# Looking for a good, cheap unscrewable wooden yoyo. Any suggestions?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662
**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation
**Created:** [April 2, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662 "2017-04-02T07:17:20Z")
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### Author:  [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/1 "2017-04-02T07:17:20Z")
What the title says.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/2 "2017-04-02T18:35:16Z")
You could watch the BST for most any BC/What’s Next yoyo, or the Tom Kuhn Maple Leaf No-Jive (not the same as a 3-in-1 No-Jive. I have no experience with the current generation wood.
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### Author:  [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/3 "2017-04-02T18:41:20Z")
I think the YYF legend wing fits the bill. Also, I was pleasantly surprised by the wood Duncan Butterfly. In my opinion, it plays better than the plastic butterfly.
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### Author:  [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/4 "2017-04-02T21:36:00Z")
> [@French](#):
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> I think the YYF legend wing fits the bill. Also, I was pleasantly surprised by the wood Duncan Butterfly. In my opinion, it plays better than the plastic butterfly.
It’s unscrewable?
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### Author:  [@FiveIronBrian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FiveIronBrian)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/5 "2017-04-03T01:42:43Z")
Based on your previous posts you seem like you have some very nice 1A yoyos. I would recommend buying a nice wood yoyo, even if you have to sell something. TMBRs are awesome, the Baldwin being my favorite, but the price of the 2016 version is pretty high. OUTs are awesome too and they have the advantage of NOT being take-apart (it’s overrated!); the Just For Fun is just plain fantastic.
I don’t mean to tell you what to do other than to reconsider buying a nice one. I don’t know of any cheap, nice, and unscrewable wood yoyos. What are your goals? To learn fixed axle tricks? What kinds of tricks?
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/6 "2017-04-03T03:38:48Z")
> [@French](#):
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> I think the YYF legend wing fits the bill. Also, I was pleasantly surprised by the wood Duncan Butterfly. In my opinion, it plays better than the plastic butterfly.
Yes, completely forgot about that one.
> [@Cannon](#):
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> It’s unscrewable?
Yes it is. (Meaning it doesn’t come apart)
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### Author:  [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/7 "2017-04-03T04:06:00Z")
> [@FiveIronBrian](#):
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> Based on your previous posts you seem like you have some very nice 1A yoyos. I would recommend buying a nice wood yoyo, even if you have to sell something. TMBRs are awesome, the Baldwin being my favorite, but the price of the 2016 version is pretty high. OUTs are awesome too and they have the advantage of NOT being take-apart (it’s overrated!); the Just For Fun is just plain fantastic.
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> I don’t mean to tell you what to do other than to reconsider buying a nice one. I don’t know of any cheap, nice, and unscrewable wood yoyos. What are your goals? To learn fixed axle tricks? What kinds of tricks?
Thanks! But what is the advantage of not being able to unscrew a yoyo?
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/8 "2017-04-03T04:38:17Z")
> [@anon5341354](#):
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> Thanks! But what is the advantage of not being able to unscrew a yoyo?
mainly that you don’t loose parts or otherwise mess it up.
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### Author:  [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/9 "2017-04-03T06:09:33Z")
Thanks everyone.
Another question, am I going to burn through strings at a rate something like one for every 5 minutes of play time? If so, I might pass on fixed axle play.
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### Author:  [@egisantos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/egisantos)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/10 "2017-04-03T08:45:30Z")
I have been playing OUT Just For Fun this past few weeks and it really is fun. I change my cotton strings as frequent as changing poly strings in 1A yoyos. Though I am just a beginner for fixed axle play and still experimenting with adjusting the tension and effective sleep times.
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### Author:  [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/11 "2017-04-03T08:57:31Z")
> [@jhb8426](#):
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> Yes, completely forgot about that one.
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> Yes it is.
