Re: Asking for advice, on starting-up a sundial business

2011-05-24 Thread Bill Gottesman
Hello David, I make and sell sundials as a business-hobby, not a business per-se, so I may not be best suited to answer your question. I sell about 4 sundials per year, ranging from $1,800 to $8,000 each. I also sell about 3 consults each year for sundial layouts at about $75 each. I tell

Re: Asking for advice, on starting-up a sundial business

2011-05-24 Thread Fabio Savian
John I think you are right, I am agree gnomonics must combine art and science, but here they combine money and approximation: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/451238171/Garden_decorations_of_stone_garden_sundial.html Every diallist knows the difference between a sundial and this jam (sorry my

RE: Asking for advice, on starting-up a sundial business

2011-05-24 Thread John Carmichael
Hi David: I doubt anyone can "get rich" by making sundials, but I could be wrong. One big reason for this is that by their very nature, good sundials can't be mass-produced. Every good sundial must be custom-designed and made. So every good dial has a high cost and must be sold at a higher pric

Re: Asking for advice, on starting-up a sundial business

2011-05-24 Thread David Andersson
In message <60c399c951.davey.anders...@gmail.com> David Andersson wrote: > > In message <259dedc851.martina.addisc...@gmail.com> > Martina Addiscott wrote: > > > > As well as Len Honey ("Science Replicas"), if anyone else may like > > to consider producing a commercial 'T

Re: The Photographers Ephemeris software - maybe useful to dialists?

2011-05-24 Thread Mike Shaw
There’s a similar iPad App called LightTrac which isn’t as sophisticated. I see it is a “pay” one at the moment, but appears as freeware every now and then. Mike Shaw 53º 22'N 03º02'W www.wiz.to/sundials --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listi