Same! Even “small” cutouts can have a surprising effect.. large cutouts, like on classic typical aluminum car rims, make the yo-yo unpleasant to play with ..
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Yep. Its poop-nuggets if you want consistent quality over many units.
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But it’s cool and isn’t that worth it?
Honestly any material can work well if it’s given a decent stable guts. It then comes down to is it cost effective and will there be an audience interested
I like wood in terms of connection with nature, organic materials, the feel, etc.. and probably some woods are more consistent (?) in growth, density, hardness, etc than others? It’s all very interesting!
But if you want very accurate control of the yo-yo design physics, I am sorry, but wood is definitely not your huckleberry.
Wood yo-yos are cool, but.. I would always pick wood sides with a center metal axle / ball bearing, myself.
My son selected this as one of his favorites recently:
(along with a Luftverk Ti responsive, the SB highwall, so there you have it, both are good 
!)
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