Somewhere recently, I read in a trade magazine, that a stainless steel outdoor work of art, had to undergo a factory process to stop rust setting in. I will try to find it again. David Pawley BSS member 006. > > From: "Roger Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu 17/Oct/2002 17:42 CEST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: stainless steel sundials > > Hello David, Patrick and all, > > I once built an equatorial dial from 12" stainless steel pipe sections. The > good news is that the material 316 SS was easy to work with hand tools. The > bad news is, as Patrick notes below, the surface contrast was low on the > bright metal so it was difficult to read. The surface was not finished or > polished but the contrast was still low. Twenty years later it is still as > bright as it was when it was built. > > Roger Bailey > Walking Shadow Designs > N 51 W 115 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Patrick Powers > Sent: October 17, 2002 7:21 AM > To: INTERNET:[email protected] > Subject: stainless steel sundials > > > Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] > > >I am in the early stages of a project that is likely to involves the > making > of a stainless steel sundial< > > Do be careful and do some experiments with the finish you intend to use > because stainless steel can sometimes not produce > enough contrast between shade and light for the dial to be very useful. > > Patrick > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Forwarding addresses: > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.dunelm.org.uk/homepages?patrick_powers > Lat: N 51d. 49m. 09s: Long: W 00d. 21m. 53s > > - > > > - >
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