Jam88
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true but how are you going to convince anyone to try it? It would need serious adaptations imo if you are planning to put the ball bearings corner-edge as wellno-one will know until it's tried
true but how are you going to convince anyone to try it? It would need serious adaptations imo if you are planning to put the ball bearings corner-edge as wellno-one will know until it's tried
na was only thinking ball bearings for the centre edge, like the Valk Elitetrue but how are you going to convince anyone to try it? It would need serious adaptations imo if you are planning to put the ball bearings corner-edge as well
Oh ok. That makes sense nowna was only thinking ball bearings for the centre edge, like the Valk Elite
dont think it will fit on the M's coreI'm getting some V5 springs to try in my 356 M lite.
The MGC Repulsion already has magnets that repel. It’s an odd feeling.The purpose of the core magnets is to make the cube more stable. The springs also help keep it stable as well. What if we tried to take advantage of this added stability by adding repelling magnets, to compliment the edge to corner, and corner to core magnets? It might also work without core magnets, and just the edge to corner systems.
My idea to achieve this: imagine where you would put a magnet on the edge piece if you were to magnetize it to the center piece. When you move that edge, it passes the side of the of another edge piece that is already magnetized, and would attract it. Now flip that magnet you added, and now it repels as it goes by. In my mind that would reduce friction, by creating a floating effect. The other magnets should keep that repelling bump from pushing that layer out too far. It would need to be weaker as you don't want a big flex, just enough to lessen plastic to plastic friction without separation. By only repelling when in motion, and never while it's in place, it shouldn't mess with the original magnets. (Don't actually add magnets to the center. That was just to better describe where I meant to add the magnets on the edge pieces.)
If there are cheap enough magnetic cubes, it might be worth the experiment. I'd try it but I would have no way of knowing if it worked well or not. In my mind it works, but I'm not experienced enough to imagine how it would work on all sides, and if it would work as an full concept. All things feel the same to me when I take 3 minutes to solve a cube lol
EDIT; Just played with a couple of big magnets. I still think it may work, but way too much R&D. The 2 big magnets, had a noticeable slowing before the cushion kicked in. It took effort to push them far enough to levitate. The edges attracted before the levitation. You'd have to play with strength and distance a lot to even get close.
I have the x num ipg and an m and you can’t do that. I’ve triedI emailed sCs and asked everything I needed to install the V5 springs. The answer was just the springs. No centers, center caps, or core swap needed.
If you look at the Gan site, check out the cores. They sell the same core both both models. M and Xv2.
For magnets I've had good experiences with Gaussboys. I'm not sure what to tell you about glue.Anyone know a reliable place to get magnets in bulk? TC and SCS sell with glue and tweezers, or just a few at a time. I'm thinking like 100 of 2 to 4 different strengths. I want to experiment. Not going to use superglue. Something medium strength. Strong enough to hold magnets in place, but easy to pop back out and not damage the plastic. Maybe like the flour water glue recipe. Should hold long enough to see if the idea works, but not permanent if the experiment fails.
In aliexpress you can get some cheap magnets. Not sure on quality though. But if you wanna get them from ali, order them stronger and bigger than you want because chances are they'll be half a mm smaller.Anyone know a reliable place to get magnets in bulk? TC and SCS sell with glue and tweezers, or just a few at a time. I'm thinking like 100 of 2 to 4 different strengths. I want to experiment. Not going to use superglue. Something medium strength. Strong enough to hold magnets in place, but easy to pop back out and not damage the plastic. Maybe like the flour water glue recipe. Should hold long enough to see if the idea works, but not permanent if the experiment fails.
not really bulk, but cheapAnyone know a reliable place to get magnets in bulk? TC and SCS sell with glue and tweezers, or just a few at a time. I'm thinking like 100 of 2 to 4 different strengths. I want to experiment. Not going to use superglue. Something medium strength. Strong enough to hold magnets in place, but easy to pop back out and not damage the plastic. Maybe like the flour water glue recipe. Should hold long enough to see if the idea works, but not permanent if the experiment fails.
You can get everything you need here:
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