Supported Tops:  General             (Back to the )
Here are two classic supported tops, which involves an arm mechanism that holds the top in place while it's being spun.
 

 
I have a variety of supported tops, mostly the type you wind with a spring and release with a button (Some class these as Twirlers (Finger Spinners) and refer to them as spring-tops).  I really like the $1.00 tops I bought at the dollar store (large, green and red one).  They whistle when they spin.  Get 2 or 3 going and it sounds like a Civil Defense Alarm!
 
The "Dancing Queen" top belongs to my little girl.  She kindly let me borrow it for this photo.
(Note:  the green and red top is a hybrid in that it is a supported top, but take the spring container off, wind a string around the top, and you have a peg top!)

Supported Tops:  Gyroscopes             (Back to the )
    These mysterious support tops are enclosed in round casings and are able to balance on a point.

Please let me know if you have any questions or just want to talk about tops:

John Sandstrum at  pegtop@sandstrum.com

Last Revised September 14, 2000.