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After viewing a club member demonstrate turning a yoyo, my wife encouraged me to also turn one. I wanted to upscale mine. So I went to the internet to research. I hoped to find a specific recommendations. I found that there are no guidelines – it seems that you have to be a professional yoyo artist to appreciate it.

Observations:

1. Gap: to tight and the yoyo will not sleep. A larger gap helps sleepy tricks.
2. Weight: Weight distribution matters but some like it more to the perimeter; others to the center.

So, I split the difference and turned two yoyo’s to at least illustrate the differences.

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Some newer viewer may wonder why I insist on wearing a face shield for safety. Please check out this video:
Woodturning Disaster

Enjoy.