I purchased my grandmother one of those imperial shaped ones for 5 bucks shipped… I was impressed.
Okay… Put a new string on cause the other one was stretched and worn thin and the yoyo wasn’t coming back up.
New string didn’t solve my non returning yo issue. I’ve got to throw it really really hard but it still barely come up even with some pretty good tension on the string… A lot really. I am getting some impressive sleep times but that’s about it… Forget about trying a forward pass.
Tried wrapping the string twice but now ion the complete opposite side of the scale and not sleeping st all.
Any pointers?
I’ve settled on doubling up on the axle since I’m practicing stalls and regens… since it it would be nice to throw in a brain twister every once in a while.
If you come up with a winning formula, better keep it to yourself or we’ll all be begging for string.
Some of the stuff I got from yooldman is helping with responsiveness of my Eh, but at the end of the day I think I’m still going to take a page from the book of Ed and shave down the axle a hair.
Threw both the Eh and the Baldwin a bit today. That Baldwin is still a good bit of fun, in my opinion! It’s not “undersized” in the aluminum unresponsive yoyo sense of the word, but it feels undersized compared to the Eh or the LoveJoy.
i’ll go dig around in the sewing thread today and see if we got any 100% cotton thread… I guess an internet search for some cotton thread is in order. Anyone got any suggestions?
Yoyooldman compares it favorably to a type 9 he’s getting from another source. It’s good string. I’ve gone through quite a lot. GregP won a bundle of it back in March. Maybe he can add to the review.
The type-10 thick cotton available here at YYE is also a very good string. Thicker and longer lasting than the type-8 they sell. Also a little more responsive.
ask and you shall receive… something. actually i’m not sure i covered everything [anything] you guys hoped for, but i feel like they’re’s some helpful content in there. happy friday!
Most of the yo-yos I make are one-piece from a solid block of wood, with no glue holding the sides and axle together…fixed axle. I try to never make two exactly alike.
