Thanks for all your help and valuable information.
I really appreciate it!
Rich at Boise Woodworks
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Welcome to the forums @Rich love that you’ve been willing to engage with the community. Excited to see how you adopt the feedback.
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@WantsLyfe93 I prefer to double wrap, I’d sooner triple wrap than use lip balm but that’s just me. If I need more spin time I can just use a heavier yoyo.
When Jerrod was quizzed on his Butterfly setup last year he said something like double wrap anytime the trick needs it.
If you’re changing out the axle I like 8mm-5/16. 6mm does make it easier to shoot the moon but it’s also pushing the strength limits of any timber with a pore structure open enough to work well.
@AudreySickburn prints yoyos for 4mm steel axles and could possibly print some plugs with 4mm inside diameter to fit the holes in a Boise
Does anyone know which TKs came with a birch axle? Not a sleeve, an actual axle. Just 'cause the birch available here is pretty flexible and I don’t know if I’d be happy with it’s longevity. If it is worth using, IKEA use birch dowel for their furniture plugs and are pretty much the right size to begin with.
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Woahhh I didn’t know that was birch, I have a whole pile of them. I’m gonna try to mod my saber raider that’s missing a bearing shim into a wooden sleeved axle now!!
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