With this design, I was going for a yoyo that would suit all of my personal yoyo needs. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the yoyo would strictly suit me. In this design, I tried making a dual ring yoyo, with the rings placed in such a manner that it would not hinder its grinding capabilities. This yoyo took a heavy influence from the edge and bind. Questions and comments below.
For the catch zone rings, why not just make the body itself thicker, and have the machine shop cut a shiny part into the catch zone? Less parts, more durable.
I think those catch zone rings would hinder finger grind performance, at least a little. They would definitely make contact with my index finger, and I have skinny fingers.
The inner rings are pretty small, I’d guess they are about 1.5 apiece. It’s pretty easy to distribute that same mass in the main yoyo body so that the moment of inertia of the yoyo as a whole is identical.
What I’m suggesting would be to add all that weight back as aluminum, and throwing it blind you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference, because you could adjust the weight placement easily with such a small amount.
actually, I put the catch zone rings there for anti slip during binds. with rings that beefy, the binds could start getting really slippy, and the regens, uncontrollable. I put them there so that more weight would be closer to the y-axis, and in return, the yoyo would regen better, and I’m pretty sure that the yoyo being balanced would be a nice secondary quality. i just got an edge infinity, and that’s one of the biggest problems with it. (its still my favorite yoyo tho)
edit: also, I have pretty thin fingers, so I guess that I wouldn’t be affected by the rings being there as much as you, maybe.
edit: also, I put them there for aesthetic purposes, mostly because it looks sick, and also because I have always been a fan of dual ring throws… and I just wanted to make one like the edge. also, does anyone know if YYF plans on expanding on the edge lineup even though Evan Nagao isn’t on their team anymore?
