I'm sorry, but this just blew me away.
Found in a search online. Probably not an idea I'd incorporate.
Found in a search online. Probably not an idea I'd incorporate.
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Steb Drive as design feature?
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That's a "rustic" post-industrial aerospace turbine design. It's a feature. Clearly you're not a hipster.
I knew it reminded me of something!That's a "rustic" post-industrial aerospace turbine design. It's a feature. Clearly you're not a hipster.
Got to start thinking outside of the box!
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Well it kinda looks like the end of a bottle cap...perfect for a bottle opener?
I'd at least put some finish on the endgrain.
I'd at least put some finish on the endgrain.
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Baseball bats were wood when I played.
The knobs always featured a "decorative" round circle with a point in the middle.
While I was playing softball we all switched to aluminum bats.
Most of those had small decorative hole in the knob.
The sound of wood is so special... I get to hear it every spring training.
Pitchers and catchers report in a two months.
The knobs always featured a "decorative" round circle with a point in the middle.
While I was playing softball we all switched to aluminum bats.
Most of those had small decorative hole in the knob.
The sound of wood is so special... I get to hear it every spring training.
Pitchers and catchers report in a two months.
I had to Google on "steb" drive to see what it was. In the metal turning world there's a somewhat similar device known as a "drive" center.
The drive center is a little more complicated mechanism allowing a blank with a rough, irregular, unprepared end to be held between centers and power rotated with no slippage in heavy cutting. Once in awhile you'll see production parts with the telltale marks left by the drive center, usually where cosmetics of the part are not important. The manufacturer saves maybe a 1/4 to 3/8" of material that would be wasted by trimming off the marked end plus the time to fixture the part for a trimming operation.
My guess is the handle shown was made on a high production machine and somebody in the food chain made the decision that leaving the center markings on the end out weighted the added expense of end rimming.
The drive center is a little more complicated mechanism allowing a blank with a rough, irregular, unprepared end to be held between centers and power rotated with no slippage in heavy cutting. Once in awhile you'll see production parts with the telltale marks left by the drive center, usually where cosmetics of the part are not important. The manufacturer saves maybe a 1/4 to 3/8" of material that would be wasted by trimming off the marked end plus the time to fixture the part for a trimming operation.
My guess is the handle shown was made on a high production machine and somebody in the food chain made the decision that leaving the center markings on the end out weighted the added expense of end rimming.
Doesn't really sound like E-t-s-y.