Better late than never …..
Category: June ’20: Tops & YoYos
You YoYo Dude!
I have now worked out how to do this ?
Steve’s Spinning Top
So my 2nd attempt at a spinning top, made from ash I think, and coloured with you….. guessed it, non other than the HampshireSheen intrinsic collection…… It’s bit of a…
Maple & Walnut yo-yo
glued a few small off cuts together, to make this yo-yo. Not overly happy with the glue up, got a bit lazy and didn’t plane the faces, so the joints…
latest spinning top
was “commissioned ” to do a spinning top for a cousin 21st ..it is palm tree with danish oil and wax
Goatboy’s YoYo
My answer to the YoYo challenge. Walnut and maple, my favourite combo.
06/20 Ian’s spinning top entry
Fun challenge and still learnt a lot. Here is my spinning top, which does spin well. Made a little stand for it too ?
June Challenges: Spinning Tops and YoYos
Members of the brand new Woodturning360 Club had an easy start to their members challenges with Spinning Tops and YoYo’s. Here’s the slideshow of their work
Tipi Top
Only a small top made from sycamore. Decorated with felt tip pens. It took a little while to turn to a shape that would flip upside down and keep spinning
Matt’s spinning top submission
Here’s the 1st top I’ve ever made, it’s maple with a mahogany handle.
another spinning top
turned from the square part of a table leg ..jus boiled linsed oil and microcristaline was from HS
spinning top number 3
use a piece of green sicamore ..just danish oil and microcristalinne wax
Yoyo and Spinning Top Challenges :)
Here are my challenges. A yoyo based on a Retro Duncan design which it turns out to be called “the Butterfly”. 1 Piece Sapele or similar hard wood. Works a…
06/20 Newbie spinning top challenge
My entry for the June newbie challenge. Although quite a simple task i still learnt a lot as I have very little turning experience. Quite happy with it, it spins…
A Top YoYo :)
Here are my challenges. A yoyo based on a Retro Duncan design which it turns out to be called “the Butterfly”. 1 Piece Sapele or similar hard wood. Works a…
My yoyo challenge
A composite blank left over from another project, mahogany and basswood.
Split personality
It does not know if its a yoyo or a spinning top.
June Challenge: Jeannet’s spinning top
Made from birch and finished with Hampshire Sheen’s Danish oil.
June Challenge: Simons Spinning Top
Piece of oak (rescued from the firewood pile) , approx 2 inch across, finished with Danish oil and a little gloss wax (video of it spinning on Facebook page)
Trial at First Spinning Top
i tried to turn my first challenge i use a segmented piece that glued waiting for the lathe to be delivered
Composite spinning top
A small top made from some laminated scraps
newbies challenge
here is the second trial ..made from a leg of a table …must find a way of getting blank..of there will be no more furniture in the house
Sunblush oaky yo-yo
Made from Oak using a bowl gouge, spindle gouge and parting tool. Coloured with intrinsic colours and finished with Hampshire sheen white Embellishing wax and Microcystaline wax.
Sunset jojo
Made from Birch. ColouredWith Hampshire sheen intrinsic colour, ruby end honey. Finished with Hampshire sheen wax. I used 10 mm bowl gauge and a parting tool.