Would people buy these shift knobs?

Putting out a feeler...

made a couple shift knobs so far, and thinking i should start selling them.

would people be interested?

is $49 a fair price for one?

these two are from sapele wood, but ive run out of sapele so id probably make them out of maple (trying to avoid going to the store during the pandemic)

hand made by me, start to finish.

any thoughts??

left is my first one (which ive been using for months) right is my second.

 

Heck yeah another wood Turner!!! I'm just starting with doing bowls and stuff like that the sphere is out of my league right now. Those look really good!!!
Do you bore them and add some sort of threaded adapter?

 

WOOD!

 

Very nice. I think your price is spot on!

 

sweet! i just got it but ive always enjoyed woodworking and fine crafts.

heres a simple little bowl i made with some of the sapele wood.

these two i made an adapter out of two 12mm nuts (size of v6 6spd shifter and same with my brothers 2008 outback 5 speed) and a penny on the top all epoxied together (so the threads dont push up into the wood) it works great, but if i start selling, a friend is a machinist and hell be making me brass threaded inserts for them.

 

sweet! ill have to make sure the inserts arent too expensive, but i think that should be a fair price overall.

 

I love the look and the price.

 

Not many people have that skill, and those look very well made. I would venture to say 49 is too cheap for the amount of work and skill that's involved. However, I think you'll sell a lot more at 49 than if it were higher. Nice job!!!

 

depending on how much its gonna run me for the brass inserts, it may be more. i havent done production of anything before so I may realize its a little more difficult than anticipated. well see!

 

Would these also thread onto the auto shifter?

 

Very nice...would look good on my 5 speed.

 

Inlay ebony and bloodwood TRD and add $100

 

My friend would be machining all of the inserts, so I'd be able to do any thread size.

 

beyond my skillset as of now! but maybe in the future...

 

I would buy one for my auto shifter! I've been looking to support a craft-built one to replace the plastic OEM.

 

sounds like I'll have to go into production! I'll need to do some work to get this rolling... i.e. setup a paypal account and figure out cost of all of my materials.

 

This. Make them for automatics also!

 

definitely! I gotta find someone with an auto to take measurements so I can make it look nice!

 

Nice

 

I've been thinking of turning one for my truck. I've been turning for more years than I care to think about. I mostly do pens and some spindles and have never turned a bowl. I've done a few cups and yesterday afternoon I turned a requested cocktail "glass" to see if I could do it.