mitja
Regular
And they improve the cube 50%.
Magnets Discussion and Help thread
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cuber314159
Legend
Sorry about that
I like to watch people's videos whom I'm subscribed too but as my weilong gts2 hasn't come yet I'm not yet trying to magnetised it.
As for the April fools joke, of course I knew it was an April fools joke.
mitja
Regular
I just made yuexiao stickerless with those golden gaussboys N42 4x2mm . It is amazing, a gift for my daughter's birthday. It has thicker plastic like gans 356s or aolong v2.Don't have one.
It's either a GTS, Thunderclap, AoLong V2, YueXiao or GuHong.
I'm thinking maybe the Guhong because it's stickerless and I use it for feet so magnets would be very helpful in it.
On the other hand having a magnetized GTS or YueXiao would be cool. Out of those 2 which would work the best with N35s?
(I only have enough magnets for 2 cubes.)
newtonbase
Premium Member
Very much so. I itching to get going when my new magnets arrive. It's been nearly 2 months due to a delay.
DMCubing
Regular
Golden beauties!!!! I love those magnets!!!! Almost doesn't feel right sealing them up in a piece of plastic never to be seen again.
The magnetic Yuexiao is nice!! I've done a few myself. Great cube! What an awesome present for your daughter!!!!!
mitja
Regular
Yes, and yuexiao is quite hard to do the corners, those bih holes drag the magnets out, of course if you want to glue them correctly, and I did. But the stability is awesome. The best cube out there. i like Valk M, but the softness of yuexiao is appealing.
One Wheel
Legend
I was just looking for magnets to do my blue, and it seems n45s are hard to come by. Can you recommend a source?
DMCubing
Regular
An idea brewing. Center hub magnetization. Cube: cubestyle guinea pig.
Gluing in of center piece magnets with helper magnets holding them in place:
Cap back on center piece and edge piece aligned for gluing of edge piece magnet:
Gluing in of center piece magnets with helper magnets holding them in place:
Cap back on center piece and edge piece aligned for gluing of edge piece magnet:
One Wheel
Legend
This was my first idea for magnetizing cubes. I'm curious to know how it works out. I've looked at galaxy and dayan megaminxes with an eye to magnetizing them, and I think this is how you would have to do it.
DMCubing
Regular
Hmmm that's an area I'm not quite ready to approach, the minxes!! Makes sense to try it this way for them though.
My first attempt was/is on a Meiying. (Still kind of a work in progress). It's a real pain gluing the magnets in close quarters. Ugh, even being ever so careful on that one, I got glue in places that wouldn't allow for the placement of caps back on.
I'll do this cube (the Cubestyle), a Big Sail and a GTS2 this way. These will be some fun projects!!!
newtonbase
Premium Member
I'm interested in how this will turn out. I expect that the feeling will be much more subtle. You won't have the cube snapping into place. I don't suppose the cube will be anywhere near as stable either.
Are you finding it harder to get the alignment right? Edges tend not to fit as snugly to centres as they do to corners.
SolveThatCube
Veteran
You like the N35's in a GTS? I'm debating whether or not I should try it but I've been told they're too weak.
^ This is a good question. Can someone give an answer?
There was a typo in my post.
I meant N35s NOT N53s. Do you still think N35s in the outer layers would be too strong?I definitely need to get some of those.
mitja
Regular
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JohnnyReggae
Veteran
The N35's are a little weak, however I do prefer a slightly weaker magnet to the snap of a stronger one.
SolveThatCube
Veteran
Yeah me too. But I still think I'll try N42's when I can get them.
One Wheel
Legend
Uff da. I don't suppose anybody knows of someplace I can get those magnets that can ship to the US?
I'm afraid my yuxin blue magnetization plans may be slowed down by more than magnet availability. The used one I got had previously been magnetized, and a fairly poor job was done removing the magnets. I'll probably be better off buying a new one and starting fresh. In the meantime it's a dang nice cube without the magnets.
newtonbase
Premium Member
I'd agree that they are too weak. I use a mix of N35 and N52. I had all N52 originally but it was too much.
Try a mock-up using blu-tack.... Then the real ones.
(Then again, I do all my magnetic cubes with blu-tack... so I'm a bit crazy that way.)
DMCubing
Regular
I will have to check into that. The new, clear Gorilla glue (not superglue) is great as a temporary adhesive. It's sticks well, but it is a bit rubbery and is extremely easy to remove from the cubie piece plastic, and then removes from the magnets easily too. Yet, it is still strong enough that you could probably use the cube with it anyway.
DMCubing
Regular
Actually, aligning the edge piece to the center is very easy. It is just the process of gluing the blasted thing that's kind of a pain.
As for performance, I asked Chris Tran about this, and he said that there are advantages to doing a cube this way. Particularly with the M slices, how the weight and force of the magnets is more centrally located and has the potential for smoother middle slices.
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