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There must be an equation for this. (Original Post)
rug
Apr 2017
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ret5hd
(20,529 posts)1. My guess: The spindle is magnetized.
rug
(82,333 posts)2. I don't know but that's a good guess.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)4. It's a magnetized Phillips Bit #0.
rug
(82,333 posts)6. How can you tell?
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)8. Just kidding. It's a 1946 Hoy-Poy top toy, a piece of kinetic art.
The instragram feed has an explanation of the device.
The magnetic bit I described has the same dimensions and would serve the same purpose.
hay rick
(7,648 posts)3. It's a NASCAR equation.
Spin fast, turn right.
hunter
(38,334 posts)9. Like a Whee-lo, one of my favorite toys as a kid.
It came with cardboard cutout spirals and other designs you could put on the wheel and I used to make my own too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whee-lo
genxlib
(5,543 posts)11. That was one of my favorites
I could get it going so fast it could hurt you if it slipped off the track.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)10. M + T equals S squared.
Man + Time = Silliness squared!