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Thread: Absolutely Tops!!
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28th August 2006, 11:05 PM #1
Absolutely Tops!!
The girls wanted to make something for their summer craft homework.
I decided that turning some tops, would be fun.
This is Mizuki at the lathe
If you look you can see my hands in there too.
She was getting in in the end.
This is Erika, only one pic of her, as Mizuki did not want to stand around and take pics.
Here are the results, not bad for the first time
They even work!
Tops are something that kids can to easily, and they can get the instant gratification of making them and using them all in one go.
We used colored markers to decorate them.
Cheers!
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28th August 2006, 11:07 PM #2
Really good, you're teaching them a good beginners object. How old are they?
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28th August 2006, 11:27 PM #3
Beginner's objects? I know some self-proclaimed "experts" who have difficulties turning decent tops.
Have you tried turning "tumbling tops" Stu? The ones that flip over and spin on their stem? I've never managed to get one quite right... yet.
- Andy Mc
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28th August 2006, 11:46 PM #4Originally Posted by Auzzie turner
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28th August 2006, 11:48 PM #5Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!
I've not seen these "Tumbling Tops" now I'll have to go have a "Google" for them
Cheers!
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28th August 2006, 11:48 PM #6
Great - the kids get to use a DVR and here I am sluggin' it out on an MC900. Where's the justice??? Good one Stu - just don't try passing their work off as your own now...
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28th August 2006, 11:55 PM #7
I mastered tops straight away, they're not hard, just not interesting to make heaps all the time.
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28th August 2006, 11:59 PM #8The girls wanted to make something for their summer craft homework.
I decided that turning some tops, would be fun.
I thought it was a step across from the top shape, anyway do with it as you will.
The top (yes the 'pole' is too short, given away the good ones) is sheoak.
Attachment 29251
JD
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29th August 2006, 12:08 AM #9Originally Posted by Stu in Tokyo
It's what we turn when our club sets up a few lathes for public demos, giving the results to the kids. We don't make the tops quite as "deep" as yours, they're more of a flattened UFO than a cone shape. Not that it makes any real difference, 'cept we get more tops from the same piece of wood. [shrug]
I've always heard the "tumbling top" being attributed as a japanese toy, but somehow it doesn't surprise me that you haven't heard of 'em.
- Andy Mc
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29th August 2006, 10:12 AM #10Great - the kids get to use a DVR and here I am sluggin' it out on an MC900. Where's the justice??? Good one Stu - just don't try passing their work off as your own now...]
As long as they are having fun it 'll build great memories for them.
'Working in Dads Dungeon making tops'
well done StuInspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso
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