I use a compass to draw circles on the wood which leaves a centre mark from the pin. Then I rough cut the blanks on my bansaw. I line up the live centre in my tailstock with the tiny hole and turn the half round. Then, I drill my axle hole using a jacobs chuck in my tailstock. The hole created help me to keep the half perfectly centred using the live centre.
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Ok. Do you eventually flip the half over though and re-tape it to the jig? That’s the step that seems like it’d be tough to get the half perfectly centered.
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I do flip the half when I’m sanding the face. The method works well for centering the halves.
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I hope to buy another sd card today and have another crack at filming tonight.
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I’ve finally decided to make some woodthread axle yoyos.
They will be significantly different to the ones that TMBR make. You’ll see.
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It’s going to take some time though. There’s quite a process in making wood threads for them to turn out clean and consistent and I’m aware of some of the pitfalls.
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Oh, I’m sure there are many “pitfalls”. One slip Glen. If that’s even your real name!
On a completely unrelated note, I can hardly wait to see some photographs of these “wood threads”.
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I’ve ordered the wood thread box to make them. Now just to figure out how to use it with tolerances tight enough to keep the yoyo smooth and not flying apart. I have my ideas of how to do this.
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Hot dang this is exciting. If you need someone to poorly test any prototypes, I’m happy to pay to do so.
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I may have spoken too soon. There’s actually a fairly strong possibility that I will not be making woodthread axles now… I just had a talk with Colin of TMBR and it’s not looking hopeful. I’m not entirely sure yet.
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I’m feeling a bit like that too. But it’s not totally off the cards just yet.
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That’s hawt.
Edit: I keep looking at this. I wanna touch it. What are the odds of me and @MarkD being in the same physical location ever? Slim to none?
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I think my proximity to Disney World makes it more likely than average!
@Glenacius_K that looks SSMOOOOTH
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It’s a nice player too! I decided to go with maple to give you a weight difference between your Boon and Harbinger
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A magnetic axle Harbinger. It’s almost OK. It’s starts separating with hard regens. With stronger magnets and it could be a winner.
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Woah! What if you use those super strong magnets? I think those are neodymium?
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