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![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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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