51/49's Rad Pyramid

[51/49]

haha , thank you .. it is a very simple design..and i will edit this post later today to explain in detail .

to start with , the effect asked about is "Glowing Edges" from CCS5


I don't come from a building background , so i have no real training in the area.. I am learning to better articulate myself when speaking or writing about technical things in general .. so bare with me.


okay...... first i went over the specifications in Ra and searched a few threads on this forum an others to see how people were making them.
I then decided to go to my local major hardware outlet "bunnings" .. and picked 9(so i had room for error) 180cm long pieces of tasmanian oak , (about 2cm thick) a pack of "bullet head nails" (pretty small).. and a bit of copper wire.. all up it cost me about 70 dollars.

at first the pyramid sat on my bed and i slept in it .. later on i moved it , as it was not sitting correctly on the bed surface , and fell down a few times while i moved in my sleep.. so i made adjustments.

I measured the wood decided how high it was going to be , then used this website to determine the type of angle i needed to cut , so i could achieve the desired apex.. http://www.1728.org/volpyrmd.htm

Once everything was written down , i began to make cuts on the wood with what ibelieve is called a "miter saw jig"


though the one i used was rusty , and would not hold certain angles correctly .. it was a little difficult to use .... i found it at the place i am renting ..there are loads of tools in storage (another story).

the base was assembled in an overlapping pattern (not sure of the name) .. looked like this


I placed one nail in each side to give them a soft connection .. the frame will flex very easily without the sides. I designed it this way so i could dis assemble when needed.


Now .. how i got the sides to hold ... before i bought the pieces i thought that i could glue or use a nail.. but this option was difficult with the steep angle cut into the pieces.. so i thought i might try and bind each side to the a corner with copper wire..


I just wrapped it around the corners which helped make the frame more solid .. i ended up with a kind of opening or pocket that i could slide one of the sides into.



looks a bit out of shape now , i might end up re wrapping it when i put it back up ..


when a corner fit in , this is what it looked like



Once you got each side in , they would make a neat fit as they came together in the middle

example of 2 sides coming together



The top of the pyramid was then bound with the remaining copper wire .. with loops around each part of the frame to strengthen it.


And that is pretty much how it was made... may of left a few small details out .. feel free to ask.

this is the original pic i took unedited