More FreeCAD → Blender. Figured out how to get the curves transferring over accurately, by exporting as SVG first.
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This one was more challenging and takes much longer to render. Learning a lot, though.
BTW, both of these are models that I’d like to prototype.
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Both designs look amazing.
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Now you can learn yoyo design, from scratch.
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thx so much dude!!!
I really like the h-organic-angular shape you got going in the profile! 
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That’s very cool!
There is a mistake in the hub system, though. The bearing seat needs to be a separate spacer with the plastic body between it and the hub, otherwise the plastic bodies are free to compress towards the bearing.
(Correction - I was wrong about this, see the following posts with an explanation)
Here’s some chicken scratch showing what I mean:
The hub (blue) can only be as thick as the bearing post all the way through the plastic body (green).
The spacer (red) is a new part that fits on the bearing-side of the body, around the post of the hub.
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No mistake here actually.
This is the same hub system as on the Iceberg and the later Yoyojams.
The hub has the seat and the post. No need for an extra spacer even though that system works very well on the throws I own with that system.
I prefer this system because fewer parts make assembly less of a hassle and you don’t have to worry about losing spacers.
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Thank you for the correction! I hadn’t actually noticed that about the Iceberg, and my fears about the assembly coming apart seem unfounded.
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I’ve been playing around making some holes in cad. I was wondering about the limitations eg How thin can the walls be? The distances between holes? Is it feasible to machine?
The aim would be to make a yoyo light but with plenty of rim weight.
The photos are quick mock ups just to get the idea across.
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That looks really cool!
Reminds me of drillium modding on bike frames:
I think you’d just want to avoid drilling near where the string makes a lot of contact (near the gap) but I don’t know a whole lot about this type of design. Prototyping my first hole-cutout yoyo soon, actually.
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Thanks Mark. Looking forward to seeing your new work plus love the look of the contact.
Probably will ditch the holes . I would be concerned about creating more drag and possibly vibe with the air flow being able to go throughout the holes. I do like the holes in the bearing seat area it could make some really nice patterns in the cups centre.
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