Made a purpleheart Blood Cell.
This one is thinner with a larger diameter and a shallower concaved face. Plays well, but I don’t think I prefer it’s look.
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I’ve purchased some threaded inserts and grub screws. I’m going to start prototyping take apart yoyos with steel axles with wooden sleeves.
I aim to keep the weight low by using m2 inserts and metal grub screws. This also keeps the wooden sleeve thick to help prevent crushing.
I will also insert the threaded yoyos from the inside face of the half to preserve clean faces.
I hope to have the inserts fairly shallow so that I can still cut decent pull start dimple on the faces.
We’ll see how it goes.
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I think that’s a really great idea. I’ll admit - my Harbinger has had a few days cut short when I managed to knot it while out and about more thoroughly than the toothpick in my pocket could solve. Had to wait until I got home to solve with tweezers. Don’t get me wrong; it’s not often. But the last resort of opening the yoyo would have been nice.
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I’m right there with you. I’ve even had to cut a string after frustrating myself for almost an hour. I think the response holes just make the perfect little nooks for knots and twisted up string bits to get stuck. I would still not trade my Harbinger for anything though…
I would definitely trade my Ballsy or Skinflint for a Survivalist though.
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The Survivalist looks sooo cool!
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if i even had an idea of how to PhotoShop, i’d put SW Blood Cells over those.
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Made a take apart updated Boon tonight.
The bad news: the m4 axles I have aren’t long enough, so I can’t use it. 
The really bad news: I broke my lathe.
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This is really just God’s message: Spinworthy shall not create take apart yoyos. Wood and glue is all there is for you.
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Oh no! Hopefully repairs aren’t too costly or difficult.
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Bummer. What broke on it?
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I completely destroyed the spindle lock when I was trying to remove my chuck. Now you can hear it rattling around in there when the lathe is on.
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I got this handmade yo-yo from Mexico made out of Blackwood. This wood is super dense. Just to give you an idea, the dimensions of this yo-yo are:
D: 57 mm / 2.3 in
W: 33 mm / 1.27 in
Gap: 3 mm / 0.12 in
But it’s weight is: 107 grams
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Holy cow! How’s it play?
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It stretches the string like crazy! I haven’t thrown it too hard, it might break the string. Good for the collection though .
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I still only want to make glued in axles (even though I will make a few take apart soon).
Glued in is king for smoothness and yoyo performance.
I was talking to some professional woodturner and these guys can’t understand with the glue and the methods I’m using why They come apart.
They suggested I use epoxy. So I’ll use that. It will never come apart.
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My yoyos should really never fall apart again with this stuff. It’s expensive, but it will work. I’ll be using it in future.
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Collecting wood yo-yo’s is still my favorite, but looking at everyone’s homemade is really special.
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