I really like that design. The lettering probably needs to be bigger and I imagine your printer needs a bit of tuning to get the lettering more crisp. You could also try to use a smaller nozzle and bump up the quality settings in your slicer (which will increase print time)
I don’t think the response area is an issue. I’ve never scorched the body of a yoyo, but definitely scorched an axle or two. I think if it gets hot enough to burn wood it’ll be an issue for petg too.
The Pixie. Final-ish form. Might work on the engraving. Along with a few tools for setting the axle.
I opened my oldest plastic axle version and I am cutting lines in it with poly. I’m planning to glue the axle into this one with two part epoxy.
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My 1/4” dowel stock is def not 1/4” 
I’ve been thinking of printing this silver one for a while now. I call it IGBY, “It Goes Both waYs”. I have a printed axle sleeve, which I don’t love and is too big anyway, and I’m going to need some real hardware to hold the thing together to play it.
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Here’s a wood axle glued up Pixie.
It occurs to me that I should use clear epoxy…
Also I think I’m going to close the fingerspin cap to the axle for cleanliness.
But I think the newest engraving worked well!
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Looks great! It’d be easy to a color change to make the engraving pop too if you have other colors of filament.
I like JB Weld Plastic Bonder epoxy.
What infill % did you use?
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The blue one is 70% and lands at 53g. I’ve printed this silver one after at 60% and 46g that I think I prefer weight wise.
I’ll get some clear epoxy after spring break. I decided that closing the dimple would probably necessitate too short an axle without adjusting the depth, so I skipped it. It also complicates the print as it would be an overhang printed in either orientation.
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Building up inventory for an arts, crafts, toy store and yoyo museum we are trying to open this year.
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The beauty of infill. Doing a print for work on the X-Plus 3. Love this printer so much. Tons of support material on this one.
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Are you painting these or can you print in different colors?
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Printed with a Bambu A1 with AMS lite. No paint. Machine is amazing. Hopefully it won’t catch fire before they send out replacement beds.
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This was a last minute print before vacation. These are pin trading boards. Unfortunately they were a little rushed, so the display portion is just a tiny bit too thick, so most of the pins would lose their backings over the course of a day, but the boards were all contained in a ziploc so we didn’t lose anything. I’m planning to modify and reprint for more permanent display maybe. They are a gyroid infill with no top or bottom layer and large perimeters.
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Are there any good, currently available hardware kits for 3D printing a bearing yoyo? A cursory search of the internet has not turned up anything available.
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Get in touch with OD via mail they always have kits.
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