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Weird 3x3 Mod Idea

soul6942

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I've been thinking of making a half-truncated 3x3, but instead of normal caps, add something like lego onto the cut sides, making what I would call a rubiks hybrid. I would have to cut the lego so as it would fit on top on the sides, but if i did this right, I think it would be a pretty neat mod. The turning would most likely bee not as good as the original cube as the lego sides might catch on each other, but I think it's worth a shot. Will post some pictures if I end up making one.
 

Xalimeo

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Probably rounding the edges of the Lego pieces like kind of the the florian mod could help against catching.
 

soul6942

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So it didn't really work as well as expected. The turning is actually better then I originally thought it would be, but it just doesn't look right. Here's what it looks like.
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The only problem is scrambling it. All of the different pieces start pushing against each other and just makes it harder to turn without popping.
 
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Looks cool! you should do a version with Milliput and stickers too!

It's better to use plastic sheets instead of milliput.

How did you cut it?
When I made my half-truncated cube I used a dremel and didn't cut the sides straight. That made it really hard to glue the caps on because the pieces weren't cut straight.
 

soul6942

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i just marked it with a ruler and pen and then used a hacksaw, then sanded the sides until they were straight. took like 6hrs to cut the lego though as i kept stuffing up the cuts.
 

SrujayP

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i think moyu should use gans internal mechanism and make the moyu ganlong just a theory but it would be really cool because gans has a really nice internal core and moyu has some really nice peices and moyu should use the metal gans 356 core so yeah it would be pretty cool though
 
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