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I ought to post pictures when I get some made. Nothing special about the knurled knob though. Just about a 10/24 threaded shank with a flat top knob 1/8" thick,knurled before cutting off. 1/2" in diameter. Be careful WHERE on the dial you put yours. I like to see the "0" near my knob,so I can easily set it. Basically similar to older lathes that already had them. Today,they think it is more "streamlined" or something,to stick those hard to move leaf springs under the dials. They are always WAY too frictioney to move easily.
A HUGE thank you to George Wilson on this tip. I did the mod last night. I have always liked the dials on the Hardinge lathe and wanted to duplicate it but didn't put as much thought into it until yesterday reading George's post. In my head I thought about whether to put the thumbscrew on the face or the perimeter of the dial. Well after looking more closely at my lathe the perimeter was the only place. The Hardinge has a ball crank style of handle which is what allows the room/area to put the thumbscrew on the face of the dial to lock it down. I really didn't want to change from the wheel style handles to the ballcrank just for this so the perimeter it was.
Thanks again to George for the idea and to light the fire under my a$$ to do it.