lampwork cabinet knobs

[lnew]

Has anyone made cabinet knobs or know of a link to instructions? I've searched, but am coming up empty. I know I've seen molds or instructions before... I tried searching on WC but the page went crazy and kept loading and loading and loading.....

[melissabeads]

Amy (Zoozii) sells kits and presses for making knobs.. and Cindy has a thread in the gallery showing how she has done them..Very cool!

www.Zooziis.com

[FourTailsLampwork]

My sister's just gotten a commission to make a ton of these; when she pries herself away from the torch she might have some ideas.

[meadowesky]

I am thinking that if you can make them on the end of a large mandrel that maybe you could epoxy the bolt to the inside. I think the inserts and the kits are incredibly high priced and am trying to figure out another way to do them.
any other ideas? Or has anyone tried mine?

[bhhco]

At your local 'home improvement store' they sell small drawer pull screws (about .125" thick by 1.25" long), in the cabinet hardware section (not the screws aisle).

The screws have fine machine threads on one end... and coarse wood screw threads on the other end. These are used to screw knobs directly into the wood drawer/door.

Make the knob on the screw's fine thread end (about the size of a 1/8" mandrel). No bead release. It becomes one with the screw. Use a pin vise to hold the screw. Glass work (knob making) requires marble making technics and tools. For the finished knob, drill a pilot hole in the drawer/door, then screw it on.

BUT... Zoozii's approach is better and more versatile... here's her direct link...

http://www.zooziis.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=36

Note... Zooziis site is zooziis.com

Me

[lnew]

Thanks everyone for the info!

[evilglass]

You can also get threaded rod at home depot. Regular cabinet knobs are standard size: 8/32. Threaded rod is like a giant screw, without an end on it or a point. Get non galvinized bolts and acorn nuts in 8/32, as many 8/32 threaded rods as you want for mandrels (they come in yard length, and they'll cut them there, or you can with a dremel and a cutting wheel), and you are good to go. Put 2-3 bolts on the rod, the acorn nut on the end and you are all set to build your knob on the end of it. Cost per knob: maybe 25-50 cents for hardware. Steel for moretti, brass for boro (I'm told with the brass thing, don't do boro yet). The regular screws from the old knobs will fit.