51/49's Rad Pyramid

[51/49]

About determining the angles of the cuts to produce the desired interior angle, I ask because, as far as I understand (using what very little I understand), the desired angle does not translate directly to the angle of the cut.

I am not sure how correct the information is ( have not looked into it) .. but i relied on the cut of the angle at the base to determine the desired angle at the apex. It seems to of worked well enough (for me) .. though as you know my methods were far from the precision of an engineer.

2. If they are to fit perfectly and uniformly so as to create four 60 degree angles, the ends of the four pieces that meet at the apex need two cuts each.

for this to happen i believe they would probably have to be cut multiple times .. but i am not sure about what formula you would use.

It seems that you just let two of the pieces meet, and the other two connecting on the outside of the original two.

correct

Every so often I put some effort in trying to solve the damned puzzle, but having limited cognitive and time resources, I come to a halt and then forgot about it for months on end, then resume some effort.

was the same .. then i just decided to build ..


I recall that unity mentioned (in an older thread) just putting together a bunch of poles to form a tipi like structure in his living room .
so long as it works , it works lol