You need something to cut blanks from delrin rods (mitre/chop saw, Bandsaw, etc.), a lathe, and forstner bits for initial hollowing.
A metal lathe would probably be most consistent, but I use a wood lathe with chisels.
If you don’t have experience turning, it will take a lot of practice to make these well. If you already have experience with a lathe, I’d say it’s worth a try! I highly recommend starting with wood if you never turned yoyos before.
i have some wood turning experience, but have never worked with synthetics or plastics, i sent you a pm!
Glen is a beast; that is all.
Any idea where you will be posting these for retail?
Yes, I know where I’d like to, but I’m not going to make the suggestion until they are all complete.
I like it, reminds me of the Diverse Animals yoyos
Do you want them released here on YYE if I can? I guess that could be a dumb question.
Glen have you tried poly and cotton strings on these? Any difference in response?
ooh those look nice!
Poly works so perfectly on this model that I’ve never tried cotton.
Want them?
Do you need to ask Glen? Of course! 
I’ll snag one
Great! I’ll send you a PM with the details as soon as I’ve made the last 6.
I did a durability test on the Survivalist just now. I ran over it twice with my car. Here are the before and after shots:
Before
After:
As you can see it scratched up the half that was facing the concrete as the car rolled over it. It also pushed the axle right in almost completely together.
I widened up the gap again by jamming playing cards in gap to what it was before:
It actually plays perfectly well with no sign of the axle being bent or the halves braking whatsoever. In fact, this one was a b grade and it now plays even smoother now having run over it. Lol!
This treatment would totally obliterate any wooden yoyo. This one is just fine. The Survivalist is a very tough yoyo indeed.
I’ll have to pick one up when they make it to yoyoexpert!
What is the axle made from? They look amazing. Hopefully I can get a hold of one.
The axle is solid 6063 AL. 1/4".
