Anselmo requestd, > >Now my doubts lie in materials: I have been talking to people hwo knows about >road construction and things like these and every one of them tells me a >different >thing about laying the numbers and the decorations. Any suggestion from you?
Ably assisted by Graham Aldred we recently laid out a 5 metre analemmatic at Brocks Hill Ecology Park near Leicester in England. The client wanted a full ellipse rather than just the daylight hours so the numerals are laid out as seventeen profiled 'suns' and seven 'stars' to complete the feature. The hour plates were laser-cut from 6mm 'brushed' stainless steel, each with a different wild creature of the day or night deep-etched for children to do 'brass rubbings' on paper. The central 'calendar strip' is also 6mm stainless steel with engraved numerals etc. and laser-cut sunface ends. For security each plate has four flash-butt-welded nuts underneath with long security bolts set in concrete. Polymer 'tarmac' fills the spaces level. JPEGs of the finished dial and/or individual hourplates etc. on request. Tony Moss. -
