From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Sun Jul 27 21:32:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id VAA29657; Sun, 27 Jul 1997 21:32:42 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From nbodley@tiac.net Sun Jul 27 11:32:09 1997 Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 11:28:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicholas Bodley Reply-To: Nicholas Bodley To: Edwin Saesen Cc: Cube Mailing List , "Dr. Christoph Bandelow" Subject: Fit of 4^3 pieces; 5^3 query In-Reply-To: <199707260506_MC2-1B9B-F7B3@compuserve.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII (Sorry to have forgotten to include this in the previous message about repairing plastic.) Others (such as Drs. Christoph Bandelow or David Singmaster) might know better than I, but I strongly suspect that there was only one specific maker, and probably one set of molding dies, for the 4^3. If so, all pieces regardless of by what path they reached the owner, should fit. A good, close look, perhaps under a magnifier, would give an initial judgment about whether a given piece should be trial-assembled. If it has about the same amount of friction as the others, it really ought to be OK. The 3^3 most definitely has been made by several different companies from their own molding dies; interchangeability is by no means assured! Could someone enlighten me about the 5^3? I got mine from Dr. Uwe Meffert; I wonder whether Dr. Bandelow's came from the same set of dies? |* Nicholas Bodley *|* Electronic Technician {*} Autodidact & Polymath |* Waltham, Mass. *|* ----------------------------------------------- |* nbodley@tiac.net *|* When the year 2000 begins, we'll celebrate |* Amateur musician *|* the 2000th anniversary of the year 1 B.C.E. --------------------------------------------------------------------------