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[Jeremy McCreary]

Large indoor spinning top installation by kinetic artist Jacob Tonski, smaller than but with similarities to the world's largest (outdoor) top discussed here before

http://jacobtonski.com/big-top

[ta0]

 

The exhibit is from 2008. So it was not inspired by Mauk's current giant top, but it could have been by his previous much smaller top with the weight falling from a palm tree.

As a top player I would have preferred that the hanging rope was given some slack and the top let stand by itself.

[jim in paris]

thanx jeremy

very cool experiment ! the video is too short 

jim

[Jeremy McCreary]

Agree about the supporting cable. I'm not convinced that the top can stay up on its own at the release speed achieved. The unusually large ratio of height to maximum radius doesn't look promising in that regard.

[Jack]

cecil could spin this top @-@

[Jack]

they should give it some slack and let it bailando!!!! a top is made to bailando!!!
this has been "spanish with jack" 

[cecil]

I like fun. This is not for me.

[Kirk]

At first I liked the idea of the eye bolts that pull out at the end of the spin. After thinking a second time I am not so fond of a steel ring being hurled by a rope and a big weight.

[Jeremy McCreary]

Making this thing safe for a crowded public space without making it less top-like might involve some interesting engineering challenges.

[Dick Stohr]

Use a single rope and wind it starting with the middle of the rope. Similar to the drop top.