{"id":3,"date":"2005-10-10T23:09:50","date_gmt":"2005-10-11T03:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/?p=3"},"modified":"2005-10-16T23:17:19","modified_gmt":"2005-10-17T03:17:19","slug":"tinkertoy-spindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/?p=3","title":{"rendered":"Tinkertoy Spindle"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the continuing saga of Dean vs. the Drop Spindle, and that’s not a particular drop spindle, more the concept of the drop spindle, the Platonic ideal of the drop spindle,…<\/p>\n

Inspired by trying a Turkish spindle last weekend on Boston Common, and following the discussion with its owner about the value of weighting the edge of a spindle, and thinking about angular momentum and moment of inertia, I made a spindle out of a scrap stamp mount, a pencil-long dowel, four two-and-three-quarters inch lengths of dowel, and four wooden candle cups, I think they were called, that I had lying around. When I brought it up from the cellar to show Arlene, she said, “It looks like it’s made from tinkertoys.”<\/p>\n

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That was precisely what I had been thinking.<\/p>\n

It has yet to be introduced to any fiber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the continuing saga of Dean vs. the Drop Spindle, and that’s not a particular drop spindle, more the concept of the drop spindle, the Platonic ideal of the drop spindle,… Inspired by trying a Turkish spindle last weekend on Boston Common, and following the discussion with its owner about the value of weighting the … <\/p>\n

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