Details on the jig in the build article: www.ibuildit.ca/Workshop%20Projects/Jigs/star-knob-jig.html Handy to have a bunch of these types of knobs around when you need them, so take a few hours one afternoon and make some. Use up some scrap wood and save a few bucks as well. You can help support the work I do in making these videos: Plans for sale: www.ibuildit.ca/plans.html Support this channel on Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=865843&ty=h Did you know I have other KZfaq channels? My main channel: kzfaq.info My home reno channel: kzfaq.info My "Scrap bin" channel: kzfaq.info Website: www.ibuildit.ca/ Facebook: facebook.com/I-Build-It-258048014240900/ Instagram: instagram.com/i_build_it.ca/

I hope you didn't see my hand slapping my forehead when I realized the purpose of the other hole cut into your jig. You make these types of things look so simple. Thank you again (and again) for setting this information out for everyone to see and learn. Mike

Dude you just keep blowing my mind with the simple yet very useful jigs and tools you come up with.

Simple and clever. For folks like myself, who happens to don't have a bandsaw (yet!) it is a game changer. Thanks John!

Simply awesome! You're a genius man, simplicity is always the best and the design could be easily changed for more than three.

Well thought out. I'll remember this for life.

Simple and elegant. Well done, sir.

brilliant! the thumbnail was ellegantly enough to discover the trick! :D

I commend your German ingenuity John. I shall build this jig for myself.

G’day John first off thank you for your very simple description and method of making knobs you make it so clear and so precise I duplicated basically everything you did with the exception I had a pine plank and used that instead of plywood ... this might seem like a crazy thing to say but I think I have more fun making jigs for making things than I do for the actual making of things ... anyway I think you’re awesome keep up the good work, Tim from Australia

Thank you, John!

Such a simple jig, great idea! 🤓👍

thanks works like a bomb, newbie woodworker from south africa.

Nice jig, well thought out John!

Fantastic jig, works like a dream !!!! 10/10 Thanks for sharing with us.

Way to go, John. Nice idea and build.

Perfect idea John. Thanks for sharing this. Was looking for an easy way to make these rather than buying them.

Awesome jig. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you, as always a great lesson from you John.

Simple but genius. Great jig.

Genius simplicity!

Wow, really nice jig.

Oooh, liking that jig. I need a bunch of knobs and I have a bin of hole saw leftovers that need a purpose. May be easier to start with a fresh block of wood, but this jig is perfectly suited to work with what I have on hand.

That's a nice tip John thanx for sharing

Pure genius, simple but soooo clever!

Very useful! I've always just used my CNC for knobs since it was the only way to make them look decent, but it takes so much time to set up that it gets annoying (first world problems, I know). I think I'll be using this technique in the future.

Comfortable handle turned out!

Nice one. Elegant solution.

Very handy idea!! Thanks

Great job john

Clever, I like it!

Simple and practical.

Nice, Simple jig!

Brilliant!

Nice jig, John. It happens that I just posted a "how to make knobs" video. I planned to use the 2 hole saws as you did, but leave tbe knobs round, for comfort. In the end, I opted to post a much simpler type, for quick (and cruder) knobs. I like the way your jig produces the tri-lobed shape.

Awesome Jig and T-shirt! ;)

I love that jig

That will come in handy. Thank you

good idea :)

Great jig!

that's pretty neat, wish i had the brains to come with a jig like that when building the pantorouter, which I think I had to make about 15 wooden knobs, all by hand. much fun.

Well, I guess it's time to batch out 100 knobs. Thanks for this!

Ingenious!

Love the idea. Now if I can remember it next time i need some knobs.

que buena acción la tuya la de transmitir todos tus conocimientos !! te agradezco desde Córdoba, República Argentina. Estoy recién iniciando con el tema de la carpintería como hobby y veo que la tuya está muy bien instalada..tienes muchas herramientas !! te felicito...ojalá yo pudiera tener una carpintería como la tuya .- te mando un saludo cordial

cool man! thanks for sharing.

