glwalker
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A couple of months back I got inspired by Harold Poland/splinter99 to make spinning tops with chatter work on them. Harold kindly gave me some tips so I wanted to forge ahead and get started. I bought markers, researched the net for tipe, etc and asked for a Sorby Chatter tool for Christmas (Too $$$ to buy for myself). Well Christmas came and went....., my birthday came and went.... no chatter tool. (But I did get other nice things!)
I was telling my story to a friend and he said "make one...blah, blah, blah." So the other day I did. Pretty simple.... old pipe, twine/ca wrapped around the pipe for the handle, thumb screws and nuts, jig saw blades, etc. Here it is. (Obviously the first pic)
Well, it was SO MUCH FUN to make, I decided to make another one. (2nd and 3rd pic) Here it is.... complete with a little chatter work on the end.
I've alraedy used both of them. They seem to work fine, but as many have said, there is a learning curve and I'm just at the beginning of it.
Thanks again SPLINTER99 for the inspiration. I haven't seen any nicer chattered spinning tops than yours!
I was telling my story to a friend and he said "make one...blah, blah, blah." So the other day I did. Pretty simple.... old pipe, twine/ca wrapped around the pipe for the handle, thumb screws and nuts, jig saw blades, etc. Here it is. (Obviously the first pic)
Well, it was SO MUCH FUN to make, I decided to make another one. (2nd and 3rd pic) Here it is.... complete with a little chatter work on the end.
I've alraedy used both of them. They seem to work fine, but as many have said, there is a learning curve and I'm just at the beginning of it.
Thanks again SPLINTER99 for the inspiration. I haven't seen any nicer chattered spinning tops than yours!