I read on another site that the Legend wing is not unscrewable…
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### Author:  [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/12 "2017-04-03T09:26:43Z")
> [@FiveIronBrian](#):
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> I don’t mean to tell you what to do other than to reconsider buying a nice one. I don’t know of any cheap, nice, and unscrewable wood yoyos. What are your goals? To learn fixed axle tricks? What kinds of tricks?
My goal is to buy a wooden yoyo that I can do advanced tricks with (eg rancid milk and superman etc).
I need a yoyo that isn’t impossible to do those tricks on, even though it will be very hard.
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### Author:  [@FiveIronBrian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FiveIronBrian)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/13 "2017-04-03T11:19:21Z")
Heavier will get you longer spin times. Sullivan or a heavy JFF would make sense for string tricks. You could go crazy and get a Free Spirit! The walls are high, so you’d have to keep things lined up as you play.
I doubt you will burn strings very often. I’ve never done it, but I like uniquely responsive tricks like shoot the moons and stalls rather than long 1A combos. It’s more fun!
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### Author:  [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/14 "2017-04-03T11:43:52Z")
> [@FiveIronBrian](#):
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> Heavier will get you longer spin times. Sullivan or a heavy JFF would make sense for string tricks. You could go crazy and get a Free Spirit! The walls are high, so you’d have to keep things lined up as you play.
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> I doubt you will burn strings very often. I’ve never done it, but I like uniquely responsive tricks like shoot the moons and stalls rather than long 1A combos. It’s more fun!
Thanks for the suggestions!
I’m eying off a laminated Tom Kuhn Lightning. It seems fairly heavy, but is the imperial shape any good for advanced fixed axle play?
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### Author:  [@Dturtle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dturtle)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/15 "2017-04-03T16:39:30Z")
Get an a-rt peon or squib their wood and can do all the tricks you want but still take a bit of finesse to stay on plane
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/16 "2017-04-03T16:57:00Z")
> [@anon5341354](#):
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> I read on another site that the Legend wing is not unscrewable…
Probably semantics. By saying it is unscrewable I interpret that to mean it cannot by unscrewed. or taken apart.
As far as string wear, you should be ok with most any type including cotton for string tricks. If you plan on looping cotton will wear quickly.
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### Author:  [@FiveIronBrian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FiveIronBrian)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/17 "2017-04-03T16:58:05Z")
> [@anon5341354](#):
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> Thanks for the suggestions!
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> I’m eying off a laminated Tom Kuhn Lightning. It seems fairly heavy, but is the imperial shape any good for advanced fixed axle play?
You’ll want a butterfly shape for what you described earlier. Better for stability and hitting the string.
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### Author:  [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/18 "2017-04-03T21:36:26Z")
> [@FiveIronBrian](#):
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> JFF would make sense for string tricks.
^ JFF is a great choice! Does not come apart but it isn’t necessary for standard fixed axel. Maybe choose something that has an interchangeable axel if you want to do long string tricks with it so that way if you burn it or whatever you can replace it.
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/19 "2017-04-03T23:11:38Z")
One note about string wear. I believe going for advanced 1a tricks will wear out your string more quickly than your typical wear on a poly string, or when doing stalls and STMs. You should still get a good bit of play out of each string, but a critical difference is that it will wear out were it loops around the axle, and if you’re not mindful, you’ll end up with a high-speed-spinning projectile!
It’s important to periodically check the wear next to the axle. I give a strong pull on the string once it looks like it’s wearing a bit, and if it holds, keep playing. Every string I use on fixed axle, I change because it breaks when I pull. Since you’d be playing with hard throws, you may even want to just change it when it looks like it’s starting to fray around the axle.
Remember, bulk cotton string is cheap.
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### Author:  [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/looking-for-a-good-cheap-unscrewable-wooden-yoyo-any-suggestions/83662/20 "2017-04-04T10:17:31Z")
> [@Cannon](#):
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> It’s unscrewable?
My bad, for whatever reason, my old brain decided “unscrewable” meant “unable to be unscrewed”. Please disregard my recommendations as neither of the yoyos I mentioned are take apart.
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