In a message dated 10/15/00 11:58:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Hi Tony:
I now polish the engraved brass compass rosettes that I often inlay into my
dials. I have been using an electric palm sander with 1500 grit sandpaper
wetted with water and a tiny bit of
Hi Tony:
I now polish the engraved brass compass rosettes that I often inlay into my
dials. I have been using an electric palm sander with 1500 grit sandpaper
wetted with water and a tiny bit of detergent. I want the surface to be as
shiny as possible.
This procedure works fairly well but
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Chuck Nafziger contributed:
In regards to finishes friendly to shadow definition: matte white is my
choice.
I don't think anyone could disagree with that.
Well, you might consider a slightly darker colour like sand or beige. My
Chuck Nafziger contributed:
In regards to finishes friendly to shadow definition: matte white is my
choice.
I don't think anyone could disagree with that.
When I made the dial, I blackened the engraved letters, numbers and time
ticks. When the dial was new, the contrast made the numbers
John Carmichael wrote:
I now polish the engraved brass compass rosettes that I often inlay into my
dials. I have been using an electric palm sander with 1500 grit sandpaper
wetted with water and a tiny bit of detergent. I want the surface to be as
shiny as possible.
This procedure works
choice.
I made a large equatorial disk dial. At 30 diameter it was large enough to
have a steel core with brass around the outside in which the numbers and
minute ticks were engraved. Adjacent to this is matte white terrazzo. The
terrazzo shows even dim shadows. The brass has never been
Thibaud Taudin-Chabot commented
Toni: I see the gnomon being refelcted on the surface. My experience is in
that case that it is rather difficult to read the shadow instead of the
refelxion. I suggest to mat the surface slightly to increase the readability.
Thibaud
Agreed! This is the
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... A photo of a dial similar to the one made for Patrick Moore can
be seen on the internet at
http://www.lindisun.demon.co.uk/smallest.htm
I have a question for Tony Moss about the dial pictured. Unless there
is another scale
... A photo of a dial similar to the one made for Patrick Moore can
be seen on the internet at
http://www.lindisun.demon.co.uk/smallest.htm
I have a question for Tony Moss about the dial pictured. Unless there
is another scale on the back we can't see or the dial plate can be
turned
Arthur Carlson wrote:
... A photo of a dial similar to the one made for Patrick Moore can
be seen on the internet at
http://www.lindisun.demon.co.uk/smallest.htm
I have a question for Tony Moss about the dial pictured. Unless there
is another scale on the back we can't see or the
Art Carlson queried
... A photo of a dial similar to the one made for Patrick Moore can
be seen on the internet at
http://www.lindisun.demon.co.uk/smallest.htm
I have a question for Tony Moss about the dial pictured. Unless there
is another scale on the back we can't see or the dial
Dial folk,
The following press release was posted yesterday on Usenet's sci.astro
newsgroup. Note that the Millennium Award, to be presented to Sir
Patrick Moore, includes an engraved sundial, crafted by none other
than our own sundial mailing list's Tony Moss!
I suspect that all of this
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