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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Technical Tips, Builds, and Help => Topic started by: Tony Bird on January 22, 2020, 11:02:46 am

Title: Re: Making a Pyramid Puzzle using Snooker balls.
Post by: txlabman on January 23, 2020, 10:01:10 pm

Good stuff Tony.

Thanks for posting the video.

Title: Re: Making a Pyramid Puzzle using Snooker balls.
Post by: Tony Bird on January 23, 2020, 04:05:21 am

Hi Stoker,

Yes, without a base to indicate the shape of the pyramid it would be much more difficult to assemble.  The plan used to make the pyramid also had drawings for a four side pyramid on it.

Take care.

Tony.

Title: Re: Making a Pyramid Puzzle using Snooker balls.
Post by: Stoker on January 22, 2020, 11:16:11 am

Nice one Tony!

I have one of those puzzles, except it is made from small wooden beads about the size of a pea or a bit smaller, and there is no base to give the clue that it is only a three sided pyramid. The instructions simply say to use these pieces to build a pyramid, and most people go about trying to construct a four sided pyramid first.

Title: Making a Pyramid Puzzle using Snooker balls.
Post by: Tony Bird on January 22, 2020, 11:02:46 am

Hi,

I had a break from making a model railway layout last weekend we went to visit our son and his family to celebrate my wife's birthday.  While away I gave a hand in our son's workshop.  Might be found interesting.

https://youtu.be/WVQ0fF_JuFY

Regards Tony.