# homemade yoyo shenanigans.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [December 20, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459 "2014-12-20T02:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FunTimeYoHap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@FunTimeYoHap](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FunTimeYoHap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/1 "2014-12-20T02:59:29Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/5/a/65aa2ed8f99337d9e702c8a8d2612eb13f2aae0b.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/3sFH6Tw.jpg) [img][Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/0UQ8Wyx%5Bimg%5D) [img][Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/3sFH6Tw%5Bimg%5D) Turned myself a wood yoyo today. Finally got one to play fairly smooth. šŸ™‚ (Partially fixed - open in modify mode to see how itā€™s done.-jhb8426) ---
**Author:** ![LinksLegionaire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/linkslegionaire/32/886_2.png) [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/2 "2014-12-20T03:44:49Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/7/4/b74b0ec4511903d99f688a36de3cfb0ab2ec6106.jpeg) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/5/a/65aa2ed8f99337d9e702c8a8d2612eb13f2aae0b.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/3sFH6Tw.jpg) Fixed the pics for you. Looks good! ---
**Author:** ![Yo-YoPro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yopro/32/7952_2.png) [@Yo-YoPro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-YoPro)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/3 "2014-12-20T06:08:47Z")
It still looks decent for a self made, the only thing I would have done differently is used a threaded rod. ---
**Author:** ![FunTimeYoHap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@FunTimeYoHap](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FunTimeYoHap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/4 "2014-12-20T14:33:03Z")
Yo Linksā€“how did you fix that? ---
**Author:** ![hobbyman101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@hobbyman101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbyman101)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/5 "2014-12-20T15:00:53Z")
FUNTIME, I hope you had a fun time turning that yoyo. Does it play as good as it looks? I sure hope so. ---
**Author:** ![FunTimeYoHap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@FunTimeYoHap](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FunTimeYoHap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/6 "2014-12-20T15:34:15Z")
Ya, smooth and unresponsive. I made many others that were wobbly. I finally came up with a halfway decent mandrel and a procedure to minimize rechucking. The next few I make will be out of a better wood with a proper finish and a different axle setup. ---
**Author:** ![FunTimeYoHap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@FunTimeYoHap](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FunTimeYoHap)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/7 "2014-12-22T04:38:27Z")
So the mod section is now the ā€œhalp, Iā€™ve diddled my yoyo into a non-working stateā€ section eh? ---
**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:** [December 22, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/8 "2014-12-22T05:16:06Z")
The title of the section is ā€œYo-Yo Modification and Maintenanceā€ ---
**Author:** ![FunTimeYoHap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@FunTimeYoHap](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FunTimeYoHap)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/9 "2014-12-22T05:24:38Z")
And repair! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![LinksLegionaire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/linkslegionaire/32/886_2.png) [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/10 "2014-12-23T01:08:41Z")
> [@FunTimeYoHap](#): > > Yo Linksā€“how did you fix that? [Check out this handy-dandy guide.](http://www.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?topic=49903.0) ---
**Author:** ![nolangherity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@nolangherity](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nolangherity)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/11 "2014-12-23T02:22:12Z")
> [@LinksLegionaire](#): > > Check this handy-dandy guide out. > [yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?topic=49903.0](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?topic=49903.0) is it really so hard to just tell the guy to add a " / " before the ā€˜imgā€™ in the tag after the link? [img] picture link [/ img] without spaces of course. ---
**Author:** ![Bcmaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bcmaddog/32/1170_2.png) [@Bcmaddog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bcmaddog)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/12 "2014-12-23T02:29:55Z")
> [@LinksLegionaire](#): > > Check this handy-dandy guide out. [yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?topic=49903.0](http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?topic=49903.0) Clickable. Yoyo looks cool! Good job šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [December 23, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/13 "2014-12-23T03:17:14Z")
> [@nolangherity](#): > > is it really so hard to just tell the guy to add a " / " before the ā€˜imgā€™ in the tag after the link? > > [img] picture link [/ img] without spaces of course. Actually it was more than that. The URL was incomplete as well. ---
**Author:** ![FunTimeYoHap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@FunTimeYoHap](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FunTimeYoHap)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo-shenanigans/71459/14 "2014-12-23T23:09:11Z")
Neato