Volleyball shift knob 50mm diameter

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I wanted to see how hard it would be to replicate the geometry of a volleyball in the Trimble Sketchup web app, so I designed this shift knob as an experiment. Sketchup is quite limited when it comes to curved surfaces, requiring a lot of trial-and-error until I came up with a scheme for chopping up a sphere while keeping everything manifold. Blender would be the better tool for those of us using free software for our designs, but projects like this really help you learn the limitations of your tools. I designed this for a 2003 Toyota MR2 Spyder, but it likely fits many different cars. The hole is just under 12mm and unthreaded, so you can use the metal post of your transmission shifter to thread itself into the softer PETG. My i3-MK3 overprints holes about 0.2mm smaller than the design, which is just tight enough to get a nice tight grip. Do you want a custom shift knob designed and printed just for you? Feel free to contact me through Thingiverse or PrusaPrinters.org.