From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Wed Jul 30 10:35:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id KAA14669; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:35:07 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From nbodley@tiac.net Wed Jul 30 08:15:13 1997 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 08:11:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicholas Bodley To: "Jin \"Time Traveler\" Kim" Cc: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: 2^3 Reassembly In-Reply-To: <33DE2A54.62F2@ibm.net> Message-Id: On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Jin "Time Traveler" Kim wrote: }Nicholas Bodley wrote: } }> The cubies are kept together by 12 "clips". These fit into the cutout {Snips} }Part of the problem is that the clips weren't all identically shaped. }If all of the clips were shaped the same, then reassembly wouldn't be a }problem. But because they ARE shaped differently, there is a question of }whether the position of one is important relative to the position of the }others. } }-- }Jin "Time Traveler" Kim }chrono@ibm.net It's not likely that there are two or more designs of the 2^3; sorry if I misled anyone. I might have been lucky; however, I don't recall needing to sort the clips. This >is< something to look out for if you disassemble a 2^3. It's likely that the clips for the swiveling long blocks would be different from those for the rigid extensions of the "jack". Less likely is that the different cavities used to mold several clips at once had different shapes where the differences had no effect on operation, but anyone familiar with such mechanisms would be able to tell. The mechanical engineer on this project has the answers! Sure hope this isn't memory fade; I'm going on 62... My best regards to all, |* Nicholas Bodley *|* Electronic Technician {*} Autodidact & Polymath |* Waltham, Mass. *|* ----------------------------------------------- |* nbodley@tiac.net *|* When the year 2000 begins, we'll celebrate |* Amateur musician *|* the 2000th anniversary of the year 1 B.C.E. --------------------------------------------------------------------------