Post #356185 by MBL on Sun, Jan 20, 2008 5:22 PM

OK...so its been a while...and it's been because I have been building guitar amplifiers and hot rods...And wood around here is scarce...yada yada...

Anyway, we are building a Tiki themed hot rod out of a chopped 1926 Model T sedan with a 1959 Studebaker V8...Gold frame, Green metalflake paint, bamboo interior...the works....So I thought I needed to carve a shift knob.

I was looking around and I saw Maui Tiki's thread and thought..."Hey that'd make a cool shift knob." So I swiped his idea. :)

I was over at GMAN's place dropping off some rubber tree logs, and he hooked me up with a nice piece of mahogany. With that I started carving and here's what I have:

Its not done but it's pretty close. I think I might burn it in, sand it a bit and put some clear on it. Oh..and drill a hole with a threaded insert for the gear shift.
Thanks GMAN for the wood!
Tim
MBL