Non-WCA puzzles magnetisation

[OreKehStrah]

Actually I think it may be possible to magnetise the top and bottom layers if I remove some plastic from the corner caps, but the plastic is just so hard that I’m not sure if it is possible like on my puppet cube v1. On the puppet cube v1, I had to remove some plastic on 3 corner caps to fit magnets in, and that’s all. However, for the ShengShou pentahedron, if I do it in that way, I will have to remove plastics from 12 corner caps. It’s a pain to remove plastics from every pieces with a knife, especially the plastic being that hard. Do you think there is any other possible way to magnetise the top and bottom layers?

I’m not sure. I looked at the mech last night and it looks like a pain. I ordered a second one to you around with magnetizing.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

I ordered a second one to you around with magnetizing.

What do you mean?

 

[OreKehStrah]

What do you mean?

Oh whoops mobile autocorrect completely ruined that. I meant I ordered a second one to TOY around with magnetizing.

 

[Running for cube]

Watch out… HES COMING TO MAGNETIZE YOU!!

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

I have long been interested in magnetising non-wca puzzles to give myself more enjoyable solving experiences.

Successfully magnetised (I may post on how I did that if highly requested):
- Yuxin Gigaminx
- Yuxin Multi Skewb
- Yuxin Earth 2x2
- ShengShou Phoenix Megaminx
- ShengShou Crazy 2x2
- ShengShou 5x5 Jing Pyraminx
- QiYi Kibiminx
- QiYi 2x3x3
- YiSheng 3x3x4
- Dayan Tangram Cube
- LanLan FTO
- MoYu Puppet Cube v1
- LeFun Time Machine
- QiYi Clover Cube Plus
- DaYan Dino Skewb
- FanXin Orange 3x3

Working in progress:
- ShengShou Crazy Megaminx
- FanXin Peach 3x3
- MF8 Double Crazy Cube
- ShengShou Pentahedron

Attempted to magnetise but failed:
- MoYu Container Cube (magnets do not fit in every positions)
- FangCun Ghost Skewb (magnets are too weak)

Found almost impossible to magnetise before attempting to magnetise:
- MoYu MeiLong Maple Leaf Skewb
- MoYu MeiLong Skewb Mixup II
- QiYi 2x2x3
- MF8 Master FTO
- YJ Star Barrel
- ShengShou Mastermorphix
- ShengShou Gigamorphix
- ShengShou 6x6 Mastermorphix
- MoYu Megamorphix
- FanXin Axis 4x4
- Cube4You 3x3x5
- Ninja Ghost Cube
- Z Volcano Pyraminx
- WitEden 2x2x4
- WitEden 4x4 Mixup
- DaYan Bermuda Cube Jupiter

Just found a magnetised mastermorphix on youtube.

Does anyone know how to magnetise the larger morphix series? I hope to magnetise them, especially the ShengShou Gigamorphix and the ShengShou 6x6 Mastermorphix as they turn exceptionally well, being fast and smooth which will benefit from magnetisation.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Does anyone know how to magnetise the larger morphix series? I hope to magnetise them, especially the ShengShou Gigamorphix and the ShengShou 6x6 Mastermorphix as they turn exceptionally well, being fast and smooth which will benefit from magnetisation.

I attempted to magnetise the ShengShou Gigamorphix yesterday, but unfortunately it was a fail. It clicks into place in mid turns, and some non-related magnets are repelling each other. It is originally fast and smooth, but with magnets, it feels like a locky mess as magnets stop the turning in mid turn. It just feels very bad. Feeling kind of desperate as this is my worst fail so far that the other puzzles I failed to magnetise are still usable but for this time I have to order another gigamorphix as my gigamorphix M is just unusable. Some non-related magnets are repelling each other causing pieces to jiggle around and make irritating noises. I just don’t really understand how this can happen.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

I have long been interested in magnetising non-wca puzzles to give myself more enjoyable solving experiences.

