wanted: how to guide making a shop brought cube (genuine rubiks) into speedcube

[daniel0731ex]

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

pictures says everything



or, you could just simply buy another screw&spring set and a core and cut the center off the cube(from the old core)
and you'll get a diy~

Let me translate that for you:
http://translate.google.com/transla....unicube.tw/06/force_adjust.htm&sl=auto&tl=en

lol...
the ****ed up google translation again....but at least it's understandable

 

[shoot1510]

I just finished modding my rubiks storebought - it locks up a little more but its about 2x faster and 10x smoother (cuts corners now).

Since you cant adjust the tension of the rivets, i sanded 1mm off each cubie to make them physically smaller (including all contact edges inside the cube) using fine grit paper, then re-break it in by leaving the plastic filaments inside it. Finished with some grease and it works pretty well.

The only thing i suggest would be to make sure you sand the pieces all the same amount to reduce the chance of locking up. (erring towards smaller and rounder corner cubies than edges imo)

Where do you sand it? I can't tell how.
And I don't mind that I don't know how to mod the cube.
I'm using jcuber cube. Jcuber use DIY, I use storebrought cubes from jcuber, since his is more faster

 

[xchiltonx]

lol...
the ****ed up google translation again....but at least it's understandable

Unfortunately google translate is based on contributors, but if their English is bad then it learns how to translate badly :/
But it's better than those Taiwan symbols

 

[shoot1510]

lol...
the ****ed up google translation again....but at least it's understandable

Unfortunately google translate is based on contributors, but if their English is bad then it learns how to translate badly :/
But it's better than those Taiwan symbols

I'm English. And I speak Enlish.

 

[cpt.Justice]

lol...
the ****ed up google translation again....but at least it's understandable

Unfortunately google translate is based on contributors, but if their English is bad then it learns how to translate badly :/
But it's better than those Taiwan symbols

I'm English. And I speak Enlish.

Congratulations

 

[jcuber]

At first I didn't realize that "box" was supposed to mean "cube".

 

[jcuber]

lol...
the ****ed up google translation again....but at least it's understandable

Unfortunately google translate is based on contributors, but if their English is bad then it learns how to translate badly :/
But it's better than those Taiwan symbols

I'm English. And I speak Enlish.

He wasn't talking about you, shoot, he was talking about the website.

 

[daniel0731ex]

"個人造業個人擔"

Google translation: man-made personal Tam industry (??)

My translation: you reap what you sew (...)














wdf?

 

[blah]

The thing with store bought cubes is that since you can't adjust them DIY style, there's a limit to how much tuning you can do. Aside from lubing it and breaking it in with normal solving, the biggest part of making a good store bought speedcube is choosing a good one to begin with. That's mostly luck of the draw, unless you know a place that lets you take cubes out of the package and try them out before you buy them.

There is one other method I know of, other than the primitive trial-and-error.

I don't know if it's a secret, but I suppose it is. And if it is, it's pretty well-kept, known only to a handful (or ten handfuls/handsful(?) at most, I guess) in the world, because there would be severe consequences once it's let out, and those who know the secret know of these consequences.

To my knowledge, there are but few who know of this secret in the Western world, but here's a hint: Stanford

 

[blah]

"個人造業個人擔"

Google translation: man-made personal Tam industry (??)

My translation: you reap what you sew (...)

wdf?

Uhh, no. By the way, it's sow.

That phrase means that the author is not gonna be responsible for any damage that happens to your cube, you're supposed to bear all the consequences for whatever you do to your cube.

If you really wanna know, and I think whoever reads that guide should have the right to know, the title of the page (highlighted in green): [Chinese] 官方3x3方塊暴力調整法 = [Google] Official violence 3x3 box Adjustment Act = [my translation] The official guide on how to modify your Rubik's Cube using violence/force (modifying simply means adjusting/tuning the cube to your liking)

Yeah, "violence" was not a mis-translation.

Edit: After reading that, it looks short enough for me to do a decent translation within a few minutes, anyone want a translation?

Edit 2: In case anyone is interested/doesn't know, "orz" is an East Asian (I guess) emoticon that means (slightly) different things in different countries, but the thing is that it shows a person kneeling down/kowtowing. O is the head, r is the torso and the arm and z is the lower body.

Edit 3:

But it's better than those Taiwan symbols

Chinese characters/words. NOT Taiwan symbols.

 

[daniel0731ex]

That phrase means that the author is not gonna be responsible for any damage that happens to your cube, you're supposed to bear all the consequences for whatever you do to your cube.

i KNOW what it means= =

If you really wanna know, and I think whoever reads that guide should have the right to know, the title of the page (highlighted in green): [Chinese] 官方3x3方塊暴力調整法 = [Google] Official violence 3x3 box Adjustment Act = [my translation] The official guide on how to modify your Rubik's Cube using violence/force (modifying simply means adjusting/tuning the cube to your liking)

Yeah, "violence" was not a mis-translation.

Edit: After reading that, it looks short enough for me to do a decent translation within a few minutes, anyone want a translation?

....

i already translated this phrase long ago

i call it the [force adjustment]

search it in the forum

In case anyone is interested/doesn't know, "orz" is an East Asian (I guess) emoticon that means (slightly) different things in different countries, but the thing is that it shows a person kneeling down/kowtowing. O is the head, r is the torso and the arm and z is the lower body.

love u so much (????)



lol

i am a taiwanese myself
i could speak it faster and more fluently than solving my 1x1x2 cube (technically, it's 1x2x1 prism )

i was just simply posting that method before i have the time to trans late it myself