From mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu Tue Jan 10 17:20:31 1995 Return-Path: Received: from Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AA25297; Tue, 10 Jan 95 17:20:31 EST Received: (root@localhost) by 10414 on Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU (8.6.8.1 Mouse 1.0) id RAA10414; Tue, 10 Jan 1995 17:20:19 -0500 Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 17:20:19 -0500 From: der Mouse Message-Id: <199501102220.RAA10414@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> To: dlitwin@geoworks.com, ishius@ishius.com Subject: Re: Source for Cheap 5X Cubes Cc: cube-lovers@life.ai.mit.edu >> Yes, these [5x5x5 Cubes] are on sale for $20 plus S/H. However, I >> must say that as they are difficult to manufacture, the mechanism is >> not as smooth as I would prefer, the center cube faces sometimes >> need to be reglued, and the stickers sometimes slide. > With regard to the stickers (as far as I can tell just the orange > side has problems) [...] recommend placing a piece of paper over the > cube and ironing (not too hot). This melts the glue and the stickers > get a better grip. I've not had any problems since. My experience matches yours, in that only the orange side has trouble. I found that a tiny little dab of plain ordinary contact cement would nail down a sticker very nicely. Four of the 25 orange-side stickers on my 5x5x5 (which I understand the local shop got from Ishi Press, btw Anton :-) show evidence of my having used a little too much contact cement; I don't recall how many others got glued with a more appropriate amount. As for 4x4x4s, I own one but have been unable to find it lately. This doesn't bother me especially, since given a 5x5x5, if you just ignore the center slice along each axis (remove the stickers, paint white-out over them, etc) and you have something mathematically identical to a 4x4x4. der Mouse mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu