How to make your own spinner. How to make your own spinner at home

Hello dear readers! In our technological age, every day there are some new items, toys, electronic devices. More recently, a new spinner toy has become popular in Russia. The toy has become popular among schoolchildren and teenagers. Let's find out today what a spinner is, where to buy it and how to make it yourself.

Spinner: what is it?

First, let's define a toy and consider: a spinner - what it is and what it is for. The object consists of three rounded blades held together by a metal or ceramic bearing. There are weights on each side. The toy has other names: fidget spinner, figurine, swivel, spinner and others.

A bit of history

Spinner was invented back in the 1990s, but only today has gained wide popularity. The invention is attributed to the American chemist Katherine Hettinger. In Israel, she saw boys throwing stones at other people and thought about making them less aggressive.

According to another version, she created a toy for her seriously ill daughter, who suffered from an autoimmune disease that causes pathological muscle fatigue. The first hand spinner was made from newspaper and tape. She liked the toy so much that Catherine began to make even more copies of the spinner and send them to customers.

In 1993, she patented the invention and released plastic toys, but they were not successful. The patent expired in 2005.

In 2016, Forbes magazine named the spinner a must-have hand toy for the office. It relieves stress well and helps to focus.

Figner tricks

Already in March 2017, videos began to appear on social networks demonstrating tricks with figurine. The toy is very easy to use. The central bearing of the hand spinner is wrapped around with the index finger. Beginners can simply spin the fidget. Advanced users flip the spinner from finger to finger and do more complex tricks.

The basis of all tricks with the product is tossing it from hand to hand without stopping. The next step of mastery is throwing behind the back or over the leg. It is important that the fidget does not stop and does not slow down.

You can toss the toy in the air and catch it with one or the other hand, turn it horizontally or vertically. On this, perhaps, the leading varieties of tricks end. All that you have been able to see are only variations of the described actions. The video shows what you can do with this thing:

Why do you need a spinner? First of all, to deal with nervous situations. But today it is increasingly becoming a method of demonstrating sleight of hand. The toy develops fine motor skills, so it is useful for people who have problems with this. The main thing is not to overdo it with training.

Where to buy a spinner?

It is not possible to buy a toy in a regular store. While the little thing is sold in online stores. Sometimes on bulletin boards you can find offers for the resale of used spinners.

But if you want a new toy, you can buy it in one of the largest online stores - Aliexpress. It even sells a glowing spinner that will become your hallmark. The price of a little thing starts from 600 rubles (plastic models) and above.

The cheapest spinner ranges around this cost and can only be made of plastic or wood. If you want a metal thing, you will have to pay more than a thousand rubles.

When deciding which store to buy a spinner, carefully study how much a similar product costs at other points. If you want to buy a quality item at a low price, be sure to analyze the offers offered by online stores. There are quite a few of them, so it will be easy to find the best one.

Here are some offers you might be interested in:

1. Aliexpress - a very large selection, affordable price, but waiting a little longer than ordering in your country
2. in the cool Gyrotown store you will find interesting models of spinners with delivery throughout Russia (price from 490 rubles and more)

How to make a do-it-yourself spinner?

If there is no money to purchase a new fidget, but you really want to have a toy, make it yourself at home. If you think it's difficult, you're wrong. We will present you a detailed drawing for making a gizmo, and video tutorials will become additional helpers.

wood product

The most durable and simple option is made of wood. For manufacturing you will need:

• a piece of plywood 6 mm thick;
• jigsaw;
• bearings with a diameter of 20 and 22 mm;
• coins of 50 kopecks;
• Super glue;
• solvent;
• sandpaper;
• gouache paint and a brush for painting (if you are not interested in the color of the product, you can do without paint).

Operating procedure:

1. We apply a drawing of a spinner to plywood.
2. Cut along the contour and cut through the holes for the bearings.
3. Treat the bearing with a solvent so that it spins well.
4. We insert the bearing into the central hole so that it fits exactly into the slot.
5. We glue the coins with superglue into small piles of 5 pieces.
6. Treat the spinner with sandpaper, just remove the bearing first.
7. Insert the bearing into the product.
8. To spin the spinner well, insert glued coins into the remaining holes.
9. The toy is ready. In this form, it will spin for 1.5 minutes.

Here is a detailed video of this process:

Now let's solve the problem easier and make a paper bearing. For the manufacture you will need a small square sheet of paper. Next, we act like this:

1. Fold a sheet of paper in half.
2. Unfold and fold in half again on the other side.
3. Unfold and fold to form a triangle.
4. We do the same with the other side.
5. Fold side to side again.
6. We bend the resulting triangle inward on one side.
7. It turns out a parallelepiped that can be put on two legs.
8. Let's make a few more of these.
9. We insert one blank into another, bend the remaining tips in the original part inward.
10. We insert more blanks one into one until a circle is obtained.
11. We shift the blanks inside the circle so as to eliminate the hole inside.

Spinner without bearing is ready. It spins fast enough and may well replace wood or metal.

lid product

An excellent spinner is obtained from the covers. For manufacturing, we take three caps from plastic bottles and superglue.

1. Glue the two covers together first. Pour a little salt on the attachment point (salt is needed to stick faster) and again apply a layer of glue. We repeat this one more time.
2. Glue one more cover in a row.
3. We make a hole in the central cover with a hot awl.
4. We take the core of a ballpoint pen and cut off a small part from it.
5. We insert the blank from the rod into the hole, and the spinner is ready.

Here's a video:

Optionally, you can add another side cover, then the product will be as similar as possible to a real fidget.

lego toy

Lego toys are great for kids. It can be made with or without a bearing. Let's try the first option: it is more popular and preferred. The following details will be required:

• a rectangle with holes: there should be seven;
• wand with limiters;
• two small round pieces with holes;
• four small rectangles;
• eight quarter circles or large rectangles for the blades.

Let's start making:

1. We install the stick in a rectangle with holes in the middle and fix it with limiters.
2. On top of them on both sides we string round parts with holes.
3. Using the holes in the rectangle, we fix quarter circles or rectangles on four sides.
4. Insert small rectangles on top of them closer to the center.
5. With the top layer, set the remaining quarters of the circle or rectangles.

Here are detailed photos of the process:

Such a product without a bearing will not balance on a finger without movement. But if you twist it, it works no worse than a regular fidget.

The simplest - from paper

This is the easiest version of the fidget, kids and their parents can make it in five minutes. I won’t even describe, I’ll just show the pictures and you will understand everything.

Which bearing to choose?

At your discretion, you can make a toy from any material. If you decide to choose a model with a bearing, you should decide which bearings are needed for the spinner. Traditionally, homemade craftsmen choose a part with a diameter of at least 20 mm and no more than 30 mm.

The standard size of purchased bearings is 22 mm. However, practice has shown that the optimal diameter is still considered to be 25-27 mm. Try experimenting and find the best size for you.

The middle of the product is made from the bearing. It has a suitable shape and is great for starting a spin. The bearing can also be used as a blade weight. Try to keep all the details on the sides the same size, otherwise the blades simply will not spin.

Spinner is a popular stress reliever. Still, be careful with him. A toy can also become a bad habit, and it will be difficult to unlearn it.

Let's make a spinner. You will need four bearings, a 22 mm spade bit, a piece of plastic or any other workable material. We draw an equilateral triangle with sides of 85 mm and mark all the holes. You'll have to make some noise with a drill. We drill all the main holes for the bearing. Everything is extremely neat. It is strange that the spinner has become popular only recently, although it was invented in 93 by a chemical engineer. It's in another post.
The master decided to make cutouts on the edges of the turntable.

Cut off the excess and paint in any color you like. The master chose black. The main bearing needs to be upgraded a little by removing the plastic plug and cleaning out the viscous grease.

Take any container and fill it with acetone or another solvent. Immerse the bearing in the container and remove all excess grease.
The most interesting. Insert the ball bearing into the cutout. Super glue at the point of contact, but not necessary. The same with the rest. The turntable is ready.

Video channel "Engineering Chaos".

More fidget models

Want to make a toy without a bearing? Here are a few more models for making at home unpretentious conditions.

Do you want a trendy anti-stress? Create a bright unique spinner for yourself and your friends.

A toy in the form of scarlet lips.

Let's check whether it is possible to give the fidget unusual shapes, and how it will rotate. Let's start with a template. We work on thick cardboard. You need two identical parts. Let's make lips bright. Outline the template on red paper. Let's prepare two parts. You will need four circles. We pierce them in the middle, glue them in two. Smooth the edges with a nail file or fine sandpaper.

We put a circle in the center of the lips and pierce the holes. Glue two coins around the edges. A weighted spinner will spin better.

On top of the second cardboard piece. Now we attach the outer part. And on the other hand. We lay the edges. We pierce the central hole.

Let's add gloss with the help of an interesting technique. We apply a special adhesive coating. To do this, press the cardboard to the pillow. Dust with translucent powder. When dry, it is white. Shake off excess. Heat up with a hairdryer. The magic begins. An ordinary powerful hair dryer is also suitable, but with its help it takes longer to solder the part. Under the influence of temperature, the powder melts, covers with a thin layer of transparent glaze. This coating is not afraid of moisture. The cardboard turns out as if laminated and becomes like thin plastic. To make the glaze stronger, apply the second layer in the same order. Amazingly beautiful technique, which is not difficult to learn.

We expand the holes with a large nail. Central bearing made of cardboard circles and toothpicks. We put on both sides. Spins great. We fix with clerical glue. We remove the excess. Protect the cut with a nail file.

Emphasize the contour of the lips. We dip the edges of the spinner in special glue. Sprinkle with gold glitter. Shaking off. We heat up. Paint over the edges of the bearing with a black marker. Continuation on the video of the channel "Trum trum" from the third minute.

Video, how to spawn a spinner.

If you are reluctant to buy spinners in the store, feel sorry for hard-earned money, too lazy to wait for delivery, or just a creative impulse plays in your soul, then you can try to assemble the turntable yourself.

With even hands, the toy will turn out no worse, and often even better than the purchased one - after all, you put a piece of yourself into it.

How to make a do-it-yourself spinner

1st method: we make a spinner from bearings

We need bearings, for example, from a skateboard. Before using the bearing in practice, it is necessary to clean it of grease, otherwise the turntable will rotate quietly, but not for long. This method is very simple, since you do not have to make a spinner body, all we need is four bearings.

They must be laid out in the correct form. In order to make this form accurately, use a squared notebook sheet. After we have a perfect triangle, we glue the bearings together with glue - best of all, superglue or cold welding.

Or you can draw a circle with a compass and divide it into 3 parts, like a Mercedes badge. Drawing and geometry lessons to help.

When the glue is dry, it is necessary to increase the bonding area, for this we sprinkle the glue with salt, then the area will increase and the bearings will hold each other better. At the end, we wrap the gluing points with any thread and impregnate it with glue, this will betray even more strength.

A few video instructions on how to make a spinner from bearings:

And another option without a rope:

2nd method: spinner with clamps

For the next method, we need two ties or clamps. They need to be inserted into each other. After that, we place three bearings in the center of the ties and tighten the ties until they are firmly held.

Cut off the protruding ends. In principle, at this stage, the spinner is ready, but it does not hold firmly. In the event of a turntable falling, everything will fly out of it. We don't need this, of course. Therefore, it is necessary with the help of glue to make it more reliable. In all places where the bearings interlock, where the ties touch the bearings, it is necessary to drip with glue.

Such a spinner, due to its high degree of gravity, spins for less time and not so fast, but it is easier to manufacture.

You can see in more detail how a spinner with ties is made in the video:

How to make a spinner without a bearing

We need: six plastic bottle caps, a toothpick, a large gel pen refill, coins and glue.

1. To begin with, we take one of the covers and make a hole in it, using a burner or a soldering iron, in extreme cases, with a hot metal nail.
2. Now we cut off a small part from the rod, about a centimeter long and paste it into the cork.
3. After that, we take two more plugs and cut off the upper part.
4. Then we take a toothpick and cut off the sharp ends so that a stick remains, about three centimeters long.
5. Using glue, glue it to the top of the cork.
6. After that, we pass it through part of the rods and glue the second cork. The middle plug should spin easily.
7. In the end, it remains for us to glue the remaining three plugs.

To understand what we are talking about, watch the video where there will be step-by-step instructions on how to make a spinner from plastic bottle caps:

As a result, we already have a pretty good spinner, but in order for it to spin even better, it needs to be weighted. For this we will use coins. We take a coin and glue it to each of the corks. That's all, our spinner is ready.

How to make a paper spinner

1st way: from cardboard

We make a template for a spinner from cardboard using a plastic bottle cap.

1. We circle it so that we get a triangle. We connect the circle with the rest of the circles with smooth lines and cut it out.
2. We put the finished template on cardboard, circle it and cut it out.
3. We also need four more circles of a smaller size, we make them.
4. Now we need coins. We take them and glue them on the sides of the first half of the spinner, and glue the second half on top.
5. Using nail scissors, make a hole in the center of the spinner.
6. Next, we need to cut off about a centimeter of the rod from the handle, and make small holes in two small circles.
7. All the details are ready, now you can paint our spinner with paints to give it a more beautiful look.
8. Now we assemble our spinner from the resulting parts. We insert the axis into one circle and glue it, put it into the spinner and press it on the other side with another circle.
9. Glue the remaining two circles on the sides. That's all, a homemade paper spinner without a bearing is ready.

