Hi once more: Just read all your e-mails on drawing hour lines by shadow tracing. Chris Lusby Taylor pointed out that it would be difficult to trace the whole hour line because the shadow is constantly moving; so he suggested drawing a point on the hour line first and then visually guestimating the entire hour line's position on the ground. This seems like it might cause small errors in the hour lines because it is based on a guesstimate and not an actual shadow tracing.
I have an idea, though, that might facilitate drawing an hour line from the face edge to the center: How about first marking only the hour points as Chris suggests. Then, at night, fasten a high power, tightly focused flashlight to a ladder to simulate the sun. Position the light so that the style's shadow falls on the hour point that was marked earlier using the sun. The wiggly hour line could then be traced at one's convenience using an unmoving "sun". Whadaya think? John
