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Location: on the road
Posted:
jumblymambas are a new universal juggling tool details of how to make them are avalible free through the jumblymamba website
jumblymambas are a new universal juggling tool details of how to make them are avalible free through the jumblymamba website
JUMBLYMAMBA-THE SHOW THEY CANNOT BUY
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
Do you not remember the thread you previously made about this, with the same title (minus the "s")?
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I'd suggest you bump that one instead
I like this picture lots!
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I dont see any link on your site (jumblymamba.com still?) showing where to make them though
Have you seen the prop like the jumblymamba where it has a hole with a bearing in the connector piece where the three rods meet, so they can spin independently of your wrists? I would find them, but I dont fancy wading through the thousands of results I'd get if I googled for "firespinners" (thats what they are called).
(I hope your teeth are ok now btw )
Do you not remember the thread you previously made about this, with the same title (minus the "s")?
[Old link]
I'd suggest you bump that one instead
I like this picture lots!
Non-Https Image Link
I dont see any link on your site (jumblymamba.com still?) showing where to make them though
Have you seen the prop like the jumblymamba where it has a hole with a bearing in the connector piece where the three rods meet, so they can spin independently of your wrists? I would find them, but I dont fancy wading through the thousands of results I'd get if I googled for "firespinners" (thats what they are called).
(I hope your teeth are ok now btw
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403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
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Meh....
this to me just smells of spam, every so often a thread pops up with this title or something similar.
The finished product looks a bit bent to me, and I didn't think much of his discription of how they are constructed.
Stainless mig welded with mild steel wire? this equals rusting joints leading to possible catastrophic failures mid-performance.
Meh....
this to me just smells of spam, every so often a thread pops up with this title or something similar.
The finished product looks a bit bent to me, and I didn't think much of his discription of how they are constructed.
Stainless mig welded with mild steel wire? this equals rusting joints leading to possible catastrophic failures mid-performance.
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journeyman
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Location: Norhwich/Manchester, United Kingdom
journeyman
81 posts
Location: Norhwich/Manchester, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hey UCOF are these the badboys your on bout? i have been contimplating a pair
https://www.firetoys.co.uk/juggling/Fire_spinners.html
they look much fun anyway
Hey UCOF are these the badboys your on bout? i have been contimplating a pair
https://www.firetoys.co.uk/juggling/Fire_spinners.html
they look much fun anyway
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Your friendly neighbourhood mad scientist
479 posts
Location: Over the hills and far away, United Kingdom
Your friendly neighbourhood mad scientist
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Location: Over the hills and far away, United Kingdom
Posted:
Kinda reminds me of those molecular models they used to give you in school...
Kinda reminds me of those molecular models they used to give you in school...
"Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art."
--Konstantin Stanislavisky
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Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
Yeah, those are the ones. Good find!
I found they really hurt your fingers, and were spectacularly unimpressive/ impressively unspectacular.
If you throw them up and dont catch them, the spines bend much easier than staffs do as they are much thinner. You also cant change plane as easily, due to the gyroscopic effect of a spinning object wanting to stay in the same plane for stability.
Yeah, those are the ones. Good find!
I found they really hurt your fingers, and were spectacularly unimpressive/ impressively unspectacular.
If you throw them up and dont catch them, the spines bend much easier than staffs do as they are much thinner. You also cant change plane as easily, due to the gyroscopic effect of a spinning object wanting to stay in the same plane for stability.
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journeyman
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Location: Norhwich/Manchester, United Kingdom
journeyman
81 posts
Location: Norhwich/Manchester, United Kingdom
Posted:
i watched the video and thought plane control could be a problem but im sure it could be made to look impressive.
with refernce to hurting your hands they dont show the handle on the picture so i could only guess how they were held.
Plus i dont have a spare 140 squidles lol apart from my hyperlight fund but that aint being touched lol
i watched the video and thought plane control could be a problem but im sure it could be made to look impressive.
with refernce to hurting your hands they dont show the handle on the picture so i could only guess how they were held.
Plus i dont have a spare 140 squidles lol apart from my hyperlight fund but that aint being touched lol
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
"they dont show the handle"
Thats because there isnt one
Its just that hole in the bearing that you put your finger through.
"they dont show the handle"
Thats because there isnt one
Its just that hole in the bearing that you put your finger through.
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Location: A little pink world all my own..
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Location: A little pink world all my own..
