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Our turners guild has put up a challenge for October for the longest spinning top so I thought I get started early.
This was made out of a couple pieces of wood I found in the wood room and I'm not sure if it was rosewood or not. I used a respirator for the whole process just in case.
The top is 3 1/2" in diameter and 3 1/2" high. It has a stainless steel pin in the bottom for a bearing.The launcher is 1 3/8" in diameter and 7 1/2" long. They are finished with EEE and Shellawax.
I originally had a 3/8 shaft but it broke while I was turning the stainless point..so I glued in a 1/2" shaft and finished it.
I spins for 5 min 15 seconds on my old workbench.
cheers, Jim
Today, I made a couple more tops our of mesquite and concentrated the weight on the perimeter. The one on the left is the original, the one on the right is one I made with out of cherry with the first one and it did not run more than a minute. The two in the center are the mesquite one and they ran 4 minutes and 3+ minutes. the one show running in the second from the left and runs 4 minutes.
Cheers, Jim
This was made out of a couple pieces of wood I found in the wood room and I'm not sure if it was rosewood or not. I used a respirator for the whole process just in case.
The top is 3 1/2" in diameter and 3 1/2" high. It has a stainless steel pin in the bottom for a bearing.The launcher is 1 3/8" in diameter and 7 1/2" long. They are finished with EEE and Shellawax.
I originally had a 3/8 shaft but it broke while I was turning the stainless point..so I glued in a 1/2" shaft and finished it.
I spins for 5 min 15 seconds on my old workbench.
cheers, Jim
Today, I made a couple more tops our of mesquite and concentrated the weight on the perimeter. The one on the left is the original, the one on the right is one I made with out of cherry with the first one and it did not run more than a minute. The two in the center are the mesquite one and they ran 4 minutes and 3+ minutes. the one show running in the second from the left and runs 4 minutes.
Cheers, Jim