Reclaiming Pye Fenman1 damaged knobs

[Yorkie]

Thanks for re-posting those pics Colin - that project really was quite a challenge, and the Tufnol seemed an ideal choice for the shaft that slips over the tuning cap spindle. I've not done any knurling since I was at school, when we all made the obligatory centre punches and what not. The clamp type knurling tool at the link Alan showed looked quite nifty, and inexpensive. The problem I have with my Lorch is that the centre line is only about 6mm above the toolpost, so I'm limited as the the size of tooling I can use, but of course small lathes such as the Unimat etc and those sold by the likes of Machine Mart are similar in scale to my Lorch, and have quite a following with model engineering hobyists, so small tooling for knurling must be available. I'll have to wait till the next Northern Model Engineering Show at Harrogate and have a chat with Chronos! I did buy a set of three inexpensive small tools at the last show, as you know, but they're above the centre line when in the toolpost and I later discovered that they're really intended for the ML7.

This thread underlines the 'make do and mend' concept that nothing is beyoned redemption with a bit of ingenuity and imagination, tempered with skill and patience!

The pressure is on Alan now, with his MM spindle project!