# Making a yoyo **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/making-a-yoyo/353848 **Category:** General Yo-Yo **Created:** [March 7, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/making-a-yoyo/353848 "2022-03-07T23:25:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime) #### Post date: [March 7, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/making-a-yoyo/353848/2 "2022-03-07T23:32:36Z")
Welcome, a lot of information here; probably start reading this thread > [@Yoyo CAD & Prototyping Adventures](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-cad-prototyping-adventures/291547): > > About a month ago I realized that designing your own yo-yo and actually prototyping it is a lot more approachable than I thought. There’s a lot of great CAD software out there, a lot of it free to use for this purpose, and there are machine shops that specialize in yo-yos, even for one-off runs. The price for this is expensive, but I’ll end up with something real, and personal, and special. I started learning CAD using [Fusion 360](https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview), which has a free startup license that you can activate from the … Forum Tip, don’t be afraid to use the search function --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/making-a-yoyo/353848)._