Hey Skip - You would be the target audience for something like this.
The Wet Whistle in its current design pours 1 oz from each side if you pour to the top. Which would be the approximate Equivalent of a Nip in Australia. So to pour a double you would just pour twice from one side.
The inside of the halves are stepped to indicate .5oz and 3/4 oz as well for mixing cocktails.
With these markings you can mix and match to pour any size you need and still have a playble sized yoyo. For instance if you need to pour 1.5 oz just do 1 full pour and 1 half pour.
We are still working out pricing. We are trying to be creative with our machinist to get the best pricing possible while maintaining the highest quality.
We are using Dif-E-Yo KK bearings on all our yoyos so far.
For the Decapods we will be using 7075 aluminum which costs a bit more than normal 6061 but we thinks its necessary for a real player like this. We are buying the raw aluminum bars in bulk to keep the costs down as much as possible.
The Wet Whistle will be made out of 6061 aluminum to keep the costs more accessible to non-yoyoing bartenders that want to get into yoyoing for their routines.
Once we get all the protos dialed in and all the costs calculated we will set a price. They will probably fall in around the average price of high end metals. We will do our best to put these out at the best price we can.
Now thats made of pure awesomeness
I checked out ur website are its pretty fancy. The design is nice the yoyos are awesome so overall I wish you succsess.
you might be able to drive the cost of your production down a little more with 2024 alu in place of 7075.
its strength and hardness characteristics are very similar to 7075, the only major difference is 7075 has a higher zink content for corrosion resistance.
Thanks for your concern. So far we haven’t had any string cutting or mishaps from the Decapod. That is why we are still prototyping. Eventhough the Decapod is designed with edges, we put a radius on all the proper places. For more safety measures, these yoyos are electropolished and bead blasted to avoid cutting. Especially around the prone places like the bearing area.
it requires a slightly different process then 6061 or 7075 because it has a higher copper content. i would check with you anodizers to see their capabilities and if what their price difference may be.