Building the core - Part 1

The next step in the process was to decide how we were going to build a sphere with 6 holes (5 for encoders and 1 for wires). Since the video demonstrated fitting a golf ball inside the Rubik's void, I suggested we buy a golf ball and modify it to suit our needs. Madalina then went and bought a few golf balls, however upon partially dissecting one she realised that it'd quite difficult to make the ball completely hollow. So we decided to shop for a hollow ball of the size of a golf ball (or ever so slightly bigger).

Since it was quite late (past 5pm) Madalina proposed that we could try use the 3D printer instead; I was on board with the idea as it would allow us to be precise about the locations of the holes (very important further down the line) and also give us an opportunity to develop new skills.

Vlad, however, suggested that since building the sphere is going to be more of a trial and error process (as we weren't sure about the exact size) we shouldn't use the 3D printer as it could take many hours to build a model. He insisted on shopping for a hollow ball. So me and Vlad went to cabot circus and after sometime decided to purchase the following 3 balls as they were all able to fit inside the Rubik's void.