Rockytime Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Tension knob isn't the correct name but since there has been so much discussion on knobs, I throw this in. Fortunately the Hawk uses 1/4-20 threads hardware is easy to come by. I don't care much for the little two wing knob so here are a couple of variations. The last one is the most comfortable and nice to use. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, Rockytime said: Tension knob isn't the correct name but since there has been so much discussion on knobs, I throw this in. Fortunately the Hawk uses 1/4-20 threads hardware is easy to come by. I don't care much for the little two wing knob so here are a couple of variations. The last one is the most comfortable and nice to use. Which one of the non-Hawk knobs weighs the least? Also, do either of them increase vibration at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 I don't know the weight. The difference would be minuscule. Can't tell the difference in vibration. I do need to cut the threaded end down shorter. I just do that with a piercing saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 28 minutes ago, Rockytime said: I don't know the weight. The difference would be minuscule. Can't tell the difference in vibration. I do need to cut the threaded end down shorter. I just do that with a piercing saw. I have no idea what a "piercing" saw is. Can you post a pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Yeah, I bought some aftermarket knobs for my older (first) Hawk as I kept breaking blades, I bought the round style like you have shown.. I personally didn't like them one bit.. I know others love them.. I think I'm just accustom to the standard 2 wing style ones as that's what I like.. I bet I'd like that other 4 winged type you have shown in the next to last photo of it on your saw.. But those round ones made me feel like I wasn't getting a grip on them to get them snugged up good.. so it made me keep over tighten them... My newer Hawk came with some steel knurled knobs which might have worked out okay other than the knob portion was quite small.. was maybe about a 1/8" larger than the actual threaded part.. and they made my hands hurt trying to grip that tiny little knob.. Thankfully it also came with the standard two wing style and those are what I use on it.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 I guess any of those will work. I have used the 2 wing ones for the length of my ownership and still like them. kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 6 hours ago, octoolguy said: I have no idea what a "piercing" saw is. Can you post a pic? OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Rockytime said: Ineresting. It looks like a coping saw. I wonder where the name came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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