Are you cutting the tips on the lathe with regular hss tools? How do the tools hold up?
yes I am the tools hold up ok. I bet I could make at least 2 tips with out sharpening. I guess I’ve never tried to sit down and crank out a bunch of tips. You know I usually make one top and then one tip. All my tips though are roughly the same. With a 3/8” shaft by 1/2” long that’s just press fit
Great looking top!
Perhaps the tip a bit undersized, but very nice top.
Excellent routine! And there are some uncommon moves there! 
What do you call the vertical bouncing in the triangle? It may qualify as a new trick.
Also, the lasso with both hands coming from the side has a distinct look. And the finish also looks original.
Well done!
Hey ta0 thanks man. The tips are pushing it as far as size. Any larger and I would make them a bit bigger for sure. As for some of the tricks the vertical bounce thing is the barrel bounce totw. The 2hand sideways whip thing is some thing I just started doing one day and the last trick is also a totw around the leg and back or something like that
Wow your work is amazing, I really like your wooden tops, if they play half as their beauty, they are great.
Maurizio
So the wood tops play pretty well with some balancing. There is nothing like spending a couple hours on making a top that spins smooth as glass right off the lathe. And I don’t get that from working with wood. At least not yet. So it’s a bit frustrating. But still super fun
