SPIN TOPS 101

Almost everything about learning how to spin tops defies logic, is counter-intuitive, or is otherwise generally frustrating. It’s all backwards, I tell ya! The following bits of advice should help move things forward again.

• Types of spin tops
• Before you start tape your top! No REALLY!!!
• String Lengths
• Make your own strings and buttons
• Cleaning bearings
• The throw
• Correcting the tilt of a spinning top
• Balancing a rough-spinning spin top