# Ouchie with a Duncan Freehand

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**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [May 26, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ouchie-with-a-duncan-freehand/14855 "2010-05-26T11:55:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![yo-yo\_dood\_95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yo_dood_95/32/395_2.png) [@yo-yo\_dood\_95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yo-yo_dood_95)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ouchie-with-a-duncan-freehand/14855/1 "2010-05-26T11:55:19Z")

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So I picked up a new Freehand at the store and when I got home i put a KK in it and took the caps out. i threw it down for a thumb grind and after like 3 seconds of grinding I smelt something burning! The plastic started making so much friction on my fingernail it sparked at least once! Has this ever happened to anyone else?

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ouchie-with-a-duncan-freehand/14855/2 "2010-05-26T12:17:32Z")

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I want to know there the spark came from. Fingernails don’t spark and neither does aluminum.

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**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 26, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ouchie-with-a-duncan-freehand/14855/3 "2010-05-26T12:56:36Z")

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Plastic sure doesn’t spark either, unless you get creative with static electricity.

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**Author:** ![MetalMilitia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/metalmilitia/32/183_2.png) [@MetalMilitia](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MetalMilitia)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ouchie-with-a-duncan-freehand/14855/4 "2010-05-26T18:07:02Z")

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That is most likely what it was. A lot of static energy was probably built up from the friction if anything. But honestly, I wouldn’t use a Freehand to thumbgrind. It isn’t exactly made for it.

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**Author:** ![eccenticsage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@eccenticsage](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eccenticsage)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ouchie-with-a-duncan-freehand/14855/5 "2010-05-27T22:08:20Z")

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You can IRG a FH2?