There are several ways to make a spinner, although the procedures or the steps to follow are almost always the same, the material can change depending on the user’s taste, but usually most of the time it can be made of plastic or cardboard.
Roulette was created as an anti-stress tool or game, It is mainly used by children and adolescents, but the truth is that adults love it, it is such a basic toy and at the same time so necessary these days.
The materials to be used;
toothpicks of icecream
Consequence
paintings or cardboard to decorate
drunk
bras of clothes _
tail white
Step 1.- Measure some popsicle sticks to form a triangle
Cut the ice cream sticks and put them in the form of a triangle measure very well, so that the bearing is right in the center and well supported.
Step 2.- Paint the palettes to your liking
Decorate the palettes to your liking, you can paint them, or cover them with colored cardstock, be creative.
Step 3.- Glue the blades and place the bearing in the middle
paste ice cream sticks forming a triangle, in the center place the bearing.
Step 4.- Fix the bearing on the pallets and fix it soon!
Glue the bearing to the popsicle sticks and to each other, time to secure it all with clothespins. ready we already have a roulette with very few materials .
How to make a Home Spinner?
The roulette can be made of different materials, steel, wood, plastic, cardboard, here we show it to you at least two or three ways to do it With these materials, we guarantee that it will be fabulous.
The materials to be used;
paddles made of wood, they must be the big ones
Three aspects or bearings, you can use the ones for skates
printing a rotating model that you can find in Google images, you can choose the design that most catches your attention.
white tail or Glue liquid
brush
Pair of scissors
cutter
Step 1.- Stick the ice cream popsicles with white glue
You take the wooden pallets specifically 5 wooden pallets, put them one next to the other, and take the white glue and spread it over them with the help of the brush, the white glue must be completely uniform
Step 2.- Put a layer of white glue on the first
It is important to note that the white glue should only be placed on top, in the place where the other pallets will be placed horizontally .
Step 3.- The second layer of pallets goes horizontally
You place a second layer of pallets, but not vertically but on the contrary horizontally, so that at the end it is in the form of a wooden “cross”
Step 4.- Repeat the procedure until completing 4 layers
In the same way, you go back and spread the white glue on the pallets, you will do this until you complete 4 layers of wooden pallets.
Step 5.- The last layer of popsicles has no glue
in the last layer do not put white tail, because you will not put another layer of pallets on it, the glue is not necessary there.
Step 6.- Let the palettes dry very well
He must – let it dry for about 2 to 3 hours , at least; This ensures that when using the cutter to shape the template, the wooden pallets will not move.
Step 7.- Cut the mold in the shape of a spinner
you cut the mold leaving a remaining sheet of the mold of about 3 to 4 centimeters to be able to give the popsicles the shape you are looking for.
Step 8.- Stick the template to the pallets
Stick the mold on the popsicles, you can do it with a bit of white glue or a rubber band, depending on your preferences.
Step 9.- Check if the cutter has a sharp enough blade
You take the cutter and check that the blade it is sharp enough to cut wood with it.
Step 10.- Cut the wood following the shape of the rotating mold
You cut or shape the wood up to the remaining edge of the mold, then put on some gloves so as not to cut yourself and start carving the wood with the same cutter until the wood is exactly the same as the mold
Step 11.- Smooth the edges of the wood with sandpaper
If you have a lot of blemishes, you can smooth them out with sandpaper. until the edges are completely smooth.
Step 12.- Use a drill to open the holes of the spinners
Later you drill the holes in the wood, for convenience you should use a drill or similar tool
Step 13.- Perfect the holes with the spinner
With the help of this you drill the first holes, then with the cutter Completely open the rotary holes
Step 14.- Remove the mold from the wood
He must have a completely smooth and perfect piece to remove mold from the wood, rub that side of the spinner on the wood sandpaper and voila
Step 15.- Disassemble the bearings to lubricate them
To fit the bearings, you have to remove the covers and, once clean, without the protectors they are put a little fat to make them roll faster.
Step 16.- Assemble the bearings in the spinner
Finally only the thrust bearings are placed on the piece of wood
Step 17.- Decorate the roulette to your liking
you can paint if you want and decorate it with markers according to your preference. An observation, if the bearings don’t fit, you can sand them down until they press into the part
Step 18.- Remove the protector from one of the bearings and you will be done
you just have to remove single bearing shield or cap which is the one that will be in the center of the spinner.
How to make a paper roulette step by step?
If you want to make a spinner out of paper and plastic, you must use soda caps or coca cola, Here we will explain how to make a paper roulette step by step, using soda caps so you can curl your ends.
The materials to be used;
Piece of cardboard Straw
Three soda caps
pencil or bookmark
Scissors
paper tube Made of cardboard
glue gun warm
Step 1.- Draw the lids in the form of a pyramid on the paper
To make the coca cola twist cap, you must put the coca cola caps on the paper, draw them next to each other but in the shape of a pyramid that is, by joining them with lines, the final figure of the roulette can be obtained.
Step 2.- Cut out the template you drew and transfer it to the cardboard
After obtaining the rotating figure, it is cut out with the help of paper scissors and, once cut, the pattern is copied a little further down on the piece of cardboard and cut out again.
Step 3.- Join the rotating forms of paper and cardboard and make a hole in the middle
The two models that we have just made are glued, then with the paper tube we copy its edge in the center of the spinner and we cut; once we have this hole, we check that the paper tube rotates comfortably in the hole.
Step 4.- Cut two circles of paper and glue them to the ends of the tube
So we take a coin and we draw on the cardboard twice and in the same way it is cut, then the paper tube is cut a little, and hot silicone is placed around it to fix it in the center of the circle of the coin model, and the process is repeated in the other contour.
Step 5.- Glue the caps to the spinning circles
And finally in each circle on the sides, the caps of coca cola or any other soft drink stick.
Without a doubt, the perfect complement for any home, so don’t miss the opportunity to do it with these incredible tips.
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