yo whats up yall. Im making some fixies fo a woodworking class im taking and im planning to keep one, and seĺl the rest. I was just wondering how much yall might pay for them. thanks, noah
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Depends
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uh if anybody is wondeing the yoyo is made of teak.
I mean… hard to say without seeing the finished product? If you want to figure out a fair price for yourself, you need to determine what your time/ labor is worth, and how much was spent on each one + material cost + shipping
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I would take a chance on a completely random fixie made by a known community member for $20, few questions asked.
Any more than that and I’d want to see pics 
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I mean what shape are we thinking?
Seeing as it’s something your doing as a class project I wouldn’t expect it to be perfect but also who knows maybe you have a knack for wood working or experience elsewhere. I imagine you also won’t have all the tooling you’ll need for yo-yos specifically so you’ll have to make do on some stuff which may make the final product finish a tad rough.
Like idk about your school shop but I doubt they have a lathe so you would have to use a drill press and really lean on the belt sander. I also imagine you won’t have stock wood in the shape you need for a lathe anyway so you would have to bandsaw something of a block that you can then work on with other tooling for finer details.
Maybe shop class has come a long way since I was a kid (probably).
With all that said like Keith said I would pay like 25 shipped (assuming you’re in the US) and take a flyer on it. If there were pictures and notes on your process and such I might change my tune but it all depends on finished product.
Unless you have a cnc in shop clas and have a design already it’s hard to gauge value till you have a consistent final product.
I also imagine you won’t have the time in class to prototype so what you make will probably be limited in supply and may get rushed at certain phases.
I would suggest making most raw finish so you have more time to work it and don’t have to worry about creating a response of any sort (don’t heavily sand the response area)
If you do stain or polyurethane any keep in mind you don’t want a sticky finish and less is more.
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All that said good luck on your project
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Established, Known Quality = $100.00
Good, Design fits my play style =$40.00
New, Unknown = $20.00
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It really depends on what you make. We need to see your end product.
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I feel like there should be a fourth category…
New, unknown, no specs, details, or photos: about tree fiddy
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Nothing wrong with your initiative. Sounds like a great adventure and a good project for a wood class. And if they come out good and you’re good enough to recognize how good they came out that would be fun to be able to sell them and have other people impressed with your awesome woodwork techniques
But that being said, you’re asking for people to draw a conclusion on a minimal amount of information to consider
It would be kind like if a guy came onto the forum and said, hey guys I’m gonna open a restaurant. How much do you think you’d be willing to spend if you came to my restaurant? I’m gonna make European food.
I would suggest the best thing to do would be to make one functional yo-yo and then show some pics on yo-yo expert… And if you’re OK at doing tricks do a short video using your personally made fixie and showing people at least what you can do with it?
Good luck
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This was the category I was willing to plunk down a twenty on. Gotta support our maker community.
I’d also be down to trade for one.
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Yeah I’m generally willing to take a flyer on an unknown and 20 feels fair for the effort.
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