Round and Flat handles for levers. How to.

[Necroscope]

HI all.

Just to share my experience making handles for levers in cockpit.
Round handles (Step 1 and 2) - are not my idea - saw it in Internet.
But I've accidentally found another use for this method last night and now I can make flat-headed levers as they are in my Tu-22.

Please let me know if this post should be deleted (as "c'mon, man, everybody know this" ), or scheme isn't good enough or if photos required.

Best of Luck.

[Miles Linnabery]

Dear Necroscope:
Nice Clear One pager, I think that you should upload it to the download section in the self help library section.
Thanks,
Miles

[jagolden01]

Clear, clever and easy - thanks for sharing!

JoeG

[Necroscope]

Here is bad macro-photo of result, but result still visible. Grid on background - in cm.

[Leif Ohlsson]

Absolutely fine. Very good method. One might add that mixing the white glue with gouache (water color) or acrylic paint is very good too, to get red, green, black knobs on wire or paper based levers. You can also mix in acrylic modeling paste (water soluble while not dried), or use just the paste mixed with colors.

Flattening the knob is the extra refinement. Thanks for that!

- Leif