How to properly tension a speedcube,reduce lock ups and pops, and more.

[supercubejunky]

Measuring the distance??

Uhmm right. Nope.

Doesn't work proper enough, because if you screw in one screw slanted it will negate the equality.

What I do is tension all the sides to corner cut forward and backwards an equal distance thus making sure all faces are tensioned the same, and then loosen all sides equally till I get to where I want. This way it doesn't matter if a screw is in slanted because you tensioned on the cube and its response.

Good tut right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlumT6dX6K0

hey cool i watched your tutorial........ u bascially said what i did exceptdont screw your screws in the core sideways, sorry i forgot to mention that, didnt see why anyone would tho. but basically if you use the tool i was mentioning it would eliminate all the time you take going back and forward tensioniong one side to see if its more loose than another and give you a more accurate tension on each center.

 

[CarlBrannen]

Yeah, if you've got a screw in at an angle, you've got worse problems than uneven tensions. I had this happen once and now I'm very careful. To avoid it, I like to hold the screw steady and turn the spider onto it. Somehow it seems that it's easier for me to see that they're aligned this way.

Each time I get a new cube I mess around with the springs, either shortening them, replacing them, or adding spacers to lengthen them. Each time I do this I have to retension and I like to try various tensions to see which work best for me.

I ordered some of the new 3x3 "Fun" cubes and when I put together the first one I'll probably end up retensioning it a dozen times.

 

[Lchu613]

What I meant by feel is by cutting and speed. I didn't look up the original tool you were talking about, sorry about the price thing. I do think this is a cool idea, but I'll stick to how I already tension.

 

[redbeat0222]

I understand. This is perfecto! I have to try this. This is simply too brilliant!

 

[supercubejunky]

Hi everyone, I was wanting to know if anyone has bought and tried this method yet. If so i would be very please to know what anyone thought and if anyone wants to try it please reply to the poll.