# First yoyo you ever made yourself **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-yoyo-you-ever-made-yourself/330751 **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:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### 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) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-yoyo-you-ever-made-yourself/330751)._