From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Wed Jul 30 12:26:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id MAA15194; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 12:26:37 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From nbodley@tiac.net Wed Jul 30 08:21:49 1997 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 08:18:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicholas Bodley To: Corey Folkerts Cc: Cube-Lovers Subject: Re: 2^3 Reassembly In-Reply-To: <199707291358_MC2-1BDB-4183@compuserve.com> Message-Id: As to the notches Corey mentions, they might not matter, but all three pieces I would guess might of a later design that would simplify assembly; they are probably the last three pieces to be assembled. It sounds as though one needs to very careful and make sketches when disassembling a 2^3! All of mine were bought probably around 1985 or so, or earlier; they are old. Please don't think that simply because I'm partly informed that I'm an expert! I'm not. Good luck to all, NB On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Corey Folkerts wrote: }Nicholas Bodley writes: } }> The cubies are kept together by 12 "clips". These fit into the cutout }>arcs; when you assemble the Cube, you put two cubies next to each other }>(they touch) and fit this "clip" so that it keep s them together. To }>install it, you move the clip away from the imaginary geometrical center }>of the whole puzzle. } }My 2^3 has these 12 clips as I discovered when it first burst. However, I }would like to confirm something. Nine of my clips are identical, the 1/4 }circle shape. However, its the other three that are causing me trouble. One }of them is identical to the other nine except that on one of the two planes }it has a very small notch cut out of it. The notch is an arc and I'm }guessing it is probably about 1 mm deep. The other two have one of the 1/4 }planes identical to the first nine, but the second plane extends far }beyond, doubling the "height" of the clip. If viewed from the side which }has the extended plane it is a diamond instead of a 1/4 circle. All of the }other internal pieces are identical to your description } } I would like to know if everyone else has these altered clips in }their 2^3s. } } Corey Folkerts } } |* 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------