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Re: LEGO Rubik Cube
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Date: 
Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:00:23 GMT
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> > 
> > > > Mark
> 
> Before I built my Cube, I searched the net to know if someone has already tried
> this. The 'Googlebot' found no matches. I hoped I was the first to come up with
> it. You beat me to it. (I haven't found my way on LUGNET till last week !).
> There is no "circle" on your cube; in your video you can clearly see when it
> gets blocked. I encountered the same problem when I tried to build the cube with
> elements of 4x4x4 studs.
> 
> Maarten

I wouldn't worry about not being the first although I know that it is annoying.
Looking at your two designs it is amazing that they are so different inside to
acheive the same action. Your rings obviously give a smoother (more engineered?)
motion but the shapes of Mark's corner peices are a very clever way around it.

Strangly Google never gives results from within Lugnet, probably something Todd
has done to block it.

Tim



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(...) I... uh... wasn't the creator of that. According to the LUGNET post, the credit appears to go to Martin Howard. I just happened to remember reading it not too long ago and a quick search on the LUGNET archives turned up the particular thread. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.build)

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  Re: LEGO Rubik Cube
 
(...) Before I built my Cube, I searched the net to know if someone has already tried this. The 'Googlebot' found no matches. I hoped I was the first to come up with it. You beat me to it. (I haven't found my way on LUGNET till last week !). There (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.build)

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