Berd
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I'm making on at the moment!Nice! Could you send a video? I've still never turned a magnetic cube
I'm making on at the moment!Nice! Could you send a video? I've still never turned a magnetic cube
Would you use 3 magnets in each edge and 3 in each corner? That way you're using 2 magnets for the inner layers so it's always magnetized, then you magnetize the outside just like a 3x3, right?I'm making on at the moment!
He actually doubled the number of magnets in each piece so there are 4 in each edge and 6 in each corner.Would you use 3 magnets in each edge and 3 in each corner? That way you're using 2 magnets for the inner layers so it's always magnetized, then you magnetize the outside just like a 3x3, right?
Why is that?He actually doubled the number of magnets in each piece so there are 4 in each edge and 6 in each corner.
Because he felt like it and he had a lot of magnets.Why is that?
To elaborate, I don't like that fact than in a normal 3x3, the magnets aren't symmetrical; so I put them in each shell of a piece too.Why is that?
Has anyone tried magnetizing a mega? could help since most megas can't corner cut especially well.
Imagine a magnetic florian mod megaminxI've thought about trying it. Does that count? My current poorly-modded ridged Dayan has a lot of trouble with catching that I don't think magnets would fix. Also I just took apart a couple of pieces and I think it would be absurdly difficult to fit magnets in there. You might be able to get away with using a very small, strong magnet. I don't know about other Megaminx designs. They might be easier.
That's what put me off doing my Valk. To be symmetrical I'd have to put the magnet over the join and that proved to be beyond me. I hadn't considered doubling up the magnets.To elaborate, I don't like that fact than in a normal 3x3, the magnets aren't symmetrical; so I put them in each shell of a piece too.
What's so special about being symmetrical about the join in the piece? So long as the magnets in a piece have the same rotational symmetry as the piece itself and everything lines up correctly between all adjacent pieces, there should be no difference. Also, fewer magnets (by not doubling up) means less gluing, and fewer magnets misbehaving because there's so many other magnets nearby.That's what put me off doing my Valk. To be symmetrical I'd have to put the magnet over the join and that proved to be beyond me. I hadn't considered doubling up the magnets.
Much less of an issue with capped cubes but there aren't too many out there.
I don't have much (any) experience with other megaminx designs. What other designs would be easier to put magnets in? Would the Galaxy take magnets easily?Imagine a magnetic florian mod megaminx
The only issue would be small misalignments when an edge is wrongly oriented. It wouldn't affect a solved cube and I doubt that it would affect the solving process but it bothers me.What's so special about being symmetrical about the join in the piece? So long as the magnets in a piece have the same rotational symmetry as the piece itself and everything lines up correctly between all adjacent pieces, there should be no difference. Also, fewer magnets (by not doubling up) means less gluing, and fewer magnets misbehaving because there's so many other magnets nearby.
I understand why it might be a good idea for 4x4, but not why it would be relevant for 3x3.
What's so special about being symmetrical about the join in the piece?
The only issue would be small misalignments when an edge is wrongly oriented. It wouldn't affect a solved cube and I doubt that it would affect the solving process but it bothers me.
when it's flipped the configuration will be the same as not flipped, and if it works in a solved state it should work in any scrambled state.
Your idea works for the outer wings and the corners, but not the inner wings. If you took two wing pieces with, say, the + polarity and put them next to each other, there wouldn't be any attractive force between them; in effect, on a scrambled cube, the magnetic attraction between the third and fourth layers can be anything from zero to what you expected.
You could try putting magnets in the wing-centre pieces instead, but I don't think there's space to do that.
Has anyone tried magnetizing a mega? could help since most megas can't corner cut especially well.
Would the Galaxy take magnets easily?