Dear fellow dialists
Laurel Browning has asked me to inform the list that she has ordered
a new run of castings for the sundial. Orders received by December 1st
will now be shipped by Christmas. She also asked me to advise
interested persons that she is not able to accept payment by credit
Dear Roger
As you say, it is unfortunate that I should air this dirty laundry
in public. I do feel, however, that this is a close-knit group of kindred
spirits more than a general public. Plus, I am feeling somewhat desperate
having spent many hours and some of my own money ineffectually, it
At 11:00 AM 5/11/99 +0100, Tony Moss wrote:
Unfortunately aluminium shrinks 3/16 per foot of pattern size when cast
so castings cannot be used as 'patterns for themselves' although it
should be possible to use them to design replacement items in steel for
modern 'shell moulding' techniques.
I'm not a member but here's the contact info:
Dr. Andre Bouchard, Secretaire General
La Commission des Cadrans solaires du Quebec
42, av. de la Brunante
Outremont (Montreal)
Quebec H3T 1R4
Canada
tel: 514-341-3997
fax: 514-341-3997
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 11 May 1999 [EMAIL
At 04:42 PM 5/10/99 -0600, Jim_Cobb wrote:
Thanks for the link... These are beautiful, and reasonably priced.
Do any of the subscribers to this list own any of these items?
... have any recommendations? I'm considering one of the explorer
sundials.
Jim
Hi Jim,
I own an Aquitaine Dial by
Dear David Gagnon,
It is unfortunate that you chose such a public forum for your complaint but
perhaps I can help. I am familiar with the Schmoyer dial, having coveted
one since reading the article in the 1960 Book of Projects for the Amateur
Scientist by Scientific American. The design has
Reference: R. Bailey's last sentence below:
Hooray!
At last!
An operational definition for Sufficient Precision!
Proposed by an engineer, of course.
(For those of you unfamiliar with the traditional relationship between
Canadian engineering students and Lady Godiva it was
...an engineer, of
Roger Bailey contributed:-
Years ago, an acquaintance of mine purchased a set of
Schmoyer castings but, to my knowledge, he has not completed the project
(machining or assembly). Would these be useful as patterns to reproduce the
missing pieces? Let me know if this is worth follow up.
second try:
My dear dialist friends,
I beg your indulgence for this long post but I believe that it
regards a matter of some importance to all of us.
Many of you are familiar with the Sunquest sundial which is shown
in Waugh's book. This beautiful dial was once available in kit form,
as a set
Luke Coletti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For those interested the URL to Morrison Associates is listed below. I
certainly hope that one of the most famous of gnomon designs will be
recovered. Schmoyer's dial is a classic.
http://www.shepherdswatch.ca/
-Luke
Thanks for the link... These are
For those interested the URL to Morrison Associates is listed below. I
certainly hope that one of the most famous of gnomon designs will be
recovered. Schmoyer's dial is a classic.
http://www.shepherdswatch.ca/
-Luke
I think you missed the point! However, yes I have one - namely, The
Aquitain. Don't be afraid to let them know you're not interested until
they give up the goods.
-Luke
Jim_Cobb wrote:
Luke Coletti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For those interested the URL to Morrison Associates is listed
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