That one is just a tester. I have some polycarbonate coming and will be a better material for it.
It’s transparent polycarbonate, so I can even dye it different colours to tint it!
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Definitely appeals to me!
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So this turned out interesting… It turns out this engeneering grade polyester does not take dye very well, which resulted in uneven colour. However, it’s an exquisite mix of kind of crappy and awesome. Lol. It has a milky sapphire kind of colour. The tongs gave is some marks all over that can be seen in the light.
Even weirder is that when I engraved it, the engraving turned out a kind of white instead of black!..
Now that DEFINITELY looks awesome!
The play is spot on. You can just play this thing basically like a full sized KNack.
Even though the production one will be made from polycarbonate (if Kyle gives the model the OK) this proto should give him a good idea if it’s worth pursuing or not because it will be the same dimensions. Only the production model will likely weigh just under 50g.
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So the material is expensive and thwy take a long time to make, mostly due to the sanding and polishing.
It’s a very robust and good performing fixed axle yoyo.
Would you guys pay $70 for one of these? It wouldn’t be worth an eventual release if people think this is too expensive.
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Yes!!! That is stunning @Glenacius_K, nice work.
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Looks fantastic. I’d pay that much for that. Then again I’m currently looking for a good fixie.
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Being realistic $70 is just a bit too expensive. I’m more in the $50 range for most fixies.
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That sounds reasonable for machined polycarbonate compared to other unresponsives in the market of similar material.
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I figured that would be most people’s sweet spot.
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I will give you $70 and a big virtual hug
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This one has a good chance of becoming a favourite of yours, I think.
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It looks like it!
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It’s more accurate to say hand turned in this instance.
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Don’t you need special machinery to make plastic yoyos? If had the ability to do make one I would.
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I think Glen’s just taking the polycarbonate blanks to his lathe. You’re right though, commercially they are usually injection molded afaik.
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Yeah, I might well pay $70 for one of these. I don’t think the price is out of line for the work and materials. Truth be told, the black (POM?) version is right up my alley, but I have a thing about black throws.
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Left to right? is that top to bottom or bottom to top?
Bottom to top.
This is the third revision of the Knick-KNack.
In the changes include a press fitted AL axle that has been partially hand turned. I flattened the ends and tapered the edges to help accommodate a firm press fit.
It’s a glueless, press fitted axle design. This makes it smoother, cleaner and more reliable that a looser glued in design.
To get the highly polished look, I have to sand it beginning with 180g sand paper up to 12000 grit. This alone renders the production yoyo unviable. I will need to looking at using POM instead, which presents different challenges. POM has really low surface energy, meaning, it neither accepts glue or works very well with press fitting. I will have to do some thinking to make the design faster, cheaper and easier to make.
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Ugh but that one is gorgeous I love the see through look so much
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