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Modding yo-yos
Mark132:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9szHFB5Gulw
Here is a video I found with some pics of the more readily available Ti yo-yos. The man in the video is not me, he is a well respected product reviewer and is pretty famous for his professional yo-yo paint jobs and high speed videos. He has a good shot of the Titanium sparking on concrete. Makes walk the dog very cool.
Mark132:
A new yo-yo I did recently.
Very basic. Added weight rings to a plastic yo-yo. The rings were from a previously broken hubbed yo-yo. They are nickel plated brass i believe. Very solid and stable, heavy spin.
around 76 grams after I cut out all of the internal plastic I could without making it too thin.
Mark132:
There was a modding contest held recently on one of the yo-yo message boards. One of the manufacturers sent 4 production rejects to 4 highly respected modders. I was going to be included but he ran out of yo-yos to send before I was nominated for the contest. One of the guys wrote up a nice pdf of his process, step by step. I know you guys would love to see it. The Taig micro Lathe is a popular one for most of the yo-yo modders. Kyle uses one as well as can be seen in the photos in the pdf.
http://nothingtoseehere.info/the_white_glove.pdf
Bernd:
Never knew that so much could be done with a Yo-Yo. I remember haveing a long long time ago.
Thanks for sharing the pdf.
Bernd
Ricerocket:
:zap:Hey Mark! Great to see you over here. I have been a lurker here at madmodder for almost a year now. Pick up some good ideas from time to time.
Here are a few pics of some of the yoyo mods I've done over the last few years:
Most recent mod: Take the best parts of two yoyos and make one out of them! Hubs from an Velocity and rims from a Starlite
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Added hubstacks to an unstacked yoyo (the independent bearing side caps Mark mentioned above). The maker called it a 'DNS' or 'Do Not Stack' so of course I had to stack it!
A Duncan Fire Wheels (you might fine one of these at a toy store or maybe even Wal Mart). Machined a new hub to accept a bearing and hubstacks. Also added silicone response ring:
I machined the caps so that they acted as hubstacks so the whole 'wheel' spins. Backside of the cap:
Video of the spinning side caps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLuVoZ_XKE
Rehubbed Bolt with spikes on the outside (once again for catching the yoyo on the outside with your fingers)
This one started out clear. Painted it from the inside and also made new hubs for it. This one features side spinning caps and was recently auctioned off for charity (just like the 4 Mark had the pic of above. BTW, mine is the 2nd from the left)
Another one like the one above showing side cap spinning action:
Close up of what a machined hubstack post looks like. The bearing sits over the post and is held into place with an o-ring.
This is a mod I did a while back. You can change the center section to change it from a 'small' to a 'large' bearing. This totally changes the play of the yoyo:
This one was a tough mod. Reshaped Freehand Zero and added lights!
I also machine 12mm so they fit over a hubstack bearing for that little extra 'touch'
Some other random mods:
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