Well i havent even got my car yet so i figured i'd not bother Mr. Whanlen with this yet, but ive seen alot of nice Whalen Machine shifters on here so i just wanted to know if it'd be possible to get a **** like this made:



I know the metal sucks atm i suck at metal materials, but im pretty happy with the paint shader.

 

He can do the engraving of the flag on top, but no color. He does have a couple different finishes like polished or brushed. I don't think he can put the etching that far down the sides for the shift pattern either.

Visit his site here.

 

goin440 is correct.
The engraving is no problem; but I may not be able to engrave quite as far down as in the picture. Do you know exactly what "latitude" the bottom circle is on? If you can tell me that, I'll be able to tell you how close I can get.

No colors from me. I decided long ago that I don't want to get into any painting of the *****; sorry!

 

If I want to play around with possible designs, what's the best program/format to use?
Also, Whalen, how well (or even IF) can you do asymmetric shapes? For example, I'm thinking of a design like the pic attached (forgive my lack of graphic skills ) without color of course

What do you think? Too much detail to shrink down enough for a shift ****?

Thanks for any comments / input

 

I can't speak for Doug but generally he can do a fairly detailed design. The one he did for me turned out surprisingly well. I've seen a lot of designs that had good detail. Best thing is to email your design to him and he'll let you know if he can take care of you. Great to work with!

 

I can program directly from DXF files; but I often call on a great graphics man (Craig Burkett, of Evergreen Graphic), who can convert other formats to DXF.
I pay him for his services, so the ***** cost slightly more in those cases.

Symmetry is not a requirement; and I don't see any problem with your design at all.

 

Great, I'll see what I can come up with then

 

OK, and just to confirm... how much room do I have to work with? 2 inch diameter?

 

Well if i can get somthing really similar to whatever diameter you can make with perhaps better numbers, and i could paint it myself.

 

I like to keep everything inside a 1 5/8" diameter.

 

Doug,
Got my **** as advertised. Wife loves it, I love it.
Thanks again.
Dave

 

An example of non-symmetrical detail that is possible...



It's not easy to tell from this angle, but the lower bit falls to about the lowest latitude that Doug can do. It's definately the coolest mod I can think of.

Peace,
Scott

 

Does that include any "Rings"? For instance in this pic:



Would it be possible to have a bead finished ****, but with a brished ring on the "Outside" of the 1 5/8" circle?

Kind of like the image below (minus the yellow of course) where the outer ring is brushed and the rest of the **** is bead finished. (Am I making sense?)

 

I can't engrave that low when the **** is in my milling machine.
I would have to engrave the ring with the **** in my lathe, and that's kind of tricky to do after the **** is assembled.

I would rather avoid that kind of thing.

Sorry!

 

No worries. I won't know what's possible unless I ask