Recent content by bazmonkey

No edit battle here, sir. I removed one comment after what I was replying to (your original, insulting "lawyer" quip) was deleted, and edited my original comment before you wrote either of your replies. Look, I can just as well reply with "we are customers, not a testing charity", and I didn't...

Same here, on both points... but I still wouldn't do this. What is your time worth? Because mine is worth far more than double the cost of a cube an hour, and this looks like way more than an hour's worth of work (tester and esp. tester manager). I don't doubt that for the right people this...

Hard to tell. Sprays are harder to apply with precision. Plus that video is a bit dated (a LOT changed since '09): clear (not milky-colored like they say their injectable lube is), straight-silicone lubricant is widely available now. Between the hassle of spray (ventilation, not spraying the...

On a "normal" cube that isn't too fast, I use 40K shock oil on the core pieces (somewhat liberally), and 3 weight silicone on two pieces (just lines across a side, no more). On a "fast" cube that I feel I need to slow down, I do the core the same but use the same shock oil on the pieces. My...

If you really tighten it to the max it can damage things. An alternative is to take the cube apart except for the core/centers, and screw them all in the same amount (I eyeball the number of threads). From there you'd be tightening to taste, not loosening. No real guideline: whenever you get...

No doubt, I'm one of those people. But you don't think overall enthusiasm for it won't die down at least a little when it starts going 3 or more years in between any new records? The passionate die-hands will always be around, but I can't imagine it not taking a hit to its popularity at all

I learned in the mid-90's, so... I'm part of the third "lost" generation? I very much hope this isn't the case, but I fear the next "generation" (5-10 more years) may be the beginning of a dark time again. 3x3 times have improved threefold from when I first got a cube, and somewhere around 4...