# Spin Tops **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/spin-tops/16.md?page=2 [Latest](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/categories.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Any spin tip experts here? Could someone provide me with some tips on progression?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-spin-tip-experts-here-could-someone-provide-me-with-some-tips-on-progression/399466)
**Author:** [@Spacedash](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Spacedash)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-spin-tip-experts-here-could-someone-provide-me-with-some-tips-on-progression/399466 "2024-05-07T19:54:54Z")
I really need help these two tricks called “los satélites” and “mini bastones?” I am having a really hard time with orbits. The top doesn’t seem to regenerate at all. I would do a boomerang and straight to lasso. Then, … --- ## [Excellent Spin Top Tutorial sources with links to YouTube channels](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/excellent-spin-top-tutorial-sources-with-links-to-youtube-channels/399307)
**Author:** [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/excellent-spin-top-tutorial-sources-with-links-to-youtube-channels/399307 "2024-04-30T02:28:10Z")
These 5 YouTube channels have great tutorials from spin top basics to advanced tricks. The first two are young players that go into great detail and the information on them has helped me a whole lot. It is worth the time… --- ## [New to spin tops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-to-spin-tops/398957)
**Author:** [@Hungrymushroom](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hungrymushroom)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-to-spin-tops/398957 "2024-04-26T19:00:16Z")
Never thrown a spin top, I’ll be acquiring a couple soon, how would I go about wrapping this one? --- ## [Why does string length matter?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-does-string-length-matter/397733)
**Author:** [@Razerface](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Razerface)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-does-string-length-matter/397733 "2024-03-31T16:26:28Z")
I know string length makes a difference,but why? Why doesn’t it just keep unwinding string until the end when it flips over? --- ## [I can’t throw this one](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459)
**Author:** [@Razerface](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Razerface)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-can-t-throw-this-one/395459 "2024-03-02T16:37:23Z")
I can’t throw this top no matter what i try. Anyone know a trick on how to hold/throw this squatty thing? The pic isn’t weird,it is very short. --- ## [Where to buy string? (Bulk) (spin top)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-to-buy-string-bulk-spin-top/395457)
**Author:** [@Razerface](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Razerface)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-to-buy-string-bulk-spin-top/395457 "2024-02-29T15:11:05Z")
Where can i buy bulk string? I have looked in stores but don’t find string feeling exactly like my top string that comes with the tops. Colors would be nice too. Is there a size? --- ## [Show your top video!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-your-top-video/306928)
**Author:** [@paxl13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/paxl13)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-your-top-video/306928 "2024-02-05T21:16:14Z")
Hey y’alls, I thought it would be fun to have a thread for “showing off” top videos!!! To start this out, here is a video of me applying to the 16 trick spintastic badge !!! I’ll post more later one ( I h… --- ## [String feels like it grabs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-feels-like-it-grabs/393561)
**Author:** [@Razerface](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Razerface)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/string-feels-like-it-grabs/393561 "2024-02-03T03:05:12Z")
Sometimes when i throw, it feels like the string is grabbing or unwrapping roughly. When i don’t feel that and it throws smoothly, i get a better, and vertically straighter spin. When it feels rough, it might land on the… --- ## [Jupiter roller adjustable weight](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/jupiter-roller-adjustable-weight/393478)
**Author:** [@Razerface](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Razerface)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/jupiter-roller-adjustable-weight/393478 "2024-02-03T02:52:43Z")
I am new. I bought a “jupiter roller bearing space” top. Inside there is a weight that screws up and down. Can someone explain what to do with this weight? I am not feeling any difference, but am sure i am not good enoug… --- ## [Switching gears with spin top regens](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/switching-gears-with-spin-top-regens/388654)
**Author:** [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/switching-gears-with-spin-top-regens/388654 "2024-02-02T22:02:24Z")
Recently I have acquired a virtual b grade bonanza of different size and shape tops I never had before. Even though I am still just beginning the battle with regens, the different styles help a bunch. Most of the new to… --- ## [im starting out](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-starting-out/33734)
**Author:** [@gaara4sand](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gaara4sand)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/im-starting-out/33734 "2024-01-28T15:00:32Z")
im a starter, and i have a duncan BK coming next week, do you have any tips on learning? --- ## [Top keeps tilting up](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/top-keeps-tilting-up/387785)
**Author:** [@Spacedash](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Spacedash)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/top-keeps-tilting-up/387785 "2024-01-15T23:50:06Z")
I can only regen about 5-6 times with drum beat. Then, the top starts tilting up. If I get lucky, then I can land one roller coaster and bring it back to my hand. Has anybody encountered this issue? --- ## [Stairway to Heaven (any fixed tip fans?)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stairway-to-heaven-any-fixed-tip-fans/390817)
**Author:** [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stairway-to-heaven-any-fixed-tip-fans/390817 "2023-12-26T17:51:11Z")
So yeah, since the spin top forum has been on fire this year… wanted to sneak this in before the new year. There aren’t a lot of tutorials out there for staircase, or stairway to heaven. It’s a really fun fixed tip tri… --- ## [Spin Top Regenerations Plz Give me a rundown!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-top-regenerations-plz-give-me-a-rundown/381037)
**Author:** [@Skywalker22](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Skywalker22)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spin-top-regenerations-plz-give-me-a-rundown/381037 "2023-10-22T22:45:39Z")
Okay @Larry\_D And @ta0 And Chris Neff I couldn’t find your handle bro sorry lol Please give me a rundown on how to do regens with a spin top such as the sweetle or S8’s? I understand they have to be fixed tip but getting… --- ## [Mod your spin tops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-your-spin-tops/386815)
