Barrie Robinson wrote:
> A wood local turner made me a bird's eye and ebony gear shift but due
> to bad glue (weak crazy glue) it came apart. Now he says he can make
> another and I have decided on solid black Indian ebony. However they
> only sell it in 2" X 2" X 18" pieces - enough for 6 knobs! Is there
> anyone out there that would want one of these. The cost of the wood
> per knob works out at $8 and I think he would turn them for $15 each.
> So allowing for postage the bill would be roughly $25. They would be
> solid with a hole into which you would have to fit a 1/2" wide 7/8ths
> long tapped nut which I have found in the local hardware store. I
> need a 5/16 NC 18 pitch one as I have a Rover SD1 gear lever but
> others must be available. The hole would be just over 1/2". Nothing
> on the top as I cannot find those gear shift pattern things as
> normally appears on knobs.
Barrie, if you get orders for all of them, that's fine, but if you are short
one or two, I would be interested in buying the stock, umworked, for use in
jewelry inlay, since I'm getting a bit short on ebony. Let me know if this will
help.
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