Made myself a drop spindle this afternoon, shaft is Aspen that i ran through a 3/8" rounding plane, the weight is a lump of pine that's usually the waste from using a hole saw, all sanded down, the disc i sanded a taper in for aesthetics more than anything else.
20180728_164258 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
20180728_164254 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
20180728_164244 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
Think i will need to add some weight to the disc so it carries momentum, simple to do, drill a couple of holes and fill with lead or if i can find it, i have a lead disc i poured years ago, might try and find that and attach it to the underneath of the disc, now off to the end field to collect wool from the fence line
20180728_164258 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
20180728_164254 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
20180728_164244 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
Think i will need to add some weight to the disc so it carries momentum, simple to do, drill a couple of holes and fill with lead or if i can find it, i have a lead disc i poured years ago, might try and find that and attach it to the underneath of the disc, now off to the end field to collect wool from the fence line