Custom Billet Shift Knob for Toyota Tacoma (2-1/4" diameter). ***Utilizes factory boot.***

Obligatory (and other $0.25 words):

 

Ya well I'm about to lawyer up, so get used to it!

 

Ohhh, institute it!

 

Yeahhhh, didn't quite make it. Got two different job interviews(and both offered) this week ... screwed me all up. I'm close though!

Just a few engravings on top and they're done.

 

Congrats on the employment craziness!

 

Ugh, it is really not fun. Legit prospects though, have to see it through or it would eat at me.

Kinda funny, found out my Dad worked at the one place in 2002 (5yr before he passed away). Looked at his file and everything, was pretty trippy.

 

That would mess me up. You'll probably come across stuff he touched?

 

I thought you figured all that out like 6 mos ago?

 

It occurred to me after I left, but I got him a job where I was working at the time. He only lasted a few weeks, and I remember him telling me about a particular lathe at his next place (similar machine that I was running at the time). It's still there pumping out parts.

The owner there knew so many people that I worked with over the years, it was wild.

 

It never ends!

 

Pfft, it does end...I'm playing the back nine of my career

 

My current job has me in golden handcuffs, nearly impossible to leave but my commute really sucks. Only reason I still have feelers out.

I'm 40 now, so ... guess I'm also on the back 9.

 

Is there a shortage for machinist?

 

Big time. Machinists left the industry in massive quantities back in 2001.

Apprenticeships went away, community college programs went away, and younger people get their first exposure to machining via programming CNC in school. They all want to be top paid programmers, but don't realize that most of the skill that shop owners want is adaptability and intellectual curiosity(somebody who doesn't want to be chained to a desk). They also want people who can teach, but even many seasoned veterans tend to hoard their knowledge to protect their position.

Programming is easy, IMO. Being a machinist who knows how to plan and react to anything is very difficult to find these days. Apprenticeships really laid a good foundation on this front, and they really need to come back for the sake of the industry.

/rant

 

No, what they want is machinists who can turn Ti radio knobs...just sayin

 

Anyone have pics of the auto knob mounted up

 

Here you go, had these in the OP but the link was dead (which means I deleted it on the host site for some reason). Fixed.

 

All finished, packing these up now.

 

Something(s) here is not like the others.

 

Those are actually going with the delrin AT knob.