Anyone Make Their Own Knobs

[low end fuzz]

i got a lathe and am no expert, but i can make a damn good cylindar shape; i wanna turn a bunch of knobs, and was wondering where i could find the proper sized innerds (i wanna say sprokets, cause it sounds right;but i may just like the word) either that or i was thinking of having a lil allen screw like from bridge saddles to tighten against the post; but id really rather the ''sprockets";

maybe a circuit city?; im thinkin in the way of where ppl would go when they break their tv knob or sumtin?

help please

thank you

[Primal]

You might be able to find those inserts at a RadioShack or somewhere similar. You definately WON'T be able to find something like that at Circuit City. You might have to cannibalize some RadioShack knobs for your inserts.

[WezV]

I have heard of people cutting the middle bit out of cheap plastic knobs and gluing that into there new home made ones. Worth a try if nothing else comes up.

[Setch]

You can try using radio controlled model wheel collars, which are a metal ring with an allen head grub/set screw.

I've used wood and just tapped it for a set screw - worked fine, but you don't want to over tighten it or you'll strip the hole or split the knob. Make your initial hole 1mm less than the intended thread - if you use 0.5mm as you would on metal the tap will just bore out the hole and leave it oversize.

The knobs on this one are flatsawn wenge, with a quartersawn wnege cap, a plastic skirt, 2mm MOP dot, and an M3 set screw.