Not just a box...

[Ed Davidson]

Something new popped into my head with the new year: "Top in a box", aka the "Not just a box" series. Here are a couple videos...enjoy:

View: https://youtu.be/vNDvUtwvHAQ

View: https://youtu.be/8N9KYKbddDM

 

[Gary Beasley]

Those tops are magnificent! Now you need to make a video on how you made them.

 

[Kevin Weir]

Ed, these are delightful! Well done. The bottom of the first top looks like a ruby. Is it epoxy simply turned round? And that’s another thing; all the tops I have seen have a pointy bottom but these work quite nicely with a rounded bottom. Who would have thought!

 

[Ed Davidson]

Ed, these are delightful! Well done. The bottom of the first top looks like a ruby. Is it epoxy simply turned round? And that’s another thing; all the tops I have seen have a pointy bottom but these work quite nicely with a rounded bottom. Who would have thought!

The points shown in the two videos are epoxied in place stone "rivets" used in the leather-work craft, like these found on Etsy. The nice thing with using these rivets is the 1/8" wide post on the backside makes a handy tool to ensure the rivet/stone is well centered in the top's body. Also, a rounded point is a little more forgiving than a pointed point, when trying to snap-finger-spin one of these things.

 

[RichColvin]

Nice rose engine work too.

 

[odie]

Ed.....You can tell when an artist puts heart and soul into his work......and yours is an example of that kind of effort!

-----odie-----

 

[Bob Franklin]

awesome work -these are amazing !

 

[Russ Braun]

Great idea Ed! Your tops and yo-yos are always fabulous!!