# Blackwood Fixie? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 1, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510 "2024-03-01T02:30:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dragonfruitea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dragonfruitea/32/274671_2.png) [@dragonfruitea](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dragonfruitea)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/1 "2024-03-01T02:30:28Z")
Hey so I was thinking of trying a new thing and turning a fixed axle yoyo out of African Blackwood. _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![SML](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sml/32/221290_2.png) [@SML](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SML)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/2 "2024-03-01T02:41:14Z")
I don’t know what the properties of African Blackwood are. Voted yes 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yodaddyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yodaddyo/32/602050_2.png) [@Yodaddyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yodaddyo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/3 "2024-03-01T02:52:21Z")
This woould be a very heavy yoyo, or no? ---
**Author:** ![dragonfruitea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dragonfruitea/32/274671_2.png) [@dragonfruitea](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dragonfruitea)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/4 "2024-03-01T02:54:49Z")
![Screenshot 2024-02-29 21.28.04](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/6/a/96ad4d8bc9519f222276c4e78dc42f8f249fa0c1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dragonfruitea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dragonfruitea/32/274671_2.png) [@dragonfruitea](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dragonfruitea)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/5 "2024-03-01T02:55:02Z")
i think ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/6 "2024-03-01T03:01:54Z")
That pic is of a pen blank for sale. It’s .75” x .75” x 6”. A little small for a yo-yo I think. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Grendel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grendel/32/92975_2.png) [@Grendel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grendel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/7 "2024-03-01T03:55:09Z")
I bet you could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Nic\_from\_Adelaide](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nic_from_adelaide/32/272038_2.png) [@Nic\_from\_Adelaide](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nic_from_Adelaide)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/8 "2024-03-01T06:06:16Z")
Can’t wait to see it. ABW is soooo much effort to make anything! ---
**Author:** ![Nic\_from\_Adelaide](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nic_from_adelaide/32/272038_2.png) [@Nic\_from\_Adelaide](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nic_from_Adelaide)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/9 "2024-03-01T07:00:50Z")
This is the guy to ask Noah. Those ebony laminate stripes look sick! ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/10 "2024-03-01T07:36:27Z")
You will make a great looking yoyo that plays terrible. African blackwood is far too dense to make a playable yoyo. No is my vote. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/11 "2024-03-01T07:43:08Z")
Are you really planning to make a yoyo from that turning blank? It’s 3/4" in diameter… ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/12 "2024-03-01T08:03:31Z")
Sharp tools and proper technique will make light work of even the toughest woods. ---
**Author:** ![LX\_Emergency](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lx_emergency/32/149227_2.png) [@LX\_Emergency](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LX_Emergency)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/13 "2024-03-01T08:42:20Z")
I don’t know anything about designing a yoyo…but wouldn’t that just mean you need to shave weigh off the design somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/14 "2024-03-01T09:19:27Z")
Sure, you can make a full sized fixie thats 20mm wide. But not out of a 3/4" blank. ---
**Author:** ![LX\_Emergency](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lx_emergency/32/149227_2.png) [@LX\_Emergency](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LX_Emergency)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/blackwood-fixie/395510/15 "2024-03-01T09:21:07Z")
Fair enough.