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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 1303307, member: 55"]A woodturner/carver's tour-de-force, something fun to make on a lathe.</p><p>Spin it, like a top; I suspect it will do an amusing trick, where it starts spinning with the narrow stem upwards; then as it spins, it reverses, until it is standing on the stem, still spinning. There used to be plastic toy tops of a similar design, hemispherical on the bottom, with a narrow stem. Lots of fun to watch them reverse positions while spinning.</p><p>Give it a try.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 1303307, member: 55"]A woodturner/carver's tour-de-force, something fun to make on a lathe. Spin it, like a top; I suspect it will do an amusing trick, where it starts spinning with the narrow stem upwards; then as it spins, it reverses, until it is standing on the stem, still spinning. There used to be plastic toy tops of a similar design, hemispherical on the bottom, with a narrow stem. Lots of fun to watch them reverse positions while spinning. Give it a try.[/QUOTE]
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