In reply to your previous post :"Yes" ;) I've never actually timed it, but could of course give it a try. What are the restrictions on the puzzle you use? Do if I have to use one of those discussed earlier or can I use say a custom made one, made by 4x4x4's?
/Gustav Stefan Pochmann skrev: >Alright, now more seriously: Have you tried speedsolving your Domino? >I got interested in this recently and took the unofficial records for >it easily, though that's mainly cause I'm pretty much the only one >doing it :-(. I have a "normal" scrambler already (http://tinyurl. >com/9vxr8) and I'm writing a better one at the moment (I'll generate >random *states* and let CubeExplorer solve/generate them). > >Cheers! >Stefan > > > >--- In [email protected], Gustav Fredell ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Ok... this is my third try. Yahoo doesn't like me. >> >>Hi Dennis, >> >>I bought 3 of those from Tradera too last year. Great price for an >>unusual item (about $2 for you foreigners :) . Mine were also stiff >> >> >as > > >>hell to begin with but I turned mine like in your first picture and >>managed to get the edge out. The center cap is glued on so you need >> >> >a > > >>thin sharp knife to cut it open in the seam. You will want to get it >> >> >off > > >>eventually anyhow cause' beneath it is a screw and a spring and >>adjusting the spring will do miracles for the puzzle. I completely >>dissassembled mine, cleaned, and lubed it and adjusted the tension.. >> >> >. > > >>like a whole new puzzle. Still not great, but compared to before >> >> >it's > > >>awesome. An additional adjustment you might want to make is to sand >> >> >the > > >>end of the springs flat. They stick out pretty much and gets caught >> >> >in > > >>the surrounding plastic. >> >>And for those who are interested, it's a groove mechanism. >> >>/Gustav >> >> >>Dennis Nilssson skrev: >> >>Ok, Here are some pictures (~100kb) >>http://www.cubeloop.com/php/upload/domino.htm >> >>The second picture is as much I dare to rotate the block (or R,L,B, >> >> >F) > > >>layers. The U (and D) layer is no problem to rotate. What do you >> >> >mean by > > >>mechanism, are there different Domino's that have different >> >> >mechanisms? > > >>// Dennis >>www.cubeloop.com >> >> >>-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >>Från: [email protected] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Stefan Pochmann >>Skickat: den 23 januari 2006 21:38 >>Till: [email protected] >>Ämne: [Speed cubing group] Re: (dis)assembling Rubik's Domino >> >>--- In [email protected], "Dennis Nilssson" >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Hi all, >>>I just got my Rubik's Domino which I had won on an auction. I got >>> >>> >I > > >>really >> >> >> >> >>>cheap 2.5$US, but it seems that it is a knockoff puzzle >>>(http://www.tradera.com/auction/auction.asp?aid=22855742/). The >>> >>> >>problem is >> >> >> >> >>>that I can't turn the 1x2x3 blocks, the 1x3x3 block turns nicely >>> >>> >>though. I >> >> >> >> >>>found Stefan's guide >>>(http://www.stefan-pochmann.de/spocc/disassemble/rubiks_domino/) >>> >>> >for > > >>>disassembling the puzzle but I can't get the center cap of. Can't >>> >>> >I > > >>just pop >> >> >> >> >>>an edge as for the 3x3x3? >>> >>> >>> >> >>Wow, I've never seen one like this. What do you mean you can't turn >> >> >the > > >>1x2x3 blocks? Are they hard to turn or do they not turn at all? In >> >> >any > > >>case, how to take it apart of course depends on the mechanism. Any >> >> >info > > >>or pictures (e.g. with parts turned 45 degrees) you can provide us >> >> >might > > >>help... >> >>Cheers! >>Stefan >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >__________ NOD32 1.1375 (20060123) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.nod32.com > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
