Making wooden spinning tops
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- In the fall I had wanted to do some turning but didn’t want to do anything too big so I tried my hand ay making some Wooden Tops. I watched an awesome video from Worth Effort that really helped me get this down, as you can tell by the thumbnail, I made a few :)
Shawn goes into a lot more details here so please check out his channel. • Wood Turning: Tops, Le...
To start, I chose to use a spindle gouge and a bowl gouge. I know that the spindle gouge is the better and probably correct tool to use but for whatever reason, I had a lot more success using my bowl gouge.
In any case, I start by defining the shape of the bottom sanding if needed then work my way back to define the handle. I would do my sanding final sanding before applying a finish, I chose to use a Beeswax and mineral oil finish.
When choosing the wood, a hard tight grain wood works best. I have the most consistent results using Maple, but Walnut also worked well. Avoid using any wood with knits, mixed sapwood, or figure as the tops will end up uneven and wobble too much.
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Tools Used:
Wood Lathe
Spindle Gouge
Bowl Gouge
Sandpaper
Wax finish
Chapters
== First Top
0:00 Intro
1:11 Shaping the tip
2:00 Shaping the handle
6:02 Sanding
6:31 Applying finish
7:20 Parting off the top
== Second Top
7:40 Shaping the second top
8:00 Shaping the handle
10:40 Sanding
11:45 Applying finish
12:17 Parting off the top
== Playtime 😎
12:34
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Great looking tops
Thank you! Have you ever made a top? Curious what tools you preferred to use.
In all the years I've had a lathe I've never made a top... After this I'll have to rectify that! Thanks mate.
Would love to see it when you do!
Nice, I don’t turn but love to watch. They came out real nice
Thank you! I enjoy turning, it's sometimes frustrating because you can ruin something really quickly but then other times things just work out.
During this video, I had made and screwed up 5 or 6 tops because of the wood being bad inside or catches.
Great job! If i ever get a lathe I'm going to make my son some tops for sure!
Keep an eye out for some of the older lathes, I paid $150 for this one.
But then you will start to collect more and more tools, and every chunk of wood "could" be used for something on the lathe 😆
@@heyimamaker my dad offered to give me his shop Smith (which of course has a lathe) but i don't have space for it at the moment. One day when i build a real shop then I'll get a lathe 😎
Wow, when I finally get my lathes going I need to make some tops
They were a lot of fun!
Hello my friend. I love wood turning work. nice to watch you. A vertex flip was successful. Congratulations. I'm thinking of buying a lathe in the future. I watched you with admiration. Thank you. Great greetings. Warm embrace. Yours truly...
Thank you for the kind words! If you do get a lathe I look forward to the videos :)
I love it, I love wooden spinning tops!
Thanks so much! They were a lot of fun to make.
Fantastic Adam 😊 I could wood turn tops all day and never get bored doing it. One of my favourite things to make 😊 ॐ
I have so many now :)
Thanks for watching Chris
Nice work!
Those a cool Mate 👍
Thanks for watching!
Stunning spinning tops!
lol, thank you!
These were fun to make, but I really struggled making them!
Oh I used to love these back in the 80s my kids probably don't even know what they are now 🙄
Haha, so true, everyone that saw them asked if they were from Inception.
Very nice work buddy! 👌👍
Thank you my friend!
That’s a sharp looking lathe! That fiber turned down quickly. Nicely done!
It's an old Rockwell Beaver lathe from maybe the 70's. Thanks for watching!
Hey I'm a Maker no problem. That’s a real workhorse. Holding up well.
Cool tops! Great video man.
Thank you sir!
Really nice and really nice video!!
Thank you my friend!
Ohh I love these! I used to play with them as a kid all the time. Not as nice as these though 😍 great work! 👏🏻
Thanks! A lot of alternative versions of these will use maple, then they color them using felts, so many possibilities!
Very impressive. we had so much fun watching and the tops look great. Your ending scene was brilliant!
lol, I wasn't to sure how to end it, so I started to spin them all :)
great video! nice clean and simple project. well done
Thanks for watching!
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Like it so much! I'll make and give to my cousine
Awesome, let me know how it went if you do make some :)
Way better than the ones I made
Lol, I like your wire burning method! That would look awesome on some maple tops!
Thanks for watching!
These turned out so great! And I have such a good idea for the clip you sent!
Awesome, looking forward to it!
In our place we use to make top like yours but not same which can be thrown on the top and the bottom from lndia
Nice! I have thrown these upside town but they need to spin very fast.
Cool video and channel! All signed up :-). Have a great weekend!
Thank you! You too!
No worries! Welcome to stop by our channel anytime! Have a good one
Cool stuff! Which tree are you using?
These are Walnut, the lighter ones in the ending there were Maple and Ash.
Thanks for watching!
There are something like these today they have been around for a long time they are called beyblades and I really like them i still play with them today
Lol, my Nephew who is 11 just got into them.
They might be making a comeback!
Oh wow...awesome work on these tops! How long have you been turning?
A few years now, but not as often as I would like. I only recently purchased a sharpening jig that really helped me get better results.
@@heyimamaker That's awesome. Thanks for sharing this!