Easy To Make Brass Spinning Tops Using The Chinese Mini Lathe

[@wm210v]

I live in Russia working as a turner, subscribed to your channel and I will say the following. Your talent is a state of mind. Continue in the same direction. You are a scientist in your profession. I also bought a desktop lathe, I’m also going to make various devices for myself. Your videos are very informative. Sincerely, Roman Silkin!

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Roman, Thanks for subscribing, watching and for your encouraging feedback. I do hope to continue the same and have many more projects to do when I get the time. Regards Steve

[@mrc1539]

These are the kind of videos that those of us that are hobbyists , and backyard machinists need to learn with , thank you for you time and effort.

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Thanks Mr C for your encouraging feedback. I hope to be doing a lot more projects like this and show some more about the tooling and what can be done without being too complicated...Regards Steve

[@Smallathe]

VERY cute. I'm using a Clickspring tip - a bumping tool that helps align the work in the lathe (you can use it to align a long work to run true or the face of your work to run flat). Another useful tool is heavy duty aluminum foil you can buy at craft shops - coat your work with it and you get a good grip - and the jaws can't/won't mar your work and leave a mark on it :)

[@robertlewis4666]

Thanks for posting Steve. I love your channel I have learned a lot from you and have made a lot of your projects, from the spindle handle for threading, your threaded boxes , double sided coins, oil bottles, I copied your idea for lamps to make a blacking lamp. Plus a lot of the tools I have ordered form BangGood came from your suggestions. Keep up the good work, your inspirations and postings are keeping my mini lathe busy.

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Robert thanks for watching and for your encouraging feedback. I hope to show some other items to make soon. Hopefully when it warms up a bit. It has been so damp I have been concentrating on keeping everything rust free at the moment but hope to post something soon. Regards Steve

[@jamieaitchison7936]

Thank u steve im learning and the wee videps u make are great your a smashing teacher

[@SteveJordan]

Thanks for the feedback. Regards Steve

[@lostjohnny9000]

What a great little project

[@SteveJordan]

Hi, Thanks. Yes, they are great projects. The idea is to see how to make the best ones that spin for the longest time. People have competitions on this subject. Regards Steve

[@MarkW00dy]

Nice vid, I have made a few of these mini spinning tops, a good tip for good spin times is bore out at the contact point and press in a ball bearing :-), keep on spinning

[@PhaseConverterampV]

Don’t listen to the comments. Just do your job exactly the way you want. That T-handle hammering the part to get it to run true is an old standard machinist trick, works good. It’s ok to brush chips with your hands, unless you are afraid of blood. I Do it all the time. No princesses in the shop. Thanks for posting .

[@stanburdick9708]

I got 29 sec with mine but thats on a wood surface, the ones with the long stems dont go too good, best to keep 75% of the weight on the bottom c/g

[@darrenmclean2069]

Thanks for taking the time to do these videos they've been really helpful.

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Darren, Thank you for watching and for your encouraging feedback....Regards Steve

[@gangleweed]

When I was a kid of 10 we used to spin drawing pins on their points........the drawing pins were the plain domed head steel type that you use to attach paper etc to a board. You grip the drawing pin by the shaft between your thumb and middle finger to spin the pin.......we used to wager marbles to see who could make a pin spin the longest..........sometimes there were a dozen pins all spinning at once.

[@georgeclarke1183]

going to try and make a few i am a newbie to useing a lathe

[@mann1zzle]

Excellent video

[@georgeclarke1183]

I have a hobbymat md65 lathe unfortunately i don't have all these tools that your useing can you recommend a decent company on ebay that can supply them all please

[@georgeclarke1183]

I have some aluminium round stock have you made any of these spinning top with this meterial Steve

[@eggyboi1217]

It should work just fine! Brass is more dense so it’ll spin longer but aluminum will work well too.

[@MadebyKourmoulis]

I made some out of aluminum like the ones he has here and the best one spun for over 2 minutes

[@steph2211]

Nice little project Steve, is it starting to get cold in the shop?👍👍

[@SteveJordan]

Hi Steph, Thanks. Yes it is getting cold. I have to be careful now watching for condensation and rust on the machines. I cover the bare metal parts like chucks with plastic freezer bags or clingfilm after giving them a spray of thin oil. Regards Steve

[@natevanbynen6595]

What size brass bar stock did you start with?

[@SteveJordan]

It is 19mm or 20mm diameter. I buy offcuts on Ebay at quite good prices. Regards Steve

[@Vidyaasshh]

Why can't you give away one of these . these r soo cute

[@SteveJordan]

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[@SteveJordan]

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[@wm210v]

Красиво

[@gvet47]

Three comments in one. Nice little project, with all your changes should this be a Jordan Mini-Lathe not Chinese, use a brush not your fingers to clear chips on the tool post(even if brass)🚑

[@elduderino1329]

The recipe of making a wobbly, fluttering spinning top: re chuck it.