The smaller “pads” will probably help a bunch.
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I co-designed this monometal yoyo in collaboration with an independent yoyo company. The overall profile serves as a homage to the 2011 Acrophobia, reimagined with modern competition specifications.
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Looks cool! What company if I may ask?
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I can’t reveal the name of the said company just yet but they’ll be announced the release next year. However, I’ve been given permission to share the profile design and specifications in the meantime.
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Here’s my 3D Render of the GSX Prototype
Wide W Shaped profile inspired by 2011 Acrophobia
Specs:
Diameter - 55.50mm
Width - 50.50mm
Axle - 10mm
Gap - 4.6mm
Material - ???
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Looks cool!
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This is the brass rim for the 135P, the edge on it is too sharp, my silly ahh thought 0.1mm radius is enough💀, fortunately this will be covered by the “lip” part of the carbon body, also it got scratched up with each other during shipping, doesn’t really matter because this is only the prototype, the weight is 20gr as calculated🤓
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@ yocolas There are a few problems with forged carbon:
-Forged carbon is not a homogenius material so you have to balace the yoyo proper
-Small parts are difficult so get out of the mold. Especially the part between the response pad and the ball bearing
-if you print the mold it is often not precice enough to fit the weight rings so you have to overwork the body
I have tried this in the last year and now I´m working on a new design 
i made the body and ring to not be press fitted so i’ll just bond the ring and the body together, and i could tune it while the glue is curing, and yeah the 3d printed mold is so disgusting the z seam is so noticeable and it’s not a perfect circle, it’s literally a polygon🤣, i was thinking about using resin mould or billet mould, but damn they’re so expensive
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i’m pressing the yoyo out from the mould using a modified axle, i shaved the thread except the one that’s going to connect with the thread in the yoyo, maybe try to make the female mould 4 pieces, you split the body into 3, and 1 more piece for the response pad area, should be easy enough, can you share your mould design?
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Could someone check if this bearing seat design is good in terms of machinability and durability? The yellow part is POM, 2.5mm at the thinnest part; the green and blue components are 7068 aluminum. Let me know if it’s helpful that I provide moredetails. Thanks!
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It’s been a little over ten years since I’ve made a yo-yo and have gotten the itch again. I pulled some details from the original one I made and one of my favorites that I have, the CLYW x OD Summit. I wanted a bit more organic geometry with flowing arcs and tangent lines. Everything is offset from or concentric with something else in the spun profile sketch.
Machined this in two operations on my mill, starting with the outer face first. This allowed finishing the internal features, engraving the logo and profiling the outside diameter. Once this was finished I flipped the half and held it on an expanding 5C collet. This allowed probing the “finished” OD for concentricity then finishing the remaining features including threadmilling the M5 x 0.8 thread.
For the bearing I ended up ordering a bunch of ABEC-7 bearings from McMaster. These worked out perfect for the spares I made from this batch since I gave them to family for Christmas presents and were slightly responsive out of the package. For mine I pulled off the shields and flushed the grease out then lubed it with thin oil. Spins well and is dead silent. It’s not as fast as some of my other bearings get but it’s getting faster the more I throw it. Most likely still some residual grease in the cage.
Made this a few weeks ago and have been carrying and playing with it daily. Most likely going to bump the weight up 1-2g but otherwise real happy with how it feels. Would love some feedback on the design.
Model: Formline
Weight: 63g
Width: 45mm
Diameter: 56mm
Material: 6061 Aluminum
Gap: 4.34
Bearing: Size C
Response: CLYW Snow Tires
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That’s fine. The POM shouldn’t go any thinner and the 7068 shouldn’t go my thinner than 1.2 mm in important parts but at the bearing seat where it is less important to the structure you might be able to go thinner.
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Looks fine to me!
The spacers shouldn’t need to be 7068, btw. I believe most are made from 6061
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This looks great! I like the milled logo in the cup.
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Looks great. Reminds me a bit of the FD canary shape.
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Looks sick! Kind of gives me a 401K and BadRep with a hint of the summit. Honestly like the direction you’re going here! Are you selling any?
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I’d like to get one in someone’s hands locally that can throw better than me and make sure it doesn’t suck first, but I’d love to make more if people are interested. I’m in SoCal.
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Not close sorry but I believe there is a yo-yo club run by Mrs. Dauer in LA. Maybe you could take it there?
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