Marconi knob Яeverse Engineering

[3nity]

what the flack??? ;D

 

[Alistair]

Whoa! Looking good!

 

[deuce42]

You have nice looking knobs man.....

 

[Sylvain D.]

Huh!?!?

 

[Sylvain D.]

I bid five kwatloops for the newcommer's knobs! ;D

 

[kepeb]

ha, I'm not sure what the exchange rate is in kwatloops, is that a breakfast cereal?
and I never get tired of knob gags

I cheated a little bit, after pointlessly wasting a lot of time and money on molding and casting again, I sought assistance from a friend who works at a signmakers and he finally made me a bunch with their gear  8)

the finishing probably requires a tutorial tho, ha!
I'll probably end up just using 2 for my nv73s as the buffing etc must have taken me 40 mins each 

 

[Jarno]

But usually, you make a silicone mould and then cast the parts?
What materials do you use to make the mould, and what do you use to cast the parts with?

 

[kepeb]

hey Jarno, yea... as I said above. I gave up on that bit.
the results you get without injection/vacuum tools are not really worth the effort. even the most expensive plastics with best air release properties still come out pretty lame. its not great on stuff this small/detailed.
the plastics and molding process really is a whole 'nother game.

maybe i'll document my mutant knob failures elsewhere

EDIT: ok i uploaded some
http://www.groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=41931.0

 

[Sylvain D.]

For clarification,

Kwatloops are a reference to an old Star Trek episode...
And I don't know the exchange rate. ;D

But that's a pretty good job kepeb.
And the failed ones are at least entertaining.

 

[kepeb]

ahh Quatloo's. i see.. found a link. my old tricorder wont do euros either
yea 5 Quatloos or 2 strips of latinum each.
I'll have them beamed directly to your quarters  ;D

 

[leadbreath]

so what price u selling these at???? ;D

 

[kepeb]

I could share my spares ... better post in my build thread

 

[leadbreath]

i tell u what kepeb, if u could also make some of the EMI TG type knobs (i forget the correct name of these) u could set up shop selling knobs man!!

mick

 

[Alistair]

You'd make a lot of people happy.  Become the knob king! 

 

[creal]

BAM! i think i'm winning!
these ones are nearly done
I'm planning on just tapping the plastic with two grub screws.

i'm in for 2 or 4 this great knobs

congrats for this great works

Cyril

 

[Sylvain D.]

Quatloos! is THAT how you spell that?  Of course! You're right ;D

But seriously, you could probably sell a bunch of those...if it's worth your efforts of course.

They do look quite nice.

Are you thinking about it? ???

 

[Govinda Doyle]

Kepeb!
Count me in for 10!!!
You can do it!!! 
G

 

[Di_Sousa]

Count me for 10 also.

 

[mbdonna]

Good job!
I'm looking for 12..

 

[gandhalf3]

I'm in for 8.

thanks