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2011-06-29, 9:55pm
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Spinning Top mold?
Does anyone have one? I purchased the 1 inch mold today and have some first (probably horrible) tops in the kiln right now. I have no experience with working things off mandrel. Any tips would be appreciated. The mold makes it easy to get the shape right, but I am left to my own devices with the handle part and trust me, that isn't a good thing.  
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2011-06-30, 10:19am
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I've got one and the instructions make it sound easier than it is. PPP is all I can say. I have a hard time keeping them balanced/centered.
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2011-06-30, 11:13am
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I pulled a handful out of the kiln and I am happy with one of them. The rest have messed up handles but good bases. I can see this is really all about making hundreds of tops until I nail it. My son loves them though, that is all that matters. Although he picked the best one and made sure to show me why it was so much better than the others.
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2011-06-30, 11:14am
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Sounds great, good luck. Hey, you could make christmas ornaments out of the others, right?
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2011-06-30, 4:31pm
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I put up a free tutorial on making a spinning top using a bead roller. There is a downloadable PDF on the first post. http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/sh...t=spinning+top
Hope this will help
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2011-06-30, 8:13pm
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I have never used a mold but have made over 75 spinning tops. Never had much of a problem making them of getting them balanced or getting them to spin.
My trick ... making them in boro!
It is stiffer.
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2011-06-30, 8:47pm
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Merilee that is an excellent idea! Tammy thanks for the link. I m checking it out now.
Shawn I am all soft glass. ;o)
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