Got another Duncan MG! This time powder coated white, and complete with caps by John Higby! Funny story with this one. The threads on this guy stripped not too long after I got it, then I screwed up by drilling the hole for the helicoils too larger (lost the right drill bit). The result was the yoyo was left pretty much unusable. Decided this would be a good time to try using externally threaded inserts again! I ended up tapping the yoyo for a M8x1.25 sized threading for a M4x0.7 insert. After cutting the inserts down so the spacers would sit flat, I powder coated the yoyo again to hide the inserts. The project turned out perfect! Plays no different from before, and can be tuned to have no vibe. Huge bonus is the threading will never strip considering the inserts are stainless steel! Wish I got some shots of the inserts before I cut them down.
Traded for beat up Anti Yo Fluchs and a beat up Bapezilla. Kinda over traded haha, had a lapse in judgement and traded a Draupnir for both haha. I couldn’t really do anything with the Bape. The Fluchs however, looks fine enough to work on. Had a lot of vibe, which can be attributed to the bearing seat (or lack of). First I cut down a Buzzon SPR and cut the yoyo to accept it, then I tapped the hole to 1/4-32 to accept an externally threaded insert so the axle size would be 8-32, perfect fit for the spacers. Cut those down, and cut a silicone recess as well. Finally, stripped the worn anodize and getting ready to powder coat.
Here are the inserts I used. To put the size of the external threading of these in perspective, Anti Yo used 1/4-20 sized threading for their yoyos such as the Eetsit, Bape, Fluchs, and Business. Both of the external threading I used on these two yoyos were larger.
we had the same idea, I opted for the teflon but I still find that the yoyo with such a smooth axis (and those in aluminum or brass I think are the same if not worse) loses in game quality, it has a not always predictable return, precise and effective … the wooden axes wear the strings, this is true, but they are the only ones that allow perfect playability
I hadn’t seen this thread until just now, and I must say it’s my favorite one thus far
I saw the polishing TEK earlier tonight and thought it was super cool, I’ll definitely be giving it a shot soon.
But then I stumbled upon this thread and drooled over these beauties even more than I normally do while browsing throws.
I kept thinking okay this has to be the last one. Nope. Okay THIS one is my favorite, for sure. Nope.
Great work dude, youve got these applications dialed in perfectly. Now I gotta polish one of my less favorite throws. Hoping I can get the hang well enough after screwing up only one or two that I’ll be comfortablr polishing one of my favorites.
Once again, lovely work. Take pride in this skill, it’s great
Just wondering… is this Ywet of your works. Picked it up on the FB BST from a guy saying it was one of the recess ones but recess said it’s not from them.