# Homemade Yoyo??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662 "2009-10-23T01:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/1 "2009-10-23T01:35:45Z")
Is it possible to make a homemade yoyo with bearings and stuff??? ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/2 "2009-10-23T12:30:08Z")
Absolutely! Just don’t expect it to play very good. ---
**Author:** ![Pheenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pheenix/32/65_2.png) [@Pheenix](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pheenix)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/3 "2009-10-23T12:54:21Z")
> [@icthus](#): > > Absolutely! Just don’t expect it to play very good. How are your sink handles coming along? ---
**Author:** ![ape7566](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a4c791/32.png) [@ape7566](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ape7566)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/4 "2009-10-23T15:51:51Z")
At nationals, one of the kids made a yo-yo out of European money with a Duncan bearing and Duncan pads it plays well for just being drilled coins. I have been thinking about diong the came just to throw in my pocket. ---
**Author:** ![reedfeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@reedfeath](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/reedfeath)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/5 "2009-10-23T16:06:03Z")
i know a guy who made one out of wood it has smooth rims and spikes in the center and a c bearing it plays pretty decent ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/6 "2009-10-23T16:53:41Z")
The only thing that makes companies be able to make them easier is that they already have lathes and CNCs and such. ---
**Author:** ![GorrillaYo808](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gorrillayo808/32/282_2.png) [@GorrillaYo808](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GorrillaYo808)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/7 "2009-10-23T19:49:43Z")
> [@Batryn](#): > > Is it possible to make a homemade yoyo with bearings and stuff??? yep of course, look what yoyomanlance made, a homemade mighty flea: Check it out > **[lathing/modding a yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,7944.0.html)** > > hello, i am in autoshop and have been checking out the lathe there, and was wondering if i could either lathe a mini yoyo, or possibly put my kickside on and lathe it a little smaller to get rid of dents and stuff??? or if none of this is plasable,... ~gorrilla\_yo ;D ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/8 "2009-10-27T01:17:33Z")
> [@10 10010 1001 1 1110](#): > > The only thing that makes companies be able to make them easier is that they already have lathes and CNCs and such. I have that at school lol. My bro says he was gonna scan my BOSS and CNC an exact replica, would it work? PM me ---
**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/9 "2009-10-27T01:40:27Z")
If you get the correct coding for the CNC machine and get the materials for it, you could technically make basically any yoyo. Might want to ask YYF or whatever yoyo company if they’ll let you copy their design though. ---
**Author:** ![BlackChaos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/blackchaos/32/246_2.png) [@BlackChaos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BlackChaos)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/10 "2009-10-29T00:55:28Z")
> [@10 10010 1001 1 1110](#): > > If you get the correct coding for the CNC machine and get the materials for it, you could technically make basically any yoyo. Might want to ask YYF or whatever yoyo company if they’ll let you copy their design though. Especially if you want to make a profit off of it. If it’s for yourself though… I think you get the point, you didn’t hear it from me though. lmao. :-X :🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/11 "2009-10-29T02:38:55Z")
Making an exact replica is completely fine. Nothing can or will happen to you. Now if you make a bunch of them and sell them then you better have a big time lawyer in your pocket. And thats just to keep you out of jail! ---
**Author:** ![kyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/12 "2009-10-29T16:39:02Z")
> [@icthus](#): > > Making an exact replica is completely fine. Nothing can or will happen to you. Now if you make a bunch of them and sell them then you better be ready for people to be irritated but have absolutely no ability to do much of anything to you other than throw a fit on a web board. There, fixed that for you. You can make yo-yos from scratch by hand… I do it all the time, so do many others… it just takes a large amount of skill. CNC is the same way in fact… sure it can make perfect pieces every time, but it requires a lot of skill to program and set up. Copying a yo-yo is often a lot more work than coming up with something of your own… Kyle ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/homemade-yoyo/7662/13 "2009-10-30T12:47:00Z")
Ok Kyle but if that yoyo has a patent then you could have problem other than web board hazing.