68.92 grams, 6061 aluminum body with stainless steel rims, 46.4 mm width, 56.148 mm diameter
Interesting design I quickly threw together.
I’m planning on printing it with the cup face down and pausing the print after the “spokes” are printed and slide on some cool beads I have.
Since there’s a gap between the beads, will this cause too much air friction that it won’t play well at all? If so, would adding a wall behind the beads to stop air from going through help it?
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Looks interesting. Thing I see as biggest danger is if the beads are just slightly of different weight and/or size you will end with massive wobble.
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yeah, I have several hundred of them so I’ll just have to mess around a bit before printing.
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Good luck. Very tricky one to build. Curious how it turns out. Will be a walk the dog machine.
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yeah, haha - and if one of the beads break… 
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time for some titan beads 
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Recently, I’ve been trying to figure out how to get rid of the hexagonal indent in 3d printed yoyos to attach the halves together (of course you could use a bought metal response system).
I finally found out one way that might work and would allow the cup of 3d printed yoyos to look better (i.e. flat cup or cup with a point).
If I simply printed a yoyo with a unique cup (such as a sharp point) and while printing it, paused the print and placed a hex nut inside the “hex-hole” in the yoyo and did this on both sides. then you could connect the yoyos together with a threaded rod while still having a good lucking cup. Really simple but I think pretty cool.
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There are all kind of thread insets you can use. No need to use hex nuts. Here two of my designs without nuts
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Do you have a pic of the insides of these? What kind did you use?
This is kinda what I was thinking (the negative is that the cup can’t be as deep then.)
Here just an example. The ones I use are hand made by my dad out of 7068.
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Do you use the ones your Dad makes as a bearing post too?
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What did you use as a bearing post here or did you simply just put the metal inserts in and screw the halves together?
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No I just use them a female thread. I just pref the 7068 since they weigh less which gives me all freedom with the weight distribution. I know just minimal but you know nerd stuff extrem 
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What do you use as a bearing post with yours Kray?
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The insert just so happens to be the correct size for a bearing post. It’s a tiny bit on the loose side, but it works. I really need to use a washer or something for a bearing seat though as printed plastic is fairly soft. The inserts I used are found in a variety pack on Amazon.
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I tried many things. All have pros and cons. Did you check the TP M4s with post as part of the screw itself?
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6061 aluminum, 60.25 grams, 48.6 mm diameter, 52.6 mm diameter
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POM with aluminum hub, 60.5 grams, 48.7 mm width, 52.6 mm diameter
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