Xmas machinist gifts

[Dataporter]

Check out the thread I started for wine bottle stoppers!

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php/14328-Wine-Bottle-Stoppers

Merry Christmas!

Dave

 

[Jimsehr]

Check out the thread I started for wine bottle stoppers!

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php/14328-Wine-Bottle-Stoppers

Merry Christmas!

Dave

Many years ago when I was in the army I learned how to make a neat little game called " PUT and Take" a game where you make a spinning top with 8 sides . Once top is made any number can play. Players all put a penny in the pot and then top is spun and when it falls the side on top tells what to do. Three sides are each stamped p1, p2, p3, three sides are stamped t1, t2, t3 and one side is stamped ap and the last side is stamped ta. When the player spins and the top shows p1 player put 1 penny in pot . If top shows t2 player takes 2 pennys and so on. When top shows ap all players put in a penny, When top shows ta spinner takes all from pot and games start over.

I used to make the tops out of brass. Any size works. I will try to find a photo.

jimsehr

 

[darkzero]

To make it machinist related, maybe use titanium.

Here's some of the Ti stuff I have made that would make great gifts & have gifted......


Ti containers/caches









Ti beads





Ti Begleri beads



Ti tippe tops






[video=youtube_share;GHs2ft9_Ado]http://youtu.be/GHs2ft9_Ado[/video]



Ti firestarters (ferro rod)




Ti ice picks







This one was a gift for Matt at PM

 

[davidh]

Many years ago when I was in the army I learned how to make a neat little game called " PUT and Take" a game where you make a spinning top with 8 sides . Once top is made any number can play. Players all put a penny in the pot and then top is spun and when it falls the side on top tells what to do. Three sides are each stamped p1, p2, p3, three sides are stamped t1, t2, t3 and one side is stamped ap and the last side is stamped ta. When the player spins and the top shows p1 player put 1 penny in pot . If top shows t2 player takes 2 pennys and so on. When top shows ap all players put in a penny, When top shows ta spinner takes all from pot and games start over.

I used to make the tops out of brass. Any size works. I will try to find a photo.

jimsehr

please do !

 

[hman]

Many years ago when I was in the army I learned how to make a neat little game called " PUT and Take" a game where you make a spinning top with 8 sides . Once top is made any number can play. Players all put a penny in the pot and then top is spun and when it falls the side on top tells what to do. Three sides are each stamped p1, p2, p3, three sides are stamped t1, t2, t3 and one side is stamped ap and the last side is stamped ta. When the player spins and the top shows p1 player put 1 penny in pot . If top shows t2 player takes 2 pennys and so on. When top shows ap all players put in a penny, When top shows ta spinner takes all from pot and games start over.

I used to make the tops out of brass. Any size works. I will try to find a photo.

jimsehr

That sounds durn near like a Dreidel - the 4-sided top you use to play for "Gelt" (chocolate coins wrapped in gold or silver foil) on Hanukkah. http://judaism.about.com/od/holidays/a/dreidel.htm

 

[ScrapMetal]

If have people on your list who are outdoorsmen/hunters you could make them "fire pistons". Look at Google for ideas - https://www.google.com/search?q=fir...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

I'm working on one for my son (Boy Scout) but it's on the back burner until I finish a tripod adapter for his binoculars and a couple of projects for my daughter's chinchilla cage.

-Ron

 

[Jimsehr]

please do !

This is pic of toy top game.
jimsehr

 

[Maxx]

This is pic of toy top game.
jimsehr

Similar to a dreidel, just twice the number of sides.