From cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Sat Jun 7 16:26:58 1997 Return-Path: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Received: from oolong.camellia.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oolong.camellia.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA03751; Sat, 7 Jun 1997 16:26:57 -0400 Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970607162833.006a1d90@pop.tiac.net> X-Sender: kangelli@pop.tiac.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 16:28:33 -0400 To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu From: karen angelli Subject: 5x5x5 Structural Integrity Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From Peter Reitan, not karen Angelli Joe McGarity has had some trouble with the structural integrity of his 5x5x5 cube (is there a more poetic name out there, in the same vein as rubik's pocket, rubik's cube or rubik's revenge? 5x5x5 seems cumbersome to me. If not, let me suggest the "Big Cube"). I have had similar problems, but I have managed to get past them, and can now freely twist my cube (at least so far). I bought my "Big Cube" from Puzzletts' on-line puzzle store. I think that their supplier is from Germany. You can also purchase them directly from Christoph Bandelow in Germany. Like Joe's, my cube had several initial problems - some of the orange stickers, paradoxically, did not want to stick, and three of the center-piece caps fell off. After several moments of panic, I ran to my super glue supplier and took a few hits (no, I did not sniff it). Since then, the orange stickers have lived up to their name, and the center-piece caps have stayed in place. I hope that these suggestions can get you on the right track. 'e-ya later, Pete