Famwealth 3x3x3 help please.

[ThePizzaGuy92]

I'm probably going v-cube or DIY next, thanks everyone

v-cube doesn't make 3x3x3 cubes

...yet

[fanwuq]

I guess I'm one of the few who hasn't had much luck with DIYs. My Chinese DIY is pretty crap, and it keeps clicking and catching during turns. I've tried sanding down rough edges on the pieces and changing the screw tension (from screwed all the way in to so loose it's in danger of popping every time I cut corners), but it's still bad. On further inspection I'm thinking maybe the clicking comes from the pieces catching on the corners of the arched centers. Maybe I should sand those down and see if there's any improvement.

I have a Rubik's DIY that's decent, but still not good enough that I'd use it as my main cube yet.

Maybe I'm just impatient and don't like to break in new cubes, but I always prefer the store cubes that are awesome out of the box.

Really? The cube4you DIY are always nice. Unless your Rubik's are really nice. The Rubik's I tried all sucked, except Will Sklar's I tried at Princeton. That cube pops a lot, but is really fast. I never figured out how to make a Rubik's cube nice. They are always stiff and locks up for me. (No, Pestvic's way did not work, so don't even mention it.)

I think I had a famwealth. It was from EBay. It was springless, but crazy fast. You can make is spin around a few rotations with a single flick without using lube at all. It was nice for chopstick solving. Got 3min when I averaged 1min by 2H. But its center broke in like a month.

[masterofthebass]

shelley, I also never really had luck w/ a Chinese DIY. Out of the couple that I ordered, none of them ended up being good at all. One I loosened to use as my OH cube, and even that was replaced by a type (c) that I got accidentally. I used a rubiks.com DIY until I got my edison, but I really haven't had much success with chinese DIYs at all.

[fanwuq]

what is an edison?

[Lofty]

I'm pretty sure edison=joy cube.
I have been 1 for 2 with type a's and am indifferent about my new type a. My green OH cube pwnz, I love it. My pink cube sucks the springs are way too stiff. I have also had one rubik's diy and the one i got was defective and one of the screws wouldn't stay in...
When it comes to storecubes I have had all my storecubes turn out good (three or four) but have seen a couple store cubes that just suck no matter what you do to them. The only problem with storecubes is you keep having to rebreak in new ones cause they get too loose. but of course recycling the pieces helps.

[masterofthebass]

An Edison is another Korean cube. There's slight, but really unnoticeable differences between them and the Joy, but I like to keep my facts straight.

[somerandomkidmike]

well.... if you bought a famwealth cube, then I'd recommend changing it into a spring screw structure. Check Huskyomega's videos on youtube to see how. If you try to take off the center caps, you will see that it is axle, and not the spring screw structure.

[JHB]

I bought this Eastsheen set from Huskyomega (see below link). The 2x2x2, 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 were really good quality, but for some reason the 3x3x3 literally disintegrated in my hand- you guessed it............it was a Famwealth cube since Eastsheen don't seem to make 3x3x3s. Even when lubricated it really didn't last long and shattered into pieces like those shonky (Aussie vernacular for "suspicious") $2 store-bought cubes. It seems that I am not the only one that had this experience.

By the way, I will deal with Huskyomega whenever possible in the future- he was fantastic about dealing with this, offering a partial refund and being very understanding about my politely-stated frustration. Also, the other cubes in this pack still make it worth purchasing. Good luck!

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Eastsheen-Ru...item5195384bb1