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Comradsky said:
Just wanted to ask again. Thanks.
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I think this is what you're looking for, although there are a few different n x n software.

Comradsky said:
And aaronb you should just send it in to me myself and pi. His email is Billy Hansen <[email protected]>
He's quite reasonable on the price.
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I'm not sure if he does that anymore, and even if he does, it's probably better just to mod it yourself. As long as you're careful (you can use sandpaper instead of a dremel to be more careful, but it will take longer), there isn't much risk.
 
Divineskulls said:
About a week ago, I was surfing though iTunes, and I stumbled upon a documentary about cubing. I'm sure some people are familiar with it, it is called Piece by Piece. It's fairly old(around 2006), and every one of the records, even some of the terminology, was outdated. Because of this, I started thinking about having a more recent documentary out, highlighting cubing on the East Coast, and opposed to the West Coast, which is what Piece by Piece does. Now, I am a 16 year old cuber from PA, averaging about 18-19 seconds, and I hardly know anyone in the community. I've met a few people(Rowe, Macky, Bob, Dan), but I'm the only competitive cuber in my area, so I was wondering if it would be a good idea to go through with this documentary. I wanted some people's opinions about it before I started a thread or anything. Also, seeing as I hardly know anyone, I would also like to ask if anyone living on the East Coast would like to help me with this project. It wouldn't be much work, I would be doing most of the editing and things like that, but I need raw footage from some competitions that I won't be able to attend. Feedback for this idea is much appreciated, thank you! :D
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aaronb said:
If I, the average* modder, where to buy a V-cube 6, and try to the pi mod and stuff, what would you say the chances would be that I completely kill the cube, beyond the point of it being usable, and the chances of me being successful at modding it?

Average = I am no expert, and not too skilled, but I try to be somewhat careful.
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I was pretty careful as I did it and ended up bricking my 6x6. If you're worried about messing up the cube and having to replace it then just by a SS. They're not too bad and if you take it apart, lube all the pieces and round the corner stalks it gets even better. If you go the route of the modded V-Cube, which is ultimately better than a SS 6x6 if modded well, pm or e-mail a few really good modders or 6x6 solvers, like Kevin Hays, and ask their opinions on the pins. That's where I messed up. The pins are pretty tricky.
 
freshcuber said:
I was pretty careful as I did it and ended up bricking my 6x6. If you're worried about messing up the cube and having to replace it then just by a SS. They're not too bad and if you take it apart, lube all the pieces and round the corner stalks it gets even better. If you go the route of the modded V-Cube, which is ultimately better than a SS 6x6 if modded well, pm or e-mail a few really good modders or 6x6 solvers, like Kevin Hays, and ask their opinions on the pins. That's where I messed up. The pins are pretty tricky.
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But you don't HAVE to do the pins, right? All they do is stop the core from misaligning, so while it might be a bit inconvenient, you could still leave it out if you were worried about breaking it.
 
Michael Womack said:
im wandering how the 6x6 and 7x7 came an event when they where released
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You completely ignored what he actually said. It's not that the puzzles were suddenly obtainable, it was that they could be done in a reasonable time. 8x8 would take way too much time out of the competition. 6x6 and 7x7 are often left out of events due to time constraints anyway.
 
Anyone have a guess about how much an original square-1 is worth? The original one I have has the original stickers and only one side is slightly peeling.
 
Michael Womack said:
im wandering how the 6x6 and 7x7 came an event when they where released
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They are the first cubes to have a second orbit. By this I mean there are center pieces that can only go to certain places in the center. In a 4x4 any center piece can go anywhere. In a 5x5 any corner center can be replaced by any corner center and any center edge can be replaced be any other center edge. In a 6x6 there are center pieces that can't go to certain places due to the structure of the puzzle.

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But you don't HAVE to do the pins, right? All they do is stop the core from misaligning, so while it might be a bit inconvenient, you could still leave it out if you were worried about breaking it.
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Depends on what you're looking for. The full Pi mod requires pins. If you only want to cut down on misalignments then glueing two of the inner layer pieces that touch the centers to a center adjacently will solve 2/3rds of the internal misalignments. To totally eliminate the clicking mechanism you have to have pins.
 
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How has the the V-Cube been modded?

I personally prefer my SS over my V-Cube all day long. Although still a bit slower than I'd like it's still much faster than my V-Cube and I'm getting times 2+ minutes better than I ever was on my V-Cube. Some of that is just improvement but either way that's a huge number. So I can say, in my opinion, a well broken in totally unmodded V-Cube 6 is not as good as a somewhat broken in SS 6x6
 
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