Why Janus?
Because just like the 2 faced Roman god, this also spins on its top as well as its bottom (or something like that, history was never my strong point).
It's quite a nice design, 2 metals - steel spindle and brass ring in my case. I chose this combination because steel should be les susceptible to damage than aluminium, and brass was one of the heavier rings on offer (and the combination looks good).
I also chose to stay with the ceramic ball option rather than the ruby upgrade, mostly because I'm cheap...
But thankfully it spins wonderfully, on my work desk which is a piece of kitchen worktop with a scratched and worn melamine cover, I've easily gotten spins of 4mins duration. It was getting hung up in scratches and the joint seam so that would have sapped some of its energy.
I really need to get a spin surface.
And I'm pleased to report that it does indeed spin on its top (or spindle).
And it span for quite some time too, but I was too transfixed to set a timer (only just remembered to take a picture...).
And I'm pledging against another "specialist" top, this time "The turbo top" which has turbine vanes milled into the spindle which apparently work.
More on that when it arrives.
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