Magnetic Rubik's Dice Cube

Step 4 Make a die jig.

You, like myself, may not happen to have a fancy square like gfixler uses to hold the dice for drilling. Fortunately, it is easy to make your own, since the square does not need to be extremely accurate.

Initially, I wanted to use aluminum channel or angle stock to create a square, however after not finding any scraps laying around the shop, I opted for a steel 5.25 to 3.5 inch drive bay converter. It is designed to allow the mounting of a 3.5 inch hard drive in a standard 5.25 inch CD/DVD drive bay.

After attaching the first bracket to a piece of plywood, I used a square to align the second bracket at 90 degrees to the first. A few more screws and I had a nearly perfect square.

The only thing left after that was to add a piece of acetate film (used for overhead projector transparencies) to the bottom. This was probably not necessary, and mostly just got in the way. I think I thought it would prevent scratches to the dice, but now, when I look back, I don't think it helped at all.

Comments

[kenneth123]

how do you exactly make the jig? also hurry and answer please

[achong0]

you could make the Jig out of anything you want i assume just by looking at the pictures, as he stated it might be easier to make it out of metal, however if you get a piece of mdf, and cut it up into two small bits, and one large 'plate' you could just screw the teo smaller bits to the board. That would be the easiest way to do it i assume. Then just make sure you have a square, as the two bits you are going to screw onto the board, will need to be at an exact 90 degree angle, so that the dice sits in there properly when drilling (you dont want to drill your fingers). Good luck

[kenneth123]

thanks alot achong0

[bassX6]

im lost here...