# Does such a tool exist?... **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [January 24, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-such-a-tool-exist/78985 "2016-01-24T22:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-such-a-tool-exist/78985/1 "2016-01-24T22:34:50Z")
Is there a tool a little like a cookie cutter maybe that can chop your standard 19mm pads down to standard pads for D size yoyos? ---
**Author:** ![S3TH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/s3th/32/260337_2.png) [@S3TH](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/S3TH)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-such-a-tool-exist/78985/2 "2016-01-24T22:58:17Z")
Look on ebay for leather hole punching tools. Just curious, what yoyo are you cutting the pads for? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-such-a-tool-exist/78985/3 "2016-01-24T23:44:18Z")
> [@S3TH](#): > > Look on ebay for leather hole punching tools. Just curious, what yoyo are you cutting the pads for? U have a couple of D bearing yoyos and I just thinknow it would be handy just to be able to chop down a couple of C pad’s sometimes rather than put in another order for D pads. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-such-a-tool-exist/78985/4 "2016-01-24T23:51:40Z")
Here in the U.S. hardware stores sell metal tubing in various small sizes in steel, brass and aluminum that will do the trick. You can use a small, fine file to sharpen the edges on one end. Put the sharp end on the pad and twirl the tube with your fingers to do the cut. Use a piece of cardboard under the pad as a cushion. The cost hewre is usually under $2.00 U.S. for a 12 to 10 in. tube. ---
**Author:** ![kadabrium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kadabrium/32/1522_2.png) [@kadabrium](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kadabrium)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-such-a-tool-exist/78985/5 "2016-01-25T09:46:09Z")
if it s already a finished c size pad you wont be able to do anything to its inner diameter? ---
**Author:** ![S3TH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/s3th/32/260337_2.png) [@S3TH](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/S3TH)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-such-a-tool-exist/78985/6 "2016-01-25T12:55:43Z")
> [@anon5341354](#): > > U have a couple of D bearing yoyos and I just thinknow it would be handy just to be able to chop down a couple of C pad’s sometimes rather than put in another order for D pads. True… Blade attack pads for my sturm panzers are a bit pricey. But they are roughly 0.3 mm thinner than standard 19mm pads. If I put them in my sturm panzers they would stick out and drag against the string. It would probably work if I did this to some duncan silicone stickers, seeing that the sturm panzer recesses are so shallow, they would fit quite nicely. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/does-such-a-tool-exist/78985/7 "2016-01-26T04:13:44Z")
It’s best that I just go with using flowable. It’s pretty cheap and gives me a ton of uses.