Shane Whitlock
12-20-2007, 10:37 PM
Finally got some free time to do a little turning so I made some tops to hand out to all the kids at our Christmas party.
Making 3 or 4 was fun, 20 of them was a pain in the butt. The tops will probably be a little boring for the X-box generation, but if they don't like them I am sure the parents will.
I know I had a blast playing with them. I think I spent more time playing than turning. My record was 14 tops all spinning at once and the longest one spun for just under 5 minutes ... told ya I was having fun :D
Nothing fancy, the spinners are made out of maple and the handles and knobs are walnut. I drilled a hole in the bottoms of the tops and stuck in a piece of brass dowel to protect the bottoms.
http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/d/728-1/IMG_0918.jpg
http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/d/730-1/IMG_0919.jpg
Happy Holidays,
Shane Whitlock
Making 3 or 4 was fun, 20 of them was a pain in the butt. The tops will probably be a little boring for the X-box generation, but if they don't like them I am sure the parents will.
I know I had a blast playing with them. I think I spent more time playing than turning. My record was 14 tops all spinning at once and the longest one spun for just under 5 minutes ... told ya I was having fun :D
Nothing fancy, the spinners are made out of maple and the handles and knobs are walnut. I drilled a hole in the bottoms of the tops and stuck in a piece of brass dowel to protect the bottoms.
http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/d/728-1/IMG_0918.jpg
http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/d/730-1/IMG_0919.jpg
Happy Holidays,
Shane Whitlock