New breakthrough in cubing hardware!

[randomspeedcuber2023]

I thought that if you put ball bearings (lubed with lube) in the center along with maglev and piece magnets, it would become fast and controllable, the magnets prevent the face from overturning due to the slippery nature of bearings.

 

[Somebody0009]

Gan putting this in their Gan 14 Maglev and increasing the price by 100000$

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

Gan putting this in their Gan 14 Maglev and increasing the price by 100000$

lmao

 

[abunickabhi]

Gan putting this in their Gan 14 Maglev and increasing the price by 100000$

Gan cubes are so overpriced.

It is just better to get YS3M cube designed by Yusheng Du!

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

Gan cubes are so overpriced.

It is just better to get YS3M cube designed by Yusheng Du!

if only they added ball bearings to make the cube superfast

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

it would become the wrm v10

 

[quanloh]

I would imagine it became heavier, more "blocky" and LESS controllable. not sure if corner cutting will be effected by the newly introduce rigidity. Manufacturer might jack up the price due to the new "complexity" introduced, at the same time sell you more lube.

 

[artless1der]

if only they added ball bearings to make the cube superfast

Yuxin did it first over 4 years ago

Wait, pardon my French, they put ball-bearings in the corners ＼⁠(ﾟ⁠ｰﾟ⁠＼⁠)

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

i meant this type of bearing:

edit: in the centers to make turning faster

 

[OldSwiss]

Do you think Cubes should still get faster?

With the Tornado V3 I decided to not buy the maglev version, because it was too fast and almost uncontrollable

 

[Thom S.]

1. Good luck finding a sealed ball bearing in that size that improves turning over the plain bearing system currently in use.
2. Is that bearing isn't sealed, you'll have the time of your life lubing it up every 10-50 solves with the most low viscosity lube you can find because at that size, and lubrication under a viscosity of at least 200 will make the turning quite stiff.

 

[Filipe Teixeira]

Do you think Cubes should still get faster?

With the Tornado V3 I decided to not buy the maglev version, because it was too fast and almost uncontrollable

Faster = better

Spoiler: Proof

 

[Thom S.]

Faster = better

Spoiler: Proof

This might be the first time a spoiler didn't contain what I thought it would at all.

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

1. Good luck finding a sealed ball bearing in that size that improves turning over the plain bearing system currently in use.
2. Is that bearing isn't sealed, you'll have the time of your life lubing it up every 10-50 solves with the most low viscosity lube you can find because at that size, and lubrication under a viscosity of at least 200 will make the turning quite stiff.

does prelubing the unsealed bearing work?
Edit: cubing companies have all the money to make a sealed bearing of that size

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

Do you think Cubes should still get faster?

With the Tornado V3 I decided to not buy the maglev version, because it was too fast and almost uncontrollable

faster cubes = more chance of wr

 

[Thom S.]

does prelubing the unsealed bearing work?
Edit: cubing companies have all the money to make a sealed bearing of that size

You kind of completely misunderstood me.
Bearings of a fitting size exist. But they are almost always meant to run at ludicrous speeds (talking about 50.000RPM Plus) with warm oil, very low viscosity, sometimes those are air lubricated with tolerances down to the millionth of a millimeter,(but those bind up from the warmth of your hand).
But, despite what one would think, such a small bearing would have a neglicable advantage(if it's not worse) over the current system.

Prelubing an unsealed bearing of course works.
Historically speaking, up to the age of middle eastern DIY Videos, unsealed bearings are only used in closed systems where lubricatiom is already available.

You can, however check common Bearing manufacturers(SKF, Bison) or speciality bearing manufacturers, buy a set of fitting bearings, install them in an older cube and try out if the dry force needed for a turn is higher or lower.

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

You kind of completely misunderstood me.
Bearings of a fitting size exist. But they are almost always meant to run at ludicrous speeds (talking about 50.000RPM Plus) with warm oil, very low viscosity, sometimes those are air lubricated with tolerances down to the millionth of a millimeter,(but those bind up from the warmth of your hand).
But, despite what one would think, such a small bearing would have a neglicable advantage(if it's not worse) over the current system.

Prelubing an unsealed bearing of course works.
Historically speaking, up to the age of middle eastern DIY Videos, unsealed bearings are only used in closed systems where lubricatiom is already available.

You can, however check common Bearing manufacturers(SKF, Bison) or speciality bearing manufacturers, buy a set of fitting bearings, install them in an older cune and try out if the dry force needed for a turn is higher or lower.

ok
edit: found typo in "cune"

 

[Thom S.]

ok
edit: found typo in "cune"

Fixed

What I thought of, maybe a thrust bearing between Screw and Center would lead to benefits.

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

Fixed

What I thought of, maybe a thrust bearing between Screw and Center would lead to benefits.

i didn't know it existed, but it's definitely great.

 

[xyzzy]

Wait, pardon my French, they put ball-bearings in the corners ＼⁠(ﾟ⁠ｰﾟ⁠＼⁠)

They used metal balls as weights to increase moment of inertia. Balls that aren't used as bearings are not ball bearings, strictly speaking.