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..And that's a goodly part of why they hurt your fingers. I played with these a while back and didn't get them for exactly the reasons ucof said - they hurt, they're not that impressive, plane changing is a bitch.. Plus they weigh far more than they need too, and yes, they're expensive. But they do at least look neater and more sturdy than these jumblybumblycobbeldyHeath-Robinsonyjunkass doodabs...
Written by: UnderControlOrFailure
"they dont show the handle"
Thats because there isnt one
Its just that hole in the bearing that you put your finger through.
..And that's a goodly part of why they hurt your fingers. I played with these a while back and didn't get them for exactly the reasons ucof said - they hurt, they're not that impressive, plane changing is a bitch.. Plus they weigh far more than they need too, and yes, they're expensive. But they do at least look neater and more sturdy than these jumblybumblycobbeldyHeath-Robinsonyjunkass doodabs...
A wise man once said: "You have two ears and one mouth, therefore you should shut the 
up and listen" (though, to be fair, he might not've put it _quite_ like that..)
putting a new spin on juggling
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Location: on the road
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Location: on the road
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yeah I remember..I'm also still jugglingfire ...the teeth arn't that much better I've had pain for a few months due to some botched dentistry..I think the design for the jumbly transformer is on the site and is clear enough
yeah I remember..I'm also still jugglingfire ...the teeth arn't that much better I've had pain for a few months due to some botched dentistry..I think the design for the jumbly transformer is on the site and is clear enough
JUMBLYMAMBA-THE SHOW THEY CANNOT BUY
putting a new spin on juggling
21 posts
Location: on the road
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Location: on the road
Posted:
I'm one person living in the back of a truck trying to tell people what a good thing I've found..also I'm vegan so spam this isn't..and I'm giving the design details away.4 years on and none of the joints has broken if you've got the time make some tig welded ones they are best but i might still get run over by a bus ..watch out be aware change and revolution in the air.... cos they get covered in parafin/lampoil the joints don't rust
I'm one person living in the back of a truck trying to tell people what a good thing I've found..also I'm vegan so spam this isn't..and I'm giving the design details away.4 years on and none of the joints has broken if you've got the time make some tig welded ones they are best but i might still get run over by a bus ..watch out be aware change and revolution in the air.... cos they get covered in parafin/lampoil the joints don't rust
JUMBLYMAMBA-THE SHOW THEY CANNOT BUY
putting a new spin on juggling
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Location: on the road
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And I have come across the ones with a bearing in the middle ..cheating is one thing but the interesting thing about jumblymambas is that the weight of the ends of the legs exceededs the weight of the centre setting up centrafugal forces when you spin it that make it want to stick to your hand And plane control is not a problem if you stop thinking of them as a linear object..catch them in the middle which is a singularity
EDITED_BY: jumblymamba (1191932866)
And I have come across the ones with a bearing in the middle ..cheating is one thing but the interesting thing about jumblymambas is that the weight of the ends of the legs exceededs the weight of the centre setting up centrafugal forces when you spin it that make it want to stick to your hand And plane control is not a problem if you stop thinking of them as a linear object..catch them in the middle which is a singularity
EDITED_BY: jumblymamba (1191932866)
JUMBLYMAMBA-THE SHOW THEY CANNOT BUY
putting a new spin on juggling
21 posts
Location: on the road
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Location: on the road
Posted:
if those spinners are as heavy as you say they could break your fingers if you throw them fast enough... for someone who has never been near a jumblymamba you have strong opinions about them they are guareenteed and they are loads cheaper....spam and eggs twice please
if those spinners are as heavy as you say they could break your fingers if you throw them fast enough... for someone who has never been near a jumblymamba you have strong opinions about them they are guareenteed and they are loads cheaper....spam and eggs twice please
JUMBLYMAMBA-THE SHOW THEY CANNOT BUY
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Elusive and Bearded
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Elusive and Bearded
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted:
ya
ya
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Location: the state of flux, Ireland
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Posted:
Just because the surface is covered with oil does not mean that corosion will not occur.
Stainless steel contains chromium, which loves to grab oxygen out of the air when heated, it then starts to corrode and loose strength. That is why you have to purge the interior of a stainless steel pipe when TIG welding it. Not purging and using bad MIG techniques leads to crappy welds, sorry man, thats just the way it is.
Also intragranular corrosion will occur within the weld when imcompatable metals are just MIG welded together.
Ps. anything that you spin on its axis will stay in place if it is correctly balanced, whether the outer regions are heavier or not.
Just because the surface is covered with oil does not mean that corosion will not occur.
Stainless steel contains chromium, which loves to grab oxygen out of the air when heated, it then starts to corrode and loose strength. That is why you have to purge the interior of a stainless steel pipe when TIG welding it. Not purging and using bad MIG techniques leads to crappy welds, sorry man, thats just the way it is.
Also intragranular corrosion will occur within the weld when imcompatable metals are just MIG welded together.
Ps. anything that you spin on its axis will stay in place if it is correctly balanced, whether the outer regions are heavier or not.
putting a new spin on juggling
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Thank you for clearing up these details ,perhapes you would make some to your standards and play and sell ? them to me?? I have no objection..Meanwhile I'll get on with it the best way I can IN my experience some danger some catastrophe is just what the public like to see..as along as no damage is done the show must go on...So what i'm playing with is the inertia of the legs ..of course if there is extra weight on the end like a wick ..that weight will count more as it spins because of the inertia and momentum tit has as it spins in a plane if blocked it will transfer it motion to another plane....ALSO when you throw spin them fast and' perfectly' in plane the legs slipsteam eachother i think making it possible to throw them very high Also the wick takes alot of the impact and the wooden stick bends a little too...
EDITED_BY: jumblymamba (1191063758)
Thank you for clearing up these details ,perhapes you would make some to your standards and play and sell ? them to me?? I have no objection..Meanwhile I'll get on with it the best way I can IN my experience some danger some catastrophe is just what the public like to see..as along as no damage is done the show must go on...So what i'm playing with is the inertia of the legs ..of course if there is extra weight on the end like a wick ..that weight will count more as it spins because of the inertia and momentum tit has as it spins in a plane if blocked it will transfer it motion to another plane....ALSO when you throw spin them fast and' perfectly' in plane the legs slipsteam eachother i think making it possible to throw them very high Also the wick takes alot of the impact and the wooden stick bends a little too...
EDITED_BY: jumblymamba (1191063758)
JUMBLYMAMBA-THE SHOW THEY CANNOT BUY
putting a new spin on juggling
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Location: on the road
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Location: on the road
Posted:
You got it plane control is the challenge ..by keeping the legs moving in the same plane I create patterns but really I am juggling three single points lke balls ..the legs are vectors indicting a larger sphere..like juggling beach balls..as has been pointed out by spinning them they tendto stay in plane ..spinning them faster and faster makes it easier to spot and catch the middles of course that's only important with the fire ones...throw them higher jumblymamba EDIT BUTTON..THANK YOU
EDITED_BY: jumblymamba (1190124767)
You got it plane control is the challenge ..by keeping the legs moving in the same plane I create patterns but really I am juggling three single points lke balls ..the legs are vectors indicting a larger sphere..like juggling beach balls..as has been pointed out by spinning them they tendto stay in plane ..spinning them faster and faster makes it easier to spot and catch the middles of course that's only important with the fire ones...throw them higher jumblymamba EDIT BUTTON..THANK YOU
EDITED_BY: jumblymamba (1190124767)
JUMBLYMAMBA-THE SHOW THEY CANNOT BUY
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Sorry, im know im being really pedantic, but is there any chance you can click on "Edit" on the right of your posts, and condense your multiple posts to just one post please?
Its only me that finds it annoying, but its just a pet peeve
Sorry, im know im being really pedantic, but is there any chance you can click on "Edit" on the right of your posts, and condense your multiple posts to just one post please?
Its only me that finds it annoying, but its just a pet peeve
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
One of the local guys here makes wheels with a handle. There is a pic of him using them at burning man for the HOP calender competition.
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He doesnt throw them though so dont know if the tines bend. He also has more spokes and they fairly hum when he gives them a flick, very nice.
EDITED_BY: Gnor (1189958670)
Written by: UnderControlOrFailure
"they dont show the handle"
Thats because there isnt one
Its just that hole in the bearing that you put your finger through.
One of the local guys here makes wheels with a handle. There is a pic of him using them at burning man for the HOP calender competition.
Non-Https Image Link
He doesnt throw them though so dont know if the tines bend. He also has more spokes and they fairly hum when he gives them a flick, very nice.
EDITED_BY: Gnor (1189958670)
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Posted:
No thanks I've got a nice firewheel to play with already, his name is Bob.
Written by: jumblymamba
Thank you for clearing up these details, perhapes you would make some to your standards and play and sell them to me?? I have no objection.
No thanks I've got a nice firewheel to play with already, his name is Bob.
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