V6 / V-Cube 6x6x6 Mod thread

[Edward]

Be patient for a response in the one answer question thread.

Problem with more than one possible solution
Valid thread IMO.

 

[Sherwood]

Yeah, so does anyone know? Or should I just leave it to turn slow?

 

[4Chan]

You pour solvent into the center, whilst turning constantly.

Be careful, might do more harm than help.

 

[Dene]

I did the same thing. Here is what I did:

I put it in my draw for a few months.
Then I finally got it out, got a small blade in there and dug the glue out. It took a long time. Unfortunately you are going to have to put in the hard yards. Be very careful not to eat away too much of the plastic. My 6x6 is back in beautiful shape. But as I say, it is going to take a long time and a lot of careful hard work to get all that glue out of there and the core back into good shape.

 

[Sherwood]

Thanks. How did you manage to get a blade in there?

 

[Dene]

Well actually the first problem I had was that the core piece wouldn't move at all. I had to push up and down and up and down a lot before I broke the inital glue barrier. Then I pushed it down as much as possible so the rivet would be out of the way, then I would just get a small blade point in there (I think I used a craft knife point, which is now blunt).

 

[Sherwood]

Ah, good idea thanks

Edit: It worked!! Thanks so much Dene. Now I have to work on getting the dried glue out of one of the screws lol

 

[DaijoCube]

Now, the only thing you have to do is forget about glue and let soldering be your mastertool

 

[James Ludlow]

But as I say, it is going to take a long time and a lot of careful hard work to get all that glue out of there and the core back into good shape.

You could try making an adjustable core.

 

[Dene]

But as I say, it is going to take a long time and a lot of careful hard work to get all that glue out of there and the core back into good shape.

You could try making an adjustable core.

How is that going to help with the glue issue?

 

[Cubez0r]

Pi mod pin candidates?

Hi all.

Okay so recently, I just fiinished all the sanding of my V6. For the pins, I wonder what I should use to hold the mechanism in place. I have split pins, but I'm not sure if I can solder those in (might break after wear and tear?). They're 1.6 x 25 mm whatever that means. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what type of pin I should use? If so, comment below .

-Cubez0r

 

[xXzaKerXx]

Paper clips? Or thumbtacks if it's long enough.

 

[VP7]

They're 1.6 x 25 mm whatever that means.
-Cubez0r

.063 Round x .984 Long.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Sewing pins work. The tip.

 

[Cubez0r]

Okay so after experimenting, split pins stay in the longest because, they are more like a rectangle shape rather than a cylinder shape so the sideways movement is less. Also, the finest size split pin fits into the rivet PERFECTLY. Also, my split pins are from the Zenith company if that helps.

 

[emolover]

So im trying to do Pi's pin mod

What glue should I use to glue the pins in. Is there a perfect glue? I also tried to soder it and that didnt work. So what should I do.

 

[flan]

I used araldite, but I had blunt short wire cutters and pulled the pins out trying to clip them. Havent got round to redoing it. However the glue seemed strong

 

[cheatman]

v cube 6 problem

Hi
Yesterday I modifated my v-cube 6. I used MeMyselfandPi video. I've done Sanding down the smaller inner pieces Sanding down the larger inner pieces and nothing more.
This is vid with my cube. What have i to do?

 

[kpcube]

It loooks like you have a core misalignment, higher order cubes seem to all have this issue. See if you can locate the screw by speading the puzzle apart if it's not under the center then it's misaligned. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_aN0kiDWA this vid shows how to fix it on a 4x4 but the principle is the same.

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

If you do the rest of the V3 Pi Mod, it fixes that issue but it does involve pins and glue. Also, I think it can be rectified by turing the movable layer about 360degress then trying again so that the mechanism can click back into place