**Author:** [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mod-your-spin-tops/386815 "2023-10-18T04:02:32Z")
Quick 1 beer mod on a quicksilver crown. Solid crowns make little sense so me, you can’t easily balance the top, and you can’t store your string in it. So anyways I got this new quicksilver and I had an old plastic tromp… --- ## [Top Secret Conspiracy theory](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/top-secret-conspiracy-theory/378578)
**Author:** [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/top-secret-conspiracy-theory/378578 "2023-10-12T16:15:27Z")
So I checked my calendar and it’s that time of year to rant about spin top tutorials. I have a theory about the lack of top-tuts, I think it has to do with the lack of interest … also the kind of folks that play spin to… --- ## [Mexican Nationals Spin Top this month](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mexican-nationals-spin-top-this-month/384283)
**Author:** [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mexican-nationals-spin-top-this-month/384283 "2023-09-30T14:34:31Z")
This looks really cool. Ta0 and Taka will be judging. Sorry to see that it doesn’t appear that Trompos Space will be there, but I may have that wrong. --- ## [Huge vibration from 3d printed top](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/huge-vibration-from-3d-printed-top/385243)
**Author:** [@Spacedash](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Spacedash)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/huge-vibration-from-3d-printed-top/385243 "2023-09-24T18:05:34Z")
Has anybody attempt to 3d print your own tops? I created my own top and 3d printed it. I used the yyf tip from the upgrade kit as the tip. I can manage to regenerate with it, but it was vibrating like crazy. I even used … --- ## [Super fun video with Eric Girardi!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/super-fun-video-with-eric-girardi/353552)
**Author:** [@Neff](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Neff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/super-fun-video-with-eric-girardi/353552 "2023-08-18T14:20:07Z")
--- ## [2023 World Spintop Contests](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2023-world-spintop-contests/377537)
**Author:** [@ta0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ta0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2023-world-spintop-contests/377537 "2023-08-14T14:25:24Z")
This year there will be both an online world spintop contest and an in-person world contest in Japan. They are organized by ITSA and will take place independently from the world yoyo contest. The online contest will se… --- ## [Top strings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/top-strings/381579)
**Author:** [@LUMP82](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LUMP82)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/top-strings/381579 "2023-08-06T00:31:32Z")
Where can I buy bulk top strings thin string and thick string. Trying to experiment with different strings. Any advice would be appreciated. --- ## [Trompos Jupiter question](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trompos-jupiter-question/380344)
**Author:** [@Hojo-YoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hojo-YoYo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trompos-jupiter-question/380344 "2023-08-01T15:56:53Z")
I have been looking at get into spin tops and was l planning on getting a 1 fixed tip and 1 bearing tip. I have been looking at the trompos space sl Jupiter and the trompos space sl Pegasus, just not sure if I need the … --- ## [Prevent top from bouncing?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prevent-top-from-bouncing/380836)
**Author:** [@WoodenYoEr](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WoodenYoEr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prevent-top-from-bouncing/380836 "2023-08-01T00:06:32Z")
Is there some technique to help prevent top from bouncing? I’m very new to tops. My throw is at best description Fair. I have about 70% to 80% success for the top landing on its tip and not tilted much. However, a high … --- ## [What materials can you use to make spin top string?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-materials-can-you-use-to-make-spin-top-string/291718)
**Author:** [@xkfngs](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xkfngs)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-materials-can-you-use-to-make-spin-top-string/291718 "2023-07-24T06:14:46Z")
I’m going to be picking up some size 10 crochet thread to make some spin top strings, but I am curious if anyone has experimented with other materials. I’m sure yarn wouldn’t do so well due to how fuzzy it is but I have … --- ## [Duncan Racing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-racing/380529)
**Author:** [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-racing/380529 "2023-07-19T16:16:53Z")
Early Rip Cord mod. Ported, polished, balanced and factory bearing kit installed. --- ## [3d printed yoyojam tips](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/3d-printed-yoyojam-tips/369016)
**Author:** [@djqsrv](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/djqsrv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/3d-printed-yoyojam-tips/369016 "2023-01-28T03:30:29Z")
Hello everyone, I read somewhere that there was a 3d printer file floating around for replacement yoyojam top tips. (Cones) Anyone know where I can get the file or better yet anyone print some they would be willing to … --- ## [Godfathers of beyblade](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/godfathers-of-beyblade/354438)
**Author:** [@YoYoMa1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoMa1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/godfathers-of-beyblade/354438 "2022-03-20T22:09:48Z")
I found this gem on YouTube, it’s so entertaining to watch. What toy is that by the way? Is it a spintop? --- ## [Help Me Figure Out What to do Differently!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-do-differently/298746)
**Author:** [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-do-differently/298746 "2019-06-01T18:33:04Z")
I just got a YYF elec-tric top (my first top), and it’s blowing my mind how difficult this thing is to use… So, I cannot get this thing to land upright. Either on the ground or on my hand (boomerang) I can sometimes l… --- ## [2021 World Spintop Online Contest](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2021-world-spintop-online-contest/345080)
**Author:** [@ta0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ta0)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/2021-world-spintop-online-contest/345080 "2021-11-11T13:21:57Z")
As last year, we are having an online world spintop contest. Deadline to register: Sunday, October 24th Deadline to submit video: Sunday November 7th Award ceremony: Saturday, November 13th Rules: 2021 Rules – ITS… --- ## [What is this piece of plastic that came with my top?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-plastic-that-came-with-my-top/346342)
**Author:** [@Almonds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Almonds)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-this-piece-of-plastic-that-came-with-my-top/346342 "2021-10-21T22:28:31Z")
What is this piece of plastic that came with a spin top? I figured it was supposed to be used as a stopper to keep the string in your hand, but I’ve just been wrapping the string around my middle finger and just pinchin… [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/spin-tops/16.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/spin-tops/16.md?page=3)