How many strings are in a magic?

[dillonbladez]

just as the title says. how many strings in a magic? my guess is 15 or 16, i googled 'how many strings in a rubik's magic' to no sucesses. and even more specifically, how many strings are required in a magic? i think i lost a string while restringing my brothers magic (i made a thread about this ) and i don't have fishing line.

 

[4Chan]

I thought it was one.

 

[iSpinz]

16

 

[dillonbladez]

one string in a magic? lol i wish.

 

[4Chan]

Nevermind then.

 

[iSpinz]

one string in a magic? lol i wish.

O rly? That would be hard to work with.

 

[dillonbladez]

oh yeah. i guess so. at least you'd actully know if you'd lost one without counting back on topic, can you take away some strings yet still have a usable magic?

 

[iSpinz]

http://cube.garron.us/magic.htm

Yes. Leave out one per tile.

 

[dillonbladez]

so the minimum is eight? i just finished counting my mess of magic strings and found out i actually did lose one. besides, i dont know how eight strings would work

 

[iSpinz]

I don't know, but 15 is enough. Watch a video then use Lucas' restringing tutorial. You have to watch it first.

 

[dillonbladez]

im watching a video on restringing a magic already. so would you use type C or D for restringing?

 

[iSpinz]

Read the instructions.

 

[dillonbladez]

whoops, i don't think that was clear. which type would you recommend? you get the same thing in the end, right?

 

[iSpinz]

Yep/

 

[edwo]

Mine is 16

 

[dillonbladez]

hmn, i wonder how leaving one string out would work/

 

[PCwizCube]

Depending on the stringing method, 8 can work. But 8 would be extremely unstable and would probably fall apart in a minute. You must realize that the tiles are tied together together, sort of like a double tie (one tie is 8 strings, 2nd tie is another 8 strings). So if you remove one of those ties, the tiles would still all together. This really depends on the stringing method though. But really, 15 can work fine, if you're not very violent while solving the magic, or you don't know how to solve it properly.

I assume you were watching this video. For the particular type of stringing method (same method as Lucas's) you're supposed to use both Type C and Type D, but you alternate them.

 

[dillonbladez]

so wait.... you use 14, and do the same stringing on both sides, so thats like 14 good tiles strung, ... then you have like 2-3 tiles left, and they're really unstable?

 

[PCwizCube]

so wait.... you use 14, and do the same stringing on both sides, so thats like 14 good tiles strung, ... then you have like 2-3 tiles left, and they're really unstable?

Yeah pretty much, if I'm understanding what you're saying correctly.

 

[dillonbladez]

yeah, i'm not good at organizing ideas on paper. no wonder why i got a C-, lol. so, on topic, me and my brother can solve in like 3 seconds. is that too violent?