Moyu 4*4 WeiSu 魔域威速

[KongShou]

Did he define the reason why?

cos the old one was changed so many times. There was a lot of minor modification to get the weisu to where its is now. So they are getting a new mold, but that takes a while so they through that they would release it first with the old mold first, and gradually let the new one take over.

 

[windhero]

A slight improvement I think.

Well I figured as much, releasing a degraded version of a new puzzle might not have a market. I was curious on what they think needs improving in the WeiSu and what it would fix exactly.

 

[Username]

I was curious on what they think needs improving in the WeiSu

Internal Piece pops?

 

[Michael Womack]

Did he define the reason why?

Actully She said this Moyu announced that Weisu black is changed, they changed the mold in the factory because they want to improve the quality. That means all Weisu later-released version will different with those have been shipped.

 

[gokkar]

If only I knew this before I ordered mine today... :/

Would've waited if I knew they were improving the thing.

 

[Rubiks560]

Honestly, I doubt it's going to have a significant change.

 

[kcl]

Good point. I will try that once I get mine.

That was a joke.. If you take out all the internal pieces it will collapse..

 

[wrathofgods54]

i think this is only for the black cubes since my order for a white cube didnt have any problem according to echo

 

[sneaklyfox]

Maybe it's so you don't get the chips.

 

[LarryLunchmeat]

I can just see the demand for "original plastic" Weisu's grow huge in a couple years. :lol::facepalm:
I'm still waiting on mine to show up. It seems to have universal praise and I haven't anticipated a cube this much in a long time.

 

[Michael Womack]

inb4 the Original Black WeiSu's are rare.

 

[littlewing1208]

Just an update that somewhat corroborates this 'black' cubes getting a refactor to the mold etc. My Primary Weisu has 200+ solves on it and no chips like my black one. Anyone else with a black one getting chips?

 

[windhero]

Just an update that somewhat corroborates this 'black' cubes getting a refactor to the mold etc. My Primary Weisu has 200+ solves on it and no chips like my black one. Anyone else with a black one getting chips?

Btw did you order from thecubicle? They offered to send me a screw and I managed to get the screw out fairly easily; I did inject some shock oil to the stem hoping it would seep into the threads making it easier to unscrew. I just took a screw from my spare WeiLong and used that instead, its the exact same size. Even though the cube is now tensioned somewhat correctly I dont really like it. I guess it was a mistake to use 50k as the lube for the center circle.

I'll be cleaning it out thoroughly and lubing the center circle with a mix of 30K/50k diff oil and the pieces with a mix of 30K and 50k diff oil + shock oil. Hopefully it will speed the cube up some.

 

[littlewing1208]

Btw did you order from thecubicle? They offered to send me a screw and I managed to get the screw out fairly easily; I did inject some shock oil to the stem hoping it would seep into the threads making it easier to unscrew. I just took a screw from my spare WeiLong and used that instead, its the exact same size. Even though the cube is now tensioned somewhat correctly I dont really like it. I guess it was a mistake to use 50k as the lube for the center circle.

I'll be cleaning it out thoroughly and lubing the center circle with a mix of 30K/50k diff oil and the pieces with a mix of 30K and 50k diff oil + shock oil. Hopefully it will speed the cube up some.

My experience with my V cube 4 and the WeiSu is to NOT lube the plastic to plastic interface at the end of the core. Wipe both the end of the core and the circle down with alcohol and assemble with that dry and see if you like it. I lubed my weisu's pieces with 50/50 of 10k and 50k. Anyway, it's working very well for me (the primary at least)....I haven't put the chipped black one back together to test it.

 

[windhero]

My experience with my V cube 4 and the WeiSu is to NOT lube the plastic to plastic interface at the end of the core. Wipe both the end of the core and the circle down with alcohol and assemble with that dry and see if you like it. I lubed my weisu's pieces with 50/50 of 10k and 50k. Anyway, it's working very well for me (the primary at least)....I haven't put the chipped black one back together to test it.

With the WeiSu it isnt even necessary to lube the stem of the center piece as it does not rotate, I just lubed it to get the screw out without stripping the end of it some more. I'll probably be diassembling it and lubing it properly once I break it in a little more.

 

[littlewing1208]

With the WeiSu it isnt even necessary to lube the stem of the center piece as it does not rotate, I just lubed it to get the screw out without stripping the end of it some more. I'll probably be diassembling it and lubing it properly once I break it in a little more.

I meant the rotating circle at the end of the stalk. Did you not imply that you lubricated where that circle touched the underside of the core stalks? That is what I feel should not be lubricated because it slows the cube down way too much.

 

[windhero]

I meant the rotating circle at the end of the stalk. Did you not imply that you lubricated where that circle touched the underside of the core stalks? That is what I feel should not be lubricated because it slows the cube down way too much.

Ah I guess we were talking about different ends. I lubed both ends, the one with the circle for normal lubing purposes (and I later figured out that 50k diff oil was definitely too thick for that purpose, maybe shock oil could work) and the end of the center piece that touches the core so that the lube would seep into the threads to help take the broken screw out.

But yeah, I agree. The circle should probably not be lubed at all unless you have a very low viscosity lubricant.

 

[~Adam~]

So, lube the circle with a small amount of 10k?

 

[windhero]

So, lube the circle with a small amount of 10k?

Yeah or shock oil, I dont even know if it is necessary. The plastic is very smooth and frictionless as is, but I dont think lubing it with something runny can slow it down. Whether it is useful at all can be argued. Personally I'll be lubing it with shock oil

 

[yockee]

I'm not sure about these chips you are getting on the black version, but HKnow is the only store that sells an ABS/PC plastic version, which is stronger. Maybe his won't have such problems. I've not had a problem, yet.