Did you use the washers? There may be a tiny rattle when you shake the cube, but not much. It's probably due to the lack of that annoying tab that the old ones had. That made the corners not rattle, but it also made for very uneven tightness, depending on the orientation of adjacent corners.
I test a cube by doing the following: Grab the BUL and BUR corners and pry the L and R faces apart from each other. The gap between these two corners and the BU edge should be about 2mm. Then when you release them, they should spring back and touch the BU edge again. If the cube is too loose, it won't spring back properly, leaving a gap between corner and edge (a lot of store-bought cubes suffer this problem). If it's too tight, you will barely be able to get them apart 2mm. I'm not using a micrometer or anything, so it may be more like 1.7mm or something. And of course, everyone has a different preference depending on their cubing style. Chris --- In [email protected], DT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you know why is it that the corners are loose even > though I tightened the screws on each center piece as > tight as possible without breaking it and yet the > corners feel loose. > > --- christopher_pelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I like to assemble as follows: > > > > 1. Put the springs on the screws, followed by the > > washer. Make the > > flat side of the washer face the spring. Insert the > > > > screw/spring/washer into the center. Do that for > > all six. > > > > 2. Using a screwdriver, push the screw all the way > > into one of the > > centers (compressing the spring all the way), then > > screw it into the > > burr. Make sure you screw it in as straight as > > possible. Stop when > > you get about 0.5 mm from the burr. Do that for all > > six. > > > > 3. Assemble the edges and corners to complete the > > cube. > > > > 4. Cut six square pieces of paper the same size as > > the center (use > > the center caps to trace the outline onto paper > > before cutting). > > Lay each square so it covers the center. It should > > rest neatly > > between the surrounding four edge pieces. Mash the > > cap onto the > > center, deforming the paper as you press it in. The > > tension will > > keep the cap in place nicely. Do that for all six. > > > > 5. Break the cube in before lubing, to remove any > > stray plastic > > shavings. Don't worry if it feels too tight. > > > > 6. Turn two adjacent faces a tiny bit, to create an > > opening near a > > center. Drop a few drops of silicone oil into the > > opening, then > > scramble the cube thoroughly. Careful not to get > > the paper pieces > > wet (replace them if they do). > > > > 7. Adjust the tension by temporarily removing the > > center caps and > > loosening each screw the same amount. > > > > 8. Sticker and enjoy! > > > > Chris > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > "bballkid2076" > > <bballkid2076@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > kyuubree <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > How could you figure out how to put them > > together?I just bought a > > > white and black diy and using jon morris and ton's > > site i could not > > > put them together > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The DIY is good by itself but the lube makes it go > > a little > > smoother > > > > as well. I don't know what good silicone feels > > like yet but I > > am on > > > > the lookout for the Prestone brand. > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > Tyson Mao <tmao@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Sorry to hear about that. > > > > > > > > > > Did you lube the cube to get it to fly nicely? > > Do you think > > that > > > > these > > > > > DIY cubes are all amazing, or that you got > > lucky with a good > > one? > > > > > > > > > > Tyson Mao > > > > > Astrophysics '06 > > > > > California Institute of Technology > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 21, 2006, at 1:18 PM, kyuubree wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > So I arrange my DIY into a nice tidy little > > package and give > > it > > > > a go. > > > > > > MAN do these things fly! It's so effortless > > to move thing > > > > around! I > > > > > > studied a few speedsolving algs, gave the > > speedcubing > > another > > > > go, and > > > > > > the strain is so much less than it is with > > my old cube. > > > > > > > > > > > > In other news I just recently had a breakup > > with my > > girlfriend : > > > > ( I am > > > > > > not very happy right now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Winners forget they're in a race, they just love to run. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.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/
