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Between guitar projects

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:12 pm
by Kevin in California
Spent some time at the lathe Saturday making throwing spin tops for my 2 grandsons, son-in-law, and for me! Did any of you play with these when you were a boy? I did!
Eucalyptus wood, with a thin CA finish. They all spin!!!!! I had it going on Saturday, then yesterday I went to spin one, and I lost the technique and couldn't do it for the life of me!
So I'll have to practice again and get it down so I can show the boys how to do it. :)

Re: Between guitar projects

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:04 pm
by Kevin in California
Okay so nobody responded to my tops....hmmmm.
Maybe you don't think I can make them spin!!!

Re: Between guitar projects

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:11 pm
by Dave Bagwill
Those are nice tops - a project I've never attempted.
Of course, I do live in the no-spin zone. :-)

Re: Between guitar projects

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:31 pm
by Herman
Very nice elegant design.
We used to to play with them as kids, We call them "tol".
We had a whip to hit them and they spun all over the street.
Those looked like this:

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Re: Between guitar projects

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:01 pm
by Kevin in California
Nice Herman, I bet you were the Tol spinning champion on your street