# tourniquet style yoyo string

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**Created:** [April 19, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet-style-yoyo-string/37003 "2012-04-19T21:30:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![baerinatux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@baerinatux](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/baerinatux)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet-style-yoyo-string/37003/1 "2012-04-19T21:30:39Z")

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Does anybody know how to make a tourniquet style yoyo string? please help!!!

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**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet-style-yoyo-string/37003/2 "2012-04-19T22:38:24Z")

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The same way you make a regular string, only with more thread.

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**Author:** ![baerinatux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@baerinatux](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/baerinatux)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet-style-yoyo-string/37003/3 "2012-04-20T04:44:53Z")

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what about melting strings together?

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet-style-yoyo-string/37003/4 "2012-04-20T05:31:14Z")

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> [@baerinatux](#):
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> what about melting strings together?

Never heard of that, but then I lead a sheltered life.

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**Author:** ![bunsoy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@bunsoy1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bunsoy1)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet-style-yoyo-string/37003/5 "2012-04-20T05:45:39Z")

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Learn how to twist your own string, then just twist a lot of it to make really long string.

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet-style-yoyo-string/37003/6 "2012-04-20T16:53:18Z")

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> [@jhb8426](#):
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> > [@baerinatux](#):
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> > what about melting strings together?
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> Never heard of that, but then I lead a sheltered life.

Nice way to have a stiff spot and weak point.

It’s better to either buy the proper strings or simply make your strings twice as long.

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**Author:** ![Trace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trace/32/620097_2.png) [@Trace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Trace)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet-style-yoyo-string/37003/7 "2012-04-20T17:59:02Z")

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> [@Studio42](#):
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> > [@jhb8426](#):
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> > > [@baerinatux](#):
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> > > what about melting strings together?
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> > Never heard of that, but then I lead a sheltered life.
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> Nice way to have a stiff spot and weak point.
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> It’s better to either buy the proper strings or simply make your strings twice as long.

It’s not as bad as you’d think, though I’m with you that it’s better to make a whole string if you can.

Jensen made a video on how to do it but I can’t find it.

But how you do it is you tie two Polyester strings together and the cut off the excess, after that pull it tight and take a lighter to the knot to melt it a bit (Shouldn’t take more then a solid second.) so the knot won’t come undone.