So you've operated a lathe Kelly?
Plastic sometimes is rough after machining, aluminum is sturdier, finishes better and will hold up to more abuse. Just one opinion...
Powder coat it ivory and clear and it will last almost forever.
Find Ed some ivory-colored nylon(it has to be the CORRECT ivory). Good luck with that.
My machinist said he could turn it down from nylon. He's a Bug guy so he knows the color scheme.
Well yes, I have done a little very simple machining, but I have witnessed (and directed) a great deal at the hand of a few masters. If you have the right profile, I bet a CNC guy could have the first one out in ~30 mins, and the next 100 in another 5 mins each. Just guessing.
My first real job was in a machine shop that made automatic valves for all sorts of industrial applications. (Natural gas pipeines, refineries, nuclear power plants)
We made seals and shims out of all kinds of plastics: Teflon, Abs, Nylon, Viton. Some of it you had to turn really slow, some really fast.
But I have to say, 3D printing would probably be a better way to go with a mushroom shiftknob.
Suddenly, I feel like following in my 12-year-old grandson's footsteps and ask Santa for a 3-D printer for Christmas.
I thought about buying a 3-D printer, but decided that it would probably just end up in frequent, awkward requests for more magenta...
Looks really right, Ed. You've nailed the height, too!
Thanks. It's about as close as I'm going to get with a Brandwood shifter. It works pretty well too.
