I have the opposite issue with my Legend Wing. The axle in mine is so rough the string doesn’t slide on it at all.
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It took a little time for mine (Legend Wing) to play smoothly. At first I was like “this yoyo stinks” but in a few days it was smooth after lots of throwing that is.
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Aight thanks y’all! They’re spinning good now! Better than I thought they would so that’s sweet. Do I have to use cotton strings? I got the ones that came with, but all my other strings are poly or nylon of various widths. Would those work?
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Cotton would be best. You can allegedly melt poly. I haven’t really tried since cotton string is pretty cheap here on YYE. I use Type 10 on most fixies but something thinner on the Legend Wing because the gap is pretty narrow.
I just looked here on YYE and it looks like they’re out of cotton string?
I’ve used a little Slick 6. I don’t like it as much but it’s in stock on YYE and should work. It’s a 50/50 cotton/poly.
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Personally if the axle feels too unresponsive, I use Burt Bee’s Beeswax as recommended by DocPop. It is perfect.
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I just hit the inside of my Legend Wing with some 220 sandpaper and this thing plays freakin’ great now! It’s weird to say about such a cheap wood yoyo but the response is snappy and reliable with a thick cotton string. I want to order another just so I can have one as a beater.
Would anyone happen to know what type of wood the “natural” one is?
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maple
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Sweet. I have a cherry one now. I wonder if the maple gives it a noticeable weight increase.
pretty sure they are all maple, the cherry one is just stain i believe
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Oo ok, that makes more sense. I’m sorta playing with the idea of sawing one in half, drilling out the axle and putting a nicer, thicker, one in, and adding some shallow response circle grooves. Creating a suped up Legend Wing. We’ll see if I hold onto the motivation though…
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I cracked a Legend Wing in half playing responsive 5A (on like the second throw) and thought I would drill out and replace the axle, but it turns out my tools and woodworking skills were not up to the task 
We’re you using a drill press?
No. That was my big problem 
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Ah ok. I think the drill press will be my saving grace on this project should I choose to move forward.
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I purchased an Abba Zabba Woodworks fixed axle from the BST section and tonight I threw on a ZipLine Kot-n string and gave it a throw. It was very slippery and did not return with any tug, the gap seems fairly wide 3.10mm. There are some spiral cuts on the side walls near the axle. I gave it a double loop and now it returns very snappy and doesn’t sleep. I did get 10 hop the fences in a row. I might try a generic cotton string (Duncan I think) and see if that helps.
I’m open to suggestions.
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Its the right price for modding adventures, do it!
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Try more string torsion single looped and break it in.the gap is also pretty wide…
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Kot-n is slow to break in (it also lasts longer. Trade offs). Crank up the torsion and play like that for a few minutes, then return it to neutral and see if it plays better.
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Its crazy how often I dont think to do that.
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I ordered 2 to give it a try! Now I just need to find a wood shop to get some hard wood dowels for axles.
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