I wanted to thank you for sharing how to make the top and Launcher. It works great and made 3 just to start and have many who want them, I don't make any money really but to see everyone face when they see them is great. Thank you again. Eric

Awesome project, loved the launcher! I think tops are just super awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Great little project Gordon. Will be adding this to my list. Thanks for sharing. Fred

This is seven years later. Thanks for posting. Exactly what I want to make for my grandchildren. Looks like a skew is the preferred tool. Good to know.

Gordon, I enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for sharing this, also have 4 grandchildren but the youngest might struggle to spin the tops I've made with his fingers so this will be a great help. He might end up as champion top spinner after our Christmas dinner 'spinning top challenge'. Best wishes from the U.K. 😇

Great video , awesome idea, I now know what to make for my grand kids this Christmas. Thank you for sharing.

Hi Gord. I'm not a wood turner and I'm not likely to have space to do so, but I wantes to let you know that your video was very useful in showing me and my daughter how to use a spinning top like this. We were given one without instructions and we couldn't for the life of us work out how to make it work, so thanks!

I like this!! I'll need to make one of these for my niece. She'll love it. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏾

Love the handles great looking tops 👍

great vid, happy new year!

Love this video. Before you bring the tip to a point you can drill a shallow hole with a jacobs chuck, then after turning insert a ball bearing with a little ca. It spins for a very long time.😊

I'm a bit (a lot) late to this party but I wanted you to know it was very enjoyable and informative. Thanks.

Just WOW! incredible!

When I first saw you make the top ,what a great toy and now I have grandkids I know what to make for them and one me 🤣

Thanks, Ford. Going too try making one.

Excellent like always.

Great video. Thank you

Good job with that skew!

Excellent... Merry Christmas, cheers...

great video,,going to try and make one for my granddaughter

Nice job Gordon, if you turn a top by the second method you used try final parting of it using the point of your scew almost zero sanding required and you get a really good point.

Dear Gord. First of all, thank you for your great videos and tutorials. They´re very educational and usually also fun to watch. About the whistling spinning tops, I might suggest to not drill the hole through all material, but only in some depth - remember for example whistling the bullet or almost anything with a cavity... Obviously, there shall rise a problem with stability because of slightly dislocated centre of gravity, but it may be resolved quite simply by drilling the second hole from opposite side. Please, take this as a suggestion, I haven´t tried it by myself yet. Best regards and keep on turning.

Being an old guy, I remember the humming metal tops . They were about 8 to 10 inches in diameter and made about a 60 Hertz sound. But when they slowed, they were silent. My guess would be to make a couple of bowls, glue together and drill flat holes along the periphery. Just a guess; not a simple build.

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Thanks Gord! Regards, Newt

Absolutely great video Gord, thanks! Yes I subscribed. Mineral oil? Not tung, linseed, etc? What brand? I'm using Deft spray lacquer for these odd shapes where other finishes are not appropriate. Still looking for a whistling top? I'll see what I can find. I like the way you close up video the spindle gouge technique. I can use help there. Best Regards, Bill

Just brainstorming here: As far as I know, the top needs to be hollow tfor it to be able to make a wisthling (kind of) noise. Also I believe that the holes you have to make may have to be at an angle and a recess at one side, to improve the airflow into the top. Also something like a straw (like they use in flutes and trumpets) may improve the sound.

super video

Nice. Where did you get the measurement thing? What is it called? Looks like it could be a handy too for everyone.

Thanks for making this video! Is there a rule of thumb for where you drill the hole on the top shaft for the string? It seems to me that closer to the base of the top would be more stable when pulling the string but then you have more shaft to pull out of the launcher after pulling the string. Thank you

REALLY late to the game here, but, how long, approximately, should the string be? Thanks for the video, learned a lot!

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Thanks for this one Gord I will have a go on my Channel

23:08 nice catch

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r6qHecuFuNW6lIE.html This is a video of a whistling top, he doesn't say how it's done but you can see the hole shape. From what I understand of flutes and whistles the edge of the hole needs to be sharp to cut the air stream. I'm guessing that the angle cut to sharpen the hole edge will vary with the diameter of the top, so some trial and error to get it right. It's also likely that it can only have 1 hole. Hope this helped a little. Have a merry Christmas and a happy and safe new year.

What is the thickness of the top when you start turning3/4- 1" or 1 1/4 and the diameter when your finished

I tried a few regular spin tops ( not launcher types) and they just didn't spin well. I use soft or hard maple and they spin fine.

The edges of the holes need to be beveled with a small file. Think of how a wooden whistle has a hole in it where one side is straight and the other side is angled.

man i wanted to see the bigger one spin!

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Gordon - Re. sound generating tops, see https: //kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdqEZ6t_za2uinU.html Not sure how to incorporate hollow forms into this arena other than to make a couple of "bowls" or a hollow form with holes, but there's your challenge...

Not for me,i do not watch videos with some one else taste of music.