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Fidget Spinners

bnt

Apparently these are the must-have gadget for 2017, though I only heard about them last week, fashion-unconscious as I are. There are a few types, but the most common seem to be the trilobal types, three blades with a bearing in the middle. I did a bit of searching and there are cheap ones, super-expensive ones, YouTube channels that review them and discuss the merits of ceramic vs standard bearings, and contests to see who can spin them the longest.

https://twitter.com/fingerlabzcom/status/856585180277899264

So I was in Dundrum Centre today, remembered that there is a gadget shop there, and thought I might try one and see what they cost. Nope: signs stuck to the counter saying "sold out till Thursday". Oh well. I wonder what it would cost me to ship a box of them from Alibaba in China, so I could resell them on eBay?

Nah. By the time they get here, the trend will be over, and it will be on to the next thing. Yo-yos are due for a comeback. The whole Fidget Spinner thing has blown up so fast that even with-it teenagers are going "wot?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWgno-HZBk

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Kimbot

I keep seeing that you can do tricks with these, but not one video showing a single trick anywhere :P

Boom_Bap

My nephew gave me a shot of his yesterday. I looked at it and thought to myself what was the point of this piece of sh*t.

3 hours later when I was still playing with it I realised that they are mildly addictive.

Kimbot

Boom_Bap wrote: »

My nephew gave me a shot of his yesterday. I looked at it and thought to myself what was the point of this piece of sh*t.

3 hours later when I was still playing with it I realised that they are mildly addictive.

Im a serious fidgit, legs shaking when i sit and hands fidget when really anxious. Gonna order one for myself and see if it helps ease it a bit

Boom_Bap

jonnycivic wrote: »

Im a serious fidgit, legs shaking when i sit and hands fidget when really anxious. Gonna order one for myself and see if it helps ease it a bit

Get a few. I ultimately ended up with 2 of them yesterday and was stacking them and spinning to see which would last the longest.

bnt

jonnycivic wrote: »

I keep seeing that you can do tricks with these, but not one video showing a single trick anywhere :P

The ony "trick" I've seen so far is the passing of the spinner between hands without stopping it. :rolleyes:

Boom_Bap

bnt wrote: »

The ony "trick" I've seen so far is the passing of the spinner between hands without stopping it. :rolleyes:

bnt

swingking

The best classroom fad was pogs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugoKjb2cbuY

MrMorooka

Sounds like fun- personally I fidget a lot, I always have to carry something around with me, like a pen or certain 'just right' shapes of plastic things(the clip off of trouser hangers are great) that I can just have in my hand or spin or otherwise play with throughout the day. As I type this I have an old DS stylus in my hands too. Not sure why I do it, when I was younger it was sticks and stuff. I suppose this type of product is aimed at me, but it looks a bit too flashy and involved really- makes it too obvious what you're doing.

aaronjumper

swingking wrote: »

The best classroom fad was pogs

Pogs and a few games of conkers.

BBDBB

anyone remember clackers?

seamus

I'm too old for this and my children too young for it, so thankfully I'm not exposed to it yet.

It does sound a lot better than "dabbing" though. As a fad that's just straight up embarrassing, like planking.

At least fidgety toys have some level of entertainment in them.

ScumLord

Someone finally found a use for all those bearings they accidentally ordered.

Junkyard Tom

Candie wrote: »

They seem to fill the same sort of gap as perhaps prayer or rosary beads might do, the action becomes ritualistic and soothing and can be used to calm oneself in the same way as the prayer beads do, without spiritual significance.

When I packed in the shmokes, ever before e-cigs, I had a little length of small link chain that I used to twirl around my index finger to help 'fill the gap' that was left from not holding a cigarette. It helped.

The Rape of Lucretia

Anyone had 2 plane dynamic balancing done to theirs ? I think this could be the best tune to improve performance.

Also thinking of trying C2 or C1 clearance bearings instead of the standard ones, and experimenting, and have niggling concerns about the lubrication of the bearings - very light oil - or no all at all ??

bnt

I go with a light food grade silicone penetrating oil, personally - no more than that to prevent particulate ingress. With a ductile polypropylene chassis, you should be able to get away with a C1 bearing clearance and no preloading on the encabulator.

James Bond Junior

The geeks have arrived.

Junkyard Tom

608ZZ

The Rape of Lucretia

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

608ZZ

Not P2 class ?

bnt

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Not P2 class ?

A 128-2Z would be a better fit for such an application.

Mech1

128-2Z to 608 adapters available?

The Rape of Lucretia

bnt wrote: »

A 128-2Z would be a better fit for such an application.

Possibly. I still feel its all in the precision of the 4 centres, the dynamic balance, the bearing fit to the housing, the bearing internal clearance, the lubrication, and the ratio of the sum of the housing and fixed bearing parts mass to the mass of the sum of the moving bearing parts.
Bronze cage is another interesting one.

What fascinating machines there are, when you think about it. No wonder the world is captivated.

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Mech1 wrote: »

128-2Z to 608 adapters available?

I would worry about loss of PCD accurace using adapters)

Mech1

something like this
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bnt

Is that a panandermic hydrocoptic marzelvane dissemulated nylametrically from prefabulated amulite? Nice. A bit beyond my budget, though, so I'll stick to the quasistatic fam spurving bearings.

Sleepy

I just wish I knew how to start one of these fads. Someone is making millions out of this...

oneilla

James Bond Junior wrote: »

The geeks have arrived.

I thought they were serious for a minute!

bnt

oneilla wrote: »

I thought they were serious for a minute!

Sorry - I had a Turbo-Encabulator flashback:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDgQg6bq7o

ScumLord

Sleepy wrote: »

I just wish I knew how to start one of these fads. Someone is making millions out of this...

If it makes you feel any better the person who comes up with the fad is often screwed out of all the money by their "business partners".

Kimbot

ScumLord wrote: »

If it makes you feel any better the person who comes up with the fad is often screwed out of all the money by their "business partners".

And dont forget all the clones etc would hit the pocket too.

Boom_Bap

My son demanded a fidget spinner yesterday evening when I got home from work.

"I want a fidget spinner, a gold one, they are about 70 euro I think."