A fidget spinner is a topical gadget in the form of a bearing with blades. Beautifully rotating between the fingers, it helps to relax, occupy yourself, relieve stress. You don't have to look for a fashionable item in a store or order it online. You can make a spinner with your own hands, and the gadget will be one of a kind.
Fidget spinner
The basic rules for making the current turntable: central bearing; radially located weighting blades.
With a certain skill, you can make a spinner based on four bearings. Buy them at a sports store that sells roller consumable parts.
Prepare the center of the toy: remove the anthers on the sides with a knife and place the part in the solvent for 3-5 minutes. To get rid of the grease, clean the bearing with a toothbrush and dry thoroughly with a rag.
Use super glue to attach the blades to the prepared center. If you try, you will be able to make your own spinner even better than the store one! Decorate it creatively, for example, glue it with a colored cord.
How to make a spinner without a bearing
It is very easy to make a spinner at home from four plastic bottle caps of the same size. The future blades of the gadget will serve as counterweights, so fill them with plasticine and fill them with a glue gun.
Punch a hole in the center of the fourth lid with a hot knitting needle. This detail is the middle of a homemade spinner. Glue three blades to it. Then follow the spinner axis.
Make two pieces of glue gun stick, each one centimeter long. Place the center of the spinner on a half of a toothpick, put pieces of glue sticks on both sides of the axis. Paint your gadget with acrylics.
You can make the center of the spinner a bearing, which is attached to a pre-cut form from plywood. Excellent blades are obtained from coins glued together.
On the Internet, you can find instructions on how to make a cardboard spinner using the origami technique. To create a collection of unique gadgets, get creative and try to invent new ways to make a spinning toy.
Interesting facts about the spinner
- The invention of the spinner is credited to Ohio chemical engineer Katherine Hettinger, who in the 1990s made a soothing spinner for her ailing daughter.
- In its current form, the spinner was patented by Scott McCoskeri. According to him, the metal spinner he invented in 2014 helped him cope with anxiety during business meetings.
- The wave of popularity of the spinner came in 2017. Some American schools even had to ban the gadget because it distracted students from classes.
- In pursuit of the current trend, Kim Kardashian released gold fidget spinners in 2017, and a video with a Novosibirsk spinner made from Zhiguli has collected more than one hundred thousand views on YouTube.
- Experts say that the spinner develops fine motor skills, relieves stress and irritation, and helps to concentrate. The benefits of gadgets for patients with autism and ADHD are stated.
