Subject: Twists

From: Bob Bigelow <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 16:27:58 -0700

Jim, what a terrific Idea!  But I would think trying to control twists, 
each with a different axis, or at least offset axes,would be a real
control trick.  Heat one slot/joint at a time, and be really really
careful where the pressure is going.  Francis rarely twisted his rubics
more than an eighth of a turn, since the metal holding each separate
"cube" was so small.  But the effect of offset cubes cranks my tractor!
  Bob

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 09:19:17 -0500

> "cube" was so small.  But the effect of offset cubes cranks my tractor!

Bob 
I started to try this one day from a piece of 1 inch square but after 
spending half an hour marking the stock I couldn't force myself to 
make all those cuts. A metal cutting band saw would be a must. The 
rubick's twist is really neat. There's a sampler railing at the JC 
Campbell Folk School that has some of these in them -- pretty sure 
Francis made these.
-- 
Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO
Editor Rural Missouri Magazine
Newsletter editor, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri

³Foolish consistencies are the hobgoblins of little minds³