supercubejunky
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- Feb 19, 2013
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Yeh. I know it’s a bold title but this is what I’ve found out. About a month ago I was having a lot of problems with my cubes popping locking up and some issues
with speed. I kept noticing that the majority of my pops were occurring on one side and it finally dawned on me why. Even though when I had tensioned my cube
I turned all the sides evenly, the tensions hadn’t came out even! So I wondered how I could get all my tensions down to an precise and accurate measurements.
After some thought I realized that there is already a tool out there just for the job called a gap gauge/feeler blade gauge. When I bought one I was wondering
how exactly it would work out but when I put it to the test it did exactly as I had thought. I was able to get my cubes faster, with less lock ups and pops, virtually
no pops at all now. So basically all of the problems I was having from my cube were due to improper tensioning. Along with the benefit of having less feedback
from your cube I think this will also allow cubers to more effectively communicate their tensions. For example, instead of saying I set my tensions loose or tight
or somewhere in between, I would say ”my main speedcube is a type c 1 and my tensions are set to 1.371 mm.” I modified my gap gauge so that it would fit
around the core screw making it much more accurate and easier to tension. If anyone has any helpful hints or if I’m missing something, or if even you feel this is
all crap, please include why, I would appreciate your input. Also if enough people want me to make a video, please say so below.
EDIT: video link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fje6lrRCLFw hope this catches on if people find that it really helps. Please ask me any questions if you have any.
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My idea is that i will buy the gap gauge, modify it myself, then send it out to someone to try it and then that person can send it to someone else and so on and so forth. So what i wondering is if people will be willing to try this idea and then ship it to a fellow cuber for just the cost of postage. (50 cents or so). I think if about 10 people are interested i will buy a gauge and make a list of people.
with speed. I kept noticing that the majority of my pops were occurring on one side and it finally dawned on me why. Even though when I had tensioned my cube
I turned all the sides evenly, the tensions hadn’t came out even! So I wondered how I could get all my tensions down to an precise and accurate measurements.
After some thought I realized that there is already a tool out there just for the job called a gap gauge/feeler blade gauge. When I bought one I was wondering
how exactly it would work out but when I put it to the test it did exactly as I had thought. I was able to get my cubes faster, with less lock ups and pops, virtually
no pops at all now. So basically all of the problems I was having from my cube were due to improper tensioning. Along with the benefit of having less feedback
from your cube I think this will also allow cubers to more effectively communicate their tensions. For example, instead of saying I set my tensions loose or tight
or somewhere in between, I would say ”my main speedcube is a type c 1 and my tensions are set to 1.371 mm.” I modified my gap gauge so that it would fit
around the core screw making it much more accurate and easier to tension. If anyone has any helpful hints or if I’m missing something, or if even you feel this is
all crap, please include why, I would appreciate your input. Also if enough people want me to make a video, please say so below.
EDIT: video link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fje6lrRCLFw hope this catches on if people find that it really helps. Please ask me any questions if you have any.
Poll
My idea is that i will buy the gap gauge, modify it myself, then send it out to someone to try it and then that person can send it to someone else and so on and so forth. So what i wondering is if people will be willing to try this idea and then ship it to a fellow cuber for just the cost of postage. (50 cents or so). I think if about 10 people are interested i will buy a gauge and make a list of people.
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