Pinless Pi-Mod

DaijoCube said:
dunpeal2064 said:
DaijoCube said:
It's just an incomplete pinmod.
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not all of us can soder our pins in :p
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Yes, all of us can do it :P Gluing is harder than soldering the pins.

Metal takes 5 seconds to harden
Glue takes 24 hours to harden.

Do the maths :P
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My solder takes less than 2 seconds >:)
The hard part (That's What She Said) is that I have a STRIP of Solder, a Soldering Needle, and the pin. So I have to have three hands...
I'm thinking of

Melt some solder into the rivet (A VERY LITTLE)
Stick the pin onto the dried bubble of solder
Remelt the bubble of solder to allow the pin to go into the rivet
Remove the soldering pin and keep a finger on the pin to let it dry in place

Walah. There you go.

What I see in the first post saying

Do everything MMAP does. But don't glue in pins because you don't need to and the internal mechanism coming out of alignment isn't annoying. Forget putting in dirt too!
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Just put your solder on the soldering tool (I'm running low on terminology here, French Canadian FTL). Then, put the pin on the rivet and just push on the pin and rivet with the already melted metal on the soldering tool.
 
Put a thimble or something on your finger too because the pin will be hot. I soldered the pins in on my 4x4 and three hands would've really helped.

BillB
 
Ugh, the home page needs to have more then 10 active topics on it. This thread was posted 3 days before I noticed it!

Anyway, this is an interesting thought. It only occurred to try sanding down the larger inner pieces, (which failed) but not just the smaller inner pieces. I will certainly have to try this out the next time I modify another V-Cube 6. It would be really nice to have an alternate method to the pins. So many people have trouble with them. (Even I do sometimes, but if I'm persistent, I get eventually get them to stay in place.) Oh, & I found that with my new screws in my V-Cube 6, I had absolutely no trouble with the pins! I think it's because the screw notches are deeper then the rivets were.

& since this thread has kind of turned into a pin solder methods discussion, I'd figure I'd comment on it too. I don't know why, but I can never get the solder to wet the medal. I'm sure it's because it keeps oxidizing. But the only way to prevent it from oxidizing is get the solder to melt. But it won't melt because that rivet acts as a terrible heat sink. I can only get the solder to melt if I put it directly on the iron. But then, it won't go on the rivet... Ugh, I don't know what I'm doing wrong... I've tried looking at soldering instructions, but I can't seem to get it work on those rivets. It's strange because I can solder stuff to circuit bored just fine.
 
Me Myself & Pi said:
Ugh, the home page needs to have more then 10 active topics on it. This thread was posted 3 days before I noticed it!

Anyway, this is an interesting thought. It only occurred to try sanding down the larger inner pieces, (which failed) but not just the smaller inner pieces. I will certainly have to try this out the next time I modify another V-Cube 6. It would be really nice to have an alternate method to the pins. So many people have trouble with them. (Even I do sometimes, but if I'm persistent, I get eventually get them to stay in place.) Oh, & I found that with my new screws in my V-Cube 6, I had absolutely no trouble with the pins! I think it's because the screw notches are deeper then the rivets were.

& since this thread has kind of turned into a pin solder methods discussion, I'd figure I'd comment on it too. I don't know why, but I can never get the solder to wet the medal. I'm sure it's because it keeps oxidizing. But the only way to prevent it from oxidizing is get the solder to melt. But it won't melt because that rivet acts as a terrible heat sink. I can only get the solder to melt if I put it directly on the iron. But then, it won't go on the rivet... Ugh, I don't know what I'm doing wrong... I've tried looking at soldering instructions, but I can't seem to get it work on those rivets. It's strange because I can solder stuff to circuit bored just fine.
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Be sure that after every time to you melt some solder, and it dries, drag the soldering needle across a wet soaked sponge, because if you keep adding dried coats to the soldering needle, it's harder to melt.
In your V CUBE 6 Mod Explanation Video, judging your soldering needle at the 9:05 mark, you might wanna wash it.
 
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It sucks. The internal mechanism comes out of alignment like a bastard. All you did in the first post was type up an incomplete version of the Pi-Mod. This isn't gonna help speedsolve if the internal mechanism comes outta alignment.
 
I tried the mod once i got my cubes. I could not for the life of me keep the pins in. So, I just decided not to use them and see what would happen. Well, I have had almost no problems at all with them. I barely have misalignment issues, it doesn't really click, and doesn't lock up. Actually, my center layers are really smooth.

granted, I did this mod, I do get misalignment issues, but it doesn't happen that often, maybe once or twice a solve, but a lot of the times, never. And when it does happen, it's an easy fix.

I will also do this to my 4x4 when I get it. I will post here when it is done.
 
imaghost said:
I tried the mod once i got my cubes. I could not for the life of me keep the pins in. So, I just decided not to use them and see what would happen. Well, I have had almost no problems at all with them. I barely have misalignment issues, it doesn't really click, and doesn't lock up. Actually, my center layers are really smooth.

granted, I did this mod, I do get misalignment issues, but it doesn't happen that often, maybe once or twice a solve, but a lot of the times, never. And when it does happen, it's an easy fix.

I will also do this to my 4x4 when I get it. I will post here when it is done.
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Use Krazy Glue
 
I absolutely hate gluing in the pins, or soldering them in. Let me get one thing straight, it wont be as good as the Pi mod, but rather than the issue if having to glue in the pins you have to deal with maybe 1 or 2 MINOR lock ups per solve.





~Phoenix Death~ said:
imaghost said:
I tried the mod once i got my cubes. I could not for the life of me keep the pins in. So, I just decided not to use them and see what would happen. Well, I have had almost no problems at all with them. I barely have misalignment issues, it doesn't really click, and doesn't lock up. Actually, my center layers are really smooth.

granted, I did this mod, I do get misalignment issues, but it doesn't happen that often, maybe once or twice a solve, but a lot of the times, never. And when it does happen, it's an easy fix.

I will also do this to my 4x4 when I get it. I will post here when it is done.
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Use Krazy Glue
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I have tried Krazy Glue. It just came off. I don't have a problem with the misalignment. I will try solder when I get the 4x4 if it doesn't align, but if it is anything like my 6x6 I won't worry about it. It is less than 1 per solve, so it's like one out of every 2-3 solves.
 
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