Slamming The Rubik's Cube - Effective? (long read)

[rjohnson_8ball]

tst, tst, tst....


http://www.unicube.tw/06/force_adjust.htm

you need a little experiance for this though, or you'll end up like this guy:

I believe he is cutting back that little stem coming off of the center piece, ?to give it better cornering?

no, it's cliping the plier to pull the rivet futher off the core so there are more space for the spring to compress


P.S this one is actually adjusting the tension, whereas putting popstickles between is just ruining the springs~\"O"/

I believe the original intent is to use the wire cutter as wedges to pry the rivet slightly outward. As the posted picture indicates, the rivet might get cut if you try to pry too far. (I think this is also what daniel is saying.)

 

[daniel0731ex]

tst, tst, tst....


http://www.unicube.tw/06/force_adjust.htm

you need a little experiance for this though, or you'll end up like this guy:

I believe he is cutting back that little stem coming off of the center piece, ?to give it better cornering?

no, it's cliping the plier to pull the rivet futher off the core so there are more space for the spring to compress


P.S this one is actually adjusting the tension, whereas putting popstickles between is just ruining the springs~\"O"/

I believe the original intent is to use the wire cutter as wedges to pry the rivet slightly outward. As the posted picture indicates, the rivet might get cut if you try to pry too far. (I think this is also what daniel is saying.)

well...it's kind of what im sayin

but you see, cutting the rivet isn't really the major problem.
it's actually that if you pried it too much, the cube will become too lose