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1st July 2015, 05:16 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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How to make a wooden pentagon knob?
Hello, I would like to make a wooden pentagon knob as shown, about 40mm OD, with a 5/16" threaded insert in the centre, but not right through, unlike the one in the picture.
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Can anyone please advise on the best way to design and cut one of these?regards,
Dengy
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1st July 2015, 06:22 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Dengue,
One way that I've seen done by a local Woodie was to use a bandsaw with a 1/4 inch wide blade (or narrower) or with a scrollsaw. Pretty straight forward as demo'ed in this Youtube vid ..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGqNF6O1ugU
My personal way of doing it (from before I had a bandsaw) was to use a forstner bit and some power sanding, as per this Youtube video ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18PP0XY8X2s
One thing that I've learnt is that plywood seems to make the strongest knobs. I laminate a few scraps of ply to get the thickness I need. Knobs made from hoop pine (my first attempts) all broke, or the threaded inserts tore out, relatively easily. I also made one using forest red gum - it was hard as blazes to drill and sand, but it also seemed to be fairly strong.
Hope those ideas help.
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RoyGManufacturer of the Finest Quality Off-Cuts.
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1st July 2015, 06:31 PM #3
if you're worried about areas of short grain breaking off in use, I suggest you look at laminating the blank with alternating grain
given the tools I have access to I'd be inclined to rough out the shape on a bandsaw with a narrow blade and then finish with rasps.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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2nd July 2015, 10:52 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Does it have to be 5 pronged?
A3 spoke Mercedes star would give plenty of grip with a strong centre.
If it has to be 5 then band/jig saw a circle and mark the indentations. Then set up a coarse small sanding drum in a drill press a sand away what is not required.
Just a thought.Regards,
Bob
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2nd July 2015, 11:58 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Bob, these arthritic thumbs would probably cope better with the 3 spoke handle, so will do a rough drawing to get an idea of the required circle diameters
regards,
Dengy
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