# Bouncy ball counterweight **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [August 3, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055 "2012-08-03T23:54:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Logi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/logi/32/7932_2.png) [@Logi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Logi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/1 "2012-08-03T23:54:33Z")
How do you make a bouncy ball counterweight? ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/2 "2012-08-03T23:57:45Z")
Basically drill a hole through a counterweight, then poke the cartridge of a pen through the hole and cut the excess off. ---
**Author:** ![Logi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/logi/32/7932_2.png) [@Logi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Logi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/3 "2012-08-03T23:58:06Z")
> [@yoyospirit](#): > > Basically drill a hole through a counterweight, then poke the cartridge of a pen through the hole and cut the excess off. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Logi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/logi/32/7932_2.png) [@Logi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Logi)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/4 "2012-08-04T00:30:19Z")
Note: do not put ball in vise before you drill. ---
**Author:** ![once\_upon\_a\_paul](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/once_upon_a_paul/32/1034_2.png) [@once\_upon\_a\_paul](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/once_upon_a_paul)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/5 "2012-08-04T02:53:38Z")
Try a jaw breaker. This way you can yoyo; when your blood sugar gets low, give it a lick; your ready to go ;D ---
**Author:** ![TheYoYoist101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyoist101/32/842_2.png) [@TheYoYoist101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheYoYoist101)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/6 "2012-08-04T02:57:20Z")
> [@Purplepottamus](#): > > Try a jaw breaker. This way you can yoyo; when your blood sugar gets low, give it a lick; your ready to go ;D Keeps your energy up at contests! ---
**Author:** ![Hippo\_Samurai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hippo_samurai/32/1058_2.png) [@Hippo\_Samurai](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hippo_Samurai)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/7 "2012-08-04T03:29:44Z")
Make sure you put in a big enough hole for the pen, so that way it doesn’t split when you put it in there. I have lost good bounceyballs to small holes. The reason you want a section of pen in it is so the string doesn’t eat into it and split the ball. ---
**Author:** ![Logi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/logi/32/7932_2.png) [@Logi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Logi)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/8 "2012-08-04T20:35:33Z")
My ball is already split since I pun it in a vise 😢 ---
**Author:** ![YourBBQ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yourbbq/32/7926_2.png) [@YourBBQ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YourBBQ)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/9 "2012-08-05T09:20:21Z")
Well just use a Lego car tire that uses those Bionicle stick things to connect to the other pieces. The hole of the wheel should look like a “+” sign. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Yoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/big_yoyo/32/1032_2.png) [@Big\_Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/10 "2012-08-05T13:55:10Z")
What kind of bouncy balls are you guys using? The kind out of a little vending machine for like 50 cents? And what kind of pen tube? ---
**Author:** ![Logi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/logi/32/7932_2.png) [@Logi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Logi)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/11 "2012-08-06T23:04:27Z")
some random one i got at the dentist ;D g2s have a good sized ink cartridge. ---
**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bouncy-ball-counterweight/41055/12 "2023-09-30T19:00:19Z")
What size bit did you use?