Reverse Engineering a $60 Toy...and making it better
Concepts: CAD (SolidWorkds), 3D printing, SLA, engineering design
Rubik's cubes are no longer cheap. Ones used by pros now cost upwards of $60. Certainly, a lot of research and design is required to create these products, but I set out to show people why just because something can be engineered, doesn't mean that it should.
The cube in question is a Gan 356 XS, a rubik's cube with a plastic core with adjustments you can make to fit your style of turning. However, these adjustments are overly complex and objectively work worse than something more basic. In the video below, I reverse engineered the entire cube, modified the mechanism, and made it better using simpler components.
The cube in question is a Gan 356 XS, a rubik's cube with a plastic core with adjustments you can make to fit your style of turning. However, these adjustments are overly complex and objectively work worse than something more basic. In the video below, I reverse engineered the entire cube, modified the mechanism, and made it better using simpler components.