For details, watch this video:

2nd method: paper spinner

To make such a spinner, we need two square sheets of paper and two pushpins. The assembly diagram will look like this:

We advise you to immediately watch the video, otherwise the instruction may seem too complicated:

1. We fold the sheet in half, then open it, like a book, we bend both sides of the paper to the bend.
2. Next, we fold the resulting rectangle again and get an even smaller rectangle.
3. We fold the resulting figure in half to make a bend. Then we open it and put it vertically.
4. We take from the lower left corner and bring it to the right side. You should get a figure similar to the English letter L.
5. We repeat the same with the other part of the paper, only now we bend it to the left side.
6. From the resulting figure, we bend each corner so that we get two triangles at two ends.
7. We make a rhombus out of the resulting one, run our fingers several times along the bends and open it back to the previous figure.
8. We repeat the same with the second sheet of paper, only at the fold stage we do the folds in the opposite direction.
9. We connect the two resulting figures together. We put the ode vertically, the other, on top, horizontally. We fill the corner of the vertical figure into the corners of the horizontal one. As a result, you should get a figure that looks like a shuriken.
10. Now we make a hole in the center of our star, using a pushpin so that it can spin with ease.
11. Now we take the second button, heat the iron tip and take it out. We put on the remaining cap, on the other hand. Spinner is ready.

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Spinner is a very popular thing among teenagers and adults. It helps to concentrate thoughts, relax, relieve psychological stress. You can buy a spinner in almost any store, but it is much more interesting to make it yourself. Below you will find instructions for assembling different do-it-yourself spinners.

How to make a do-it-yourself spinner - a simple spinner

In order to make a simple one with your own hands, you will need the following materials:

• 5-6 bearings.
• Ties.

• We lay out the bearings in length, tightly pressing against each other.
• We connect 3 ties in the shape of a triangle.
• We dress the figure obtained from the screeds on the bearings.
• Tighten the bearing on one side so that they tightly fit the bearings. Trim the protruding tails. The resulting design should look like caterpillars.
• We take 2 more ties, tighten them vertically, along the edges of the second bearing. Trim the protruding tails.

Spinner is ready.

How to make a do-it-yourself spinner - star spinner

In order to make a spinner star with your own hands, you will need the following materials:

• 4 bearings.
• Super glue.
• Threads.
• Sandpaper.
• Soda.

We perform the following simple steps:

• We lay out the bearings as follows: two bearings are vertically tightly pressed against each other, the other two are on the sides of the second vertical one.

• We clean the spinners with sandpaper in the place where we will glue.
• We glue the spinners in the form that was originally set, sprinkle the gluing places with soda for greater strength.

• We wind the joints of the bearings with threads.

• We also put super glue on the threads so that they do not unwind.
• Spinner is ready.

How to make a do-it-yourself wooden spinner

In order to make a wooden spinner with your own hands, you will need the following materials:

• A piece of wood.
• Drill.
• 3 bearings.
• Sandpaper.
• Pencil.
• Saw.

We perform the following simple steps:

• We put three bearings on a piece of wood, at an equal distance from each other.
• Draw around the bearings with a pencil.
• We connect the resulting circles so that we get a figure with the shape of a caterpillar.

• We retreat half a centimeter from the caterpillar and draw the shape of the future spinner.
• We drill circles with the expectation that the bearings sit tightly in them.
• Cut out the resulting shape.

• We clean the resulting shape with sandpaper, get rid of sharp corners and splinters.
• Insert bearings.

Spinner is ready. If desired, you can always paint it in any color with a spray gun.

How to make a do-it-yourself spinner at home? - a lot of people are interested in this issue. And not surprisingly, today there is a real boom with spinners. Everyone already knows about them, and everyone wants to spin it. But the prices of normal spinners are puzzling because a piece of material and bearings do not cost that much. There is always a way out - to make a spinner with your own hands.

To be honest, at first I generally thought that a spinner was some kind of spinning toy for cats, and only recently I became interested in what it is and how to make a spinner myself.

The choice fell on the classic three-spinner model, which has a bearing both in the center and on each petal. Bearings along the edges are needed rather, like weights, twisting, holding on to them is not so interesting, and depending on the size of the spinner, not everyone has enough finger length.

spinner bearing

So, in order to make a high-quality do-it-yourself spinner, you first need to acquire bearings. Cheap spinners are most often made without bearings, which is somehow not ice. You can cut it out of cardboard, and twist it on the rod from the handle, but we want everything to be according to Feng Shui).

