# Wood Fixed Axle Trick's and Skills **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [November 14, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731 "2014-11-14T03:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jon\_walker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jon_walker/32/1481_2.png) [@jon\_walker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jon_walker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/21 "2014-11-19T02:02:46Z")
I received my TMBR Sullivan and I am pleasantly surprised by how different it plays from my Baldwin of the same weight. I am still learning the ins and outs of this new axle system and having some sporatic string catching and yoyo going responsive. I am playing with it and trying to break it in a little better. 🙂 It is fun to switch between butterfly and imperial! ---
**Author:** ![Yo-YoPro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yopro/32/7952_2.png) [@Yo-YoPro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-YoPro)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/22 "2014-11-20T15:47:39Z")
> [@jon\_walker](#): > > I received my TMBR Sullivan and I am pleasantly surprised by how different it plays from my Baldwin of the same weight. > > I am still learning the ins and outs of this new axle system and having some sporatic string catching and yoyo going responsive. I am playing with it and trying to break it in a little better. 🙂 It is fun to switch between butterfly and imperial! That Sullivan looks like a really nice wood design, do you know how that one would compare to a 3-in-1 NJ? ---
**Author:** ![jon\_walker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jon_walker/32/1481_2.png) [@jon\_walker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jon_walker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/23 "2014-11-21T02:51:34Z")
I do not have a NJ so I can’t help you. The Sullivan is a big throw. I got it in Babinga so it weighs the same as my Baldwin but it is larger. ---
**Author:** ![Yo-YoPro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yopro/32/7952_2.png) [@Yo-YoPro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-YoPro)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/24 "2014-11-21T03:02:05Z")
Interesting, I wish the price tag was a little lower but I bet it is worth it. ;D ---
**Author:** ![jon\_walker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jon_walker/32/1481_2.png) [@jon\_walker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jon_walker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/25 "2014-11-21T03:23:58Z")
It is very well made. It throws Fixie smooth no matter how threaded in or out the halves are on the axle. It is fun having the imperial shape as an option. Double or Nothing and every string trick is so much harder that way! I am looking forward to the new Irving and Eh? I will probably have to sell something to buy them but they look so cool. 🙂 I am about to put my first new string on the Sullivan. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scott997](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@scott997](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/scott997)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/26 "2014-11-21T15:33:30Z")
> [@jon\_walker](#): > > I am looking forward to the new Irving and Eh? I will probably have to sell something to buy them but they look so cool. 🙂 Will there be a new Eh? What does it look like? How did you find out? I really like mine; just wish I was better with it. ---
**Author:** ![jon\_walker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jon_walker/32/1481_2.png) [@jon\_walker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jon_walker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/27 "2014-11-22T23:00:38Z")
My progress to date… [http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/22/8d3d47350502e5d202543a4b87b962ae.jpg](http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/22/8d3d47350502e5d202543a4b87b962ae.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/28 "2014-11-23T04:08:23Z")
I can’t quite figure out how to adjust my gap on my No-Jive though (it’s too responsive)… I made a thread awhile back and I was told that paper works but any other suggestions/tips would help! ---
**Author:** ![SkinnyBNY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@SkinnyBNY](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SkinnyBNY)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/29 "2014-11-23T04:24:28Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > I can’t quite figure out how to adjust my gap on my No-Jive though (it’s too responsive)… I made a thread awhile back and I was told that paper works but any other suggestions/tips would help! Put a little rubber o ring on the threaded part of the axle and lightly screw the yoyo together until you feel the hex but bump it. It takes a few tries to get it right where you want it, but it works. I was lucky enough to buy mine with this modification in place already. Gotta love the BST and great traders like JRod. ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/30 "2014-11-26T16:52:30Z")
> [@jon\_walker](#): > > My progress to date… > > [http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/22/8d3d47350502e5d202543a4b87b962ae.jpg](http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/22/8d3d47350502e5d202543a4b87b962ae.jpg) Very Cool! Making some nice progress! ---
**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/31 "2014-11-26T17:13:27Z")
Dat laceration doe. ---
**Author:** ![frodoslair](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/frodoslair/32/833_2.png) [@frodoslair](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/frodoslair)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/32 "2014-11-26T20:07:35Z")
^^^ It’s the thumb grind that’s intriguing me most 🙂 That would be really hard on a fixed axle, let alone without an IGR. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/33 "2014-11-26T20:07:56Z")
