Mike Shaw just told me about another English sundial designer & maker, Mr. David Brown. I had never heard of him before, but any of you who are interested in stone and slate sundials should see his wonderful website. This man is truly a great stone craftsman. I'm surprised that we haven't discussed his work before.
see David Brown's great work at: http://www.davidbrownsundials.com John John L. Carmichael Jr. Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona 85718 USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Aubert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 7:39 AM Subject: Carmicheal technique for making stone dials > Having returned from the NASS conference in Tuscon and having been dazzled > by the beauty and techniques John demonstrated for working with sandstone, > I am energized to attempt something similar using locally available > materials. > > My neighborhood stone supply place sells slate and white/black/green > marble. I know slate is very easy to work with, having made a slate dial > once by simply scribing the lines and numbers with some home-made hardened > steel tools and a straightedge. Marble should also be quite easy to carve, > but I wonder how durable an exposed marble horizontal surface would be > given acid rain and so forth. I also wonder if it would be feasible to use > John's technique (diamond cutting tools with water drip) to work on > granite, which is quite a bit harder. I suspect it might be feasible to > carve the lines, but perhaps not to polish by hand. > > I wonder if John or any of the other list members have any ideas about the > suitability of different types of stone. > > Jack > > - > -
