Diy magnetic cube discussion/ accomplishments

What type of magnets works well in a GTS v1? I've never magnetized a cube before, so where would I buy them, and what glue should I use?
 
TwistAL said:
What type of magnets works well in a GTS v1? I've never magnetized a cube before, so where would I buy them, and what glue should I use?
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N48 4mm x 2mm work really well in this cube, particularly the in the Illusion version (primary plastic innards) where the plastic feels smoother than black plastic. And if you like a little more magnetic feel, the N52 4x2 work incredibly well too! apexmagnets.com has the N48s and thethackery.com has the N52s. Best to catch Apex on a weekend when they have free shipping to save money.
 
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TwistAL said:
What type of magnets works well in a GTS v1? I've never magnetized a cube before, so where would I buy them, and what glue should I use?
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DMCubing said:
N42 4mm x 2mm work really well in this cube, particularly the in the Illusion version (primary plastic innards) where the plastic feels smoother than black plastic. And if you like a little more magnetic feel, the N52 4x2 work incredibly well too! apexmagnets.com has the N48s and thethackery.com has the N52s. Best to catch Apex on a weekend when they have free shipping to save money.
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I agree that N42 would be good but they can be hard to find and N52s are too strong for me. I used a combination of N35 and N52. They are both easy to find.
 
Here's a new project. The new kryptonite Aolong V2 Lucas Etter limited edition cube. Using gold plated Gaussboys N42 magnets!
 

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I made a Gan 356 Air a day ago. I used 4mmx2mm n35 magnets on all the corner pieces and somewhat, 'weaker' 4mmx2mm n35 ( I don't know why ) on all the edge pieces, I am sure that those r 4mmx2mm magnets but feels weaker than n35. If you want to say, 'Maybe the actual n35 magnets you put on the corner pieces aren't real n35s', well no, those are real n35 strengths. As for the magnetic strength, I would say it's great, it's close to 'perfect' but just a 'tiny' bit weaker, a 'little' bit stronger would be perfect. As for the feel of the cube, it is similar to the non magnetic version although it is way more stable and it still has the super smooth and soft feel on the cube. That pretty much summarizes my opinion of the cube. Is it my new main? Can't give a definite answer since I have yet to try out different nuts and lube it, but this cube will 'at least' replace my backup main or even my main. :) Btw if you guys don't know, this is the legit 4th time I have tried to magnetize this cube, the other 3 times was either too strong or too weak where I had used lots of hard work to pry out the magnets, I was sweating like I just showered. I finally got a decent magnetic strength on this cube with lots of experimenting.
 
Abare Killer said:
I made a Gan 356 Air a day ago. I used 4mmx2mm n35 magnets on all the corner pieces and somewhat, 'weaker' 4mmx2mm n35 ( I don't know why ) on all the edge pieces, I am sure that those r 4mmx2mm magnets but feels weaker than n35. If you want to say, 'Maybe the actual n35 magnets you put on the corner pieces aren't real n35s', well no, those are real n35 strengths. As for the magnetic strength, I would say it's great, it's close to 'perfect' but just a 'tiny' bit weaker, a 'little' bit stronger would be perfect. As for the feel of the cube, it is similar to the non magnetic version although it is way more stable and it still has the super smooth and soft feel on the cube. That pretty much summarizes my opinion of the cube. Is it my new main? Can't give a definite answer since I have yet to try out different nuts and lube it, but this cube will 'at least' replace my backup main or even my main. :) Btw if you guys don't know, this is the legit 4th time I have tried to magnetize this cube, the other 3 times was either too strong or too weak where I had used lots of hard work to pry out the magnets, I was sweating like I just showered. I finally got a decent magnetic strength on this cube with lots of experimenting.
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Nice job dude! Do you have pics of where you placed the magnets?
 
I failed it a few times so the inside of the capped pieces are looking pretty horrible but totally does not affect the performance. I don't have a phone with me right now but I will send a picture of where I placed the magnets later . The placement of the magnet is perfect I think. The 3 failed attempts, I put it in places as The Gan UM has placed and wasn't so nice and tried where DMcubing placed his magnets but I didn't really like it as well because those 2 placement made the cube feel more like a click than a bump which I do not enjoy, the cube loses it's original feel. So I decided to place it farther inside of the ledge on the edge piece, surprising this turned out really successful for me and it still kept the same feel as the original Gan Air which I was very happy with.
 
Ognjen Lecic said:
Hey can 6x1 magnets fit into gtsv1?
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Not really. You can fit a 6x1 into the edge pieces, but not the corner pieces. The largest that'll fit into the corner is a 5mm but the curvature of the interior of the piece keeps it from being positioned perfectly flat. The 4x2, on the other hand, fits perfectly into the corner piece.
 
I made the first ever maglev clock recently.
I dremeled the gears down a bit to make room for some D12-3.5x3mm N38 magnets.
It turned out pretty terribly but that's because the magnets were ridiculously large and strong. If I do this again I will use weaker magnets and make a tutorial as well. It's an excellent proof of concept though :)
 
Underwatercuber said:
I made the first ever maglev clock recently.
I dremeled the gears down a bit to make room for some D12-3.5x3mm N38 magnets.
It turned out pretty terribly but that's because the magnets were ridiculously large and strong. If I do this again I will use weaker magnets and make a tutorial as well. It's an excellent proof of concept though :)
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Would it be possible to magnetize the hands on a clock and strip the axles that the hands turn on so that you could just drop the clock in the table and it would snap to a solved position?
 
One Wheel said:
Would it be possible to magnetize the hands on a clock and strip the axles that the hands turn on so that you could just drop the clock in the table and it would snap to a solved position?
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Um... idk. Sounds like a fun project to work on though. Maybe I can mess with someone at my next comp by doing that XD tell the delegate and no one else and casually pretend to get a sub 1 solve XD
 
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I feel kind of late to this thread (by nine days) but I provided a friend of mine with a wuji and some n35 4x2s and 3-5 hours later out popped a wuji m! It feels pretty nice but the magnets are a bit too strong. I now have two wujis, three wushuangs, I didn't have the right magnets for the inner layers of the wuques, valks, weilong GTS (not surprising), and finally two weipos. I would also do some wuhuas but they aren't here yet and the gts2m I bought pre-magnetized. They feel kinda weak so there will definitely still be a market for the homemade ones.
 
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