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These are a few of the 50 spinning tops that I made for a sale that will benefit a charity our woodworking club supports. Old fashioned handled pull top with a new twist – a recycled CD! Not sure if the photos show it but a fellow wood turner used his ornamental rose engine to engrave all the CDs. I cut the handles from basswood and rounded over all the edges. The wooden part of the tops were all turned from various hardwood scraps that I had on hand. The pull handle is a dowel pin. These will be a big hit at the sale and should bring in some much needed funds.
-- Those that say it can't be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
13 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 20 days ago
Very cool idea great job
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
scrappy
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posted 20 days ago
Fantastic idea for re-useing CD’s
The colors in the CD’s as they spin should realy catch the eye.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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reddinosaur
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posted 20 days ago
cool! how did you get those designs on the CD?
-- Jess
Bob N
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posted 20 days ago
What a fantastic idea. I have 2 grandboys that will need a couple of these. Finally a good use for all these unusable CD’s laying in their toy box.
woodworm
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posted 20 days ago
Nice idea, well done!
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
Karson
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posted 20 days ago
These would have been a great way to use up the AOL discs that used to fill up our inbox. I had an officemate that kept everyone and he had a stack about 1’ high.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
nmkidd
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posted 20 days ago
Neato….....I want one!
-- Doug, New Mexico.......the only stupid question is one that is never asked!........don't fix it, if it ain't broke!
MsDebbieP
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posted 20 days ago
brilliant!
and definitely someone everyone will want to purchase.
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Jojo
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posted 20 days ago
That’s neat. When I first saw the picture in the RSS feed I thought it was a DVD rewinder for the Netflix disks… :oD
-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin
cabinetmaster
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posted 20 days ago
Great idea and a worthy cause. Hope you raise lots of dough.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
sharad
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posted 19 days ago
A very innovative idea to use the scrap CDs for a good cause. The handle is made so neat
Sharad
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mcoyfrog
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posted 18 days ago
great idea
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reggiek
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posted 18 days ago
Very Cool….great idea…and very nice way to help out a worthy cause…..Bravo!
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