# New Yoyo **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [May 4, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051 "2010-05-04T04:46:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/1 "2010-05-04T04:46:25Z")
I might be making a new yoyo guys! I’m asking my engineering teacher tomorrow to teach me how to use the lathe and them I am going to see what I can fashion… lol. Does anyone know what type of metal to use I’m thinking Aluminum 6061 T6? ---
**Author:** ![mattsk8nike](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattsk8nike/32/213_2.png) [@mattsk8nike](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mattsk8nike)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/2 "2010-05-04T05:00:13Z")
Use chocolate. Nutella for thin lube. ---
**Author:** ![Kristiawan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kristiawan/32/366_2.png) [@Kristiawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kristiawan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/3 "2010-05-04T05:19:45Z")
go for it. i heard that 6061 aluminum is what commonly used to make yoyo. have you got any design yet? ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/4 "2010-05-05T03:50:10Z")
Not exactly I have a shape but I can’t get it on paper yet. I like the shape off the BOSS without the rims so kind of like the 44. ---
**Author:** ![Kristiawan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kristiawan/32/366_2.png) [@Kristiawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kristiawan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/5 "2010-05-05T05:37:43Z")
can i make the design for you? ---
**Author:** ![wtdakata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@wtdakata](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wtdakata)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/6 "2010-05-05T06:19:05Z")
You know that if you make a yoyo on a lathe(or wathever it is called) there is a minimal chance for the two halfs being equal in weight. That means that you will have to use a scale to mesure the weight. I payed one guy that is a mester with a lathe and even he didn’t succed in making one. You can make a ballenced yoyo on if your lathe is with computers. ---
**Author:** ![Kristiawan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kristiawan/32/366_2.png) [@Kristiawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kristiawan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/7 "2010-05-05T09:26:37Z")
> [@wtdakata](#): > > You know that if you make a yoyo on a lathe(or wathever it is called) there is a minimal chance for the two halfs being equal in weight. That means that you will have to use a scale to mesure the weight. I payed one guy that is a mester with a lathe and even he didn’t succed in making one. You can make a ballenced yoyo on if your lathe is with computers. well, the only option there is to use a CNC machine. but its worth to try ---
**Author:** ![Yummy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yummy/32/14065_2.png) [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/8 "2010-05-05T12:51:25Z")
Ahem, [Landon Balk AKA 3yo3](http://www.landonbalk.com/) has made four different yo-yo models that have seen decent production numbers and plenty of rave reviews. He make all his yo-yos, not just one prototype-all of them, on a manual metal lathe. The Modfather and plenty of other modders have reshaped plenty of Freehand Zeros over the years. Guess what? He uses a manual metal lathe. It isn’t anywhere near impossible to make balanced halves on a manual lathe. You just have to know what you are doing and have a little ingenuity. ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/9 "2010-05-05T13:56:37Z")
They on’t even have to be the same weight, have you ever put two different halves of a yoyo together? ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/10 "2010-05-05T22:33:48Z")
> [@Kristiawan](#): > > > [@wtdakata](#): > > > > You know that if you make a yoyo on a lathe(or wathever it is called) there is a minimal chance for the two halfs being equal in weight. That means that you will have to use a scale to mesure the weight. I payed one guy that is a mester with a lathe and even he didn’t succed in making one. You can make a ballenced yoyo on if your lathe is with computers. > > well, the only option there is to use a CNC machine. > but its worth to try If you could make me a design like a mix of BOSS with 44 rims and Hatrick spikes I would like to see it. I have a project so I can’t make it at school. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kristiawan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kristiawan/32/366_2.png) [@Kristiawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kristiawan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/11 "2010-05-06T00:48:38Z")
> [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > If you could make me a design like a mix of BOSS with 44 rims and Hatrick spikes I would like to see it. I have a project so I can’t make it at school. ☹ let me see what i can do. i’m so in to designing right now. would you like the diameter as same as 44? ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/12 "2010-05-06T03:54:49Z")
I never tried a 44 but I like the BOSS without the bumps on the rims. So try the BOSS’s first ---
**Author:** ![Kristiawan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kristiawan/32/366_2.png) [@Kristiawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kristiawan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/13 "2010-05-06T08:39:57Z")
what do you think of this one? [](https://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/jiwakukacau/2h.jpg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/d/d/bdd3affe54f4f757d62a24fc9cbd5d31d5825185.jpeg) is it need to be adjusted or anything? ---
**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/14 "2010-05-06T13:55:15Z")
YOU EVEN COLORED IT LIKE MY BOSS!!! Can you make the rims round like 3/4 of a circle? ---
**Author:** ![Kristiawan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kristiawan/32/366_2.png) [@Kristiawan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kristiawan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-yoyo/14051/15 "2010-05-06T14:04:19Z")
> [@Cameron (and his yoyo)](#): > > YOU EVEN COLORED IT LIKE MY BOSS!!! Can you make the rims round like 3/4 of a circle? glad you like the color. 3/4 like the gorylla?