Most often, a bearing is used, designated as 608. This is not some kind of magic number, but simply a bearing brand, there are 607 (less) and 609 (more). The 608th bearing has an outer diameter of 22mm and an inner diameter of 7mm. It is 8 mm thick.

It is used most often at the anchor of the motors of rotary hammers and electric drills. Well, it was found in one of the auto shops. In the same place, by the way, they repaired a puncher with me.

Each bearing was packed in a bag and a small box claiming to be made in Russia. But as it turned out later from a familiar seller, the inscription "made in Russia", as a rule, indicates that he is Chinese ... (Clarification - I live in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, so I do not know how things are with this in Russia)

A high-quality bearing is a very important element of a spinner, because it depends on him how long the spinner will spin, and how stable it will be. Therefore, later the bearings were replaced with similar Korean ones.

Good bearings, but smaller (15mm in diameter and 5mm thick) were used in older hard drives. The rotational speed of the old generation hard drives was 5400 rpm, and the modern 7200 rpm. In modern hard drives, the bearing is located in the motor and is even smaller. On such a bearing, you can make a good high-speed spinner that can spin for a very long time.

Preparing bearings for a spinner

Bearings are sold sealed with dust rings and lubricated. No lubrication is required for the spinner, it will only get your hands dirty and slow down the rotation with its viscosity. Therefore, the lubricant must be removed. This will require 50-100 ml of gasoline.

We dissect the bearings, removing the dust rings from them with something sharp and thin. We throw the bearings into a jar and fill it with gasoline. We leave them in gasoline for a few minutes, then we chat with a jar so that the bearings slosh. Dipping an unnecessary toothbrush in gasoline, we remove the remaining grease from the bearings.

To get rid of the smell of gasoline, you can wash the bearings with soap using the same toothbrush. You can put back the dust rings if you want, but I like the combination of wood and metal more. Now the bearings are completely ready for use in the spinner.

spinner material

Plywood was chosen as the material, as it is the most convenient for processing. It can also be cut from a thick sheet of getinax or plexiglass, but it is easily scratched, so it is difficult to do it neatly. In the bins of the house, a piece of 10 mm plywood was found, from some dead Soviet tape recorder.

I did the markup using a compass, ruler, protractor and pencil. It is important to make a very accurate markup, otherwise the center of mass may then shift and the spinner will hit during rotation. It is more convenient to print a template from paper, cut it out and circle it, this will save both time and nerves.

Making a spinner case

Because Since the classic, curved shape was chosen, a 19mm hole saw was used to cut out the internal roundness and holes for the bearings. It is better, of course, to use 20 or 21 mm, but I simply could not find it on sale.

The crown has a special holder into which the centering drill is inserted. Before drilling large holes, it is better to drill guides of a smaller diameter in the centers of future holes, and then, having fixed the crown in the drill, we drill 6 large holes in a circle and one central one.

Wood crowns have fairly large teeth. They can easily peel off the top layers of plywood. Therefore, if you decide to make a do-it-yourself spinner from plywood, then it is better to drill to the middle, first on one side, and then on the other.

Cutting out the body of the spinner

Now we saw off the excess, of each petal. For this, a jigsaw was used, but you can also use a regular hacksaw. We try to saw through as close to the markup as possible, so that later we have to grind less.

Drill holes for bearings

In addition to the outer part of the case, the inner part also needs to be improved, i.e. bearing holes. They turned out 3 mm less than required. Using a round file and guided by the markup, we bore the holes so that each bearing fits very tightly. It is better, of course, to do all this with a boron machine, if you have one.

We adjust the spinner in thickness and skin it

After everything was bored and turned, it was time to bring the found plywood to the thickness of the bearings, i.e. 8mm instead of 10. To do this, on each side of the workpiece, a layer of plywood was removed and it became exactly 8mm thick. Further, the entire workpiece was sanded first with large and then with fine sandpaper.

Finished design:

Finger holder

After inserting the bearings and twisting, it was decided to make a holder for the fingers. When drilling holes, there were holey rounds, which just went to this business.

With a sharp knife, a column was cut out of the rail, along the inner diameter of the bearing. Kruglyashki were cut in layers up to 3. The ends of the column were filed with a file so that the round pieces fit tightly on them. This is what the components of the holder look like:

It remains only to insert the holder into the central bearing, pre-lubricating the joints with glue and waiting for complete drying to enjoy a new toy - a do-it-yourself spinner)

Now you know how to make a do-it-yourself spinner - a rather useless thing, but cool.