Wow, you’re prolific! I like the look of most of what you’re posting. The green one is nice and shiny. This last one looks interesting, but along the lines of Mark’s comment on the flattish rims on your design in this post, the catch zone seems too flat near the bearing. Yoyos that have flat areas like that seem like they’d be annoying as the string might land there momentarily and then find it’s way off the ledge. Keep it up! Love seeing designs that I can’t actually get even if I wanted to!
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I tried to make the Bimetal Styling Wangle but actually bimetal. I was a bit hard to get the dimensions as I don’t own a Wangle and it looks a bit different but here it is. I also don’t think there is enough room for the press fit but I’m not sure.
Specs:
Width: 48mm
Diameter: 53.5mm
Half Weight: 30.6gms
MMOI: 11389
Body: 6061 Aluminum
Rings: 303 Stainless Steel
I don’t think it turned out that good but it was kind of a joke anyways. Thoughts anyone?
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i don’t know about a press fit, but one technique i know is that when you heat steel, it grows slightly. so, you make the rings just a few thou smaller than they “should” be, heat them up, and then press fit them. once they cool, they should shrink and then be interference fit on.
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The profile is not too far off of the C3 Scintillator. I have one and while it is possible to land on the wall and feel the string drop down onto the bearing, I have to really try to notice.
To get the string to actually hang there requires so much tilt that it would be the least of the things going wrong.
I think that as long as the yo-yo is resistant enough to tilting due to an off center landing, these types of designs work okay.
Of course, it could be that C3 pushed the envelope as far as they could, and any flatter an angle would be an issue. Seems like a good candidate for a 3d printed prototype.
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@AtomicChessGuy have you seen these “Let’s cut a yo-yo” videos?
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Cool! Though the sawing of the yo-yo in half brought me a little bit of inner pain. 
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You post so many yoyo designs ts hard to give in depth thoughts on any of them.
My thoughts are that some are too flat in the area next to the guts and the trimetal one is underpowered for a yoyo using three different metals. The massive wide organic one has walls that are very thin and a hub with more AL than I’d like there.
My overall though is that they are all yoyos that will spin and do tricks.
Should I post less?
As a software engineer I can tell you there’s nothing like running code. You can get 10 reviews and it makes little difference when the code hits prod…
Edit: to answer your question directly, no, don’t post less, it’s an Internet forum and thrives on user content. I’m just not sure how much useful feedback you’ll get here. Probably some.
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Specs:
Diameter: 57mm
Width: 48mm
Half Weight: 31.4gms
MMOI: 17342
Body: 6061 Aluminum
Rims: 303 Stainless Steel
This shape reminds me of a Draupnir but a little rounder.
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beauty render. how can you change the environment and still have the white base?
waiting my first design prototype to be made feels like forever.
so i made an undersized version of monophobia
it’s a kind of pun but i call it “miniphobia”
inspired by yoyorecreation E=mc2 , i made it 3mm wider with a change from W to H profile. and the weight is same as the “normal” version of Monophobia.
Phobia - Miniphobia
Width: 45mm
Diameter: 52mm
Weight: around 64-66g
Body: 7075 Aluminum
what do you think?
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looks like a good yoyo, tad bit big for my tastes and I think i’ve always been a fan of more rounded profiles rather than the inverted one you have
have you started messing with like artistic polish things (e.g. adding cuts and minor details that don’t really change the performance but make the yoyo more visually interesting)? curious to see how it progresses
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I think it looks amazing. Out of all the designs you’ve shown here, this one is my favorite.
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If you are using Fusion 360 to render then you can go to the top and click environment then drag and drop a different environment:
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Like this?
Specs:
Diameter: 40mm
Width: 35mm
Half Weight: 31.5gms
MMOI: 8439
Body: 7068 Aluminum
Rings: 303 Stainless Steel
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that is terrifying. i love it
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