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Fidget Spinners

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  • #32
    Kimbot
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    I keep seeing that you can do tricks with these, but not one video showing a single trick anywhere :P


  • #33
    Boom_Bap
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    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.


  • #34
    Kimbot
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    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 :D


  • #35
    Boom_Bap
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    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 :D

    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.


  • #36
    bnt
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    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:

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  • #37
    Boom_Bap
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    bnt wrote: »
    The ony "trick" I've seen so far is the passing of the spinner between hands without stopping it. :rolleyes:
    a-trick-is-something-a-whore-does-for-money.png


  • #38
    bnt
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    Boy_that_escalated_quickly.gif

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  • #39
    swingking
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    The best classroom fad was pogs

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


  • #40
    MrMorooka
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    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.


  • #41
    aaronjumper
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    swingking wrote: »
    The best classroom fad was pogs
    Pogs and a few games of conkers.


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  • #42
    BBDBB
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    anyone remember clackers?


  • #43
    seamus
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    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.


  • #44
    ScumLord
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    Someone finally found a use for all those bearings they accidentally ordered.


  • #45
    Junkyard Tom
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    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.


  • #46
    The Rape of Lucretia
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    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 ??


  • #47
    bnt
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    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.

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  • #48
    James Bond Junior
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    The geeks have arrived.


  • #49
    Junkyard Tom
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    608ZZ


  • #50
    The Rape of Lucretia
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    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    608ZZ

    Not P2 class ?


  • #51
    bnt
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    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    Not P2 class ?
    A 128-2Z would be a better fit for such an application.

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  • #52
    Mech1
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    128-2Z to 608 adapters available?


  • #53
    The Rape of Lucretia
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    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.



    (
    Mech1 wrote: »
    128-2Z to 608 adapters available?
    I would worry about loss of PCD accurace using adapters)


  • #54
    Mech1
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    something like this
    IMG_1597_530x@2x.JPG?v=1492174235


  • #55
    bnt
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    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.

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    — Grover Cleveland



  • #56
    Sleepy
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    I just wish I knew how to start one of these fads. Someone is making millions out of this...

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  • #57
    oneilla
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    James Bond Junior wrote: »
    The geeks have arrived.

    I thought they were serious for a minute!


  • #58
    bnt
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    oneilla wrote: »
    I thought they were serious for a minute!
    Sorry - I had a Turbo-Encabulator flashback:

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

    Government resting upon the will and universal suffrage of the people has no anchorage except in the people's intelligence.

    — Grover Cleveland



  • #59
    ScumLord
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    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".


  • #60
    Kimbot
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    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.


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  • #61
    Boom_Bap
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    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."


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