Something new popped into my head with the new year: "Top in a box", aka the "Not just a box" series. Here are a couple videos...enjoy:
View: https://youtu.be/vNDvUtwvHAQ
View: https://youtu.be/8N9KYKbddDM
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Not just a box...
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Those tops are magnificent! Now you need to make a video on how you made them.
Ed, these are delightful! Well done. The bottom of the first top looks like a ruby. Is it epoxy simply turned round? And that’s another thing; all the tops I have seen have a pointy bottom but these work quite nicely with a rounded bottom. Who would have thought!
The points shown in the two videos are epoxied in place stone "rivets" used in the leather-work craft, like these found on Etsy. The nice thing with using these rivets is the 1/8" wide post on the backside makes a handy tool to ensure the rivet/stone is well centered in the top's body. Also, a rounded point is a little more forgiving than a pointed point, when trying to snap-finger-spin one of these things.
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Nice rose engine work too.
Odie
Panning for Montana gold, with Betsy, the mule!
Ed.....You can tell when an artist puts heart and soul into his work......and yours is an example of that kind of effort! 
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awesome work -these are amazing !
Russ Braun
TOTW Team
Great idea Ed! Your tops and yo-yos are always fabulous!!