I made a UHMWPE Survivalist tonight to see how my new response would behave in a yoyo made from a very low friction material. Surprisingly it works well. It was looking bad when I first put the string on. It resisted my engineer’s winds completely with the yoyo just slipping right down to the bottom of the string without gripping the walls. With a manual wind an a couple of throws, it was responding very well and still does. It plays significantly smootber than the production Survivalists and the regens are very gradual and smooth allowing for sloooow orbitals. Its very interesting and performs great. I teally like this!
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while I was looking for the pictures of the knives I also found these of when, years ago, I modified a YYF One Star.
From the photos you can see how I modified the plastic seat of the bearing with seats made by me on the lathe, in aluminum.
I inserted stainless steel rings by interference, again on lathes in the plastic and modified the shape …
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Oh mate. So cool!
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Thanks so much! 
Now it belongs to a dear friend of mine, I gave it to him with great joy.
I admit that this, above all due to the modification of the shape and unlike the first one that I made and that I gave to Riccardo Fraolini, is affected by a vibration, which does not give problems during the game but which is clearly visible to the eye.
Not all things come out perfect … 
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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.
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sure it matters!
Congratulations, a great job in my opinion!!! 
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Great work!!!
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Now that the new response I started using is out, I’ve started refining my original hole response.
Probably a boring post, but anyway.
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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?
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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.
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Go wood or metal. If you dont mind waiting you can even send it to me and I’ll fit a new axle.
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Hahahaha boring. I get it. Good one!
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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!
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I picked up a piece of hdpe to try. Any advice on cutting @Glenacius_K ? 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.
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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.
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What happened to the new response?
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