I once replaced a volume knob on my guitar with a dryer knob. Thing was huge.
Is it still there?
Sadly I lost that guitar in a fire
You should have cleaned out the lint trap.
lol, or maybe I should have not moved in with a junkie who fell asleep while smoking. He made it out ok.
Did you?
I wasn’t home at the time
So, technically, no?
I had a roommate light a loose wax candle. No holder. Then he left the fucking house. As you can imagine the wax melted onto the table and spread the flame. I saw the light of the flame from the crack of my bedroom door. I was home alone but fortunately I caught it before the fire spread beyond the table.
A part of me couldn’t help but feel like he was trying to kill me.
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Was it labeled appropriately?
It went upto extra dry.
bedding/bulky.
Man, that dryer is screwed.
We must have similar models and problems. I was able to print out a replacement part luckily.
It bothers me that stuff like this (appliance parts in particular) isn’t really standardized.
I don’t want to have to redesign a replacement part for every unique knob in existence.
Give me standard knob.stl and let me print it dammit
Yeah it’s a really unnecessary problem to have. It took me three print iterations to get the fit good enough.
Please share it to the 3d print community! If you had to solve the problem guaranteed someone else needs it too.
Thank you for your service.
I would like to second this. I don’t have a 3d printer, but my library does. I can do all the research in the world beforehand but nothing helps more than a file someone else has used successfully.
I’d be happy to but I’m not registered in any repository. Is there a way to upload the STL here?
Uh, yyyyyeeessssssss
I’m sure. If not I can try setting up some kind of filehoster in the morning. I’m tried. How large are the files? I did this once and I don’t remember.
I’m going through https://fedidb.com/software looking for a file host right now
https://manyfold.app/ might be your best bet? It says it’s for organizing 3d print stuff
It’s no bigger than a couple of megs I guess.
STL file sharing sites are free to join. Just avoid thingiverse.
I’d vote for printables.com personally!
It’s probably not a standard, but I’m pretty sure the size of the flattened metal rod this knob goes on is very common in large household appliances (oven, washing machine etc).
The point is to encourage you to buy a new dryer.
I woulld order a 3d printer, learn how to print, learn CAD, print a new part that doesn’t fit and then order a new part.
In my experience, you’re missing two steps. “Forget again how to print” because at some point, you’re running out of models that are already available. Then the printer collects dust for two years, leading to “re-learn how to print and calibrate”. I now own my third printer and never got around to teaching myself CAD. Must be happening soon though, I’m convinced.
That is way to accurate to be funny. I bought a printer a few years ago, printed a couple of things, worked pretty well after fiddeling for a few days. I was finally ready to print the thing i actually wanted to. Problem with the z-axis. Ah that’s a problem for another day. Two years later i looked at that printer going: what even is anything?
Chances are that someone already published the part ready to print, you just need the printer and filament ;)
Sounds about right to me.
Except I never have the sense to give up after one failure.
There’s nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.
Can you twist er with your fingers or is she a screwdriver job?
Screw the screw through a small scrap of wood then insert as shown in the image. Add sharpie arrow if desired.
Yeah nah I mean when they use it. Can they just turn it with their finger or do they need pliers or a screwdriver to help?
Edited: I realised you weren’t OP then changed you to they
I recommended my solution to make it easier to turn, no idea what OP’s results are. Although my solution has too much potential to be too functional and thus procrastinate installing the new knob until it becomes lost.
I can’t imagine I’d turn that real easily with my fingers as it stands, I’d need pliers I reckon.
I would put on the perm-arary locking pliers, personally
Ahh yeah set of these:
😂 This was our washer knob for most of my childhood
I’m glad I could bring back this fond memory.
I wass missing this from the original picture!
I have an old VGA box. It switches between monitors. You connect your pc vga out to the box vga in. Then the box has VGA out A and VGA out B.
You turn the knob to send your display either to monitor A or B. Well, the knob broke in 2005.
On the floor was an old key that had no use. The key has holes at the top as a design choice. These holes are in the shape of a triangle.
I noticed the holes fit perfectly onto the metal rod that turned the broken knob. So I took the knob off, put the key over the rod, and now I don’t need to use a wrench to turn the knob. The key is the new knob.
Well…not new. That key has held there since 2005.
If you put some tape on the screw with a lil flap, that can serve as the arrow.
Haha, I “temporarily” rigged up a wooden ruler under the dash of my car to control the heat after the knob broke. This was about a year or two ago, still there.
Did the same with a previous washer. The advantage was I only needed the bolt to pull it out to turn the washer on, and could still turn the larger part underneath with two thumbs pressure to select the wash. Never bothered with a replacement, worked fine, even for my wife. If it ain’t completely broke, don’t fix it.
Quick fix is not the most ethical or honest, but it’s to go look for a store that sells your brand of washer. They don’t change the knobs that often so you might be able to swap the broken for a non broken. But like, I don’t personally feel good using that method.
There’s a decent chance that store sells the knobs tho
finally! something on my level of skill.
That’s not a fix. Now you need a screwdriver to change it!
We need a “there, I fixed it” comm
I had my shower knob fail so I had a vice clamp for a shower handle for a while.
