Fully functional 1x1x1 supercube

[Cubenovice]

1x1x1 supercube functional prototype 1
My apologies for the crappy video (and prototype) quality...

I had this proto printed via our own FDM equipment which gives very rough parts but I just couldn't wait to test functionality.

Overal dimensions: 2x2x2 cm
6 springs allow the faces to deflect so they can be turned
Cubesmith stickers

I have a laser sintered polyamide proto from Shapeways coming in later this week with much better detail and surface quality. Will shoot a better video then. It will be white cube on which the stickers should come out much better.

What do you think?

 

[James Ludlow]

So your gonna sell this on shapeways?

Price range?

EDIT - I think this is mint btw.

 

[vcuber13]

thats actually a faceturning 1x1

 

[ElectricDoodie]

Whoa. At first I thought, "not this again."
But, then I saw that you actually made a 1x1x1 cube that is full functional.
Awesome.

 

[hawkmp4]

thats actually a faceturning 1x1

It's a faceturning cuboid puzzle where the orientation of centres matters. 1x1 supercube.

To the OP- This is actually interesting! Is the mechanism just like a 3x3's centres?

 

[Cubenovice]

It's a faceturning cuboid puzzle where the orientation of centres matters. 1x1 supercube.

To the OP- This is actually interesting! Is the mechanism just like a 3x3's centres?

The mechanism will be disclosed shortly
I want to finetune the "design" first with the more detailled prototype and some better hardware.

I have also plans for a super super 1x1x1 cube but need to have the 3D files prepared.
Will probably have to increase the size a bit although I do not really want to because 1x1x1 cubes must be small for that genuine feel

 

[Joker]

I'm guessing this is a 3x3 mech.
Nice job

 

[iSpinz]

It's been done. Nevertheless, still pretty cool.

http://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=14988&hilit=1x1x1

 

[KboyForeverB]

say what, kinda useless in my opinion

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

First thought at title: Facepalm, another old joke.
*looks into thread*
YESS. SOMETIHNG ORIGINAL.

 

[Chrish]

I essentially came to this thread to mock you. But then you didn't provide me with anything to mock you with. Cool puzzle

 

[shelley]

say what, kinda useless in my opinion

So are Pyraminx tips.

 

[blade740]

I believe a fully-functional 1x1x1 cube would be a 1x1x1 with 4 arrows all pointing up: center orientation matters.

You could also use this mechanism to make a 1x1 octahedron with pyraminx-type tips.

 

[Cubenovice]

I essentially came to this thread to mock you. But then you didn't provide me with anything to mock you with. Cool puzzle

LOL!
I had expected some mixed opinions on the 1x1x1x topic but it is nice to see that you actually seem to like it.
The inspiration came from this thread from a while ago:
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?23597-WTF-is-a-1x1x1

Now that I made this cube I searched a little and indeed found some more functional or faceturning 1x1x1's.
It's actually nice to see that the one on the twistypuzzles forum was stickered in a similar fashion.

During stickering I wasn't too sure about adding the "center" stickers...
But I figured that with center stickers it was more in line with the supercube sticker pattern as proposed by Stefan Pochmann.

@ KboyForeverB:
Could you explain why 2x2x2, 3x3x or NxNxN (where N>1) cubes are more "usefull" than a 1x1x1 cube?
More challenging? For sure. But more usefull?

As you can see it doesn't turn as smooth as the Void Gigaminx but that is a deliberate choice.
I like the cube to look as "solid" as possible so with the edges of the sides fitting closely against eachother.
Edges which are somewhat "open" will be much easier to grab but the cube wouldn't look as smooth.

 

[Lucas Garron]

I would definitely call that a 1x1x1 Babyface Supercube, like Andreas. Very cute indeed.

 

[Owen]

Did you post this on twistypuzzles, because that would be the ideal place to put it.

 

[xFear of Napalm]

I think that you could actually make it scramble-able with two white face, and it
could have "parity". I'm not sure if even I'm understanding myself, but I think you
could make it so a n00b could have fun with solving it, while still feeling like it's a
challenge. Also, is v-cubes' cubdron like this? I never actually understood what it
actually was...

However, very cool. I might make one for non-cubers to try at, lol.

 

[theace]

When can I buy one?

 

[Cubenovice]

Still waiting for the Shapeways proto to arrive, tomorrow it is 10 days since ordering...
But as I have not received shipping info yet I am afraid will only arrive next week.

If the SLS version turns out OK I will make the parts available for purchase.

 

[cmhardw]

Very cool, I like it! But can you do it BLD?

Chris