Successfully magnetised (I may post on how I did that if highly requested):
- Yuxin Gigaminx
- Yuxin Multi Skewb
- Yuxin Earth 2x2
- ShengShou Phoenix Megaminx
- ShengShou Crazy 2x2
- ShengShou 5x5 Jing Pyraminx
- QiYi Kibiminx
- QiYi 2x3x3
- YiSheng 3x3x4
- Dayan Tangram Cube
- LanLan FTO
- MoYu Puppet Cube v1
- LeFun Time Machine
- QiYi Clover Cube Plus
- DaYan Dino Skewb
- FanXin Orange 3x3
- QiYi 2x2x3

Working in progress:
- ShengShou Crazy Megaminx
- FanXin Peach 3x3
- MF8 Double Crazy Cube
- ShengShou Pentahedron

Attempted to magnetise but failed:
- MoYu Container Cube (magnets do not fit in every positions)
- FangCun Ghost Skewb (magnets are too weak)
- ShengShou Gigamorphix

Found almost impossible to magnetise before attempting to magnetise:
- MoYu MeiLong Maple Leaf Skewb
- MoYu MeiLong Skewb Mixup II
- MF8 Master FTO
- YJ Star Barrel
- ShengShou Mastermorphix
- ShengShou 6x6 Mastermorphix
- MoYu Megamorphix
- FanXin Axis 4x4
- Cube4You 3x3x5
- Ninja Ghost Cube
- Z Volcano Pyraminx
- WitEden 2x2x4
- WitEden 4x4 Mixup
- DaYan Bermuda Cube Jupiter

I have just successfully magnetised the QiYi 2x2x3. It is very tricky to magnetise, almost as tricky as the MoYu Puppet Cube v1, which is by far the smartest magnetisation process I have gone through. I would like to share in-depth about the magnetisation process of the MoYu Puppet Cube v1 as well if anyone is interested. The QiYi 2x2x3 M has strong slices and medium top and bottom layers. The magnetisation process is no where as straight forward as on the QiYi 3x3x2 and the YiSheng 3x3x4 where they have sufficient room inside for magnets. For the QiYi 2x2x3, there are plastic parts sticking out in the corners preventing magnets from fitting in. however, the plastic part sticking out actually has a hole inside which can barely fit magnets with diameter of 3 mm. I sliced in 9 3*2 magnets in each of those plastic parts of the corner pieces to magnetise the top and bottom layers.

As for now, the MoYu Puppet Cube v1, Dayan Tangram Cube, Yuxin Gigaminx, LeFun Time Machine, and the QiYi Clover Cube Plus are the 5 non-WCA puzzles I am most proud of magnetising. For the MoYu Puppet Cube v1, Dayan Tangram Cube and the QiYi Clover Cube Plus, I might be the first to magnetise the puzzle.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

I would like to ask, is it possible to magnetize Qiyi Dino cube? Of so, how would you go about it?
Thanks for reading

I have just received my qiyi dino cube today and I have already magnetised it. It’s a simple process as there are plenty of spaces in the pieces which makes the magnetisation process much more easier. I used 5*2 magnets in both the corner caps and the edges. However, I found the magnets too weak. Then, I stacked a 4*2 magnet and 2 3*1.5 magnets in the corner caps, and a 4*1.5 and a 3*1.5 magnets in the edges. The magnets are now medium in strength.

 

[Abram Grimsley]

I have just received my qiyi dino cube today and I have already magnetised it. It’s a simple process as there are plenty of spaces in the pieces which makes the magnetisation process much more easier. I used 5*2 magnets in both the corner caps and the edges. However, I found the magnets too weak. Then, I stacked a 4*2 magnet and 2 3*1.5 magnets in the corner caps, and a 4*1.5 and a 3*1.5 magnets in the edges. The magnets are now medium in strength.

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Thanks! I'm going to try this out for myself as soon as I can get another Dino cube. I want to get a stickerless one for this very experiment.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Thanks! I'm going to try this out for myself as soon as I can get another Dino cube. I want to get a stickerless one for this very experiment.

I would say don't get the jelly one as I did as this makes the magnets visible which is not that great aesthetically. Also you will need 48 5*2 magnets, 24 4*1.5 magnets, 24 4*2 magnets and 72 3*1.5 magnets in total.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

I have long been interested in magnetising non-wca puzzles to give myself more enjoyable solving experiences.

