Luke Coletti contributed > Brass rails with flange fasteners could be an option. Once the brass >hour lines are affixed to the wall you could (as Tony mentioned) "cast" >around the rails with a layer or two of stucco (of proper consistency!). >The relief effect might be appealing. Another option to consider is >sandblasting.
Arising from Luke's suggestion a word of warning to the unwary who might omit to fill the space between the hourlines as he suggests. Don't forget that if you use hourlines which are raised above the dial surface by any significant amount then the origin/root of the shadow-casting edge must lie in the same plane as the *top* of the hourlines and NOT the plane of the dial plate on which they are set. In effect there will be two dials one above the other with the shadow 'climbing' from the lower one up the side of an hourline before arriving 'late' top centre of the upper dial hourline. Such arrangements are always a compromise. The same applies to deep cut broad hourlines but in reverse. Guess how I found this out? The hard way of course! Tony Moss.
