Knob upgrade

[BobL]

One of the knobs on my DP stripped its thread and fell off and the the others are quite loose and I dare not tighten them too much in case I strip their threads too so I decided to perform a "knob upgrade"

The knobs are wood balls courtesy of Homesy135 (thanks Paul with 8mm nuts epoxied into a hole so they screw straight onto the handles.

A couple of coats of one of my standard colours (Volcano Orange) completed the makeover.

I have no idea how long they will last but they have a good feel to them

[fubar]

ohhhh!
handles,I was thinking this should have been posted in health issues

[joe greiner]

I drilled and tapped some golf balls for mine. Nice size too.

[BobL]

I drilled and tapped some golf balls for mine. Nice size too.

Dimples would make for a nice grip - I have seen them in fluoro pink and fluoro orange but what about "volcano orange"?

Pool balls also make nice looking handles although they may also be a bit slippery.

[wolften]

...this might be be what one calls "a bunch of knobs"

[Bob38S]

Have not needed to replace my DP knobs as yet but my shafts started to go rusty - always had very salty hands. I wire wheeled the shafts, gave them a coat of wheel silver then "covered" them with old clear airline hose. End of problem.