Need to know if enough interest in Singer style shift knobs
01-21-2015, 02:45 PM
#257
Back in December, I asked Chris to put the top set screws in the threaded area so that they could be hidden under the collar, however he mentioned that there was not enough material to do so. We got a little side tracked and after all the back and forth, we finally came up with a compromise where 4 smaller set screws would be used instead of 2 larger ones for the top portion. This way, they can then be hidden in the threads under the collar and provide enough clamping force to keep things secured. More importantly, Chris is comfortable with this design.
So, we are back in business baby!
I sent all my measurements to Chris and I am awaiting confirmation and pricing. 
So, we are back in business baby!
I sent all my measurements to Chris and I am awaiting confirmation and pricing.
02-06-2015, 07:22 PM
#258
Drifting
Back in December, I asked Chris to put the top set screws in the threaded area so that they could be hidden under the collar, however he mentioned that there was not enough material to do so. We got a little side tracked and after all the back and forth, we finally came up with a compromise where 4 smaller set screws would be used instead of 2 larger ones for the top portion. This way, they can then be hidden in the threads under the collar and provide enough clamping force to keep things secured. More importantly, Chris is comfortable with this design.
So, we are back in business baby! I sent all my measurements to Chris and I am awaiting confirmation and pricing.
So, we are back in business baby!
I sent all my measurements to Chris and I am awaiting confirmation and pricing. 
Deep breaths, deep breaths. Anyway, this seems to be still reasonable for a custom piece and I will most likely place my order.What do you all think, good with the design/pricing? BTW, he won't do a group buy since he makes everything by hand and considers each piece custom (I can see his point on this).
Last edited by LPMM; 02-06-2015 at 08:28 PM.
02-07-2015, 01:20 PM
#262
Awesome that he agreed to your proposal on the screws, even though it seems he credit that to his research. But at least this was all for something, although its around 50$ more than I thought it would be since usually his sleeves run 40$ for other makes. Having said that I'l most likely be placing an order sometime soon. At least we don't have to rally up a bunch of people for him to produce it.
02-07-2015, 01:30 PM
#263
Drifting
Awesome that he agreed to your proposal on the screws, even though it seems he credit that to his research. But at least this was all for something, although its around 50$ more than I thought it would be since usually his sleeves run 40$ for other makes. Having said that I'l most likely be placing an order sometime soon. At least we don't have to rally up a bunch of people for him to produce it.
Edit: The measurements above will place the **** roughly 1.5" higher than the stock height. You can reduce the length of the stainless piece to get it closer to stock, however I feel that it will take away from the design and not give the intended look. For those using a RS shifter, you can add some length to the stainless sleeve since I believe the RS one is about 1"taller.
Last edited by LPMM; 02-10-2015 at 08:44 AM.
02-25-2015, 07:05 PM
#267
Spoke with blackforest industries about their GS1 and GS2 *****. They would look into making them available for porsche fitment if there was more interest. Would anyone be interested?
02-25-2015, 07:54 PM
#268
Drifting
I did not order the finish product from Chris but I am working on an alternate solution to eliminate the top threads along with the use of an all black billiards ball for a sphere to give it some weight. Not sure on ETA but I will update accordingly.
02-26-2015, 09:30 PM
#269
At first I was not against the original design with the set screws being visible, but now I see that its not my taste for it to be so out there on a polished shaft, maybe on a black shaft it would blend a bit more.
His asking price for the redesign was a bit much IMO, I went and got a SSK that I was looking at for a while.
His asking price for the redesign was a bit much IMO, I went and got a SSK that I was looking at for a while.
02-27-2015, 02:18 PM
#270
Instructor
The GS1 looks great all black. Any chance the logo can be swapped out with a shift pattern?