Hello Leandro,
Welcome to the sundial community. A three metre equatorial dial sounds
ambitious, but the geometry is very simple compared with some dials.
I hope we will be able to offer advice, so please post to the list anything you
are unsure about. This could include such practical issues
Leandro,
A three meters diameter equatorial sundial is a big size for a sundial!
I placed a one meter diameter equatorial sundial on a square in the
town where I am living, Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium).
The pole-style, usually a rod, has been replaced by a slit in a wide
strip of metal.
Hello,
Willy, my compliments on the equatorial dial you made. It is elegant in its
simplicity and especially in how well you used the materials...I can appreciate
the details.
Leandro, I used 12 rolled c channel for the rings of an 8'-9' diameter
equatorial sundial that I once made...I can
Dear Leandro,
Perhaps you found out already that the sundial in front of the Adler
Planetarium was designed by the great sculptor Henry Moore. He was a
master of simplicity! It certainly is large: 3.6 meter in diameter.
That's why it has such a heavy foot. You can find more about this dial
in
Thanks Chris,
I agree with you that this is an ambitious project but I forgot to tell that
this is a long term project, now I just want to learn more and try to make
smaller sundials.
I have decided to make an equatorial sundial because in my view this is the
better choice in my latitude, I
Hello Willy,
I think that a 3 meters diameter sundial can be held by a good support or even
put on the floor on a concave hole. Do you see any problem in a time ring with
3 meters of diameter?
The little ball in the pole-style is interesting, depending the place you put
it will make a shadow in
Dear Franz,
Henry Moore`s sundials are really very good, they`re simple and at the same
time impressive. I have visited your site before and it was very useful giving
me ideas for my sundial, my first objective is to put the sundial at the floor
in a concave hole, so the problem of overweight
