[sdiy] DIY knobs

[James Patchell]

What you need to do is invest in a small lathe...You can get a fairly nice 
one for only a few hundred dollars.

At 05:36 AM 2/23/2006 +0100, Karl Ekdahl wrote:
>Hi all, i've been trying for the last couple of days
>to make my own DIY knobs from a piece of wooden shaft.
>It seems extremely hard to me to be able to (without a
>drill stand) drill the holes straight enough to make
>the "knob" not be visibly skewed. Does anyone have any
>tips?
>
>I was thinking of maybe use latex if wood isn't
>working. Any good tips on easy-to-come-by industrial
>latex or equivalent(s) that will work with a
>clay/plaster mold?
>
>Karl

         -Jim
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