Brand new yo-yo is a string cutter / string eater?

Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
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No, that is the following

I also used the dremel buffer later because let me tell you denim rubbing is a hell of a lot of work and I am very lazy.

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Siiiigh

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Itā€™s happening again. Must be the way I throw :frowning:

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You may have to switch out the bearing or check to see if the string is getting caught in the side of the yo-yo. (Iā€™m late to this and Iā€™m not a good fixer.)

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Never seen this happen with this number of yo-yos owned by the same person. No way any amount of cockeyed throwing should be doing that. A few of the old AntiYos would eat strings but it was well known that it was the finish, which was too abrasive (kinda funny story behind that one, tho). Thatā€™s what the denim rubbing was supposed to treat, not machining flaws or QC misses. Most of those look like fairly clean cuts

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Actually the AntiYo eetsit string cutter was an issue with the bearing seat not being deep enough. The string would work itā€™s was into the space between the bearing and the shell and get cut. The fix was to remachine it a bit deeper.

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See all those tiny tiny threads in that hi res picture? Those can get caught between the bearing and bearing seat when putting the string on a yoyo and then screwing the yoyo together. That may ultimately be the culprit.

I know you are a proponent of putting the string on while the yoyo is disassembled but I think you should reconsider that stance.

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Maybe, but in ~4 other instances polishing the edge of the response area with the dremel completely fixed the string cutting problem for me. How is that possible if what you say is true?

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What yo-yo? Singularity? I threw one for about 20 minutes and didnā€™t notice any string issue. Was it a new string?

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Yes it was. I have resigned myself to this being something about the way I throw on certain yo-yos.

I put a nylon string on it for now.

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I agree with vegabomb. I think this is it because I had the same problem with my turntable 2.0 and all I had to do was change the string (without unscrewing the yoyo) and it hasnā€™t happened since. Iā€™ve also thrown my singularity for a quite a few hours and had no issues.

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I canā€™t imagine your throw causing strings to break, but it could beā€¦ You definitely seem to have bad luck with strings on new yo-yos. Break any mirrors or walk under any ladders recently? :joy:

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This is what the singularity did to a One Drop Long Cut after an hour or so of throwing it ā€¦ I am assuming the white here is the tougher nylon @smileypants707 while the blue is the weaker poly?

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Yep. Blue is poly, white is nylon

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No more dremeling brand new throws! It doesnā€™t look like you got it from us or else Iā€™d demand you send it back lol.

Talk to the store you got it from and get a new one, I havenā€™t had any issues with Singularity so far so Iā€™m guessing you just have bad luck and got rough one.

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I definitely have a new respect for yoyo companies that specifically polish the inner response area. Not just a pointless finishing detail ā€¦ it matters!

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I think they actually have the shop mask it before blasting. Same idea in the end though.

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I meant to update here:

Iā€™ve tried 3 strings now on the singularity, it eventually ate through all of them: onedrop long cuts, yysl ammo, and kitty fat. I need to polish its response area with the dremelā€¦

I recently bought some more C3 yoyos and I noticed all of them had a polish (or mask as @G2_Jake noted) around the response pads: atomic crash, remaster galaxy, omnitron. All of them! My respect for C3 just went up a few notches, they are already on fire with the amazing colorwaysā€¦

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Unlucky, maybe you should stick with organic throws lol

This has happened to my string twice:

  • Once when i put on the string before screwing together and it slipped
  • When i used a sharp paperclip/nail to get out a knot, it split a couple threads
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There were quite a few yoyoā€™s back in the day that would eat string. My bape2 did bad for a little while. I just remember it wasnā€™t crazy to hear about someone taking a brand new throw outside and throwing it over the street or something and their brand new yoyo would go flying, rolling over the asphalt. I canā€™t remember exactly which ones, but it wasnā€™t uncommon.

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I find a lot of new CLYWā€™s actually do this. Iā€™ve had problems with the manatee and the dune, but they are glass smooth so I donā€™t want to Dremel them for fear of vibe.