# First yoyo you ever made yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [December 4, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-yoyo-you-ever-made-yourself/330751 "2020-12-04T18:51:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrAGoni\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@DrAGoni\_Penguin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrAGoni_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-yoyo-you-ever-made-yourself/330751/1 "2020-12-04T18:51:09Z")
Whats the first yoyo you made yourself? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-yoyo-you-ever-made-yourself/330751/2 "2020-12-04T20:09:29Z")
This is the first yoyo I made myself. I can’t find a better picture of it at this point. It was made out of radiata pine with a 6mm Tasmaian oak axle. It had very high walls, and a lot of marks around the rim where I burnt it and crushed the grain from making it with a circle cutter and router. It was poorly glued and shoddily sanded. It weighed about 25g. ![20170731_205319](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/c/3/2c3b27aad128ed9f1c5236229890738646877f00.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-yoyo-you-ever-made-yourself/330751/3 "2020-12-05T00:52:52Z")
First proto Quint ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/1/3/c137a52205c66af59b3458cb85bff6b26a9a6056.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yophilyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yophilyo/32/92828_2.png) [@yophilyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yophilyo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-yoyo-you-ever-made-yourself/330751/4 "2020-12-05T02:10:28Z")
That looks so good 😍 Does it play how you expected? ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-yoyo-you-ever-made-yourself/330751/5 "2020-12-05T03:53:14Z")
The proto played heavier than I thought it would. I wasn’t surprised as it was the first yoyo I ever designed. I worked with the machinist after that and the production run came out exactly as I envisioned. Still one of my favorite yoyo moments 😄 ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-yoyo-you-ever-made-yourself/330751/6 "2020-12-05T13:50:05Z")
![SAM_3472](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/1/a/21a96606cde5c88320ef95dfb66033f135471a30.jpeg) “made” isn’t quite right… I designed it and ordered prototypes from a machine shop. 11 were made, I still have two of them and I play both. 7075 aluminum, 8mm axle, C bearing (center trac), bead blasted and anodized. You can read my entire yoyo design journey here: [Yoyo CAD & Prototyping Adventures](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-cad-prototyping-adventures/291547) (Plus some bonus journeys from other yoyo designers! Don’t miss out)