From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Thu Dec 17 12:58:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil (sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.38]) by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1-mod) with SMTP id MAA21072 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 12:58:39 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:46:46 -0500 (EST) From: Nicholas Bodley To: Charlie Dickman Cc: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Newer mechanism? (Was: Re: re-assembling a 2x2x2?) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Charlie, I'm just about dead sure my 2^3s (from about 15 (?) years go) have no screws. I studied your description, and it seems that the mechanism has been redesigned! I described the mechanism of mine in considerable (if not painful!) detail, maybe a year and a half ago; it's probably in the archives. The keyword "jack" should help to locate the post. Perhaps a continuing market combined with the difficulty of assembling the original design created a need for a new one. Would really *love* to know whether there is a newer and different mechanism. As a somewhat casual student of these mechanisms, I've come to realize that for all "sizes", more than one mechanism is possible. I have great admiration for the designers who create these marvelous mechanisms. I love the 5^3 as much for its innards (which I regard as thoroughly astonishing) as for its essential function. I also admire the mathematicians, programmers, and practical users of group theory on this List; I have only a faint awareness of what they're talking about, but their amazing posts keep my mind properly stretched. I feel a bit like a dog listening to his human family discussing, say, a trip to Australia (the dog didn't go). However, that's perfectly OK with me! My mind is quite good, and to some degree it's circumstance that I'm not "with it". My regards to all, |* Nicholas Bodley *|* Electronic Technician {*} Autodidact & Polymath |* Waltham, Mass. *|* ----------------------------------------------- |* nbodley@tiac.net *|* The personal computer industry will have become |* Amateur musician *|* mature when crashes become unacceptable. --------------------------------------------------------------------------