Dang this is nice. Better than a recycling can holder. Thanks!

I have some walnut scraps that are calling to be turned into knobs. Thank you!

cool jig!!!

Buenisima idea!!

Good thinking.

Thank you John, I wondered how these were made, and now I've seen how, it was fairly obvious lol

thank you

Now I don't need a CNC to make fancy knobs. Thanks!

Good idea, thanx a lot! :))

Nice build for those who don't have a band saw yet

Well done !!!! I was in need a good idea and you shared your idea. Thank you. congrats. L.ZACCARO

Huh. That's remarkably straightforward. I regret now spending $3 per plastic knob for a recent project. ;)

I missed you John.

Why did I read knob job? Great video!

These are great. The plastic ones are expensive and I have broken a few.

:) good work!

Great :-) , So Easy

Thanks for the ideal. I am thinking that I will make the jig just a little bit larger. I will drill out the handle holes by drilling 3 separate ones at 120° apart. And not have to turn the knob and drill

4:19 Idea: If you drill a hole through the drilling plate where the hole saw is working, and that hole overlaps the hole saw the path. This improvement will allow the sawdust to go out immediately, and drilling will be high-speed, and the dust is not clogging the hole saw bit.

thank you, that is a cool little jig. I do have a question though- if you will put the T-nut on the underside, instead of the top side, won`t it grip and tighten itself when in use? that way, you can also use standard wood glue, and not epoxy on the body of the knob.

Cool

Good idea. I"m a LOT more comfortable on my drill press than on my band saw

I really appreciate your videos. I wish you would show the finished product before you start creating the pieces though. It helps me understand what you're building and why. I have no idea what a Star Knob is... but I felt I needed to know so I watched this video. I had to jump to the end to understand first and then go back and start over. Just my opinion. Love your work!

And now we wait to see Matthias Wandel's approach ;)

nice knob

THX

You are a big inspiration to me. I love building your project. I am 14 and a young woodworker do you have and smart tips for me?

Muito bonita a camisa do AC DC.

Wooden handles are very comfortable !

Genius!! Deal with that Mr. Wandel... LOL!!!

damn it Johnathan! you and Matthias freekin killen me lol the s$^t you guys come up with I just have to build them all.

I wonder whether plastic cutting board material (HDU?), perhaps laminated together for thickness, would work well in lieu of plywood for making star knobs?

The block on the bottom I have made it with some sort of plastic & that leaves a slick surface

Disappointingly low number of knob gags in the comments, still early I guess.

I did it using Mdf. Lot of dust when drilling with the Hole Saw.

With some careful planning and measuring, couldn't you cut out a bunch of disks with most of them overlapping and get the same cut piece and reduce plywood waste? You know that's what Matthias would do. Of course you'd still need your jig to finish the cuts on the rest.

Nice jig, but if you make it on a bigger board then you can have three position for the drill and you need not to rotate the knob and push out the rest piece every time.

Would there be any benifit to putting sanding paper on and inside of the hole saw bit?

I like the simplicity. Pardon my ignorance but the drill bit used on your drill press for making 3/8" holes, is it a Forstner bit or a special type of bit?

Neat solution if you dont have a CNC handy.... I just use my CNC and get a nut/bolt head pocket fit to fit at the same time...

You could make the jig bigger with 3 hole saw positions and eliminate the rotation and pencil mark.

Could we or I use pine to make them or a more good looking wood then plywood

Hey John, would it be more durable if that jig was made out of hardwood? Did you already try that option?

knob jig....that,s funny in the uk :)

Awesome. Like it.I dare ya!

did you use epoxy for drying​ time?

Are you using a flat head screwdriver for the second knob? :)

Baltic Birch would Be the Best, But... great alliteration!

wish I had seen this 2 days ago... would have saved me from wanting to throw my bloody scroll saw across the workshop.

Why is your drill press moving around, warbling? You can put a shim under it from that pile of rubble in you shop.

But I just bought the set of jig parts from LVT !!! ;-)

I always enjoy getting a good knob polishing!

Plans?

Hi