# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/64 "2019-05-13T02:58:09Z")
There is also a potential for an “Adjustable Gap”, I look forward to see what you come up with. :yo-yo: onward :+1: ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/65 "2019-05-13T21:17:06Z")
Mine won’t have an adjustable gap. You really don’t need it. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/66 "2019-05-14T01:53:10Z")
Made some blank halves and tapped them and made a threaded axle to fit them. It’s not a finished yoyo, but it’s holding very well with hard throws. It spins very smoothly too. It it can’t be stripped with overtightening it seems which is nice. ![20190514_111217](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/c/0/5c0d342b94be56040cf9591dfaad9aa4e4e8c239.jpeg) ![20190514_111213](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/0/c/90c6add6aa7266422b42b2e7d1de3e0385f9c018.jpeg) ![20190514_111101](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/f/9/7f90ec0af8f93b06f558f575f94ff8c45370ac82.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:** [May 14, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/67 "2019-05-14T02:13:41Z")
Interesting. How does it do with concrete “accidents”? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/68 "2019-05-14T02:14:47Z")
I can see no reason why it wouldn’t hold with a beating. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/69 "2019-05-14T02:15:04Z")
You gotta do the science, man! ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/70 "2019-05-14T02:15:39Z")
Oh I just can’t bring myself to beat it up… Maybe I’ll have to. 😥 ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/71 "2019-05-14T02:18:00Z")
I just threw into a hard floor with a lot of force a few times. No loosening of the axle whatsoever. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/72 "2019-05-15T16:46:53Z")
Sounds promising, I’m always partial to a take apart fixed axle design. Picking knots, especially in a high wall shape, can get pretty frustrating at times. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/73 "2019-05-16T01:40:20Z")
Yes it can be frustrating. I like take apart designs because it means the axle can be replaced. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/74 "2019-05-16T10:05:59Z")
Well the threaded axle Survivalist looks successful. It plays just as well as the glued in axle version and does not come apart so far. The reason for experimenting with threading was to solve the problem of the glue failing in the yoyo when it experiences changes in temperature. I researched different adhesives suitable, and they are expensive and hard to come by. A plastics expert also told me that PE plastics simply can’t be glued; at least not permanently. Now Survivalists can be made from 100% UHMWPE or HDPE. Axles can also be replaced (If you manage to actually wear one out). I may end up making all the axles from POM, though because it machines a little better. ![20190516_192053](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/6/c/26c2bc996c7def24f5a429b4dfbe0f087c10f68d.jpeg) ![20190516_192307](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/d/0/ad0ad49e3f52817c38b74026fa5e3e980d268476.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![gcoomans](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gcoomans/32/25166_2.png) [@gcoomans](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gcoomans)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/75 "2019-05-16T13:24:46Z")
Looks awesome! ---
**Author:** ![yoyoretro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoretro/32/47161_2.png) [@yoyoretro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoretro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/76 "2019-05-16T15:13:15Z")
Looks like a great solution! Super nice. ---
**Author:** ![SpyseaRice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spysearice/32/82121_2.png) [@SpyseaRice](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpyseaRice)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/77 "2019-05-16T17:16:39Z")
oof this might get me into fixed axle if I could pick one of these up ( is I could afford it ) :yo-yo: ---
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/78 "2019-05-16T22:25:49Z")
Very cool! Axle doesn’t come loose in play, over time, or with temperature changes (which imply expansion / contraction of material)? I like to test things :wink: ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/79 "2019-05-16T22:37:06Z")
The axle seems to stay solid over time, but obviously I have tested over a long period. Even if it does loosen, one quick tiny crank will do the trick. The temperature changes should not be an issue, but I will tighten it an put it in the freezer, then test. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/80 "2019-05-17T00:49:32Z")
Into the freezer it goes… ![20190517_101853](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/b/1/5b15ec312c1870b44be7d0a0ad48e0fc9467441b.jpeg) This is a new post, but it won’t allow me to make another before someone else. 😕 After throwing a very frosty Survivalist I can safely say the axle stayed firm after going from my warm house and into the freezer for a while. Next test: ![15580572095484609458896142795311](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/d/f/6df48b016d463f746ea08d0905307ddd27b30802.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![chaosgow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chaosgow/32/61394_2.png) [@chaosgow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chaosgow)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/81 "2019-05-17T02:59:12Z")
I don’t even have it anymore but most of the Smashing team still do (I gave mine away). I made a Delrin prototype that we never released. It was a lot of fun but needed a lot of work and we never got around to it. Pictured here next to the Spectacle prototypes as we got them on the same run. ![_5004424](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/f/4/8f492ec6fb11ca8f0d74c0c09bec74be9e5fab1f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/82 "2019-05-17T03:44:53Z")
woaaaaaah ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570/83 "2019-05-17T03:52:16Z")
Played perfectly after being submerged. I’m confident these Survivalists can hold up. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-plastic-yoyos-you-made/301570.md?page=5)