Corner Cutting Help

[splinteh]

Mod it to become a Haiyan Mem. IMO, A5's are made for speed.

 

[BigGreen]

lube it

 

[54stickers]

I put in old type A springs because they looked the same and are more used. I lubed it a lot and sanded the corners earlier today.

There seems to be a little improvement, I was able tighten the screws a half-turn more.
Still not up to par with my other A V.

 

[ThatGuy]

You might have to sand some of the edge pieces too. Find out where on the pieces you cube is locking up and sand those down. I felt quite some difference.

 

[nck]

Corner cutting&locking up

Does corner cutting abilities affect whether a cube is more likely to lock up?
I was readjusting the tension on my Edison today because it was poping a bit too often. It was on medium tension and it locks up sometimes. When i tightened the screws all the way, it doesn't cut corners at all but I found that it doesn't seem to lock up at all.
On the other hand, my FII locks up a lot more on higher tension. Does anyone have a explanation for this?

Edit: I've modded my Edison quite a bit. I rounded up the corner pieces like the memory and sanded the edge pieces so the size of the 'holes' between cubies are quite comparable to the memory.

 

[Rpotts]

different cubes respond differently to changing tensions. Some cubes have a lot of plastic inside and lock up if it's too loose, cause all the excess plastic catches up and locks. The mods you did to the edison likely help the pieces slide past eachother with the rounded pieces n whatnot.

 

[nck]

What troubles me is that the Edison doesn't lock up even it can't cut corners bigger than 30degrees

 

[Edward]

I'd say cornering ability and the amount of lock-ups go hand in hand. Not necessarily affecting each-other, but you can't affect one without the other changing. You have to compensate for this. If you avoid lockups (which is best IMO), yet you can't corner as much, cube with a more exact style. ect ect.

 

[dillonbladez]

Yes. Loosening the tensions allows you to have more cornering ability, but also, when looser, pieces will catch on to each other, and cause lockups. In my opinion, I would go for less lockups, but that's up to you, I guess..

 

[radmin]

I've found that corner cutting is most effected by the tension of the top face.
IF you always solve with the same color on top, you could try loosening just that face.

This will give F, B, R and L the ability to cut though U. It won't cover every situation buy it may help with some algs.

Just a thought...

You could also try swapping the springs. To improve cutting you'd want slightly longer springs.
To make a cube faster you go shorter but cutting suffers.

 

[nck]

I've found that corner cutting is most effected by the tension of the top face.
IF you always solve with the same color on top, you could try loosening just that face.

This will give F, B, R and L the ability to cut though U. It won't cover every situation buy it may help with some algs.

Just a thought...

You could also try swapping the springs. To improve cutting you'd want slightly longer springs.
To make a cube faster you go shorter but cutting suffers.

Uneven tension would make me stop during a solve and fix it up.

 

[radmin]

I've found that corner cutting is most effected by the tension of the top face.
IF you always solve with the same color on top, you could try loosening just that face.

This will give F, B, R and L the ability to cut though U. It won't cover every situation buy it may help with some algs.

Just a thought...

You could also try swapping the springs. To improve cutting you'd want slightly longer springs.
To make a cube faster you go shorter but cutting suffers.

Uneven tension would make me stop during a solve and fix it up.

Your best bet would be the springs then.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

What troubles me is that the Edison doesn't lock up even it can't cut corners bigger than 30degrees

Do you need to cut that much every turn??!

 

[nck]

What troubles me is that the Edison doesn't lock up even it can't cut corners bigger than 30degrees

Do you need to cut that much every turn??!

no.
However, I believe that the ability to cut corners is one aspect of the overall performance of a cube. Generally, the bigger corners a cube can cut, the less effort it will need to cut 'smaller corners'/misalignment. What surprised me was that not being able to cut corners doesn't really affect my turning and create more lockups.

 

[Hadley4000]

45 degree corner cutting

If you need the ability to cut 45*, you don't need a nicer cube, jsut better accuracy.

 

[waffle=ijm]

If you need the ability to cut 45*, you don't need a nicer cube, jsut better accuracy.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES!

srsly

 

[EnterPseudonym]

I need 90 degree corner cutting

 

[StachuK1992]

I think I had ~30 degree cuts on my favorite cube way back when, and have ~25 degree cuts with my cube now. They're fine.

 

[Samania]

I love you.

 

[StachuK1992]

I wanna find a cube that has 5* corner-cutting, but really smooth otherwise, and see how I'd do.

Edit: owait, void cube!