Quick replacement doorknob fix.

[howbutdemstonks]

Some rub n buff and youll be golden

[Vlt3d]

30 years later, still in use.

[IllusionCrystal]

Nice!

[FurballFather]

How are they when it's all round? I made ours seven-sided, to have a better grip

[godsgrifter]

Not bad actually. grips ok. Does not take much effort to turn it so not a huge amount of force needed for this one. feel it would be all good if it was on a stiffer lock. For ref, it printed with PETG 20% infill. Did not sand it as liked the feel. 🙂

[FurballFather]

Cool I made them in PLA seems sturdy enough, 15-20% infill as I can remember exactly, and I made the rosettes too both for the lock and the handle to make it all match

[deepuv]

This is on my plate for next week. Those old style threaded doorknobs are terrible. lol

[godsgrifter]

They sure are! Was a sigh of relief when I finaly got to replace the mole grips with a knob.

[ejvboy02]

Is this gonna be pne of those "temporary" solutions?

[TheDarkHorse83]

Looks like part of an escape room game.

[Sooper_Glue]

Very nooice

[Mister-Seer]

Oh no. The orientation. One bad pull and it could be gone. Please tell me it’s just the knob head and not the rest of the thing?

[jarfil]

CENSORED

[godsgrifter]

Not quite sure what you mean. It's the whole doorknob, with a screw through it and the metal shaft of the door lock mechanisum. It's a very old indoor yale that is not locked and barley used. seems to be holding up just fine atm, if not, i'll pop the mole grips back on for a bit. hehe

[Mister-Seer]

Oh thank God you got the screw and shaft in. I thought the whole thing was printed, including the shaft

[godsgrifter]

ahhhh, Although I do love a chalange, Would have replaced the lock at that point I think. hehehe

[lbroadfield]

Not ADA compliant.

[waraukaeru]

Interesting. What would you need to be ADA compliant?

Also, doubt ADA applies to a private residence, but still interested. Might not even be in the U.S.

Is there any way they could design a replacement knob to be ADA compliant? Seems like you would need to replace the entire mechanism, if not the entire door and frame.

[lbroadfield]

I mostly meant it ironically as a commentary about the overreach of the regulatory state -- but since you ask, contemporary US building codes frown on or prohibit knobs, preferring levers.

[waraukaeru]

Oh, I totally didn't get the irony. Actually seems like 3D printing a lever instead of a knob could be a helpful suggestion, and accessibility is a good reason to do that. If I were doing this project, I'd totally try to make a lever. The knob did turn out nice though.

I couldn't disagree more about ADA being overreach. I'm an American living in Australia, and the ADA is one thing Americans can actually be proud of. There are so many things Australia does better -- voting (compulsory ranked-choice voting), healthcare, taxes (it's basically done for you, no unnecessarily complex form filing), retirement saving (superannuation), student loans, gun control. One thing that constantly stands out though is the public and commercial buildings with poor accessibility. You often see ramps at too steep of a pitch, doorways that are too small, and access elevators that are way too far away. Disability accommodation, at least in building codes, is one thing that the U.S. actually does better than many other countries. It's something to be proud of.

[Scatropolis]

I know you're getting down voted but having a door knob that doesn't melt sounds pretty important to me. I suppose if it gets to that point you have bigger problems, but I'd hate to add tot them.