How to Make R3 better than DIY

[michaellahti]

I might just have to try this. Pictures need to be bigger though...

 

[lilkdub503]

Another way to make Rubik's brand cubes beastly: Use Jig-A-Loo. At least the way I did it, I have a cube that spins fast (maybe a little too fast, but I'm getting a lot of sub-20's lately with an absent orange side) and isn't getting corroded. Just disassemble and give it one sweep. This legend here has an amazing experiment he did-of course, you can probably change it up, depending on where you are. If you aren't sub-30, you may want less lube. Just a thought.

 

[chris410]

I have a *edit Eastsheen and an older rubik's brand and after a lot of use I actually prefer the older rubiks to my meffert which tends to pop even though I have tightened down the screws.

Would a modified cube like this be legal for competition?

 

[Ranzha]

I have a mefferts and an older rubik's brand and after a lot of use I actually prefer the older rubiks to my meffert which tends to pop even though I have tightened down the screws.

Would a modified cube like this be legal for competition?

3g) Puzzles may be made smoother internally by sanding or using any lubricant.

Yes. Yes it is legal.

 

[chris410]

I have a mefferts and an older rubik's brand and after a lot of use I actually prefer the older rubiks to my meffert which tends to pop even though I have tightened down the screws.

Would a modified cube like this be legal for competition?

3g) Puzzles may be made smoother internally by sanding or using any lubricant.

Yes. Yes it is legal.

In that case I will have to pick up a store bought and try this. Thanks!

 

[daniel0731ex]

i didn't know that meffert's 3x3 have screws..

 

[chris410]

i didn't know that meffert's 3x3 have screws..

Apologies! I meant Eastsheen.

 

[dannyz0r]

Eastsheen makes 3x3s now?

 

[chris410]

Eastsheen makes 3x3s now?

I ordered a set that was supposedly eastsheen cubes. The kit included a diy cube. It did not have a label but was included with all the cubes which are eastsheen. I will see if I can confirm it for you.

 

[Jaysammey777]

Nice I broke my main speed cube and took a really bad rubik's cube and put some sort of greese on it lol it is my main speed cube even togh I fixed my other one

 

[chris410]

I could not find an eastsheen 3x3, so they gave me a diy I cannot identify, this could explain why it is not as good as I expected.

 

[Tim Major]

Video please. Also, I bought a storebought recently, and it is really fast, out of the box. It cuts corners a bit, and I was actually going to make a thread called "Rubik's Brand 3x3s catching up". It is very good, and I'm sure with a little more breaking in, it will be excellent. I haven't even lubed it yet. Is mixing Silicone and Vaseline a bad idea. I sprayed a tiny bit of silicone in, but then stopped. Would it fuse with vaseline and be, bad? I would wipe out the vaseline after a week or so, but would mixing lubes reck it? Nice mod, but pictures need to be bigger.

 

[Tim Major]

Eastsheen makes 3x3s now?

I ordered a set that was supposedly eastsheen cubes. The kit included a diy cube. It did not have a label but was included with all the cubes which are eastsheen. I will see if I can confirm it for you.

Was that on ebay. ES 2x2, 4x4 and 5x5 and Famworth 3x3. If you looked in the description, it wasn't an ES 3x3, it was Famworth.

 

[JLarsen]

Eastsheen makes 3x3s now?

I ordered a set that was supposedly eastsheen cubes. The kit included a diy cube. It did not have a label but was included with all the cubes which are eastsheen. I will see if I can confirm it for you.

Was that on ebay. ES 2x2, 4x4 and 5x5 and Famworth 3x3. If you looked in the description, it wasn't an ES 3x3, it was Famworth.

It's a *Famwealth*. http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Eastsheen-R...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5d26e9639c

On topic; I can see how this mod would improve the cubies, but 50% of the movement in a cube is the core. Rubik's cores suck, and not not NEAR the effort they require to make them like a DIY core. As someone else said; if you were to use a DIY core and the cubies mod, it would have some potential.

 

[minsarker]

So I was looking to do this since I had a few new storeboughts lying around. The problem is, half the edges are not as thick as the other ones. Do I file these? It will just literally leave nothing on that corner of the edge.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

While DIYs cost less than storeboughts, I'll stick to the DIYs.

 

[retr0]

I'm going to try this to my R3, once you make a video or upload bigger, clearer pictures.

Hope it works

 

[dillonbladez]

yeah. i would do it, but i can't really use this pictures as guides. Video!!!

 

[Edward]

Video that explains the edges

This is not very new.

 

[dannyz0r]

Video that explains the edges

This is not very new.

You quit forums what are you doing here?