02GF74
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| posted on 12/10/06 at 09:28 AM |
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A photo of my knob!
Look away if you are easily offended... 
and if you are not, here it is in its full glory!
 
my knob
I made it from some 2x2 pine, turned to a gearknob shape on a drill press then given several coats of paint (notice the red/black fade). It is
tapped to M10, originally made in the wood but since that didn't seem to be strong, I dripped some fibre glass resin down the side and cut the
thread into that. (with hindsight I should have just filled an old squash ball with resin, drilled and tapped it, oh well....  )
But why bother I hear you gasp? The original aluminum knob fitted has a 0.2 mm ridge that failed on SVA edge stuff 
 
ali knob
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Bob C
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| posted on 12/10/06 at 10:17 AM |
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One of my list of items from abortive SVA test yesterday was non- compliant knob. . .
I love the squash ball idea - it's going on!!!
cheers
Bob
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Dillinger1977
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| posted on 12/10/06 at 12:18 PM |
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what a lovely knob 
oh bugger. mine is similar to your original one.
how on earth can that be considered dangerous?
is it the recessed screws it failed on?
now i've got to find another item that'll be in for the sva then binned afterwards.
-Rog
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iank
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| posted on 12/10/06 at 12:24 PM |
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IIRC you can fill the screwheads (and lethal recesses) with silicone sealant to make it pass.
I also like the squash ball idea (makes a change to a pool ball) which colour dot would be best 
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Bob C
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| posted on 12/10/06 at 12:50 PM |
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yellow dot
 
Rescued attachment newknob.jpg
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02GF74
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| posted on 12/10/06 at 12:59 PM |
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the knob has blue LEDs, yes I know....... but it was the undercut ring, all of about 0.2 mm that was the sharp edge problem.
I cannot really imagein any injuries, serious, or other ever be caused by it but tules is rules.
It was a matter of principle of not spending more dosh on something that in my opinion is idiotic.
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/10/06 at 04:43 PM |
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Mine's a green snooker ball drilled and tapped M10.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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zetec7
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| posted on 12/10/06 at 05:29 PM |
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I used a cue ball (I'm a traditionalist!), even though our version of the SVA isn't nearly as difficult to get through. I shudder at the
thought of the horrific injuries that that .2 mm ridge could cause to the vehicle's occupants, and think of the unspeakable danger to passersby!
Oh, the horror! Gore! Mayhem!! Disembowelment!!!! (What the hell are they thinking?!?!)
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greggors84
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| posted on 20/10/06 at 11:24 PM |
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I had to go back to the rubber metro handbrake cover as clearly the turned ali one would have sliced my hand open everytime i used it.
I would go for a blue dot personally!
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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wilkingj
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| posted on 23/10/06 at 08:05 PM |
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Whoa!!! Blokes... Its a Knob Flashing Contest!!!
Being a V8 man (and car) I just had to have one of these. Its SVA safe, and dead cheap at £2.99 and 15 mins time to bore the hole and then hot melt
Glue it to the gearstick.
Very Locost, and very effective
 
V8 Gear knob
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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snapper
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| posted on 27/10/06 at 07:14 PM |
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Surely it should be the 7 ball
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