THE WOOD THREAD

[BosK]

My friend picked a no-jive up for me off Ebay, it was won for$7-8

There was an original mint 1979 one, i think it went for $15

do i se a retro boom on the horizon??

[nikoloz]

wood? i love wooden yoyos too 



 

What about the other Tom Kuhn woods? Do any have bearings? Which would you say is the best Tom Kuhn (with a bearing?)

 sure they do (there are couple in my pic)
not the best sleeping yoyos out there but they have incredible feeling in hand 

[yotoy]

A few cool Duncan's from my collection:

The Back of the Yo-Yo was carved for Betty, I have no idea who Betty is

[ed]

dude if you start getting in on this thread, tongues will wag and jaws will drop.
your kc jewel and area 51 bc's/tom kuhns are among the raddest rarest yo-yo's ever!

What about the other Tom Kuhn woods? Do any have bearings? Which would you say is the best Tom Kuhn (with a bearing?)

sleep machine ftw.
http://www.tomkuhn.com/index.php?product=sleep_machine_blue_stripe
set it up with a thin dif and a clean bearing for play that will blow your mind.

[yotoy]

dude if you start getting in on this thread, tongues will wag and jaws will drop.
your kc jewel and area 51 bc's/tom kuhns are among the raddest rarest yo-yo's ever!

Ok, I won't post those.. I do want to share one of my favorite photos. I like the way the image came out, and the yo-yo is mighty cool.

[ed]

pretty hot!

i mean, i's no...


... but still rad.
they should get you to take a pic of the 10-grand!

[yotoy]

pretty hot!

i mean, i's no...


... but still rad.
they should get you to take a pic of the 10-grand!

Ok, Ok, you win..
Them Jewels would make a mean grill.. 

[ed]

i love how it's still just on an $0.08 string.

[ken]

damn, ed, you have the roller woody i want. tkyoyo didn't have that one in stock. the one i bought from them (page 1) is the simplest one they had :\

[ed]

http://www.tomkuhn.com/index.php?product=sleep_machine_natural

mmmm they still have it in stock. you just have to hackzorz.


also... check this page oh photos cappy just showed me.
http://media.stringcemetery.com/image_archive/pbthp/

[ken]

oh man... that's pretty. wood yoyo galore!

[madcow]

Great thread Lucca.
Wish there were more like this.
Educational . . . yet lotsa fun too.   hahaha
You rule Ed.
And yotoy. - I had that last sparkle duncan butterfly when I was a kid ( 45 years ago.)
It was pink with silver sparkles. I remember it so clearly.
Too " --- " for me when I was 10 ( preferred my clear SOLID plastic Imperial ) but wish I still had it now, as I feel I'm now "man" enuff to handle a pink yoyo. I don't care what people might say !

[ed]

do i se a retro boom on the horizon??

i've kind of been there for awhile.

btw, someone on another board just posted this heirloom collection. nice!

[MountOdinMan]

Ok, the need for a no-jive has been boiling inside me for far too long. The need increases everytime I watch one of your inspiring videos, Ed. Does anyone have one that they would part with?

[LUCCaA.K.A.]

Great thread Lucca.
Wish there were more like this.
Educational . . . yet lotsa fun too.   hahaha
You rule Ed.
And yotoy. - I had that last sparkle duncan butterfly when I was a kid ( 45 years ago.)
It was pink with silver sparkles. I remember it so clearly.
Too " --- " for me when I was 10 ( preferred my clear SOLID plastic Imperial ) but wish I still had it now, as I feel I'm now "man" enuff to handle a pink yoyo. I don't care what people might say !

tod make you lathe useful and make me a no jive
like use the axle and the busshing  and ill do some ill carving and you make it

[gracieyoyogirl]

pretty hot!

i mean, i's no...


... but still rad.
they should get you to take a pic of the 10-grand!

That is just a thing of true beauty

[ken]

i flopped the halves on my flying camel and the throws are a lot more stable than it was when it was butterfly. strange?

[jblack]

I have focused almost exclusively on TK yo-yos for about 4 yrs now.  Makes it much easier to justify the big $$ hunt.

For all those just now getting into wood and the no-jives (even better with SB1s) there are some tuning tips that may have been lost from the last boom:

1. a wood axle need to be "tuned" prior to use to prolong string life.  Take the string off the axle and wrap it around - holding the short end and letting the long end dangle - holding the yo-yo and the long end together - pull, creating friction/tightness of the string around the axle as you pull the string out.  Do this about 5 times - holding the string progressively tighter.  This helps smooth the axle and burnish the wood - longer string life, longer spin and created a slight groove to center the string.

2. if you really need to focus on spin - get a small stick of beeswax.  Open the loop end of a string and run it over the wax a little bit - this impregnates the string with a little wax, which will work its way into the wood axle and increase spin times.  Be very judicious with the amount of wax used - the smallest amount goes a LONG way.

3. TK linen discs will add response to a shimmed out no jive - shim the axle a little bit, wax and burnish as above - you will get great spin times and the ability to bring it back.  (similar to the No Jive Special that was released around 2001).

4. Get an SB1!  Rim-weighted metal and a wood axle = heaven.

[ed]

thanks for joining!
great advice! i set up my no-jives with a linen tk disc (i only shim if i slightly compress/overtighten an axle). dead duncan's also work, but not for as long. i generally don't wax unless i'm trying to break my sleeper record, but it definitely helps spin times.

btw, i'm totally serious about that 6-piece heirloom box. if there's anything i could do to convince you to sell or trade it (without your yo-yo's in it, obviously), PLEASE let me know... or if not let me know so i'll stop harassing you!

good to see you here!

[BosK]

do i se a retro boom on the horizon??

i've kind of been there for awhile.

btw, someone on another board just posted this heirloom collection. nice!
<best pic ever>

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