Modifying the core - Part 1

Having built the core for the cube and the mechanism which will rotate the encoders when sides of cubes are rotated it was time to build the Rubik's Void around the core and put the mechanism in place.

After me and Madalina built the cube around the core by de-assembling the Rubik's Void and then reassembling it around the core we came across a bit of a hurdle. When drilling holes in the core for the encoders we weren't very precise about their location. This, as I insisted during the process of drilling the holes, has caused the encoders to be misaligned with respect to the sides of the cube (image below).

At this point Madalina had to leave so I now had two options: I either buy a new sphere and rebuild the core from scratch, or just modify the existing core by turning the encoder holes into rectangles along which the encoders could slid. The latter option was more appealing as it required less time and since the encoders came with a bolt it was easy to tighten them in the place best suited with respect to the side of the cube.

After few hours of modification to the sphere I reassembled the Rubik's Void around the core and tightened the encoders in place when they were centered with respect to the side of the Rubik's Void (image below).