Fair Spinner Game

A carnival-fair game called Spin It to Win IT! Purpose of the game is to max out the RPMs on each level to reach the next level. This is just a prototype.

Materials

1. OSB boards or plywood (one large base, one medium base, and smaller pieces for stacking)
2. Small rectangle piece of wood (depends on how large the friction wheel is)
3. Steel shafts, rods or tubes of the same size for ease of mind
4. 3 circular plastic platforms
5. Bunch of recycled cardboard to form platform stabilizers
6. Paperclips
7. Neodymium magnets
8. Small plastic cups x2
9. Several aluminum cans
10. Random decorative pieces
11. Bucket lid
12. Rubberbands
13. Nails of at least 2"
14. Scotch tape
15. Wood glue
16. PVC tube
17. Stretch band (like a flat exercise band)

Tools

1. Drill and drill bits
2. Clamps
3. Ruler
4. Pencil/pen/marker
5. Jigsaw or handsaw

1. Choose a large wood board to be the base. A second board several inches smaller. Then, 3 or 4 significantly smaller pieces for stabilization.
2. Get the main shaft diameter.
3. For each board, drill a hole in the center.
4. The hole should be just big enough for the steel rod to fit.
5. Drizzle wood glue on each side of the boards and stack them one by one, from largest to smallest.
6. Pour some glue into the hole, then shove the main shaft down to the bottom.
7. Clamp the boards and wait to dry. No need to wait to cure.
8. For extra stability, can nail from the bottom. Only used 2 nails here diagonally on the smallest pieces.

1. The top part of the PVC tube is the height of the top part of the friction wheel. In other words, at the top of the tube, there must be enough space for the friction wheel set vertically. The friction wheel will be perpendicular to the base gear.
2. At the top part of the base board, place the PVC tube in the center, and outline with a marker.
3. Drill down a 1/8 of an inch.
4. Shove the PVC tube in.

1. Get the flat rectangle piece of wood and drill a hole near the top. This is the friction wheel axle holder. Make sure there is enough space at the bottom for the friction wheel, just the radius.
2. Nail the from the bottom next to the smallest pieces of the base, as close as possible.
3. Cut out an OSB board the shape of a wheel. Drill a hole in it the diameter of the shaft.
4. Get the bucket. This is the friction wheel. Drill a hole in the center for the axle, and near the outer edge for the handle.
5. Shove a medium-length shaft through the wheel, then through the flat rectangle piece of wood.
6. Shove a small-length shaft through the wheel's outer edge for the handle. Place rubberbands on both sides next to the wheel for securing.

1. For bearings, make a makeshift lazy susans. Cut off the bottom part of a soda can and drill a hole into the center.
2. Place onto the main shaft.
3. Cut out a circular cardboard smaller than the plastic platform. Drill a hole.
4. Place onto the main shaft.
5. Drill a hole in a normal uncut soda can on both the top and bottom in the center.
6. Place onto the main shaft.
7. Do this 3 more times. But, for the last platform, only up to Step 4.

1. Place a plastic cup upside down near the platform edge. Nail the cup into the platform.
2. Corkscrew a paperclip.
3. Make a long handle like thing of a paperclip. Insert into the corkscrew.
4. Tape the corkscrew paperclip onto the top of the cup.
5. On the above platform, place a paperclip to hang off the edge.
6. On both paperclips ends, tape a magnet to them.

Decorate however you want.