I have used teak for the base of my sundial. Pictures are on my web site.
It is nice
to work with but does need care. Wood, if available to the public will end
up with
John loves Mary engraved in it.
If I were to want a durable exterior wood I would choose Koa. Hard to work
with but
very
On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Jack Aubert wrote:
IMHO, the bottom line on wood-for-sundials is that wood is basically an
unsuitable medium for this purpose, however there are some synthetic panels
which have woodlike properties and may contain some wood that could work
quite well.
I once stopped
I once had a professor in Design school who said wood is good, and I
agree. I use it for prototypes as well as finished products.
I know of very few materials that can actually stand up to freeze/thaw
for very long periods. Even concrete will fracture, and most outdoor
statuary
A bit tongue in cheek this because I know absolutely nothing about wood and
its properties for dials.
There is a dial at Downside Abbey (in Somerset, England) which was made a
year or two ago by one of the monks from the wood of an old science
laboratory bench used at the Abbey School!! This
Patrick Powers wrote
Not sure what sort of wood is involved in old lab benches though :-)
Very often teak again - especially in older laboratories when it was more
plentiful.
My garage doors are made from Iroko, often referred to as 'African Teak'
or even 'teak substitute', salvaged
Jack Aubert wrote,
I have been wondring how hard it would be to cast a dial out of concrete
...Has anybody tried this? It should be possible to get something that looks
somewhat like stone without the difficulty of stonecarving.
Although I haven't seen it for some years there is/was an
