11-09-2010, 09:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-04-2011, 03:36 PM by Steppingfeet.)
Update and a request.
I wanted to create an equilateral pyramid in which all three interior angles of each of the four triangles are 60 degrees. To this end, I purchased eight 2x2 pieces of wood from Home Depot. Enlisting the help of a neighbor who owns his own small construction business, we cut the pieces using a miter saw.
Firstly we determined that all eight pieces would need to be cut to six feet in length in order to accommodate me sitting in the center. Next, the square base was easy to create, we had only to cut the corners at a 45 degree angle and drill dowel-sized holes into the corners in order to connect the pieces into a square with wooden dowels.
Then, we failed, repeatedly. We couldn’t figure out how to cut the side of the four pieces connecting with the base in order to form sixty degree angles with the base. We never made it to the point of determining how to cut the four pieces that rise to meet at the apex!
If you anyone is capable and interested in creating an inexpensive meditation pyramid, I would pay you for the supplies, the shipping, and the effort. It would need to meet the following three specifications:
If anyone is interested, please either reply to this thread or send me a PM. Thanks!
GLB
I wanted to create an equilateral pyramid in which all three interior angles of each of the four triangles are 60 degrees. To this end, I purchased eight 2x2 pieces of wood from Home Depot. Enlisting the help of a neighbor who owns his own small construction business, we cut the pieces using a miter saw.
Firstly we determined that all eight pieces would need to be cut to six feet in length in order to accommodate me sitting in the center. Next, the square base was easy to create, we had only to cut the corners at a 45 degree angle and drill dowel-sized holes into the corners in order to connect the pieces into a square with wooden dowels.
Then, we failed, repeatedly. We couldn’t figure out how to cut the side of the four pieces connecting with the base in order to form sixty degree angles with the base. We never made it to the point of determining how to cut the four pieces that rise to meet at the apex!
If you anyone is capable and interested in creating an inexpensive meditation pyramid, I would pay you for the supplies, the shipping, and the effort. It would need to meet the following three specifications:
- 1) Consist of eight pieces of wood or plastic or “other materials” http://lawofone.info/results.php?session_id=57&ss=1#19. I would prefer wood.
Only the frame itself is needed. No sides. It can be completely open to the air. As Ra says here, it is only the shape which is of importance. http://lawofone.info/results.php?session_id=58&ss=1#13.
2) It needs to be able to be disassembled and reassembled as I don’t have room to house it any other way. Our plan for achieving this end was to use wooden dowels, but there may be a superior way of going about this.
3) The three interior angles of all four triangles must be exactly sixty degrees. (Or as exact as is possible.)
If anyone is interested, please either reply to this thread or send me a PM. Thanks!
GLB
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi