Used an etched circle to line up the axel assembly. The larger circle (lt blue) sits on the inside metal portion and the smaller part (white) goes inside the hole.
Hahaha! You could have a whole series of these for choosing ‘the short straw,’ or which kid has to do the dishes that night, or who picks up the tab, or (I could go on). A truly random decision maker.
I think the bearing actually needs to be cleaned…alot of these come packed with a thick grease that gets gunky…it didn’t really spin that great to begin with.
I guess if it spun longer, the game would last longer…lol
Oh man, I wonder if there’s a way to make a prank version, that always lands in the same spot after spinning a few times? Or so it never lands in a specific direction?
My drinking game strategy is usually to just cheat, but next level cheating where I could control who drinks? I’d happily let that kind of power corrupt me.
If you put a magnet in the spinner and the board, isn’t it going to be really obvious? The magnetic “pull” will obviously not match a “gradual” and “natural” stop from a normal spin.
If you want to get all fancy, I suppose you can come up with some sort of electromagnet arrangement where the “spin” is a moving magnetic field that will slow and stop on your desired output. Control the entire process from First Flick/Spin to the final resting spot. With that kind of control, you can mimic the natural slowing down of the spinner and allow it to seemingly “naturally” stop on the desired outcome.
But that sounds WAY more complicated and less fun than random chance.
