posted a year ago and relevant today. lost both plastic knobs in the car stereo turned out great 👍 feels solid and adds a classy look

I am going to buy an antique floor model radio this weekend. Doesnt have original knobs. I am going to make some wood ones. Plan to buy wood cabinet knobs from hardware store and modify them using a similar method you are using. Plus will stain them. I am not paying ebay prices!!!!!!

I’m trying this currently! A friend of mine gave me a squire strat and I’m tired of the plastic knobs on it with the stupid *numbers* and I saw this in my recommended and was like “why have I not thought of this* and off I went! Got a price of scrap mahogany and tried using a hole bit, didn’t work lol mahogany is some hard ass wood so I traced a circle on it and used a jigsaw and cut off the excess wood and I’m now using a sander to get the little amount left lol can’t wait to see the finished product knob 1 of 3 is almost done, my friend that i mentioned also gave me a fender kingsmen acoustic/ electric! I hope he like the custom knobs I made because if it wasnt for him I wouldn’t even be able to play smoke on the water 😂

"You don't need numbers!" hahaha

That's so weird! I was literally thinking to myself the same process before I watched this video! As far as using a holesaw with the bit, make a starter cut and pulling the bit out so that way there isn't a hole in the center! Great video man!

Nice tip. QOTD: "You don't really own it until you've taken a drill press to it."

I used a similar process to make knobs but I laminated a thin layer of wenge on top of walnut then planed the board down to the thickness I needed. I then clamped the board onto the drill press and drilled the hole for the pot shaft then I used a forstner bit to recess the center of knob down so that it would slide down on the shaft enough to cover the nut on the pot. Then I used the hole saw with the pilot bit removed to cut the knob free from the board. Worked great and the two tone knobs give my hand built bass guitar a little extra custom touch.

Great tip on how to make the knobs. They are cool and look really nice. Douglas

nice! I like how you told us the steps. I always learn when watching your vids. thanks for posting!

So simple, yet so beautiful! It's amazing what a nice looking knob can do to class things up.

you did it again. I have been looking for guitar knobs that are 'different' without looking 'different'. This is just what I need to do is make my own (vertically since I have no lathe)

I made a bunch of guitar knobs out of cocobolo with the same technique a few months ago! I need to chuck them up on the lathe and finish them like you did. Nice work Tim as always. Cheers, Chris

That death star globe is the shit If I had any open space in my lab, I would have to make one of those.

thanks, great idea

and i should add you could do all this with a cordless drill, too, a'la izzy swan!

Nice! Thanks for sharing tim

Great video bud!

Right on man. This is going in the bag of tricks.

Great quick tips! They turned out great. No pun intended.

Great minds think alike :-) This is weird, the timing, the execution, the jeenyus ofmit all ! Always good stuff coming from the brainmind of Sway ....

"You don't really own it until you've taken a drill press to it" Love it. Should be on a t-shirt

Great video! I might try this tomorrow and stain the knob ebony. Would look great on my guitar. I need to make it really low profile one. Any low profile one online is outrageously expensive

Nice dude!! Good thoughts

I am on my way to electrifying my ukulele, and was a little worried about ugly knobs would ruin the look of my beautyful instrument. Not gonna be a problem this way. Cheers man

Nice. I was looking for how to do this. Your video should be the first result.

good tip

Lucky for you have a lathe

outstanding lil tip.

Very cool

I never really noticed the badness of the plastic knobs, but now i just cant see them as i used to, so this knob thing is in my future list...

Nice tips again Mr Sway. I bought a load of carnauba wax flakes a few years back and for the life of me, I can't remember why. something to do with epoxy I think, but any chance you'd share your recipe?

Nice set of knobs........ Whoa, did I just say that out loud? Tim I am holding you personally responsible!

simple but nice

For guitar knobs they usually have some sort of insert or set screw. Would this type be ok to grip the pots properly and not be so tight that you risk splitting the wood while attaching them? I have some materials I plan to do this with using a drill press. Thanks for the demo vid :)

I made some fake Shaker knobs (Faker knobs?) with my drill press after watching a Fine Woodworking vid. This is much easier.

yup, gonna use it

Beautiful, sorry for bothering but what size of hole saw did you use?

SO what stops the knob falling off the pot? Or it it just friction against the knurled shaft?

Came our great

what drill bit size did you use to make the shaft hole?

You should go to Woodprix if you'd like to make it yourself guys.