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25th Oct 2017, 02:50 AM #1New Member
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Inception (the movie) Spinning top
Hi Everybody
Hereafter is a short video of my Inception handmade spinning top.
Actually I only have a manual lathe so it was quit tricky to carve these curves.
I made this spinning top for my brother middle age birthday, he is a fan of this movie.
Probably, one day, I will convert my Lathe to cnc, it will be easier to do this kind of project... but need less skill...
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27th Oct 2017, 12:39 PM #2Golden Member
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Cute , if you build a ball turner for the lathe you can cut concave and convex curves . I built a slightly modified Steve Bedair ball turned works ok . https://www.google.com/search?biw=1536&bih=701&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=u43yWfrFOYH88gXQgY6IDg&q=lathe+ball+turner&oq=lathe+ball+turned&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i13k1.15547.16649.0.18453.6.6.0.0.0.0.407.629.2-1j0j1.2.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..4.1.406....0.NjOfjGAquME#imgrc=p7uoeBEJ0kXNjM:
There is a few ways to build one just google image . lathe ball turnerThe volume of a pizza of thickness 'a' and radius 'z' is given by pi z z a.
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28th Oct 2017, 11:06 AM #3Senior Member
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Not Inception, this was from a few years back -
Master Craftsmen Vs Rocket Engineers: The Ultimate Battle On Building Spinning Top par GAG TV - Dailymotion
unfortunately, have to suffer through dumb ads after it was taken down from better video platforms.
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28th Oct 2017, 10:04 PM #4Golden Member
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I liked the bit where you put the drilled block in between the workpiece and the tailstock and have now pinched that idea and started using it.
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29th Oct 2017, 09:38 AM #5Most Valued Member
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Nive Job Xavier. That bolt looks like it was made of quality steel. I might make a spinning top myself. If I only I knew where to get a M48 bolt.
You can buy these in a huge range of metals. I like the Damascus one. Let's see one of you blokes make one in tungsten!
https://foreverspin.com/cart?c=searc...iAAEgJbhvD_BwEChris
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