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[LRandolph]

Hello All,

I've been turning for years but have only made a handful of spin tops.  Lots of finger spinners but only a few that you throw.  My question is how to you set the steel or delrin points so that you can replace them?  I am so used to gluing things together "forever" that I never think about replacements

Can you help me?

LR

[Kirk]

One way is a simple press fit. Make the hole a few thousands of an inch (about .008" of 0.02mm) smaller than the shaft of the tip. Chamfer the shaft. If the tip is a bit loose, a layer or two of a sandwich bag can be stretched over the shaft as a shim.  Make a pressing tool in wood or plastic with a drill & countersink to protect the point. The tail stock ram can be used as a press.

[Jack]

one does not simply: "set the steel or delrin points so that you can replace them" 

p.s especially in soviet russia