Successfully magnetised (I may post on how I did that if highly requested):
- Yuxin Gigaminx
- Yuxin Multi Skewb
- Yuxin Earth 2x2
- ShengShou Phoenix Megaminx
- ShengShou Crazy 2x2
- ShengShou 5x5 Jing Pyraminx
- QiYi Kibiminx
- QiYi 3x3x2
- YiSheng 3x3x4
- Dayan Tangram Cube
- LanLan FTO
- MoYu Puppet Cube v1
- LeFun Time Machine
- QiYi Clover Cube Plus
- DaYan Dino Skewb
- FanXin Orange 3x3
- QiYi 2x2x3
- QiYi Dino Cube
- DaYan Gem 5

Working in progress:
- MF8 Double Crazy Cube
- ShengShou Pentahedron
- ShengShou 6x6 Jing Pyraminx

Planning to magnetise:
- ShengShou Crazy 4x4
- ShengShou Crazy Magic Tower
- MoYu Rediminx

Attempted to magnetise but failed:
- MoYu Container Cube (magnets do not fit in every positions)
- FangCun Ghost Skewb (magnets are too weak)
- ShengShou Gigamorphix
- FangShi LimCube 3x3 Dreidel

Found almost impossible to magnetise before attempting to magnetise:
- ShengShou Crazy Megaminx
- FanXin Peach 3x3
- MoYu MeiLong Maple Leaf Skewb
- MoYu MeiLong Skewb Mixup II
- MF8 Master FTO
- YJ Star Barrel
- ShengShou Mastermorphix
- ShengShou 6x6 Mastermorphix
- MoYu Megamorphix
- FanXin Axis 4x4
- Cube4You 3x3x5
- Ninja Ghost Cube
- Z Volcano Pyraminx
- WitEden 2x2x4
- WitEden 4x4 Mixup
- DaYan Bermuda Cube Jupiter

I have just magnetised the DaYan Gem 5 successfully. The magnets are very strong, which works well with the puzzle as it has a dino skewb mechanism, and skewb type puzzles usually need strong magnets to align the pieces well. The magnetisation process is very enjoyable as there are many different types of pieces and you are not doing the same thing over and over. The inner layer has very strong magnets, while the outer layer has medium-to-strong magnets. It is very enjoyable to use and do solves on, and it is one of the self-magnetised puzzles that I’m most proud of.

After hearing some good news, here I’m going to share about my failure on magnetising the FangShi LimCube 3x3 Dreidel. To be honest, I thought the magnet strength is already very strong before I assembled it. However, it turns out that the magnets are not even noticeable as the turning is just so stiff. It has to be on very tight tension so as to prevent any tiny pieces from popping out. I also tried to lubricate it, and that improved the turning by a bit, but obviously it didn’t make the magnets noticeable by any means. I think there is nothing wrong with my magnetisation process, just that I may have chosen the wrong puzzle to be magnetised.

For the MF8 Double Crazy Cube, I’m currently working on it, and I would say it is a very challenging magnetisation process. The specific magnets I ordered for this puzzle have arrived already, so I have just started working on it. Hope that the magnets will work well in this puzzle.

For the ShengShou 6x6 Jing Pyraminx, I have just ordered some specific magnets and I will start magnetising it once the magnets arrive.

For the ShengShou Pentahedron, I haven’t made any progress on it yet after magnetising the slices but I think that it may be possible to magnetise the top and bottom layers by removing some plastic of the corner caps. And…

I’m not sure. I looked at the mech last night and it looks like a pain. I ordered a second one to you around with magnetizing.

OreKehStrah how is your progress?

 

[OreKehStrah]

I have just magnetised the DaYan Gem 5 successfully. The magnets are very strong, which works well with the puzzle as it has a dino skewb mechanism, and skewb type puzzles usually need strong magnets to align the pieces well. The magnetisation process is very enjoyable as there are many different types of pieces and you are not doing the same thing over and over. The inner layer has very strong magnets, while the outer layer has medium-to-strong magnets. It is very enjoyable to use and do solves on, and it is one of the self-magnetised puzzles that I’m most proud of.

After hearing some good news, here I’m going to share about my failure on magnetising the FangShi LimCube 3x3 Dreidel. To be honest, I thought the magnet strength is already very strong before I assembled it. However, it turns out that the magnets are not even noticeable as the turning is just so stiff. It has to be on very tight tension so as to prevent any tiny pieces from popping out. I also tried to lubricate it, and that improved the turning by a bit, but obviously it didn’t make the magnets noticeable by any means. I think there is nothing wrong with my magnetisation process, just that I may have chosen the wrong puzzle to be magnetised.

For the MF8 Double Crazy Cube, I’m currently working on it, and I would say it is a very challenging magnetisation process. The specific magnets I ordered for this puzzle have arrived already, so I have just started working on it. Hope that the magnets will work well in this puzzle.

