Somebody has probably posted this before:

Adding weight to the stock tuning knob really makes tuning much nicer. It's amazing the difference.

I filled the voids in the back of the plastic knob with some #8 shot.
Filled the voids about 3/4 of the way, then filled up the void with epoxy.

Use 5 minute (or longer) epoxy that mixes itself in the delivery tube.?

I used #8 bird shot because I had some, and I wanted maximum weighting. Some #6 or #8 nuts would work, Or snip off little bits of 12ga copper wire, cut it about as long as it is round. You want to fill the voids as much as possible. Wad up a bunch of solder in the voids. What ever you can do to get weight in there. Then encase it in epoxy.?

Makes the tuning much smoother and using it to select menu entries is much better. Turns a $2 knob into a $10 knob (literally and figuratively).?

Here's a picture of the epoxy I used and the finished knob. I used 1 minute epoxy because the store was out of 5 minute. Things got a little rushed. You want the epoxy to filter down between the voids and it needs a little time to do that. The epoxy mixes in the tube so you don't have to measure out equal amounts. It comes with two delivery tubes, when you've finished filling the knob, take the delivery tube off and throw it away. The epoxy comes with a black cap, cap the syringes and you can use it (with the other delivery tube) another day.

Be careful not to get anything with epoxy on it in the center hole.

Tom
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Thinking about this later, I have heard of people using Elmer's glue for this which would be much cheaper.
I don't know if I've heard of anyone doing it in plastic, but I think it would work.

Tom
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I'll bet that knob costs a little more than $10. ?

I've heard about felt on the back of tuning knobs. I tried it on my K-1, but I didn't have a thick enough piece and didn't really want to cut the shaft shorter.

Tom

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