making you own knobs

[patchell]

    This is the stuff I was talking about.  Thanks for saving me the trouble.

Dave Wilke wrote:

> In my other life I am a fanatical plastic model builder (i.e. when I'm not
> trying to electrocute myself or burn down the garage I amuse myself creating
> noxious fumes and ruining perfectly good clothes...).  I make my own parts
> from resin all the time.  I mostly use SynAir products available on-line
> through Bare-Metal Models (http://www.bare-metal.com).
>
> My first thought looking at your idea was, "Is he NUTS???"... then I got to
> thinking about it.  You're looking at three problems:
> 1) Casting is expensive.  Unless you are making *lots* of knobs you will
> probably spend less if you just buy cheap knobs.
> 2) Resin will produce an absolutely accurate copy, but it will be brittle.
> I would strongly suggest you do this only for friction-fit knobs.  Trying to
> tighten a threaded set screw would only strip the hole long before it was
> tight enough to last.
> 3) Any paint you use will, over a very short time, tend to wear off.  Be
> prepared for a knob which will be flesh colored most of the time.
>
> If I haven't discouraged you yet ;-) I would suggest taking a two-part mold
> approach.  If there is sufficient interest, I would be willing to try to
> write a short tutorial on mold making and casting.
>
> Anyone interested?
>
> dave
>
> >Hi!
> >
> >As a sat around looking at the real TB-303 i thought
> >about how bad i want to have the same knobs and buttons
> >on my 303 replicant. So I said to myself: Why dont you
> >make your own knobs in epoxy. And then I asked myself
> >now how am I going to do that. So after thinking some
> >making up some crazy ways of producing them I thought.
> >Hey lets ask the DIY guys if they have any suggestions
> >or maybe even seen s wacky site with a tutorial for
> >that crazy shit your trying to pull of here.
> >So if you do please share with me.
> >
> >/ Andreas
> >
>
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