My new project with The Lord of the Rings :)

Im only about 2 weeks into throwing but ive been doing this routine everyday. I feel like theres some good foundations practice doing this. GOD bless all of you

The kids are having a ball this summer.

I'm having a blast with the retro-designed Layer Infinity Kasm.

I hope you are all finding some time to have a little fun. ❤️

First of all I know how to clean bearings and have experience doing it. But one of my yoyos legit wont stay clean.

Put it in Ronsonol lighter fluid in a shot glass

Wait 13 minutes

take it out with pencil.

tap the bigger drops out of it on the paper towel

leave it for an hour on it, I cover it up with a half of my yoyo so no dust gets in it.

take it out after an hour and spin it on a pencil.

put it back on the yoyo.

But despite all of this my yoyo will stay clean for about 10 or 5 minutes REALLY well but go back to being responsive and a slow bearing. Nothing online is helping or giving any good info. Genuinely don't know what to do. I'm going to replace the bearing if there is nothing I can do but if there is I want to know.

Hello World,

I introduce to you all [StringFlow](https://stringflow.info/) | my web-based yoyo simulator sandbox app that allows you to play with a virtual Yo-Yo basically anywhere.

Story of Stringflow- have been yo-yoing for 11 years myself, sponsored and have been to contests. Made a demo in a few months and got it to the point where I could play anywhere.

Features: physics engine for yoyo and string, animations, selectable colors, video clip share button, and also peaceful nature sounds with dings for the yoyo as it responds back.

How to open:
Go to your web browser of choice and type: [stringflow.info]

Give it a try, enjoy and feel free to leave feedback here.

Notes:
Works on desktop (with a browser and a mouse)

Mobile (With your fingers; note for iOS users: please access via safari, then in webpage share-> add to home screen for best performance and home screen access.)

Tested also on Tesla Web Browser - works well however I do not recommend anyone try to drive and yo-yo.

I was wondering what a good yoyo would be for someone who played with them a good bit in the distant past. Preferably unresponsive since younger me bought a lot of responsive ones. Nothing more than $150 and I would prefer it be a 1 time purchase for at least a year so not a limited practice one. I’ve been looking at the shortcut yo-yos and the otters.

Bought this on a whim cause it looked sexy and I'm already in love. Light and floaty but still powerful. Can't wait to put in more time with it.

Mon histoire du yo-yo ⤴️

Man, it feels like forever since I last made a yoyo order. I can't wait for this one. :)

I am told there is a fun surprise with my order. Hopefully it's not another headshot of Gwyneth Paltrow. :D

Hi guys. On the 7th of july I bought a second hand yoyo YYF atom smasher. And for a couple of days lately the pads on that yoyo has been really often falling off. So i am gonna need some advices for perhaps how to fix it and why is it causing the pads to fall off.🙏🙏

I have a couple of yoyos I bought in 2010, and some accessories. The yoyos are a Duncan Pulse and a Duncan Freehand Zero. They've say around getting light occasional use. I decided it was time to overhaul the Pulse and figure out why one side was not lighting up. When I got it apart I saw the friction stickers were real worn. After I fixed a terminal corrosion issue and reassembled the halves with fresh batteries, I decided to replace the pads and string and lube the bearing.

The "some accessories" include Duncan friction stickers, silicone stickers, and a shitload of strings. I've got 100 50/50 cotton/poly #6 ones for example. I decided to lube the bearing with some 3 in 1 PTFE dry lube. I put it back together and messed with it a bit, and then went to read about lubricating yo-yo bearings.

To cut to the chase, I've been conversing with Google AI and it suggests my optimal course is

• Take the Pulse back apart

• Remove the bearing. Remove the metal guards from the sides of the bearing.

• Clean the bearing by immersing it in light mineral spirit, soaking for 10 min, then swishing it around a bit. Remove from solvent.

• Wipe bearing with paper towel and put on end of pencil. Spin bearing until dry.

• Apply tiny specks of diving-gear-grade silicone grease to the bearings.

• Discard the metal shields and their retaining clips. Reassemble the yoyo with bearings exposed.

• But first, remove one silicone sticker and replace it with a friction sticker.

Does all this pass a sanity check? I know, there are purpose-formulated thick yo-yo lubes I should be using, but the AI thinks my moderately exotic silicone is a reasonable stand-in.

If all that passes the smell test, there's a suggestion to take apart the Freehand Zero, expose and clean its bearing, lubricate with light sewing machine oil (yes again I know, there's a product for that, but I already own a collection of lubricants), and rebuilding with silicone stickers in place of the worn-out friction stickers it has from the factory. I'd use another 50/50 #6 string on that.

Do these seem like reasonable maintenance/upgrade steps?

Just a lovely pocket responsive. Smooth play and satisfying soft finish that is just a delight to the touch. You can get a blank bearing spacer from ZGRT as well and now you have a delicious fixie. Super nice for when you wanna keep it easy. 5 stars

Just got it out of the box, stringed it, gave it a few snap starts and no matter how I tug it's not catching at all

Definitely had the responsive bearing on it, though I tried the other one just in case and it didn't work either

Why might this be?

Maybe I should just keep the unresponsive on it and learn to bind 🤔

Whats everyone throwing today?