For the ShengShou 6x6 Jing Pyraminx, I have just ordered some specific magnets and I will start magnetising it once the magnets arrive.

For the ShengShou Pentahedron, I haven’t made any progress on it yet after magnetising the slices but I think that it may be possible to magnetise the top and bottom layers by removing some plastic of the corner caps. And…

OreKehStrah how is your progress?

I just got around to actually magnetizing today. As I mentioned previously, I ordered a 2nd one to test magnetization on. Much to my surprise, when it arrived it had white on the top and the bottom instead of a yellow side. I emailed theCubicle about it and they sent a 3rd one to me for free which arrived today. So far I've just put a magnet in each corner edge pair to start. It looks like it will be tricky to figure out how to magnetize the UD layer turns.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

I just got around to actually magnetizing today. As I mentioned previously, I ordered a 2nd one to test magnetization on. Much to my surprise, when it arrived it had white on the top and the bottom instead of a yellow side. I emailed theCubicle about it and they sent a 3rd one to me for free which arrived today. So far I've just put a magnet in each corner edge pair to start. It looks like it will be tricky to figure out how to magnetize the UD layer turns.

I think it is possible to magnetise the U and D layers, but it it is just a pain to remove the plastics sticking out from the caps. The plastic is so hard and so thick.

Another possible way to magnetise the U and D layers is to magnetise the centres and edges, but in this case the plastics sticking out from the centre caps and the corner caps will have to be removed.

 

[OreKehStrah]

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I think it is possible to magnetise the U and D layers, but it it is just a pain to remove the plastics sticking out from the caps. The plastic is so hard and so thick.
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Another possible way to magnetise the U and D layers is to magnetise the centres and edges, but in this case the plastics sticking out from the centre caps and the corner caps will have to be removed.

Yeah I thought about magnetizing it the way you show in the first image and just cutting out the plastic with an xacto knife or dremel or something

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Yeah I thought about magnetizing it the way you show in the first image and just cutting out the plastic with an xacto knife or dremel or something

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Corners: 5*2+5*1+4*1
Edges: 5*2+2 random huge magnets

The magnets strength is medium and is just noticeable. Weaker than the slice of mgc square-1.

I have finally managed to fully magnetise the ShengShou Pentahedron including the top and bottom layers. For the slices, I used 5*2 magnets in the corners, stacking a 5*1 magnet, a 4*1 magnet, a 3*1 magnet and a 2*1 magnet on top. For the edges, I used 5*2 magnets and stacked 3 5*1.5 magnets, a 4*2 magnet, a 3*2 magnet and a 2*2 magnet on top. For the U and D layers, I found that it is possible to magnetise the top and bottom layers by magnetising the centres and edges. I used 5*2 magnets in the centres, stacking a 5*2 magnet and 2 5*1.5 magnets on top. For the edges, I used 5*2 magnets stacking 5 5*2 magnets and a 5*1 magnet on top.
However, after I have assembled it, I found that even though the magnet in the slices are noticeable, they are way too weak compared to the U and D layers. Like in a square-1, it is preferable to have slices stronger than the U and D layers. However, there seems to be no room to add any magnets on top of the magnets installed. Hence, I tried to add magnets to the slices in another way.

I realised that I haven’t removed the white and yellow caps before as I thought it is impossible to do so. However, it is actually possible but with great force, especially the edge caps. Once I looked into the mechanism of the top and bottom layers, I realised that it is actually possible to increase the magnet strength of the slices. I used 3 5*1.5 magnets in the edges and a 3*1.5 magnet in the corners, stacking 2 5*2 magnets on top of the magnet in the corners as shown in the photo above. This made the slices ridiculously strong to a point that the magnets actually hinder the turning. Then, I changed the additional magnets in the corners from 2 5*2 magnets to a 5*2 magnet and a 5*1.5 magnet. This made the turning a lot more reasonable with the slices just slightly stronger than the slices of a mgc square-1. It is now fully magnetised and it has strong slices accompanied by medium-to-strong U and D layers.

This is so complicated that I actually used 10 types of different magnets. Also, I am glad that I managed to magnetise it to a reasonable magnet strength without removing any plastic.

 

[Cuber.Hello.com(:]

I tried to magnetize my GAN 356, and completely failed. Not very many of the magnets are in the correct place, and I forgot about polarization, which causes the magnets to pull apart, instead of pull together.

