Best viewed by enabling the video above. In case of difficulty, this is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Why turn a top by itself. When spinning, a top is fun and colorful. But, when not spinning, it just lays around looking weird. Why not make the top the lid to a small box? Now […]
Read More...I’ve turned several tops on my lathe but never a tippy top. A tippy top should start normally, then flip over onto its spindle. During this process, it reverses its rotation. Physics students create monstrous equations to explain this reversal that are totally beyond me. This wood is poplar with a walnut spindle. The poplar […]
Read More...This woodturning project was inspired by a visit by Eli Avisera to the Cascade Woodturners. Eli Avisera is an Israeli woodturners. He made a small wood spin top that also served as a lid to a small box. He made it look so easy, I just had to try it myself. Fortunately, I had some […]
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