# Show some plastic yoyos you made **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [April 25, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570 "2019-04-25T02:42:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/1 "2019-04-25T02:42:38Z")
Meet the PCLoadLetter v1: ![IMG_20190411_130529](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/3X/f/1/f151b248805771f1baa3f4a5b4a6458ffa80f372.jpeg) It didn’t turn out great. Slicer settings were off, it was wobbly, and about 20% under weight. I have a few more tries in the pipeline, I really want to get it working with side effects! Profile: ![IMG_20190410_201759](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/3X/2/2/2270880fd7c220995f974f28ad1b89703ce5dc87.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/2 "2019-04-25T00:02:40Z")
Not wood, but I turned This acetal yoyo yesterday. ![20190425_074444](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/a/c/cac232ef663f73cf0b340e0078b053bc791a28ff.jpeg) ![20190424_213809](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/1/8/518702b829d8e9ab474d418d2c5eb212b1e5c276.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/3 "2019-04-25T00:25:51Z")
Wow yet ANOTHER name for POM / Delrin / Celcon… good lord how many names does this stuff have?! ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/4 "2019-04-25T00:29:29Z")
It’s all acetal whatever you call it. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/5 "2019-04-25T00:45:02Z")
Delrin and Celcon are brand names of acetal. Referring to all acetal as either Delrin or Celcon is a bit like how some people call any tablet an iPad. ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/6 "2019-04-25T01:01:39Z")
It looks amazing! It looks like vinyl! ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/7 "2019-04-25T01:29:19Z")
I thought POM was the more generic term. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/8 "2019-04-25T01:33:34Z")
Maybe what I’ve used isn’t POM. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Z\_Car](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/z_car/32/72879_2.png) [@Z\_Car](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Z_Car)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/9 "2019-04-25T01:37:26Z")
Acetal is POM (Polyoxymethylene). Delrin is what Dupont calls there POM. Definitely all the same like you said. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/10 "2019-04-25T01:40:52Z")
I’m _pretty sure_ POM is the correct generic term! ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/11 "2019-04-25T01:42:58Z")
Well the plastics engineering place I got it from calls it acetal. I think they would know the correct name. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/12 "2019-04-25T01:43:42Z")
Nope, wikipedia says POM. Sorry! > **[Polyoxymethylene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyoxymethylene)** > > Polyoxymethylene (POM), also known as acetal, polyacetal, and polyformaldehyde, is an engineering thermoplastic used in precision parts requiring high stiffness, low friction, and excellent dimensional stability. Short-chained POM (chain length between 8 and 100 repeating units) is also better known as paraformaldehyde (PFA). As with many other synthetic polymers, polyoxymethylenes are produced by different chemical firms with slightly different formulas and sold as Delrin, Kocetal, Ultraform, PO... ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/13 "2019-04-25T01:44:50Z")
Well it looks like the professionals are wrong according to Wikipedia… ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/14 "2019-04-25T01:46:16Z")
They’re synonyms, but POM is the widely known generic name. I’d never actually seen someone type “acetal” here when referring to it before today! ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/15 "2019-04-25T01:49:29Z")
Whatever. POM it is. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/16 "2019-04-25T01:52:10Z")
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**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/17 "2019-04-25T01:56:16Z")
POM is a widely used generic term, not necessarily the ‘correct’ term. Acetal is fine too. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/18 "2019-04-25T01:57:56Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/b/c/2bce150bfe80db1f81187478839e78c93fa1feac.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/19 "2019-04-25T02:01:43Z")
The professional plastics company says acetal, so I say acetal. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/20 "2019-04-25T02:02:54Z")
Bah, they probably spell aluminum wrong too! [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570.md?page=2)