【转自TP】12阶？！！！！

Paracel_007

http://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15424

某个疯子作出12阶了……
不是V结构的~~~~很强！！！

视频：http://bbs.mf8-china.com/viewthread.php?tid=43186&extra=page%3D1  陆版的贴~~~看起来不太好转~~不过做出来就是奇迹！

I must confess that I've already calmed down to finally see it working, do you? Sorry for a long wait.

There are some black parts, it's just for test of solid dyeing in replacement of stickering which is not quite suitable for small facelets.




Some background info


Someday in April this year when I was wandering in a local bookstore, an impressive puzzle caught my eyes firmly. It's a cube with hundreds of facelets, V7.

How did they make it? Filled up with wonders, I did a lot of searches when I was back in home. Finally, the patent of Mr. Verdes came into my sight. Can you imagine the feeling when I saw the file? Incredible! So much appreciations go to Mr. Verdes!

mf8 & TP are essentially two major forums when I was searching for related key words. With the information therein, I was able to catch a glimpse of the latest technologies behind those big assemblies as well as flushes of inspiring thoughts and comments. They simply became my daily readings, which finally led me to the 12x12x12 project.

The whole project starts from the well-known 'hidden layer' which I thought was unnecessary. Although I'm not explaining the detailed strategy to achieve a new mechanism(as most designers do), it is true that careful investigations of Mr. Verdes' file along with some other patent files were carried out. Huge thanks to Mr. Verdes as well as his excellent designs.

Another goal of this project is to explore the area of extra-high order cubes, esp popping & alignment issues. By 'extra-high order' I mean when layers increase above 10. Every intermediate rotational layer will contain more than 30 parts. If a small gap is allowed for each part, then there's a possibility that there can be a gap of 30 times larger than normal when the layer is squeezed in one direction.

The kick off decision was made by the fact that I saw very few attemps to make normal cubes of higher order in both of the forums. I didn't know why since there were so many odd shapes being tried out.

It has been more than 6 months since this 12th cube was designed. Although I prefer theoretical investigations, I felt it necessary to make it real. Well, "have to be made".

I love it.

Enjoy!

Leslie

呃……这段话里还带过了mf8









他就给了四张图，一时估不出多大~~~~
下面sokoban的回帖说：“你可以参加mf8的第二届DIY大赛，我确定你能得大奖 ”
            （不知他对大奖里的永骏9有兴趣否 ）

[ 本帖最后由 Paracel_007 于 2009-11-27 18:23 编辑 ]

sjy970703

沙发！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

xty_90

板凳。。好强大。。。。。

今夜微凉

12~偶数阶从四阶来看，我基本失望~

maqianxi

12阶有点强悍了吧~~~8和10还没有呢~~~

Vicki

要是真的参加MOD赛的话...

Paracel_007

这个人好像没说手感如何，也没给视频（估计给了也看不到~Youtube……）

恐怕手感也不会太好吧，V的偶数阶本就有缺陷，现在期待着圣手

rickymohk

黑色的master塊也裝上去了..為啥就不多做一個使顏色統一呢

Paracel_007

@MeMyselfAndPi

This version is just for test, not for sell. It works properly though a bit tight.

A better version is in progress, but it's much harder to make(MU-59, you can see some part of it in half transparent color in the third picture). I'll make some of them available to serious collectors.

Currently the mechanism won't see the day of light unless the patent file is granted. But I'm considering cancelling the application. Laws as you know, seems always broken anywhere in the world. However, I'll keep it available to serious requests.

If someone wants it really badly, just give me your preferred size together with a generous offer. The number of layers practically available is ranged between 6~20.

@sokoban
In my consideration, TP is more oriented at puzzle making. I think cube lovers like you won't miss that info in any case, right?


Leslie


看样他对参赛没兴趣，还会出新版


Well Billy... I mean making a working cube of more than 20 layers can be very costy(perhaps tens of thousands of dollars as well as a huge amount of labor) which is impractical.

Leslie

做20阶，要很多钱~~……

五叶草

自己手工做的，还是机器呢？？？