Ahh.
No, it does not.
It’s for fixed axle play.
It’s not a bearing…
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As I rephrased it, it clicked lol. I was thinking of it like a “bushing” lol, it staying in place so the string slides on it makes… waaaaaaaaay more sense 
I guess I’ll have a second cup of coffee now lol
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I’m on my 1st cup now…
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Sounds awesome! This should solve the problem with most C blanks.
Good afternoon/morning Mr @Fellhoelter. The Moistmaker is wonderful and has exceeded my expectations, but I do have some questions and concerns
Is metal galling a concern with this design? I was swapping the side effects last night and experimenting with different bearings, when I noticed the Ti side effects started rubbing and became more difficult to install and remove from the yoyo halves. I noticed scuffs on the SEs from the friction. I haven’t noticed this with SEs before.
If galling is a potential issue, any tips to mitigate it?
Here are some examples of the wear I’m noticing. Perhaps this is normal and I’ve never experienced it before.
So far my favorite setup is a de-shielded, silicone lubed One Drop bearing with Kisses side effects. Chefs kiss. With that said, the Not-A-Bearing is a fantastic design that I will be experimenting with a lot.
Thank you for your time!
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I pretty much always lube friction points on yo-yos but especially for titanium yo-yos as you will commonly get galling on the bearing post and seat.
Personally, I use a paraffin based dry lube that is intended for bike chains - I like it because it coats the surface, dries thin and stays put, and will coat any debris in wax then cause it to be shed out.
This is the one that I’ve used for years:
Super handy for lots of applications and it cleans off easily.
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Thanks @Xanadu. I’ll order some.
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Really, bearing lube will work too. One Drop has always recommended putting some of their lube on a q-tip and lubing the contact points of the SEs every time you do yo-yo maintenance.
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You’ll also find the yo-yo is easier and more pleasant to unscrew. 
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I was familiar with lubing the o-ring, which I normally do. Didn’t consider lubing the rest because the installation and removal of SEs has been relatively smooth for me, and has never involved any metal on metal scraping.
Good thing I ordered some more One Drop lube last week. lol.
Wax lube was the hot thing for yo-yos and folding knives like 20 years ago. I forgot about that. I have a minor obsession with the Ti side effects so I’m totally gonna get some too. Thanks for the tip and nostalgia.
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Interesting.
In the sample here, which I’ve removed dozens of times, there is zero wear, or hint of galling.
I don’t expect it to happen on these.
Lube is ALWAYS a good idea though.
All that being said, I did sort all of the side effects so that the ones purchased from me, have a decent chance of being a couple tenths (.0002") larger than the ones that OneDrop received.
They had very specific tolerance requirements to match with their anodized aluminum YoYo’s.
If they were larger than their allowance, I kept them.
The total tolerance on the post diameter for the project is .0004", but the ones that went to OneDrop actually have only .0002" tolerance.
FWIW. I like any form of nano-oil on titanium to titanium contact parts like these.
The sub micron particulates in them give me a warm, fuzzy feeling.
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Ah, yeah, that makes sense as I’m not seeing the issue with the Ti SEs directly from OneDrop.
I’ll lube contact areas because I like warm fuzzies too. Thanks for your reply!
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lol, come to think of it, I first starting using it in my folding knives about 15 years ago. 
Maybe I picked it up from online chatter.
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That is super interesting because I found the Ti side effects I bought from One Drop all seem to have a hairs with less gap than the official ones. Part of why I like them as I like modding yo-yos to be responsive. The brass side effects I have are so long I can’t even tighten them with the notabearing I bought from you installed.
Yeah, side effects may have to be modified in other throws to run the NotABearing
They come real close to making contact with each other in OneDrop yoyo’s already.
There is, for all intents and purposes, almost no difference in the Side Effect from OneDrop, or from me.
We made one big batch, all at once, holding a specific diameter, +/- .0002"
That is plus or minus 2 tenths of one thousandth of an inch. A total tolerance of one tenth of the diameter of the average human hair.
Then, we sat down with a micrometer I bought specifically for this project, and sorted them.
One drop only received ones that were in the bottom half of that tolerance…
The number is so damned small, that the temperature fluctuations between room temperature, and being held in your hand, skew it.
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Ha yeah I think yours are a tighter tolerance than the official ones. I can see visible difference in length between some of my aluminum and brass ones with the naked eye.
Liked the not a bearing so much I just ordered 4 more.
Ahh, that’s you?
That’s about the last of them I think…
I need to inventory.
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Haha yeah that’s me. Hope I didn’t clear you out completely!
Ahh dang. I wasn’t ready for not a bearings to sell out yet lol.
Shims work well for making a snug SE. especially if it’s already a blank a shim isn’t gonna hurt anything to get that last .02 mm needed to finish contact. I prefer that route over shortening se when possible
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