Pulling string from my hand,, and strummol8

[Rockitglider]

Thanks,
I’ll try to experiment with the length, I bought a couple of custom made strings from Dazzling Dave, and they are long enough to start out with a fairly long string and shorten it as I experiment. I think I read somewhere that there is a string length standard to start with depending on the weight of the top.

Getting Started with Spin Tops

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