# Best performing monometal?

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-performing-monometal/297058
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [January 6, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-performing-monometal/297058 "2019-01-06T00:39:13Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-performing-monometal/297058/141 "2019-01-16T07:01:26Z")

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> [@yoyospirit](#):
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> The reason for this is while the metal may have a higher tensile strength and what not, it can only be machined so thin, about to the same thickness as you can with 7075

Here’s the actual values from someone who definitely makes yo-yos!

> [@Yoyo CAD & Prototyping Adventures](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-cad-prototyping-adventures/291547/12):
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> Here are some general rules for wall thickness that I got from Jordan, the owner of Smashing Yoyo Company:
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> - Ti – 0.5 mm
> - 7068 – 0.8 mm
> - 7075 – 1.0 mm
> - 6061 – 1.5 mm

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