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Niki

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Good day

As you noticed, I'm using many knobs for my jigs and I made them in many methods until one morning, after the 3rd coffee kicked in, I realized that I'm "wasting time and money" for something so simple...that I'm not going to put in the living room...

So I made them simple but, during the process, I thought, "How said that a knob must be round...actually, it's just a lever to turn and tight a nut or bolt"...so I made it even simpler.

I stopped using bolts because it's much cheaper to buy Threaded Rod and cut it to the required dimension and from one, I can make many "bolts" and don't have to run to the shop for every bolt length.

So, here are my latest knobs (not exactly)... :)

Best Regards
niki
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Hi Niki

Brilliantly simple as usual.

I like the way you've used blur to show the turning knobs

Please don't stop with your wonderful ideas,

regards

Brian
 
Niki, you're a star 8) . I enjoy your helpful posts so much.

Gill
 
Niki,

Another good idea.:D

I have made knobs in the past, not quite the same as your, but making your own is great as you can vary the size if required.
 
Hi Niki,
Practical, informative and easy to follow as usual, well done..

I take it you "lock" the nut to the Tee nut using superglue, I used to used nylocs, but find even these work loose eventually.

I cant make my own router bits, but thanks to you Niki, I will never have to buy another knob for any jig I make....
 
Thank you so much for your compliments

Brian
I will not...the new post is in the "kitchen" cooking....

Dom
I'm using Faststone (just Google) picture editor.

Neil
Sorry, when I said "lock", I meant that I'm tightening the nut over the T-nut with a wrench so, the bolt is "locked" to the nuts.
You can add superglue but I think that it's not required (I used to put superglue on flying models engine nuts to prevent them from opening due to the strong vibrations of the engine).

Regards
niki
 
Thanks Niki for the info on how to build a better knob!!
What a great idea loved the step by step pics

Cheers :D
Tony
 
Thank you so much Tony

There is something strange on your Avatar...you are knocking the nails in and they are popping out again...:)

Regards
niki
 
Niki":3pc8tg1e said:
There is something strange on your Avatar...you are knocking the nails in and they are popping out again...:)
I am trying hard not to use nails any more - they always seem to do that for me :D
That's interesting - my avatar animation stopped some time ago - thought that the site may have been modified to appease those that find animations annoying.

Cheers :D
Tony
 

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