Yeah, I know... it's just a Pyraminx, without the tips. I really like the Pyraminx, but I've always thought the trivial tips were silly.

This is an easy build. Just glue the tips on and make new stickers. I did use some Epoxie Sculpt to fill the gaps, but I didn't spend a lot of time on that. All in all this was a rush job, so don't look at the details too much. I just wanted to build something fast, because I have become bored with the other mods that I've been working on the last few months, that are all nowhere near completion.

I was fortunate enough to find the same stickers that Uwe Mèffert uses for his puzzles. But it was too thick for my Roland Stika vinyl plotter. So I had to cut them by hand in the end. [Edit: For all the future Stika buyers, this has got to do with my particular plotter being a bit faulty. A regular Roland Stika will easily cut through this type of material.]

In a few months - if I have time - I will try to build a Halpern-Meier Pyramid from a keychain Skewb. I think they will look great side by side.

Thomas

Nice. So basically its an extended Tetraminx

I want it! Seriously, it looks great!

thats nice simple yet cool

I love the look of it!
Great job Thomas!
Vadim

looking at one face kind of reminds me of the biohazard puzzle. Love the look.

very nice job on that. I to have wanted a way to still have a pyramid, but without the tips (not a tetraminx).

Very nice mod!!

One quick question though. I've always wondered what kind of material the Mefferts' puzzles used. Can you tell us what it is called? Thanks

The back of the stickers only says 'd-c-fix'. I Googled and I guess it's this "Neon" line: www.tokan.de/d-c-fix-shop/xaranshop_k005001002001s001_1.htm.
Though the colours don't really match.

Thomas

Hmm.

Technically speaking, the Pyraminx already is a Tetrahedron with 4 axes of rotation because the tips turned on the same four axes as the big slices.

Just like a Rubik's cube and Rubik's Revenge both have only three axes of rotation although they have a diffrent number of slices.

But we all understood what you meant anyway!

PS: I certainly think this puzzle is vastly more attractive than the Tetraminx. Nice work.!