-turned wood ****. I had a great time making one out of cocobolo and olive woods. Cocobolo (from central America) is very hard and dense, and is easily machined.
What do you think? --
This one weighs in at 1 pound 2 ounces ... it started out as a 2" stainless steel trailer hitch ball. I cut it down with an angle grinder, and a local machine shop drilled and tapped it for $10. Fits the MGW shifter perfectly. Total cost was $20 plus a bit of running around.Notice anything funny? How about the "Bully" and 7000 lbs. I think it's pretty cool like that.
Since I have a woodturning lathe, I also thought I'd try my hand at a hand-turned wood ****. I had a great time making one out of cocobolo and olive woods. Cocobolo (from central America) is very hard and dense, and is easily machined.
What do you think? --
Last edited by Dooce; Jul 6, 2009 at 04:35 PM.
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Neat way to make the wooden one match black interiors.
Place a bunch of iron nails (or any iron metal bits bits) is a pail of water and let them rust for a week or two.
Place the finished **** (say made from oak) in the rusty water - the oxidized water will stain the **** black - like a black stain but will penetrate deeper.
You can do this a couple of times and then sand and seal.
Place a bunch of iron nails (or any iron metal bits bits) is a pail of water and let them rust for a week or two.
Place the finished **** (say made from oak) in the rusty water - the oxidized water will stain the **** black - like a black stain but will penetrate deeper.
You can do this a couple of times and then sand and seal.