I think I will make one of those wasp nests. I have so many old used strings lying around I may as well do something with them. It looks quite easy to make, I will post a pic on here of the finished product.
why would you have to draw an x from corner to corner? 3 sides already have a dot perfectly in the center, most often with a small divot to get you started.
When I used dice, I just took 2d6, drilled a hole through the 1 side using a drill bit the same size as the divot (I think 1/4", or 3/16, but I don’t remember anymore) and put both dice on.
Steve Brown actually just drilled a hole through a die. If your gonna consider buying a cw buy a Takeshi Counter weight. I believe it is a “ball bearing” type counter weight so that the string doesn’t tangle. Along with the cw. Or you can buy a Duncan cw doesn’t matter but the Takeshi Counter Wieght is the best bang for your buck.
Jake Elliot actually makes (or atleast used to make) delrin cws that did the same thing. Not sure how much he charges/charged though.
If you go to a casino in the gift shops they sell used craps table dice and they drill holes in them for security reasons. I bought like 5 from legends.
right. because one CW that costs the same as three is definitely the best bang for your buck.
The whole ball-bearing thing makes it worth that amount of money.
I tried it. it wasn’t special. it’s just a gimmick.
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That’s true. I have one and there are very few tricks you can do with it that you can’t do with a normal CW. And the ones that you can do with it are pretty hard unless you practice forever.
My grandpa used his drill press and put a hole in a dice for me today:D
Any body know any yoyos that come with counter weights I.e. Pinnicle
YYJ Destiny comes with a Takeshi Die and the Diamont Noir Celestial Deuxieme cones with a CW.
most cheap duncan yoyos do. other than that, pinnacle, destiny, and noir celestial deuxieme are the only ones I know of.
yes, it’s a ball bearing counter wieght.
Takeshi Matsura is definitely extreme then.
than you should give it to me.
I saw AJ Kirk play with his ringmaster, his signature throw and I played with it a little and Its an awesome throw for 5a.
On the bearing counterweights topic:
I’ve been making “bearingized counterweights” for quite a while now. I’ve many different materials, different sized bearings, different ways seat the bearing, fishing swivels, and many, many different variations and combinations.
Bearingized counterweights are not a gimmick. HOWEVER (this is a big however), they offer only very slight improvements if they are not made correctly.
The best setup I’ve found for a standard bearing counterweight (the takeshi dice is a “standard bearing counterweight”. The opposite would be a counterweight that uses a swivel of some sort) is a clean large bearing mounted about halfway down the counterweight.
The takeshi dice uses a small bearing (which works noticeably worse than a large bearing), has the bearing sitting very low in the counterweight (makes grabbing the dice for astro tricks unviable. Further, the edges that the string slides on aren’t rounded enough to make astro tricks easy) and has a lubed, non removable bearing that can’t be cleaned. Basically, they did everything wrong.
The takeshi dice is an interesting first step in bearingized counterweight design, but overall it leaves a lot to be desired. Honestly, its barely better than a standard duncan die. Yoyojam would do well to update the design.
I just make my own out of Femo and/or Sculpey clay. Bake em’ in the oven after poking a hole through them and you’ve got a nice counterweight. I mix colors and add glitter. They are nice n’ heavy and feel great. They look SICK, too.