Star knob jig for the drill press

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Jul 19, 2019, 12:13 PM
Christofix

Star knob jig for the drill press

Hello,

This is an older video of me where I made a star knob jig for my drill press.

When I made this jig I never thought I'd use it for so many projects. That's why I like to share this with you.
Enjoy the video and if you have questions to build it yourself I will help you as much as possible.

https://youtu.be/2rkmki4kbVw
Jul 19, 2019, 05:43 PM
bruce.desertrat

Nice, all the while watching it I was thinking "You should make some knobs for that jig, it'll be much faster than using a wrench" Well I was thinking it right up to the end :D
Jul 19, 2019, 05:55 PM
Crusty

Wait 'til you've got a lathe and buy a knurler. You'll start seeing nice knurled hand knobs all over the place. And then you'll experiment with anodizing and coloring aluminum and will be effectively out of control.

Nice job on the jig - hand knobs are just right for many many things.
Jul 19, 2019, 06:03 PM
bruce.desertrat

Lol. "When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When you have a knurler, everything looks like a knob"

Actually I've made a bunch with my 3D printer, there's a really cool knob generator here.
Jul 19, 2019, 06:21 PM
Crusty

I wonder if there's a knob museum? There ought to be.
Jul 19, 2019, 10:16 PM
Altair


Thanks Christofix! We've added your Star Knob Jig to our Jigs category,
as well as to your builder page: Christofix's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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Jul 20, 2019, 04:10 AM
Christofix

Quote:

Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat

Nice, all the while watching it I was thinking "You should make some knobs for that jig, it'll be much faster than using a wrench" Well I was thinking it right up to the end :D

hahaha, thanks for watching my friend. Now i have these jig i made knobs for everything. It is the most used jig in my workshop.
Jul 20, 2019, 04:11 AM
Christofix

Quote:

Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat

Lol. "When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When you have a knurler, everything looks like a knob"

Actually I've made a bunch with my 3D printer, there's a really cool knob generator here.

Those are cool too! Well done man!
Jul 20, 2019, 04:12 AM
Christofix

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crusty

Wait 'til you've got a lathe and buy a knurler. You'll start seeing nice knurled hand knobs all over the place. And then you'll experiment with anodizing and coloring aluminum and will be effectively out of control.

Nice job on the jig - hand knobs are just right for many many things.

Hahaha, I'm aready out of control hahaha. Thaks for these kind word my friend!
Jul 20, 2019, 12:18 PM
bob1275

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crusty

I wonder if there's a knob museum? There ought to be.

Try this
https://phallus.is/en/
Jul 21, 2019, 03:02 AM
Christofix

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob1275

Try this
https://phallus.is/en/

Hahahaha, I think he doesn't mean that kind of knobs Bob. LOL
Jul 24, 2019, 10:14 PM
wizard69

Very nice!!! This generates all sorts of ideas in my head for knobs and to fix things. By the way this should work great for aluminum, plastic and composite Basically any scrap laying about the shop. Of course you would need to tap the aluminum and use different inserts in plastics.

Thanks for the very creative idea.