This little guy plays really well! Just a prototype playing with weight and size. 50x43mm 59g very comfortable and fun.
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That’s really cool!!
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Roughly slapped together this take apart wood Harbinger. Its performance is excellent, but it’s not smooth. I’m no entirely happy with the design yet.
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Your yoyos look so nice!!
Keep up the amazing work, Rob!
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I’m curious why you’re trying the take apart design again? I think I remember seeing you said you were done with take apart fixed axles.
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Just revisit it and we what else I can come up with. Fun mostly.
Bottom line is that glued is best; something I knew already. I don’t know of any take apart fixed axle design I’m happy with.
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Take-apart fixed axle designs are great in theory. I like the idea of being able to replace the axle when it wears. I thought I would love the TMBR I got for this reason, but I find I spend too much time having to fiddle with it to get the response right, and it still doesn’t play nearly as good as the completely fixed orphan (fixed axle from a/rt). The trade off is one day that yo yo will be useless when I wear through the axle.
But I haven’t tried nearly enough wood yoyos to comment on the many varieties out there.
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You would have to play a fixed axle like mad for years to wear through the axle.
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Very true, I played a no jive 3-4 hours a day for a couple weeks with minimal wear, as in none that was visible, and their axles are softer I believe
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Part 3 making unresponsive wood yo-yos.
Finished them. Put a beeswax finish on them and discovered the big one is smooth and beautiful but Heavy. And the smaller one was still too heavy but had a ugly vibe that I can’t live with. So I’ll be making a 4th video trying to fix those issues.
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You can probably press or drill the axle out of the body and replace it if it ever fails.
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Its possible for sure with the right tools.
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Welcome to the world of making wooden unresponsives.
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@RC_yo-yo if your forstner bit makes a hole slightly too large for the bearing seat to sit in snugly, you can purchase one 1 or 2mm smaller and manually cut the edge of the recess with a scraper until the seat fits in just right. This is what I do.
I would also suggest drilling the smaller hole for the nut after drilling the recess with the forstner. You’ll notice that the forstner will create a nice divot right in the centre which will make sure the smaller bit remains centered as it enters.
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Thanks for the tips. There is a lot more to lathe work than I expected. But it’s been a fun learning experience
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the smaller set survived. I’m not sure how I want to finish them.
I’ve got a lot of good stuff I’m working on though.
I might make a video on wood yo-yo repair. I’ve got a old no jive woody that just needs to be re glued and a old Bird in Hand that needs a new axle.
Today I also glued up this slab of padauk and purple heart. It’s looking good.
And I’m currently gluing up some walnut and maple for another small batch of Ore-yos.
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The paddock Purple Heart looks awesome. I’d love to buy a fixe made from that block
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