Hi Tony: I'm not familiar with this dial. You don't happen to know where we can see a picture of the Pilking Gibbs heliochronometer do you; if not, how about a brief description? Why is it so expensive? I bet because it's all hand-tooled by you! If this dial were mass-produced using a different process would it be possible to lower production costs and make it available at a lower price?
I should have added to my description of a "swatch" sundial that it should also be price competitive with the current garden variety dials, otherwise, it would be prohibitively expensive for nearly everyone. Perhaps such a dial isn't possible to manufacture at a low cost. But maybe some other dial design would fit the bill. John >John > >>What the world needs are some beautiful, accurate and durable sundial >>designs that can be adjusted for any location, that tell Standard Time, and >>that can be mass-produced and marketed like the current garden variety. > >The Pilkington Gibbs heliochronometer answers all those criteria and if I can just find 100 people willing to pay approx. £3000/$4800 each I'd consider re-manufacturing them. > >I'll bet I don't get killed in the rush! > >Tony Moss. > > >
