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How to make a 3x3x3 Speedcube
For a 3x3x3 SpeedCube I recommend a Rubik's Cube 1980 Arxon, made in Hungary or a
Rubik's Ideal Europe 1980 version made in Hungary. The Rubik's cube from The Rubik's
Studio are also oke. Contact me email: Ton
Dennenbroek if you want a Rubik's Studio 3x3x3 cube.
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Material that is available in shops:
| 1 x Rubik's Hungary version Rubik's Studio cube  |
| Silicone spray NOT oil based! Just 100%
silicone. *WARNING* do not use silicone
spray on just all your puzzles. Some puzzles have paper stickers, like many of the Rubik's
Oddzon versions with the new Rubiks's logo. Silicone will damage the paper stickers. |
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| Clean towel |
| Bold scalpel knife or kitchen knife  |
| Screw driver |
| Super glue |
| Dissemble position, rotate face 45o degrees, and push the two bottom cubies
down with one thumb and lift the edge with your other thumb. You may need some force. I do
not recommend to use a screwdriver for this. |
| Steps to make a speedcube
 | 1) First protect the logo with some clear PVC sticker. The logo will get
damaged doing speedcubing and also it will be protected against the silicone spray.
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| 2) Dissemble the cube, clean the cube with a dry towel if needed.
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| 3) Remove center caps with a bold knife on the axle and fine tune all
screws.
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| 4) Assemble the cube.
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| 5) Turn in the cube, do regular movement sequence like (F2 R2 B2 L2) x6
on each side, it must be turned for a while (1-3 hours).
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| 6) Remove center caps on the axle and fine tune all screws, glue the
center caps when needed with a tiny bit super clue. Apply it with a needle.
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| 7) Dissemble the cube and clean the cube with a dry towel
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| 8) Assemble the cube, leave one edge out.
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| 9) Lubricate with silicone spray in the open hole. Only apply silicone
in the inside not on the outside. Assemble the edge and let the silicone dry for 15 min. *NOTE* do not apply silicone spray in the centerpiece on the
screw!
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| 10) Play whith the cube for 1-3 hours, repeat from step 5 if it does not
turn correct.
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Rubik's.com cube
As you might know the new Rubik's.com cube do not have screws with a
spring, instead it has a revet and a spring. They are like a nail with serrations on the
end that stop them from being pulled out of the core.
*NOTE* I do not recommend this type of cube for speedcubing,
but here are some tips from Mazwiz on twisty to
adjust this type of cube.
To adjust the tension on one of these newer cubes there are a couple of
things you can do. Any of this should only be done after a cube has been well worn
in (several hours random turning). If not you could end up with a cube thats too loose and
keeps popping pieces.
To loosen the cube you can compress the springs. Pull a centre cubie out as far as it will
go and hold it there over night, two lolly pop sticks jammed in either side of the rivet
work well.
Another trick is to use a very fine flat blade needle file to flatten the underside of
each centre cubie. The speedcubing championships rules allow for cubes to be sanded only
to remove manufacturing defects. The underside of these cubies are slightly bumpy, a light
sanding/filing to flatten them should not break the rules. The bonus is that it will
loosen the cube.
To tighten the cube you can remove the centre caps and put a circlip between the head of
the rivet and the spring. You need circlip pliers to do this, but you can get away with
using the tips of long nosed pliers. If you go to a good engineering suppliers you should
be able to get many different sizes and thicknesses of circlips, they only cost pence, buy
many different sorts and try them out. This wouldn't be allowed under the speedcubing
rules, but I don't think many people would want to tighten a speedcube.
This information was posted by Mazwiz on twisty
Throuble Shooting
| The screw come lose
| The screw come lose if the spring is damaged (happens if you turn the
screw to fast), try to smooth out the spring
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| The screw is crooked (can not be resolved). I always replace the screw
and spring to resolve this problem.
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| The screw is not smooth, sand under the head of the screw and the side a
bit
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| The screw does not fit exact in the kernel, apply a
tiny bit of super glue on the end of the screw. let it dry, now the
screw should fit tight in the kernel
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| Glue residue in the center cap that block the screw, remove
residue that may block the screw truning
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| Silicone spray on the screw. Never apply silicone spray in the center
piece. The silicone spray will lubricate the screw and unwind! Remove the screws and clean
them with a dry cloth, apply some supper glue on the tip and let it dry.
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| The center caps fall of
| The center caps must be glued with a tiny bit (a very small drop) of
super glue. Apply with a needle
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| The pieces pop
| On a old cube, adjust the tension of screws, if this does not help and
the cube corner pieces ramble when you shake the cube, your cube is worn out.
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| On a new cube, adjust the tension a bit thighter and repeat step 5
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| These Rubik's versions I do NOT recommend
to use for speedcubing:
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| NOT recommend for speedcubing are:
| Rubik's Cube - Tsukuda Orginal, made in China |
| Rubik's Cube - Oddzon, made in China |
| Rubik's Cube - Jumbo, made in ? |
| Rubik's Cube - Ideal USA 1980, made in Taiwan |
| Rubik's Cube - Ideal Hollis N.Y. 1980,made in Hong Kong |
| Rubik's Cube - Tsukuda Orginal 1980, made in Hong Kong |
| Rubik's Cube - Ideal UK 1981. made in UK |
| Rubik's Cube Deluxe - Ideal 1980, made in Korea
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So in short Rubik's cube made in China, Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong are not suitable
for speedcubing. All other brands I can not tell you, I never tried. Most likely it will
not work.
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| The new www.rubiks.com
cube is much better as the old ones, it has vinyl stickers but it has no screws. But if
you just want a nice cube and do not want to prepare it. |
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