# New Mod Idea- Removing Center Weight

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [December 10, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064 "2009-12-10T01:55:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Batryn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/batryn/32/78_2.png) [@Batryn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Batryn)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064/1 "2009-12-10T01:55:55Z")

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Would it work if you just took a drill, and drilled out holes? The holes would have to be right across from each other to avoid unbalancing, but would that actually work?

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**Author:** ![Paolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064/2 "2009-12-10T01:59:10Z")

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Good idea, but it might completey mess up the yoyo’s balance, so I wouldn’t risk it.

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064/3 "2009-12-10T03:19:23Z")

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You mean like the Radian Super Light? If you could get it perfectly spaced out, that’d be awesome.

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**Author:** ![Skip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skip/32/353_2.png) [@Skip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Skip)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064/4 "2009-12-10T06:42:09Z")

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While you are removing centre weight, and it will change the feel of the yoyo, having more weight in total will result in longer spintime unless the yoyo is already designed with this inmind.

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064/5 "2009-12-10T14:26:10Z")

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Actually, having more weight on the rims is more important. As any physics guy. If you have more weight in the center, it’ll work ok, but not that great and won’t be very stable.

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**Author:** ![ElendilAndurilz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/elendilandurilz/32/140_2.png) [@ElendilAndurilz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ElendilAndurilz)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064/6 "2009-12-10T17:26:39Z")

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However, if you overdo the rim-weight, the play will become slow and sluggish. It’s all about balance, which most companies aim for in their design. You can try messing around if you want though. In any case, it will definitely change the play of the yoyo.

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**Author:** ![Skip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skip/32/353_2.png) [@Skip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Skip)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064/7 "2009-12-11T02:23:18Z")

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> [@10 10010 1001 1 1110](#):
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> Actually, having more weight on the rims is more important. As any physics guy. If you have more weight in the center, it’ll work ok, but not that great and won’t be very stable.

I know that mate.

What im saying is just REMOVING the weight, instead of MOVING where the weight sits, will likely not help.

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**Author:** ![kyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-mod-idea-removing-center-weight/9064/8 "2009-12-11T04:55:35Z")

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Just randomly punching holes won’t have any major impact… you’re removing weight from the total, not really shifting it.

If you added weight on the rim to keep the total weight the same, it’d make a much bigger difference.

Mr. ‘physics guy’ …moving weight away changes things depending on what direction you are moving it. Moving it ‘away’ on a horizontal axis makes it less stable… moving it away on a vertical axis makes it more.

Kyle