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[cecil]

I'm making it for a straight tip first. I'm hoping for a stair way to heaven and wire walkers, maybe a 20 foot wire walker. I can dream. If I'm not happy with it I will put bearings in. I would like have a video of my first attempt with the MORNING WOOD. This top has taken a lot of ours to make. I'm hoping that making it segmented and lite will make it stronger and faster, for the double body corkscrew. It's nice to have dreams.

[Jack]

Well I think the outside is finished now. I hope. Still have to cut ends off make delrin washers and delrin rod to pull tip in. At this picture top is 2.9 pounds, 13/32 (.406) wall thickness and is 10 1/2 diamenter.

im currently on a no meme trial period........... so imagine me saying "sweeeeeet" 

[cecil]

New friends and sharing spin tops.

[cecil]

So much fun to make new friends and share tops.

[Shootist]

Hoping to see your 10 inch top spinning. Nice videos with them two young fellows.

[cecil]

I can only work on tops when my son let's me come into the shop. Which is about four hours a week. If I had a good lathe in the back yard I could really make a lot of tops, to sell. I'm retired and have the time to do it.

[collectop]

Teaching the young is great , wish all could do , good man you are .

[Jack]

So much fun to make new friends and share tops.

bravo on that trapeze, looks like ur a long line master now 

[ta0]

Great work promoting tops, Cecil! And great fun!

[cecil]

I had to take more off the side and cut the ends. Hope I don't have to mount the top in the lathe again. Now to stain it and then start throwing. If it's out of balance I will drill a hole for the lead.

[mailman]

Great job, Cecil!  Don't forget to video your first throws.  I'm sure I'm not the only one who would enjoy seeing them....

[ta0]

When you stain it, it will look gorgeous!

On the photo it looks to me that that tip may be a little undersized for the top. I would prefer it a little larger.

[jim in paris]

super good-looking KEYBOARD 

long shaft ! me likes //// !

jim

[cecil]

Tao, the tip is stainless steal it is 1.0 diamenter. I have a delrin tip for the long wire walker, it's diamenter is 1 7/16 with a .700 neck. A 1 1/2 steal tip is heavy, so I'm still working on everything on this top. I plan on doing a lot of different things to this top. I would like double body cork screws and a 135 foot wire walker. I've used an aluminum tip in the past and found out that it picks up dents that will cut your hand up.

[ta0]

Tao, the tip is stainless steal it is 1.0 diamenter.

Oh! It looked smaller on the photo. What is the size of the neck?
Having swap-able tips is a great feature of your design.