Trimming Icehouse to Pyramids

[Ed Thorn <prophesor@...>]

Just a bit of personal experience here...

When trimming a slight amount from an odd-shaped
object, like, say, a pyramid...

Brace your sawblade at the height you want, above some
smooth surface:
_____________________ sawblade
BLOCK           BLOCK

Then with considerable patience and care, slide the
object to be trimmed over the smooth surface, with
slight pressure against the blade, moving in the
easiest direction at first, until a groove is
established in the object.



          /\
         /  \
________/____\________
BLOCK  /      \  BLOCK


Something like that.  I'm not a handyman, but I like
to think I'm a clever man.


--- cdrodeffer@... wrote:
> Iain,
> 
> > I have got my (lovely) Mesomorph set and I want
> > to upgrade it with some matching piecepack
> > pyramids in wood. Does anyone know where I can
> > buy them?
> 
> I don't know about wood, but with two identical
> stashes of Icehouse
> pyramids (I suggest white), a hacksaw and some model
> paint, you can
> make a very nice set of stackable plastic piecepack
> pyramids. Using
> the hacksaw, carefully slice 1/8 inch off the bottom
> of all the
> pyramids in one stash. These will become the A, C
> and E piecepack
> pyramids, and there will be three left over in case
> of cutting or
> painting errors. The other stash should be painted
> as they are, and
> will become the B, D and F piecepack pyramids.
> 
> Clark