Making wooden spinning tops 

Would love to see it when you do!

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 😎

Thank you for the kind words! If you do get a lathe I look forward to the videos :)

lol, thank you! These were fun to make, but I really struggled making them!

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.

lol, I wasn't to sure how to end it, so I started to spin them all :)

Thanks so much! They were a lot of fun to make.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks! A lot of alternative versions of these will use maple, then they color them using felts, so many possibilities!

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!

Thank you! You too!

No worries! Welcome to stop by our channel anytime! Have a good one

Haha, so true, everyone that saw them asked if they were from Inception.

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.

Thank you! Have you ever made a top? Curious what tools you preferred to use.

They were a lot of fun!

Lol, I like your wire burning method! That would look awesome on some maple tops! Thanks for watching!

Lol, my Nephew who is 11 just got into them. They might be making a comeback!

These are Walnut, the lighter ones in the ending there were Maple and Ash. Thanks for watching!

Thank you my friend!

Thank you sir!

I have so many now :) Thanks for watching Chris

Thank you my friend!

Awesome, let me know how it went if you do make some :)

Thanks for watching!

Nice! I have thrown these upside town but they need to spin very fast.

Awesome, looking forward to it!