That is a very pretty look with the rings. My only concern would keeping everything tight. As I mentioned before if you recessed the axel so it get torque from the halves as it turned together. You have gotten such a great amount of learning out of this your first endeavor. Keep it up.
Why would anyone hate on you? They are idiots, and if any of you are man enough, say it here. For your first yoyo, this was a pretty darn impressive job. Also, unlike a lot of others, you made this by yourself. Now that my rant is over, Iām curious, what are you planning on doing with the bearing seat? Itās different from what Iāve ever seen. One last thing, the axle system wouldnāt be considered the best for a yoyo, try threading the axle right into the yoyo, it looks like it can still take a M5 sized axle. Will be unlikely to strip considering itās 7075 grade aluminum.
I say go with this system and innovate on it. 
I think itās going to initially prove tough to keep the halves snug after a bunch of throws and spinning, but only testing it will show! A āthroughā system is in principle a perfectly fine idea; look at One Drop SEās. 
Thread longevity could also be addressed with steel helicoil inserts like Spin Dynamics uses.
ive now had a few throws with it and it seems ok to me lol. not brilliant but for my first shot itll do.
number 2 can now be thought of, ive got a million and 1 ways to build on now lol.
The axle will be changed for sure!
I Have 2 throws now and another 6-7 in the post so i can get a true feel for differant weight distributions ect.
Ive had a few people pm about my bearing seat so ive done a quick sketch. again its differant but its one aspect of the throw that im happy with 
I love this seat.
The only problem I see with that seat is that there is a 0.5mm gap between the wall just outside of the bearing and the outer race of the bearing. It probably wonāt be a huge issue with a bearing that either has very square edges (SPEC bearings for example) or is grooved like a konkave or similar bearing.
The standard modern bearing seat extends the lip that is just outside the bearing to hang over the the outer corners of the bearing ever so slightly. This prevents the string from slipping beside the axle.
Overall, your work is looking really nice. The brass really gives a lovely accent to the aluminum. I wish my lathe work would turn out that nicely the first time around.
Looks amazing, the rings add some color (some), and the axle looks like a SE sorta.
This has been a exciting thread to read and I canāt see why anyone would pm somebody anything negative on the subject. h8rās gonna h8 I guess.
A friend of mine just started renting a place way out in the country, and by luck one of the out buildings has a small lathe. Something like this has been on my mind for a few weeks since I saw it. Still, Iām not sure if itās a good enough lathe, got enough / proper tooling to work aluminum or if I even have enough understanding to complete a project like this.
Unfortunately iām moving 1200 miles away in a few months so Iām already busy scrambling to button up things around my house. So I suppose on that note Iām going to live vicariously through your lathe, you MUST continue to update the thread. Itās imparative to my mental stability.
I miss this guys posts!
So do I, supposedly he finished I want to know how it is