Puzzle Mod / Modding thread

[Michael Womack]

What is the best angle for Pin mod for the V-cube 6x6 and the best way to keep them in?

 

[mnuelreyes]

Great modded cubes. My kids are very fascinated towards it. Is there any learning center where my child can learn speeding cube. It will be quite interesting and also helps to sharpen their minds.

 

[Ninja Storm]

Great modded cubes. My kids are very fascinated towards it. Is there any learning center where my child can learn speeding cube. It will be quite interesting and also helps to sharpen their minds.

I dunno if this is a troll or not, but I guess I'll try and answer your question.

The best place to learn the basics of being a speedcuber is Youtube, IMO. From all the tutorials out there, I highly suggest watching Badmephisto's basic tutorial if your kids want to learn how to solve the cube, and then watch how to become a speedcuber if they already know how to solve it.

 

[Antonie faz fan]

What is the best way to mod a zhanchi ( btw dont say 48point edge mod have done it already)

 

[Username]

What is the best way to mod a zhanchi ( btw dont say 48point edge mod have done it already)

1. 2000 solves
2. Good lubircation

That's all you need

 

[ianliu64]

Okay, I'm thinking of modding mah Zhanchi for fun. Would a CPM and a corner mod be enough?

 

[Lchu613]

Exactly, CPM and corner base mod. That's all.

 

[rj]

Are there any mods for Weilong?

 

[kunparekh18]

Are there any mods for Weilong?

I don't think it needs any. lol

 

[windhero]

So I'm planning to mod my new SS 4x4, and this time I don't want it to fail like my previous one. Could someone who successfully modded thei 4x4 please tell me the things I did wrong with my old 4x4? After having Konsta + Florian modded it, the cube still locked up and the M slices sucked, and personally I thought the mod made it even worse. Here are some pictures of the pieces:

Wanted to share my opinion though it was answered by others;

small inner pieces are unevenly modded, the other side is clearly rounder than the other

big innerpieces are overmodded quite a bit

Corners are round enough but not smooth enough. You have not rounded the bumps in the base or the stalk (according to cyoubx this is optional); you might want to do that. If you do, be very careful with the stalk as overmodding it is very easy to do.

Center corner, cant tell from that angle. My guess is that the bump is still too big. It has to look like an arc when its completed. Also needs smoothening.

Edge pieces are not round or smooth enough.

I suggest you buy a polishing brush end for your dremel. You save immense amounts of time and the finish is just unbelievable when done.

 

[Wassili]

Wanted to share my opinion though it was answered by others;

small inner pieces are unevenly modded, the other side is clearly rounder than the other

big innerpieces are overmodded quite a bit

Corners are round enough but not smooth enough. You have not rounded the bumps in the base or the stalk (according to cyoubx this is optional); you might want to do that. If you do, be very careful with the stalk as overmodding it is very easy to do.

Center corner, cant tell from that angle. My guess is that the bump is still too big. It has to look like an arc when its completed. Also needs smoothening.

Edge pieces are not round or smooth enough.

I suggest you buy a polishing brush end for your dremel. You save immense amounts of time and the finish is just unbelievable when done.

Sweet, thanks for the great answer, I still haven't gotten around to modding it. I also do have a polishing brush which came with the dremel

 

[windhero]

Sweet, thanks for the great answer, I still haven't gotten around to modding it. I also do have a polishing brush which came with the dremel

You have to be especially careful with the konsta mod. The pieces of a v5 barely need any modding. I used a dremel on my latest mod but I have some experience. I recommend you watch Cyoubx's tutorial. Overmodding the florian mod isnt as easy but still very possible. You just want everything to be smooth and round for the best result.

 

[TDM]

Just a random idea I had. It probably wouldn't work, but it's just a thought.

One thing I noticed on my FangShi was the way in which the edge pieces are made. Edge pieces are made of two (well three on the FS, but we'll ignore the cap for now) pieces. But they're different on the FangShi:

You can kind of see where the two pieces are joined just below the (badly-drawn) line on the first piece in the picture.
What I was thinking of was this: split the edge into two down this line, creating two thinner pieces. You'd end up with 4 small pieces if you did it with other cubes, which could make it a bit weak. Then, do some mod to the centre (this is the bit idk how to do, or even if it's possible) to split that into 4, like this:

You'd have to mod the centres in a specific way to make them be able to move; maybe only do the top half so that the part attached to the core stays attached?
After doing it on all 6 centres, you then have a 4x4.

So do you think it's possible? And if it is, would it work well?

 

[Michael Womack]

TDM I think your Idea would work but I don't know if that there is a super easy way of splitting the Center piece to make it work.

 

[rj]

TDM I think your Idea would work but I don't know if that there is a super easy way of splitting the Center piece to make it work.

You'd have to split the core, too.

 

[Teencuber]

So I made a pretty cool 5x5 mod. I have yet to find it, after a lot of searching. I call it the bullet cube because of the shape, it looks like a 9mm bullet. I will get some pictures of it up pretty soon.

 

[Michael Womack]

You'd have to split the core, too.

Ya and then how would it all stay together if there is no way of screwing in the screws.

 

[rj]

Ya and then how would it all stay together if there is no way of screwing in the screws.

Magnets? A mini 4x4 mech inside?

 

[TDM]

TDM I think your Idea would work but I don't know if that there is a super easy way of splitting the Center piece to make it work.

I wasn't thinking of splitting the entire centre piece. Some of it still needs to be there to keep the edges in. But I don't know if it would be possible to do this and have the centres also be able to move.

Magnets? A mini 4x4 mech inside?

I was trying to make a 4x4 without any internal pieces But if it's the only way, then I guess as long as there aren't too many it'd be fine. I like my FangShi because it's light, so as long as we don't put in enough pieces to make it as heavy as a SS 4x4 I don't mind.

 

[Logical101]

you could put tracks bettwen the core pices that lock them together yet they could still move, that would only add 5-10 g to the weight.
this would realy go somewhere