Some tops for the kids

[splinter99]

Every year our turnning club puts on a top drive..members turn tops and we donate them to a local hospital..Here are my contrabutions..I embelished them with a rubbber O ring.
These are alot of fun to make and once you get started you cant stop.

Thanks for looking
Comments welcomed

 

[rjwolfe3]

Wow those are sweet! How well do they spin? Did you use a chatter tool on them?

 

[theHullTurn]

Wow... Beautiful!! They will love those!

 

[splinter99]

Yes I used my new chatter tool, It works better than my old homemade ones

 

[splinter99]

They spin about a minute or so

 

[marter1229]

:bananen_smilies046:
Those are great looking tops. What kind of chatter tool do you use?
Thank you for shareing.
Terry

 

[jttheclockman]

They do look great and are alot of fun to make. What kind of markers do you use to color them??? Where can you find them??? Thanks and thanks for showing.

 

[splinter99]

I really dont know the brand,one of our memberd recently passed away and it had belonged to him, It came with about 10 extra blades and has a nice beefy rubber grip,

 

[Jim15]

Great tops.

 

[nava1uni]

Tombow makes markers that have a paint brush, as well as, a marker side. The paint brush side works great on this type of turning.

 

[RAdams]

Super Sweet tops! do you color them while they are on the lathe?

 

[splinter99]

These were colored with standard sharpies while on the lathe..I have also used the LePlume artists markers with good results

 

[bitshird]

Those are the best tops I've seen, Great turnings.

 

[Kalai]

Great job on the tops, I have made tops before but these blow mine away, these are truly top notch tops, aloha.

Chris

 

[jasontg99]

Harold,

Those are amazing! I am sure the kids will love them.

 

[neubee]

The spinning tops look great, and the O ring is a nice touch. I'm sure the children love them.