Assembling A Maru 4x4x4...

[IamWEB]

...makes my head explode.

Does anyone have any advice on keeping everything held together during assembly? I pretty much know what I have to do to assemble the cube, but the problem is I can't do it. After assembling the pieces between centers, I manage to the same between one of those centers and another one, but can't manage to connect things between 3 centers yet. Keeping previous ones held together is difficult while assembling another one. So basically... HELP!?

And is there a specific way is has to be assembled? This is because the centers aren't all exactly the same inside, and I'd like to not get anything wrong. <_<

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[Anthony]

iirc, Dan said it took him an hour to reassemble his...

 

[IamWEB]

So about 4 days for me then?

 

[amostay2004]

I haven't tried diassembling/assembling yet but I read somewhere that Dan used tape to hold some pieces together

 

[Ashmnafa]

If it is as annoying as an Eastsheen, and it is probably worse, I will shoot myself.

 

[masterofthebass]

iirc, Dan said it took him an hour to reassemble his...

2 hours*

I haven't tried diassembling/assembling yet but I read somewhere that Dan used tape to hold some pieces together

yes. I used tape to hold everything that I got put together in place. Used probably way too much tape, but it was worth it imo.

 

[IamWEB]

*8 days for me

I guess I'll go get some tape later... >_< I bet it'll work to hold things together, but ripping it off causes things to fall apart once more.

 

[daniel0731ex]

is it really that hard?
how'd you compare it to the YJ, Dan?

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

If it is as annoying as an Eastsheen, and it is probably worse, I will shoot myself.

Eastsheen is EASY.
YJ 4x4 is EASY...Easier if you know how to assemble a V6

 

[masterofthebass]

is it really that hard?
how'd you compare it to the YJ, Dan?

doesn't even compare. YJ was crap from the beginning anyway.

If it is as annoying as an Eastsheen, and it is probably worse, I will shoot myself.

Eastsheen is EASY.
YJ 4x4 is EASY...Easier if you know how to assemble a V6

unless you've tried it, don't say a thing. You have NO clue how bad it is.

 

[koreancuber]

it is a pain in the butt. took me half an hour to get one layer. my advice on the maru 4x4. DON'T take it apart. Ever

 

[IamWEB]

All of your hard work crumbles to the surface every 5 minutes and depresses you...

oh and:

<WEB> a piece falls further into the cube, and trying to get it out causes the collapse of several pieces until it's too weak to hold together and crumbles upon itself
[18:30] <DanCohen> exactly

 

[waffle=ijm]

lol 30 minutes for me...it's not very hard tbh

I guess I've assembled my v6 so much that this wasn't much of a problem >_>

 

[joey]

lol 30 minutes for me...it's not very hard tbh

I guess I've assembled my v6 so much that this wasn't much of a problem >_>

Well, I'm assuming dan has too

 

[masterofthebass]

lol 30 minutes for me...it's not very hard tbh

I guess I've assembled my v6 so much that this wasn't much of a problem >_>

Well, I'm assuming dan has too

yes, I've done a v6 plenty of times, but the problem is that the midge of the maru doesn't reach to the core, so that part is the issue. Its not nearly as stable and can fall apart insanely easy.

 

[4Chan]

I spray a bit of jigaloo to fuse the plastic partially, and then when it's fully assembled, I break the bonds by turning it around.

Then again, I didn't completely disassemble mine, but that's how I got the internals to stick to the center. It might help you, it might not.

 

[IamWEB]

It won't help, because I don't have Jiga-A-Loo.

Time for tape. D:

 

[daniel0731ex]

is it really that hard?
how'd you compare it to the YJ, Dan?

doesn't even compare. YJ was crap from the beginning anyway.

umm, i mean how hard is it to assemble.

 

[Feryll]

Is it safe to take one piece of an edge group out so I can lube it with the bottle of milk I received with the cube?

 

[mitch123]

how do u lube the cube then without taking the pieces out ?