# Show some wooden yoyos you've made **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 7, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381 "2017-07-07T23:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 44
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/897 "2020-09-20T00:53:55Z")
Getting crickets here so far haha! That’s exactly why I made a poll, just to guage whether it’s worth doing. ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/898 "2020-09-20T01:20:14Z")
You gotta wait for longer than 1 hour. That’s how long it takes me to start doing the dishes, stop in the middle, forget what I was doing, and then start again. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/899 "2020-09-20T01:30:00Z")
Haha! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![HappyHands](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/happyhands/32/93016_2.png) [@HappyHands](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HappyHands)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/900 "2020-09-20T07:22:37Z")
I voted but my fat thumb hit just slightly wrong. I Would!! buy. Sorry to mess up your poll. I think the work Vega and yourself put into yoyos is incredible. I’m in the uk, would it still be ~$50. Put me down for 1 please. Edit: found a way to change my vote ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/901 "2020-09-20T12:24:26Z")
Well here they are. I’ve named this model the John Smith. They are a very generic butterfly shape, but they perform very nicely. ![20200920_194112](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/8/c/88cd1b840a2a876a6358f8ecdaaed3ccbd793067.jpeg) ![20200920_194039](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/0/b/10be06054d06598f1c38029bc617e4a4c1dd1131.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/902 "2020-09-20T20:26:46Z")
Would they be better with just the usual SW on them? ---
**Author:** ![Mystik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mystik/32/83294_2.png) [@Mystik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mystik)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/903 "2020-09-20T20:35:18Z")
No . Full sentence ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/904 "2020-09-20T20:54:59Z")
Fair enough. Ah… It’s just too generic a design, isn’t it. I mean, it plays well and can be made quickly, but lacks appeal. ---
**Author:** ![Mystik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mystik/32/83294_2.png) [@Mystik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mystik)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/905 "2020-09-21T01:50:53Z")
I think beauty lies in simplicity. And the full logo balances out the flair. ---
**Author:** ![eternalmetal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eternalmetal/32/44877_2.png) [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/906 "2020-09-21T01:56:13Z")
Honestly, maybe a little, but that is also the charm of it. I also love the full wood flat face, so beautiful. And heck yea with the full engraving. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/907 "2020-09-23T21:13:07Z")
One thing I’m finding useful about the John Smith is that I can use tiny pieces of old wood I have that have been laying around for ages. They take short enough time to make that I can make one out of a different wood most nights this week. This one is white oak. ![20200924_063442](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/7/0/f70ae0799730320af71753c55f2ab3087fb37ddf.jpeg) ![20200924_063522](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/7/7/177e6c5e3466a87f0f38683b776c5271020d57f1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/908 "2020-09-26T13:25:17Z")
I’m not sure if this post is worthy of the Official Manufcturer’s News thread, so I’ll just post it here. Today I have begun making a run of Buttons that I will be sending to YYE in around a month. The woods will include, white oak, zebrawood, purpleheart, wenge, Spectra Ply and red gum. One or two of the woods may change depending on how it works out. ![20200926_204638](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/1/4/0143d4af65d0d506dc3e636a19ef193f434d09c3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![hari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@hari](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hari)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/909 "2020-09-26T18:07:35Z")
How much do you expect the yoyo to cost? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/910 "2020-09-26T19:29:57Z")
About $50 ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/911 "2020-10-02T22:32:34Z")
I made a John Smith out of Southern silky oak just to test the wood to see how well it turns and spins. Its really hard to tell in the photos, but the wood has a really nice speckled grain and a kind of iridescent quality. It’s a really nice wood. It’s 38g. I’m loving light yoyos lately, 42g is the new 50g. ![20201003_075448](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/3X/f/2/f2dd5649fc27b6aabb8a7d0b62c22b7a148b0faa.jpeg) ![20201003_075421](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/f/d/3fd4da7036a4c6d7dd1dc7312842aabad1446b99.jpeg) ![20201003_075513](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/3X/c/e/ce15546384436269fbe62acfdf30acd0544c00eb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Newlin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eric_newlin/32/598950_2.png) [@Eric\_Newlin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Eric_Newlin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/912 "2020-10-03T00:05:48Z")
That wood is really spectacular looking, @anon5341354. I can imagine how it’s iridescent in person. What do you think it would look like with some sort of oil finish? In your experience, do oil finishes affect play much? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/913 "2020-10-03T00:09:31Z")
I used to always oil my yoyos, but I don’t anymore. I may end up oiling this one just to see if it makes the grain really pop. Oil can affect play. Kyle liked every oiled KNack prototype less than the unoiled ones. It can make the string interact with the wood differently. Also, because yoyos are a handled object, the oil will be replaced with your own hand oils eventually anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Newlin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eric_newlin/32/598950_2.png) [@Eric\_Newlin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Eric_Newlin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/914 "2020-10-03T00:13:59Z")
That’s right - now I remember reading that about the KNack. Makes sense. It’s cool how play gradually and naturally oils the raw wood anyway - it’s a satisfying process to see a record of your play manifest on the yoyo itself. A record of time we’ll spent (or ‘spin’t lol). ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/915 "2020-10-09T10:11:15Z")
I made made a spectra Harbinger today. It’s the first Harbinger I’ve made in a good while. ![20201009_200916](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/0/c/30cecffd6940e1fbc9a53e267178b6bf3d838469.jpeg) ![20201009_195918](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/f/3/ff3b06ab99ad6ac06e8736a5dc568d91f40b9de7.jpeg) ![20201009_200928](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/f/5/1f5999d56ba8b5156c41ce4a158f92b20cfe9cf8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381/916 "2020-10-10T10:08:33Z")
I made my smallest ever fixed axle yoyo today. It has a diameter of about 44.5mm. It’s also the first wooden yoyo I have made with a metal axle. I gave it a 1/4" AL axle so to keep the diameter of it down without compromising on durability. Because it’s made from an incredibly dense Aussie wood called gidgee, at this size it still weighs just over 50g. The yoyo it is pictured next to n is a Harbinger. ![20201010_203622](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/b/9/1b9005197048553cacc50bddfd3cc286fd862253.jpeg) ![20201010_203609](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/d/f/cdf7073148bb21589d39da5ff777d87b7fed9d3e.jpeg) ![20201010_203549](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/c/7/dc76866c5984812d722945d22a54d2d94605b421.jpeg) ![20201010_203526](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/b/b/0bb41abb9c24d2d5047e900c63fb2f8861bf3f2c.jpeg) [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381.md?page=43) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-some-wooden-yoyos-youve-made/84381.md?page=45)