"Funs Puzzle" 方是(fangshi) new 3x3

[JodoYodo]

Has anyone else had problems getting the center caps on? I had to tighten my cube waaay tighter than I normally do in order to get the caps to fit onto the center piece, and even then some of them are not fully clipped in. I generally like my cubes looser, but the amount I had to tighten it seemed excessive. I actually had problems turning the screws in tight enough. Other than that, I think the cube feels great, but to get my caps on I had to make it too tight for me to speedcube comfortably. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this, and if there's a fix, such as using different springs.

 

[cowabunga]

I pre ordered 2 fangshi on march 7th and havn't received them yet...

 

[PeelingStickers]

about same here, although I'm in another boat to most people here as I preordered from 51morefun

 

[littlewing1208]

My Shuang Ren is getting quieter and faster each day. I think I do like it afterall. The lightness and swishiness were unnerving at first.

Has anyone else had problems getting the center caps on? I had to tighten my cube waaay tighter than I normally do in order to get the caps to fit onto the center piece, and even then some of them are not fully clipped in. I generally like my cubes looser, but the amount I had to tighten it seemed excessive. I actually had problems turning the screws in tight enough. Other than that, I think the cube feels great, but to get my caps on I had to make it too tight for me to speedcube comfortably. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this, and if there's a fix, such as using different springs.

So I initially tensioned mine until the screw threads were just to the point of being completely in the core which was about 1.5x pennies width of gap when the springs bottomed out. In this state, the screw heads were about flush with the center pieces when no corners/edges were installed (ie with the center stalk touching the core). Once assembled, the flat part of the screw heads sunk in about 0.5-0.75mm. This was too loose to me and it could barely stay in a cubic shape without forcing it. I think I did 270deg of additional torquing of the screws after this before I got it to a tension that I like. It cuts corners at like 55 degrees which is nuts and it is faster than any of my Zhanchis or Guhongs.

If you have yours such that when assembled, the screw heads protrude past the center piece cylinders such that the center caps can't be put on, then you must really like your cubes loose .

Picture:

 

[JodoYodo]

Thanks for the reply. I might try to re-assemble tonight... my screw currently looks like this:

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And I cannot physically turn these screws any deeper. I wonder if my screws are too long or if my core is different or the springs are too big...

 

[joshlad111]

I got mine today! So happy! It's so much different from the guhong, but i hate the red stickers you get with it for the black cube, they're almost transparent...

 

[uniacto]

Thanks for the reply. I might try to re-assemble tonight... my screw currently looks like this:

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And I cannot physically turn these screws any deeper. I wonder if my screws are too long or if my core is different or the springs are too big...

What type of stickers are those? They look goooooood haha

 

[littlewing1208]

@JodoYodo,

I did notice after the threads are completely into the core that any further torquing on the screws was harder, but I put just a hair of lubix on the threads before starting to thread them in since the screw-to-core interface is pretty tight as it is. Looking at your picture, given my experience with the Fangshi, yours must be crazy loose unless yours has much longer springs or stiffer springs rates than mine. Was your a DIY or assembled and from where?

 

[JodoYodo]

I DIY-ed it, got the parts from HKNow. The cube is definitely not loose, and has no problem holding its shape. In fact, when I remove edge pieces, I have problems putting them back in.

What type of stickers are those? They look goooooood haha

They're PuzzleAddictions stickers, Half Bright. Witlong Cut (which is why the corners are rounded). I like the cut a lot, not so hot about the colours, but the rounded edges made them easy to apply.

 

[littlewing1208]

I DIY-ed it, got the parts from HKNow. The cube is definitely not loose, and has no problem holding its shape. In fact, when I remove edge pieces, I have problems putting them back in.

Mine is a DIY from HKnow as well. Hmmm, it's almost like we got different hardware or something. Did your core look like a webbed ball (ie not like standard dayan-style cores)?

Could you take out one center piece and measure the length of the spring and screw (screw total length to under the head and the length of the threaded section)?

 

[JodoYodo]

Mine is a DIY from HKnow as well. Hmmm, it's almost like we got different hardware or something. Did your core look like a webbed ball (ie not like standard dayan-style cores)?

Could you take out one center piece and measure the length of the spring and screw (screw total length to under the head and the length of the threaded section)?

I did get the webbed ball, yes. I was thinking of taking it apart this weekend to compare the sizes of the pieces. It's possible that I just like my cubes loose and the Fangshi isn't for me I would be pretty disappointed, since I really really like the feeling of the cube when the caps aren't on and the tensions are loose.

 

[a small kitten]

Hey everyone. TheCubicle.us just created fitted stickers for the FangShi ShuangRen. They cuts are round. The stickers ended up being 15.5mm.

Click here for a picture of the stickers on the cube.

 

[Lagom]

I got mine today! So happy! It's so much different from the guhong, but i hate the red stickers you get with it for the black cube, they're almost transparent...

Im waiting for stickers, so I put on double stickers on mine. Got a lot better

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[uniacto]

They're PuzzleAddictions stickers, Half Bright. Witlong Cut (which is why the corners are rounded). I like the cut a lot, not so hot about the colours, but the rounded edges made them easy to apply.

ah okay. They looked like the cubicles for a second. Thanks

 

[DaRealPizza]

Just got mine assembled and lubed, tensioned and I cant say anything other than I love this cube!

 

[MarcelP]

I received mine yesterday. I have done about 50 solves. I am not sure how I feel about the cube. Ecstatically it is not a beautifull cube because edge pieces are sticking out. That is because of the clip on mechanisme of the edges. There are a lot of contact point which makes the cube make it's raspy sound. And because of that there are so many contact points it is slow. Even my Shengshou Wind turns faster. And it's no match for my Milky Zhanchi's (or any of my Zhanchi's actually). What does makes this cube better than the others is the awesome flow. It does NOT lock up ever. I used the high viscose Calvins lube with a few drops Maru. Maybe I am just used to super fast silicone lube. I will wash the lube out today and apply silicone. And I think I need to fiddle with tensions. I really hope I will feel better about the cube. Right now I am not super enthusiastic.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

I am still waiting for mine to come in. Should be today if you got yours yesterday.

The sticking out edges are not appealing to me.. I find I am bothered with them in fact when I see them on videos. Hopefully the newer version will have that fixed.

Did you remove excess flash?

 

[MarcelP]

Did you remove excess flash?

Yes, I got that tip from Gordon. He told me to cut off excess plastic before assembling. So I did. These are not on contact points, but they make it hard to put center caps in and to put egde 'caps' on. I think I got rid of 99% of that plastic. I would love to see a good tensioning video of the Fangshi. I think that's maybe where I screwed up.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Have you watched cyoubx's vid on it? Tension dayan cube, it is called roughly, you can find it that way.

I also made one addressing some other points I believed worth mentioning.

 

[MarcelP]

Have you watched cyoubx's vid on it? Tension dayan cube, it is called roughly, you can find it that way.

I also made one addressing some other points I believed worth mentioning.

Yeah, I watched Cyoubx and CBC tensioning. But, the Fangshi comes with a different core (see on picture zcube: http://zcube.cn/Funs-ShuangRen.html) So you can't say for sure how far the screws must go in. If all fails, I will replace this core with a C4U core.