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ForeverSpin Tops: Shades of Silver
CaptMcFizzle
12
Aug 7, 2017
I purchased a stainless top over a year ago from the foreverspin site and it works fabulously. Its unfortunate some people are claiming they can only get 10 seconds of spin, but i could easily get 4-5 minutes. even get a minute or so by spinning upside down!
ambress
2
Aug 10, 2017
CaptMcFizzleReading you can get 5 minutes out of the SS top is pretty impressive. I'd expect my Damascus version to spin a similar length of time as your SS and I think the Damascus provides a slightly more grippable texture to the stem, but it was only after slipping a small snip of heat-shrink tubing over the stem that I finally broke through 4 minutes. Before that, my best spin was around 2:45 as I recall. So, I can see where a strong, secure grip on the stem and good technique might well yield a 5-minute time and if you can achieve that with the naked top as is, kudos to ya'!
CaptMcFizzle
12
Aug 10, 2017
ambressMaybe 5 minutes is a bit exaggerated, but i timed a spin (for the first time) this morning at my desk and it was about 3:25. It didn't feel like particularly exceptional form either, so i know i can do better. But i can generally start a spin, do a few things in the office and come back to my desk to find the top absolutely still in place, you couldnt even tell it was spinning. Really a wonderful little thing!
ambress
2
Aug 10, 2017
CaptMcFizzleI just removed the sleeve of tubing from the stem and managed a 3:02 spin from my Damascus FS, which I think is among my best times for the bare top on an FS spin base. It was tricky to get though, most of my efforts just flinging the top off the stage. Definitely a different spin approach needed from more conventional precision tops, particularly those with a knurled grip on them. It seems that pinching the stem tip for a release is when I throw the top most; if I can get more of a full contact grip down the stem, such that I essentially "roll it out" of my fingers, then the launch is a better yet weak one. With the tubing added, the stem pinch style of launch works pretty well and gets more rpm on the launch. Overall, this just remains more "desk sculpture" that can be spun briefly, while my other tops are more for the joy of spinning and the amazement of seeing that some will go 15 minutes or even 30.
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