 

[Cuber.Hello.com(:]

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I have finally managed to fully magnetise the ShengShou Pentahedron including the top and bottom layers. For the slices, I used 5*2 magnets in the corners, stacking a 5*1 magnet, a 4*1 magnet, a 3*1 magnet and a 2*1 magnet on top. For the edges, I used 5*2 magnets and stacked 3 5*1.5 magnets, a 4*2 magnet, a 3*2 magnet and a 2*2 magnet on top. For the U and D layers, I found that it is possible to magnetise the top and bottom layers by magnetising the centres and edges. I used 5*2 magnets in the centres, stacking a 5*2 magnet and 2 5*1.5 magnets on top. For the edges, I used 5*2 magnets stacking 5 5*2 magnets and a 5*1 magnet on top.
However, after I have assembled it, I found that even though the magnet in the slices are noticeable, they are way too weak compared to the U and D layers. Like in a square-1, it is preferable to have slices stronger than the U and D layers. However, there seems to be no room to add any magnets on top of the magnets installed. Hence, I tried to add magnets to the slices in another way.
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I realised that I haven’t removed the white and yellow caps before as I thought it is impossible to do so. However, it is actually possible but with great force, especially the edge caps. Once I looked into the mechanism of the top and bottom layers, I realised that it is actually possible to increase the magnet strength of the slices. I used 3 5*1.5 magnets in the edges and a 3*1.5 magnet in the corners, stacking 2 5*2 magnets on top of the magnet in the corners as shown in the photo above. This made the slices ridiculously strong to a point that the magnets actually hinder the turning. Then, I changed the additional magnets in the corners from 2 5*2 magnets to a 5*2 magnet and a 5*1.5 magnet. This made the turning a lot more reasonable with the slices just slightly stronger than the slices of a mgc square-1. It is now fully magnetised and it has strong slices accompanied by medium-to-strong U and D layers.

This is so complicated that I actually used 10 types of different magnets. Also, I am glad that I managed to magnetise it to a reasonable magnet strength without removing any plastic.

Thats pretty cool! I wish I could cube mod.

 

[Arcanist]

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I have finally managed to fully magnetise the ShengShou Pentahedron including the top and bottom layers. For the slices, I used 5*2 magnets in the corners, stacking a 5*1 magnet, a 4*1 magnet, a 3*1 magnet and a 2*1 magnet on top. For the edges, I used 5*2 magnets and stacked 3 5*1.5 magnets, a 4*2 magnet, a 3*2 magnet and a 2*2 magnet on top. For the U and D layers, I found that it is possible to magnetise the top and bottom layers by magnetising the centres and edges. I used 5*2 magnets in the centres, stacking a 5*2 magnet and 2 5*1.5 magnets on top. For the edges, I used 5*2 magnets stacking 5 5*2 magnets and a 5*1 magnet on top.
However, after I have assembled it, I found that even though the magnet in the slices are noticeable, they are way too weak compared to the U and D layers. Like in a square-1, it is preferable to have slices stronger than the U and D layers. However, there seems to be no room to add any magnets on top of the magnets installed. Hence, I tried to add magnets to the slices in another way.
View attachment 21660
I realised that I haven’t removed the white and yellow caps before as I thought it is impossible to do so. However, it is actually possible but with great force, especially the edge caps. Once I looked into the mechanism of the top and bottom layers, I realised that it is actually possible to increase the magnet strength of the slices. I used 3 5*1.5 magnets in the edges and a 3*1.5 magnet in the corners, stacking 2 5*2 magnets on top of the magnet in the corners as shown in the photo above. This made the slices ridiculously strong to a point that the magnets actually hinder the turning. Then, I changed the additional magnets in the corners from 2 5*2 magnets to a 5*2 magnet and a 5*1.5 magnet. This made the turning a lot more reasonable with the slices just slightly stronger than the slices of a mgc square-1. It is now fully magnetised and it has strong slices accompanied by medium-to-strong U and D layers.

This is so complicated that I actually used 10 types of different magnets. Also, I am glad that I managed to magnetise it to a reasonable magnet strength without removing any plastic.

very intresting i should consider looking into buying some magnets

 

[Cuber.Hello.com(:]

very intresting i should consider looking into buying some magnets

They're pretty cheap. I got 48 super strong magnets off of Speed Cube Shop for $3

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

They're pretty cheap. I got 48 super strong magnets off of Speed Cube Shop for $3

I always get my magnets at the price of $1 per 100 magnets