DMCubing | How To Make a Magnetic MoYu Weilong GTS2 (GTSV2) Speed Cube @dmcubing6342 | Uploaded April 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
UPDATE 1/17/2018
I've finished my 21st GTS2-M! I discuss the various prototypes up to that point in a video, here:
youtu.be/BhbjUtYADD0
My favorite magnet in the GTS2 is the N42 5x1 from gaussboys.com I feel it gives a perfect medium subtle feel. I love it! It's my favorite cube and magnet combination!!! The N48 5x1 is still an equally great magnet, but just slightly stronger than the N42. For people looking for the subtlest workable magnetic feel, a combination of N42 5x1 (gaussboys.com) in the edges and N35 5x1 (magnets365.com) in the corners gives a perfect subtle feel, much like the new factory-magnetized Valk 3 Power M.
UPDATE 7/4/2017
Jay Lewis compares two of my magnetic GTS2's, the N52 5x1 and the N48 5x1:
youtu.be/A3hod-NlYXA
UPDATE #4, 6/24/2017:
To date, I have done ten prototypes. I go over each prototype in this video:
youtu.be/B3bY2hoDOgs
These prototypes are:
PROTOTYPE
#1. N35 4x1.7 magnets365.com (their "4x2" is slightly undersized)
#2. -same as above, but stickerless-
#3. N38 4x2 gaussboys.com
#4. N42 4x2 gaussboys.com
#5. N38 4x2 gaussboys.com (center magnetized)
#6. N52 5x1 gaussboys.com (my first 5x1 cube)
#7. N35 4x2 gaussboys.com
#8. N48 5x1 apexmagnets.com
#9. (same as #8)
#10. N35 5x1 magnets365.com
Please watch this video for the findings on each prototype:
youtu.be/B3bY2hoDOgs
Other interesting findings:
- The Cubicle Lab's regular magnetic GTS2 uses 5x1 magnets, and more than likely in an N48 strength, though they place their magnets in a different location than I do, and it gives a slightly more subtle feel than where I place mine. But when the pieces are disassembled (their standard GTS2M and my N48 5x1 GTS2M), and the individual pieces are compared to each other, the magnets feel the same. It's possible the Cubicle uses an N50 5x1, it's hard to know for sure, but the N48 5x1s from Apex look and perform the same.
- The factory GTS2 M uses 4x1.5 magnets, most likely N35, and personally, feel too light for my liking.
All content (music, video, images, etc.) by David S. Miller
UPDATE 1/17/2018
I've finished my 21st GTS2-M! I discuss the various prototypes up to that point in a video, here:
youtu.be/BhbjUtYADD0
My favorite magnet in the GTS2 is the N42 5x1 from gaussboys.com I feel it gives a perfect medium subtle feel. I love it! It's my favorite cube and magnet combination!!! The N48 5x1 is still an equally great magnet, but just slightly stronger than the N42. For people looking for the subtlest workable magnetic feel, a combination of N42 5x1 (gaussboys.com) in the edges and N35 5x1 (magnets365.com) in the corners gives a perfect subtle feel, much like the new factory-magnetized Valk 3 Power M.
UPDATE 7/4/2017
Jay Lewis compares two of my magnetic GTS2's, the N52 5x1 and the N48 5x1:
youtu.be/A3hod-NlYXA
UPDATE #4, 6/24/2017:
To date, I have done ten prototypes. I go over each prototype in this video:
youtu.be/B3bY2hoDOgs
These prototypes are:
PROTOTYPE
#1. N35 4x1.7 magnets365.com (their "4x2" is slightly undersized)
#2. -same as above, but stickerless-
#3. N38 4x2 gaussboys.com
#4. N42 4x2 gaussboys.com
#5. N38 4x2 gaussboys.com (center magnetized)
#6. N52 5x1 gaussboys.com (my first 5x1 cube)
#7. N35 4x2 gaussboys.com
#8. N48 5x1 apexmagnets.com
#9. (same as #8)
#10. N35 5x1 magnets365.com
Please watch this video for the findings on each prototype:
youtu.be/B3bY2hoDOgs
Other interesting findings:
- The Cubicle Lab's regular magnetic GTS2 uses 5x1 magnets, and more than likely in an N48 strength, though they place their magnets in a different location than I do, and it gives a slightly more subtle feel than where I place mine. But when the pieces are disassembled (their standard GTS2M and my N48 5x1 GTS2M), and the individual pieces are compared to each other, the magnets feel the same. It's possible the Cubicle uses an N50 5x1, it's hard to know for sure, but the N48 5x1s from Apex look and perform the same.
- The factory GTS2 M uses 4x1.5 magnets, most likely N35, and personally, feel too light for my liking.
All content (music, video, images, etc.) by David S. Miller