> [@frodoslair](#): > > ^^^ It’s the thumb grind that’s intriguing me most 🙂 That would be really hard on a fixed axle, let alone without an IGR. It’s possible horizontally 😛 ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/34 "2014-11-29T16:31:02Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > It’s possible horizontally 😛 [ed Haponik on Instagram: "@onceuponyoyo sent me one of his new wood yoyo's. Pretty rad to have a #fixedaxle capable of ring grinds and fingerspins that still FEELS like a fixed axle! #todaythrow #trickcircle"](http://instagram.com/p/r43KdSkpwp) :wink: here’s an attempt at fingerspinning a no jive (flat sides): [ed Haponik on Instagram: "Fixed Axle Finger-Spin? Lol I'll grant you it responds pretty quick and I used a "prosthetic" (an old Dunlop banjo pick I had lying around). Whatever though some dudes requested it, and since I only have flat-sided fixies I'll take what I can get! #trickcircle #nojive"](http://instagram.com/p/rHuWMgEp-X) also irving pro handles white buddha no prob. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9rtZebmLIo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9rtZebmLIo) this thread is cool. this kind of thing is what started me with fixed axle. basically i was talking to jack ringca and spencer berry about how they’d had a little competition to see who could be first to hit cold fusion on a russell. it didn’t seem so impossible, and neither did the rest of the ladder tricks so i worked on it. got some proyos and i worked some more, got some no jives and i worked some more… after i finished the ladder, i moved on to sector\_y. you can hit almost anything on wood if you go about it the right way. at some point, i shifted my focus though. it’s fun, but way less interesting (to me) to hit long technical tricks on wood than it is to figure out tricks that feel like they’re MADE to be done on wood. ---
**Author:** ![SkinnyBNY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@SkinnyBNY](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SkinnyBNY)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/35 "2014-11-29T17:49:50Z")
> [@ed](#): > > [http://instagram.com/p/r43KdSkpwp](http://instagram.com/p/r43KdSkpwp) :wink: > here’s an attempt at fingerspinning a no jive (flat sides): [http://instagram.com/p/rHuWMgEp-X](http://instagram.com/p/rHuWMgEp-X) > > also irving pro handles white buddha no prob. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9rtZebmLIo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9rtZebmLIo) > > this thread is cool. this kind of thing is what started me with fixed axle. > basically i was talking to jack ringca and spencer berry about how they’d had a little competition to see who could be first to hit cold fusion on a russell. it didn’t seem so impossible, and neither did the rest of the ladder tricks so i worked on it. got some proyos and i worked some more, got some no jives and i worked some more… after i finished the ladder, i moved on to sector\_y. you can hit almost anything on wood if you go about it the right way. at some point, i shifted my focus though. it’s fun, but way less interesting (to me) to hit long technical tricks on wood than it is to figure out tricks that feel like they’re MADE to be done on wood. Can’t wait for my RW Just For Fun to get to my doorstep. ---
**Author:** ![jon\_walker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jon_walker/32/1481_2.png) [@jon\_walker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jon_walker)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/36 "2014-12-04T04:49:06Z")
I find it funny that the old wooden yoyo’s require more precision to execute the same tricks that that the high precision metals do easily. Any one have tips on how to do Mach 5? So far I have succeeded in only smashing my face with high velocity wooden projectiles. ---
**Author:** ![SkinnyBNY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@SkinnyBNY](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SkinnyBNY)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/37 "2014-12-04T07:24:04Z")
> [@jon\_walker](#): > > I find it funny that the old wooden yoyo’s require more precision to execute the same tricks that that the high precision metals do easily. > > Any one have tips on how to do Mach 5? So far I have succeeded in only smashing my face with high velocity wooden projectiles. I’ll try it in the morning. Also, I choked on some popcorn when I read that last bit. Gave me a good laugh. ---
**Author:** ![lax30](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@lax30](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/lax30)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/38 "2014-12-04T14:51:24Z")
my first wooden fixie should be here this week or next…might have to adjust the gap as the person who made it said its alittle off…still excited to try one out ---
**Author:** ![Jo.Mo.YoYo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jo.mo.yoyo/32/141333_2.png) [@Jo.Mo.YoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jo.Mo.YoYo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/39 "2014-12-04T15:13:23Z")
I have found that the new no jives dont need any adjustment. Also the EH should be out soon and I imagine it will be amazing. So if you are going to be getting your first fixed axel get a no jive or wait a little bit for the EH! ---
**Author:** ![yoyoboy224](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f14d63/32.png) [@yoyoboy224](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoboy224)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731/40 "2014-12-04T15:18:04Z")
> [@Jo.Mo.YoYo](#): > > I have found that the new no jives dont need any adjustment. Also the EH should be out soon and I imagine it will be amazing. So if you are going to be getting your first fixed axel get a no jive or wait a little bit for the EH! The new no-jives are a bit grabby IMO. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wood-fixed-axle-tricks-and-skills/70731.md?page=3)