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Subject: 5x5x5 Stuctural Integrtity


	The orange sticker problem seems to be with all of them.  Mine had
some small documentation with it mentioning that putting a piece of paper
on the orange side and ironing it a bit will help fix the stickers on the
cube.  It worked well for me and I've not had any problems with them
anymore.
	As to keeping it in one piece, pop off the caps of the center
pieces and tighten the screws underneath.  Adjust this tension to tight and
your cube won't move well, too loose and it will fall apart.  I had trouble
getting the caps off one of my 5x5x5s, but on the other they often fall off
on their own, good luck.

	Dave Litwin

Joe McGarity writes:
> Where are you able to find 5x5x5 cubes that don't instantly fall apart? 
> I have had nothing but trouble with mine.  Is there more than one on the
> market?  I am only aware of the one manufactured in Germany.  Not only
> have I never been able to solve it, but I have never been able to
> scramble it.  It simply crumbles away in my hands.  The orange stickers
> seem to have a habit of fleeing the cube in terror.  (It's always the
> orange ones on any cube that fall off first.  Has anyone else noticed
> this?)  At any rate, if there is some other source for these cubes or if
> I simply got a bad one, someone please let me know.  Wei-Hwa Huang's
> post has made me want to pick it up and try it out, but so far, mine is
> only for looks.