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Current Posts => Collecting, Modding, Turning and Spin Science => Topic started by: jim in paris on January 17, 2016, 10:43:42 AM
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hi all
during the christmas break we worked on this project with Ludo
it's a very simple and efficient set-up, copied from a top I had for a long time
the only difficulty is to find a very thin but also very stiff metal wire
we ended by using a piano wire
https://youtu.be/ERfRgUloriM
jim
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Very nice!
I don't recall "buttons with tips" like yours, but now I will be on the look out for one ("excuse me madam, may I borrow one of the buttons of your blouse for an experiment?" >:D
copied from a top I had for a long time
Was that the Duncan Twister?
(http://www.ta0.com/museum/images/Duncan/Duncan_Twister.jpg)
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Duncan Twister?
never heard of that
it was a top from germany
with a very long metal wire,and a tiny wood button full of holes
maybe to blow air once it was started i dunno
the brass tip was very pointy and the top would not spin very long due to a general mistake in the proportions
but the metal wire for a launcher was really interesting
we had fun testing various buttons and "tips" and dremel holes in many buttons and beer caps,finally the "gem stickers" did the job for tips
a lot of contact
the important part is the wire >:D
do you have this duncan top ?
could you show us a vid ?
jim
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Very Nice. I am guessing that you used the dremel to make the holes have an angle for easy release. True? This looks like a great parent and child project. (or adult top fan project :))
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do you have this duncan top ?
could you show us a vid ?
jim
Here is a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxO8VaFK0Ro
No music, but would have gone well with Let's do the Twist.
Do you have a photo of the German top?
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here is the photo of the german top
it's quite "arty", and was purchased some years ago by a friend
I filmed a video
but it doesn't bring more information about the twisting of the wire
do you think this launcher dates back from a long time ago >?
certainly the 19th century, but i don't recall such a launcher at Cyril's..
jim
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Thanks for the photo Jim.
I cannot recall a similar top. I would guess it is a 19th century but it could be older.
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very impressive jim, ive never seen this type of top before :o
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Very nice!
I don't recall "buttons with tips" like yours, but now I will be on the look out for one ("excuse me madam, may I borrow one of the buttons of your blouse for an experiment?" >:D
copied from a top I had for a long time
Was that the Duncan Twister?
(http://www.ta0.com/museum/images/Duncan/Duncan_Twister.jpg)
ta0 oh beloved ta0 i need a pic of the bottom side of your magical twister please i beg of you sir!!!!
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ta0 oh beloved ta0 i need a pic of the bottom side of your magical twister please i beg of you sir!!!!
Here is a photo of the profile:
(http://www.ta0.com/museum/images/Duncan/Duncan_Twister_bottom.jpg)
These are not easy to find. I was lucky that I once got on Ebay a lot of five. I traded or gave away the rest (one of them is on display at the Chico Yo-Yo Museum). If I recall correctly, they were red, blue and perhaps green. The Yo-Yo Man with the square nose was introduced in 1947 and used throughout the 1950's, so it must be from that time.
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I did a trade with Jorge years
ago for 2 of them. I gave one
to the National yoyo museum
and kept the blue one.
I love it ;D
RFC