[Icehouse] Chips

[Tom Phoenix]

On 10/26/06, TheLoneGoldfish <thelonegoldfish at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can/do pyramid bases get chipped by being kept loosely in a bag? or being
> rattled and such?

Not really chipped, that I've found. They don't stay looking like new
forever, of course, but the pyramids are pretty durable. I throw mine
into a plastic box where they can rattle around in my checked luggage,
so somebody who babies their pyramids could have even better results.

But are you seeing a true chip? If it's in the center of one of the
four sides, it's probably an artifact of removing the sprue. Many
pyramids, especially large ones, have a small stub of sprue remaining;
a few may have a divot at the sprue site.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprue_%28molding%29

Hope this helps!

--Tom Phoenix