# Prototyping **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [January 24, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prototyping/63263 "2014-01-24T01:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prototyping/63263/1 "2014-01-24T01:34:31Z")
Where are some good cheap places to get yoyo’s prototyped? Also I’d like to know if there’s anyone who has already made one willing to check my tolerances on a design. Currently I’m helping shen703 and bcmaddog with their design, but I’m thinking of getting a run of mine as well. My goal is to get mine out as cheap as possible. Any thoughts on the design are appreciated. Attached is my design Width = 44mm Diameter = 56mm Weight = 65-66ish grams ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/2/7/f27eda92f83d763deb6f31240c88d88a5c3c2791.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![shen703](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shen703/32/924_2.png) [@shen703](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shen703)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prototyping/63263/2 "2014-01-24T01:58:32Z")
Lol I have a machine shop 17 minutes from me, I’d have to find out how much they charge first. ---
**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prototyping/63263/3 "2014-01-24T01:59:47Z")
> [@shen703](#): > > Lol I have a machine shop 17 minutes from me, I’d have to find out how much they charge first. There’s about 5 around me lol and I’ve actually job shadowed some of them, but I wanted to know if any places were already accustomed to yoyo’s. ---
**Author:** ![MYNAMEISZen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@MYNAMEISZen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MYNAMEISZen)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prototyping/63263/4 "2014-01-24T02:23:04Z")
Theres absolutely no way your going to be able to produce that for $45 in the US unless you have the money to mass produce. ---
**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prototyping/63263/5 "2014-01-24T02:27:30Z")
> [@MYNAMEISZen](#): > > Theres absolutely no way your going to be able to produce that for $45 in the US unless you have the money to mass produce. How many yoyo’s counts as a mass production? maybe that’s a little unreasonable, but I’m going to try my best to keep the costs down. I’m going to try to talk to some people I know at a few machine shops to see if they can hook me up with a good deal. I’m on a battlebot team for my school and work closely with triangle precision industries and they sponsor us, so I’m going to see if they can make me a prototype at a reduced cost and if it turns out well then I’ll do a large run an sell them as cheap as possible. ---
**Author:** ![MYNAMEISZen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@MYNAMEISZen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MYNAMEISZen)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prototyping/63263/6 "2014-01-24T02:36:18Z")
> [@jbritter3](#): > > How many yoyo’s counts as a mass production? maybe that’s a little unreasonable, but I’m going to try my best to keep the costs down. > > I’m going to try to talk to some people I know at a few machine shops to see if they can hook me up with a good deal. > > I’m on a battlebot team for my school and work closely with triangle precision industries and they sponsor us, so I’m going to see if they can make me a prototype at a reduced cost and if it turns out well then I’ll do a large run an sell them as cheap as possible. Probably Hundreds. With a larger sized run the best you’ll probably be able to do while keeping tolerances the way you want is around $60-$65 raw while making minimal profit. ---
**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prototyping/63263/7 "2014-01-24T02:38:46Z")
> [@MYNAMEISZen](#): > > Probably Hundreds. With a larger sized run the best you’ll probably be able to do while keeping tolerances the way you want is around $60-$65 raw while making minimal profit. hmmm, well looks like I may make a custom one for myself and a friend and that’s it lol but if it plays amazingly, I may see what I can do to see if another yoyo company wants to take my design.