# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/731 "2022-01-20T19:45:31Z")
Does this count? Had some Mini Motu rings lying around, made a body from some delrin and fitted the rims on, then cut it for One Drop spacers. Plays very smooth! Weighs about 72 grams, tried to keep the width the same as a Mini Motu. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/f/7/7f7e4e7a8d0a2b45d6b951fa9fa7be5f72143201.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/0/2/f02b2b6981e7d90ed1a4ea1eac498d42d5f40581.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/3/6/c363c0d4ffdaa503443e09e61bc02ecd51a75194.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/732 "2022-01-20T19:46:57Z")
sure it matters! Congratulations, a great job in my opinion!!! :+1: :+1: :+1: ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/733 "2022-01-20T21:55:13Z")
Made a PC Kn-KN. ![20220121_081947](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/9/e/09ea91feb4c0f314f462c600cc415948459f7137.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/734 "2022-01-20T21:55:40Z")
Great work!!! ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/735 "2022-01-21T03:44:38Z")
> [@anon5341354](#): > > I made a UHMWPE Survivalist tonight to see how my new response would behave in a yoyo made from a very low friction material. I remember how the various plastic axles melted on the first Survivalist attempts. I wonder if you’ll have any issues like that, or maybe not since the friction is probably not as intense in this situation? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/736 "2022-01-21T04:00:34Z")
I wondered the same, but it doesn’t seem to melt at all. There isnt enough firm contact with the little nubs to cause any melting. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/737 "2022-01-22T22:12:52Z")
I’ll be making a few Survivalists today. If you get in with a colour preference, I can make it for you. The aim is to make 4 or 5. Colours you can have are: - Rainbow recycled HDPE - Ice white HDPE - Black UHMWPE - Green UHMWPE - Blue glass filled, virtually indestructable UHMWPE (for 4 times the price because of extreme tool wear). They will have my new response system in them which works great with Survivalists. Get in with a PM within the next few hours, and I’ll make it today. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/738 "2022-02-12T06:45:27Z")
Now that the new response I started using is out, I’ve started refining my original hole response. Probably a boring post, but anyway. ![20220212_140240](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/c/1/2c1bc358b8ac00481453458d863873415218da19.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/739 "2022-02-12T14:51:12Z")
That cookies and cream looking plastic looks so nice! I still have my old Survivalist, but lost the axle somehow before I had a chance to epoxy it back in. This post just reminded me I had a question for you Glen - What material would adhere best to this plastic for a new axle? Wood? POM? Metal? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/740 "2022-02-12T21:46:09Z")
Made a couple of skinny Survivalists yesterday. T they have a diameter of about 57mm and a width of about 23.5mm. The through axle one is slightly better. ![20220213_081229](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/d/c/bdcb99b609249f23e848d3e35e9dce9d35e0e4b5.jpeg) ![20220213_081219](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/2/5/b25fc63f11680c884cbb35c4287a26eaea9ef551.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/741 "2022-02-12T21:50:11Z")
Go wood or metal. If you dont mind waiting you can even send it to me and I’ll fit a new axle. ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/742 "2022-02-12T21:54:28Z")
Hahahaha boring. I get it. Good one! ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/743 "2022-02-13T02:57:52Z")
I consider myself to be _somewhat_ handy, I’ll give it a shot and if I botch it I’ll let you know. Thanks for the input! ---
**Author:** ![RC\_yo-yo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rc_yo-yo/32/168781_2.png) [@RC\_yo-yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RC_yo-yo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/744 "2022-02-13T03:35:50Z")
I picked up a piece of hdpe to try. Any advice on cutting @anon5341354 ? I cut a small piece with a hole saw and it kept wanting to melt unless I stopped every so often and clean off the blade. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/745 "2022-02-13T05:33:16Z")
It wont respond well at all to a hole saw, there’s just just too much contact wirh the material. You’re probably going to need to use a bandsaw or saw it by hand. ---
**Author:** ![sparhawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@sparhawk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sparhawk)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/746 "2022-02-13T16:09:07Z")
What happened to the new response? ---
**Author:** ![mable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mable/32/194074_2.png) [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/747 "2022-02-13T16:26:31Z")
> [@Show some wooden yoyos you've made](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/1300): > > The issues Kyle didn’t like initially are that it doesn’t return well at low RPM and that string tricks are too responsive. One bit of good news I got from him is that he really likes the KNack XL with the original response. He said is felt ‘like putting on a glove’ for him. From the wooden yoyo thread. I echoed a bit of a similar opinion above this post. I’m excited to see even more future response ideas, because it feels like a really unexplored design space. The current popular response systems all work really well, but after trying this it does make me wonder if there’s another unexplored option that will wind up being even better. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/748 "2022-02-14T08:51:17Z")
I have plenty of ideas, yet to be explored. However, none of any of my response ideas have been purely mine, they just build on what is already been with tweaks. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/749 "2022-02-15T03:47:04Z")
> [@mable](#): > > …that will wind up being even better. Do you mean that will “wind up even better”? 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Lido](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lido/32/173650_2.png) [@Lido](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lido)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/750 "2022-02-15T06:48:37Z")
The KNack is my favorite 0a yoyo, and I understand wanting to constantly improve it. Some ideas that came to mind were 1) countersinking the holes to reduce the friction and 2) spiral the holes so they’re not all the same distance from the axle or maybe just offset them a little from each other (trickier to keep balanced, but your CAD people could probably help with that). [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570.md?page=36) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570.md?page=38)