Gas Range Knob

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I own an Ikea gas range. Most of the low to mid-range appliances on the market today are all made by the same company, regardless of brand name. For instance, Whirlpool makes Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Sears and Ikea (plus many others). One of the knobs on my range broke. They are poorly designed, so it was only a matter of time. Also, the low-quality silver finish permanently discolored with ordinary cooking. (I've included a photo.) Since I had to do some work on the stove anyway to replace the defective cooling fan, I thought I would freshen up everything at once and replace all of the knobs. No way! Twenty-four dollars per piece is too expensive. I have five knobs that need replacing, and I didn't like the way they performed anyway. So, I designed these. I have included designs for the large and small knob in two different colors. One of them can be printed with a single color. The other design is meant to show a contrasting pointer when printed in layers. There's no trick to printing these knobs (especially the one-color version). I chose PETG because it's stronger and can handle higher temperatures than PLA. However, let's face it: if your knobs are reaching the melting point of PLA, you've got bigger problems.