[Icehouse] Chips

[TheLoneGoldfish]

It's probably just from the flash being taken off.

Thanks (I'm a little less paranoid now)

-Evan

On 10/26/06, Tom Phoenix <rb+wunderland at redcat.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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