Why doesn't rubik's use screws?

[jcuber]

I am sure just about everyone here knows that rubik's storebought cubes have rivots, not screws, and permanently attached center caps, and I was wondering, WHY? Wouldn't it be easier for the machine that makes them to screw something in and pop the cap on, instead of melting the cap on and pnumatically rivoting something? Maybe it is so small children can't get small parts, but...

 

[Escher]

the caps are glued on, as far as im aware.

i expect rivets are just cheaper, parts wise.

its rubbish, i know, but hey.

i suppose they wouldnt have the DIY in that case, since the standard production model would be a 'DIY'. which obviously wouldnt be great for them.

 

[jcuber]

I would pay as much as about 5-6$ extra for removeable caps and adjustable screws, though.

 

[Escher]

hence the Rubiks DIY!

 

[jcuber]

It should be sold in stores, though.

 

[PCwizCube]

I think for rivets it's cheaper because a machine can just push it in and then put on the center cap with glue on it.

With DIYs you would have to make a core that has threads, and you have to screws the screw in, not just push it in like you do with rivets.

If Rubik's DIYs were sold in stores, it would probably cost more, and the general public don't know the difference between cubes with screws and cubes with rivets, so they would just go with the cheaper one cube.

 

[MistArts]

It'd more even cube... I guess...

 

[wongxiao]

Someone once told me that the Rubik's brand doesn't, in fact, use rivets, but rather a single 3-axis metal piece. around which the core is molded. But this doesn't make sense to me and I haven't verified it...

Anyway, I've been wondering the same thing about the Rubik's brand... I mean, certainly they *know* how terrible they stack up? I guess the standard issue isn't targeted at enthusiasts but rather at the everyday consumer, while the DIY, naturally, is targeted at the enthusiasts. I just wish the DIYs were available at stores.

What bugs me more than anything else is how poorly the Revenge and Professor are designed. I really have to hand it to Mr. Verdes, the conical surface instead of cylindrical was truly ingenious...I can't wait for the VCube 3 to come out; I'm almost certain that it'll be better than even the famous DIYs...

 

[Unknown.soul]

I just wish the DIYs were available at stores.

I agree. Korea has Joy and Edison cubes, Japan, the Philippines, and some other countries have JSKs, and Dian Sheng cubes can be found in several Asian countries.

I miss living in the Philippines...

 

[wongxiao]

I just wish the DIYs were available at stores.

I agree. Korea has Joy and Edison cubes, Japan, the Philippines, and some other countries have JSKs, and Dian Sheng cubes can be found in several Asian countries.

I miss living in the Philippines...

Yeah... oh, if I had easy access to some Joy Cubes... *sigh*

I wonder if V-Cubes will ever be marketed in stores...hm.. prolly only in Greece/Europe/*maybe* Asia in that case....

Anyway I did read somewhere that JSKs were being sold at Toys R Us? Might be worth a check... for anyone who DOESN'T live out here in Reno, where nothing exists! x]

 

[Unknown.soul]

Anyway I did read somewhere that JSKs were being sold at Toys R Us?

In Asia. I doubt American Toys R Us stores would ever sell Japanese products.

 

[EricOnCrack]

My storebought cube is like all springy, is that what a rivet is O_O.

 

[cookingfat]

My storebought cube is like all springy, is that what a rivet is O_O.

you're just really lucky I think. A rivet is fixed and cannot be adjusted. Most storeboughts are really tight.

 

[Micael]

I think the cap of storebought cube are laser welded, not glued.

 

[Neroflux]

fyi, the rivets in storeboughts are punched in by workers.

so a hardworking guy makes tight cubes.

a slacker makes good storeboughts.

 

[Micael]

fyi, the rivets in storeboughts are punched in by workers.

so a hardworking guy makes tight cubes.

a slacker makes good storeboughts.

Are you sure? I thought they were machine made.

 

[ImNOTnoob]

I extricated one of the rivets out of my broken storebought, and tried to push it in to another core. I just couldnt, this shows that it is not pressed in by humans, only machines.

The core is also not moulded around the rivets. Obviously.

 

[Neroflux]

fyi, the rivets in storeboughts are punched in by workers.

so a hardworking guy makes tight cubes.

a slacker makes good storeboughts.

Are you sure? I thought they were machine made.

im very sure. and if you think it's fake, imnotnoob, do you want to tour the factory?

 

[ImNOTnoob]

fyi, the rivets in storeboughts are punched in by workers.

so a hardworking guy makes tight cubes.

a slacker makes good storeboughts.

Are you sure? I thought they were machine made.

im very sure. and if you think it's fake, imnotnoob, do you want to tour the factory?

Um.. nero, i think you mistaken. It was Micael who doubted the question. Not me.

 

[Neroflux]

fyi, the rivets in storeboughts are punched in by workers.

so a hardworking guy makes tight cubes.

a slacker makes good storeboughts.

Are you sure? I thought they were machine made.

im very sure. and if you think it's fake, imnotnoob, do you want to tour the factory?

Um.. nero, i think you mistaken. It was Micael who doubted the question. Not me.

oopsy daisy... sorry dude.