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Carvey x 44RPM – Free Flatpack YoYo Designs at Inventables

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44RPM Carvey Flatpack YoYo Inventables

The good folks at 44RPM have teamed up with the good folks at Inventables and now we have free, open-source flatpack yoyo designs available for the Carvey 3D carving machine!

Designed by Drew Tetz, these free designs allow anyone with a Carvey machine to cut and assemble their own fully playable yoyo, just in time for National YoYo Day. These awesome designs and more will be part of the Maker Lab at the 2016 World YoYo Contest, hosted by Drew Tetz (44RPM) and Kyle Weems (Kyo’s Toys). Limited space will be available for players to work with Drew and Kyle to learn about modern yoyo design, learn about tabletop manufacturing, and even fabricate and assemble their own yoyos at the contest!

For more information, visit Worlds16.com/maker-space. Space for participating in the Maker Lab is limited, and signups will open soon!

Kyo’s Toys Announce Death Robot Mg YoYo

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Kyo's Toys Death Robot Mg

Kyle Weems, owner of Kyo’s Toys, announced his first new production yoyo in more than 5 years and holy crap is it ever impressive.

The Death Robot Mg not only wins for best. yoyo. name. ever, but it also features a magnesium body and stainless steel weight rings. Because really, why not? Here are a few words from Kyle about why he chose these materials:

Magnesium is an incredible material. It is as strong as aluminum, but only 2/3 the weight. That means it does a fantastic job of ‘getting out of the way’ and allowing great freedom of design. It means allowing amazing weight placement without being heavy.

What’s the catch?

Magnesium is also expensive.. really expensive. In addition to that, it’s dangerous to machine (perfectly safe in final form) because the dust is explosive (among many other safety issues). Because of this, it’s not an easy material to use, but it’s well worth the effort.

Death Robot Mg Specs:

Diameter: 56mm
Width: 43mm
Weight: ~62.5g
Response: 19mm slim pads
Bearing: Size C

MatterHackers.com Hacker of the Month – Kyle Weems

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Kyos Toys owner Kyle Weems was named “Hacker of the Month” over at MatterHackers.com, a website dedicated to the fast-growing maker movement. His work created custom printed & machined yoyos based on user-submitted designs seems to have caught their eye!

Our favorite part of the article?

They also intend on sponsoring the World Yo-Yo Contest in Cleveland in 2016, where they plan on setting up a makerspace to show people how 3D printing yo-yos works.

Yep. The 2016 World YoYo Contest will have a full makerspace, manned by Kyle Weems, Drew Tetz, and others with special sessions where players can learn about yoyo design, try their hand at designing their own, and then actually have that yoyo fabricated for them before they leave the contest. Sounds awesome, right? More details on that coming soon.

Head over to MatterHackers.com for the full article, and congrats to Kyle on some nice press!

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