Diddly, Diddly, Do

Kepis

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That's brilliant, I haven't thought about making multi prop ones.

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Easy to get them all spinning to begin with on the multi prop, but a real challenge to make them reverse direction, but thats all part of the fun.
 

Kepis

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Please forgive my ignorance, but what is a 'whimmy diddle'?

Old fashioned folk toy, you rub the smaller stick over the notches and the propellor spins, the trick is make the propellor stop and spin the other way without stopping the rubbing stick.
 
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That is the best video I have seen for so long.

I know I'm preaching (agreeing with?) to the converted here but...

It just encapsulates so many great things in one: Kids, respect for your elders, instruction, patience, learning, craft, skill, nothing more than sticks, simplicity, wonder, fun, and joy.

In the age of the smartphone and internet......blah blah blah....oh god he's getting on his soapbox again! ;)

Just brilliant. Thank you all for sharing this. I know what I'm doing this weekend with the kids!

By the looks of things you need a hole in the spinner larger than the pin?
 

Janne

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That is the best video I have seen for so long.

I know I'm preaching (agreeing with?) to the converted here but...

It just encapsulates so many great things in one: Kids, respect for your elders, instruction, patience, learning, craft, skill, nothing more than sticks, simplicity, wonder, fun, and joy.

In the age of the smartphone and internet......blah blah blah....oh god he's getting on his soapbox again! ;)

Just brilliant. Thank you all for sharing this. I know what I'm doing this weekend with the kids!

By the looks of things you need a hole in the spinner larger than the pin?

What you did not see: At 3:20 the children whipped out their Iphones and continued playing Fortnite....
 
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