A skew, parting tool and tiny little “gouge?”.
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That’s really nice!
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I made a couple of revisions on the latest yoyo I made.
I wanted to improve the weight distribution by thinning out the walls further, but keeping the thick rims.
I also schmooved around the response to reduce friction.
Lastly I gave it a bit of a sand with 400 grit sand paper. The result is a satin finish rather than shiny. Feels soooooo very lovely and velvety smooth now.
It has retained the stability it had, but feels a lot more lively and effortless now to use. It’s much better.
Was going to BST it, but everyone seems to be hanging onto their cash for Worlds at the moment.
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Any of you fine people have some ProYo guts and a set of calipers? Can’t find my calipers unfortunately…
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@Legyoyo, would you be able to make this one 3D, too like you did the other one? It’s 19 wide and 55 in didiameter.
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You got it, I’ll post it later today!
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Thanks, mate!
It’s hard to see the undercut rim in your picture. I’ll need to make it heavier too according to the mass in your info.
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I have neglected to post Sigma Project updates on here, but a few days ago an impressively successful print came out called Psi. I have some more cooking, and with alternative bearing system than the Cabal guts. I’ll try and be more diligent with updates.
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Got some more plastic for everybody to view and (hopefully) enjoy. You’re getting the first look at these beauties:
PHI (Φ), featuring added rubber weight ring, a force to be reckoned with. 54.48 mm diameter
BETA (β), another bi-plastic, but with a white decor. Almost… minty?
Half swap to compare shapes:
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This one looks really nice! Love the colour.
Thanks! The rings worked surprisingly well. The rubber was much more friendly than the plastic though. I think the color is more minty in person, probably my favorite so far as well!
Meet the Organiplastic
Haven’t cleaned it that much, but this is a collab between me and @Legyoyo. I can’t wait for the final design!
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Looks like ice cream 
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It’s a really nice colour!!
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Had a bit of a workflow win today. I’ve been pretty upset with the acetal chucks I’d made to make unresponsive yoyos. I mount my work pieces by press fitting them to my chuck with a drilled hole in the work piece.They have been melting under stress and welding themselves to my workpieces when the workpiece slips even a tiny amount. The solution was to go back to using wood, so no slip welding can occur and also to make a new chuck for every half turned to ensure the workpiece is secure. The reason why I changed all of my chucks to acetal in the first place was the theory that they would run slightly truer being made of a far more consistent material. It doesn’t matter, wood is perfectly fine. I just use some fat dowel secured in my scroll chuck and turn the diameter down to fit the holes in the half. It worked perfectly tonight.
Apologies if this is a bit of a boring post.
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I, for one, love to see the details of craftsmanship, particularly that at your level. I find this really interesting.
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oh man, good thing you got this solved, that sounds frustrating