Looking for someone to help me make a few yoyos from scratch and walk me through the process over video chats/screen sharing. 2-3 days a week and an hour or two each day.
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Mk1 mark has an absolute awesome series going over exactly this on YouTube here’s a link to the pure cad video but I would recommend checking out the mk1 mechanics video to start and maybe dm’ing them direct.
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I watched some of them last year. Would be nice to have one to one interaction as well as be able to ask other questions about yoyo manufacturing.
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Totally understand I’m unqualified for personal advice so I’m gonna ping @MarkD
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My dad used to be a machinist and had access to CNC machines. He’s retired now unfortunately/fortunately for him. Would be pretty dang cool to make some yoyos.
@MarkD also did a live session at Nats. I’m not sure if it was recorded. It was excellent and he did great even though the audience insisted on selecting completely impractical yoyo specs.
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Is the advice you’re looking for general workflow or is there something else? What is your level of experience?
I think the right question is: “how much will you pay?” 
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I mostly ask because I’m a hobbyist and while I don’t consider my advice worthy of paying for (or perhaps put less self-deprecatingly, I’d be happy to share what I know with the community freely), I’d be happy to help @Yo-yo_Power get unstuck if I’m able.
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I also recommend this series:
If you ever have any questions about yo-yo design/manufacturing I would be happy to try to answer them. While I may not have as much experience as someone like @MarkD or @hobbygod or others I have been designing yo-yos for a while. Just PM me.
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Thank you everyone
My lvl of experience with 3D modeling is zero. I’m confident if someone held my hand a bit I’d have no problem.
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As a musician I would assume somewhere between 25-50 and hour.
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I don’t have the experience to help you, but I have watched the videos linked in this thread and found them to be very informative.
I had a little bit of trouble following the “Yoyo Design with FreeCAD” video because I was using a newer version of the software. I had to pause frequently to find functions in menus that Mark was able to execute with the keyboard & mouse. It was especially tricky when I didn’t don’t know the name of the operation that was performed. I was, however, able to create something that looked yoyoish.
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I’m down to teach. Not the most qualified yoyo creator as I haven’t made a bearing seat in a few years. I do have a ton of hours in CAD though working on other projects. I can teach the basics and most things 3D printer related, but amything thats metal yoyo specific (bearing seats, bimetal, etc) I would just have to eatch the videos and regurgitate back to you.
I do have experience teaching CAD so I know the beginner thought process which is the most difficult part for most people. The thought process behind how you create an object is the part I am the best at teaching.
What software are you wanting to use?
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It was recorded, but not posted anywhere yet.
Yeah, this is a problem with software in general - I should record a new tutorial to go over the new version of FreeCAD.
I unfortunately don’t have time to run 1:1 lessons - but if someone posts questions I can answer them publicly and help a lot of people all at the same time 
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I’ve gone through the basic yo-yo video you have multiple times this last week. I’m finally getting the hang of using free CAD I’m able to make things that look like yo-yos. I’m going to try and follow along and make the spyglass as well.
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If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask anyone.
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Fusion is also free, and has work sharing capabilities. Feel free to shoot me a dm if you have more guestions along the way. I’m not above charging for help 
but I’m also willing to negotiate all the way down to a cookie or two​:joy:
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Very nice work, then! All CAD takes some time to learn and it can feel overwhelming at first - if you are getting 3d objects out of it, you are well on your way!
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