DeltaCad 5

2010-07-31 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! Does any one have the demo version of DeltaCad 5 they are willing to send me? If so, please email me and I will provide you with an email address where the file can be sent. Please do not send it to this address as I am on dial up and it would take forever to receive. Thank you for y

RE: Sundial software

2010-03-28 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Yvon! Thank you very much for making your sundial software, Calcad, available in an English version. I have loaded it and have been trying it out using the sample layouts you included. Having a user's manual in pdf format is really great. Anyone can have fun designing a sundial using

RE: Troublesome things these sundials!

2009-12-08 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
I don't know why you all keep harpin about these shot up signs. Every fall at huntin season my buddy and I use em to site our rifles. So..what's the problem with this? There nice an symetrical so you see how acurate the gun is. We like them hydro pole insilators even better. We shoot at those

New DeltaCad macros

2009-09-01 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! The attached message was sent by Valentin Hristov yesterday but it appears it did not make it to the list. This may be because it contained a small ZIP file that contained the macro files. Perhaps the system does not allow messages with this type of file to pass. In any case, this is

RE: Symbols for Sunrise and Sunset

2009-08-15 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Frank! The attached is an interesting Chinese symbol for the setting sun. The squiggly line above the sun gives a clear indication of its direction. By inverting this line you then have a symbol for the rising sun. These symbols could be CADilized and simplified as required. Carl Sab

A Dialling Opportunity for Artists and Diallists

2009-08-01 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! An opportunity like this doesn't come by very often. The City of Bowie, Maryland is calling for artists to apply to construct a large working sundial as described on their web page http://www.cityofbowie.org/Default.asp?ItemID=279&rcid=98&pcid=97&cid=98 and listed below. And apparentl

Some Interesting Dialling Developments

2009-07-18 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I am writing to let you know about a couple of dialling developments that I am sure you will find very interesting. The first is an incredible new DeltaCad macro authored by Valentin Hristov. I am sure you will agree that all his creations are, as Tony the tiger says,...GRAT! His

RE: pupil project

2009-06-23 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Thomas! I forgot to mention Simon Wheaton-Smith's web site Illustrating Shadows found at: http://www.illustratingshadows.com/ There's a lot of cool dialling stuff there. When you get to his site check out the upper right side of his page. There you will find links to two pages called

RE: pupil project

2009-06-23 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
OOPS!! Made a mistake on the address. http://www.mysundial.ca/tsp/tsp_index.html -Original Message- From: Carl & Barbara Sabanski [mailto:saban...@escape.ca] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:36 PM To: 'Thomas Steiner'; 'Sundial Mailing List' Subject: RE: pupil pr

RE: pupil project

2009-06-23 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Thomas! If you are looking for paper sundials I would like to invite you to visit The Sundial Primer. I have 21 different models you can choose from. Some are quite simple and some more complex. It would be possible to build more than one of the simpler sundials in the time you have.

North American Sundial Society

2009-05-03 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! The NASS web site has a new look! Check it out at: http://www.sundials.org/index.php Happy Dialling! Carl Sabanski www.mysundial.ca --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

MYSUNDIAL.CA - THE BEST SUNDIAL WEB SITE!

2009-02-26 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! At the start of this new year I spent some time working on my web site after it had been dormant for some time. I would like to invite those who are new to the list and those who have not been to my site for a while to visit The Sundial Primer. Some of the areas that have been modifie

RE: glue for stone dials

2008-08-10 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Rodney! As part of the construction of the Pinawa Heritage Sundial, I was involved in the installation of some signage. These were made of granite tablets from a local quarry. A couple were installed on the vertical face of limestone monoliths and a number were placed on a sloped concr

Request for suggestions

2008-04-23 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Mac! Please check out the following web site for a product that can be used to blacken stainless steel at room temperature. I have no idea how good it is or how much is required. You can contact the company for further info. http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/black.htm Scroll to the

RE: A new mosaic Analemmatic, in Australia - plus a 'suggestion', for this List

2008-04-17 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! It seems that a number of people are interested in seeing photos of their "Dialling Friends". We see the names of diallists and individuals interested in dialling on various web sites and on the SML but who are they. If you are willing to send me your photo, where you are located and

FW: new feature in Orologi Solari

2008-03-09 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Gian! That is an excellent feature you have added to your program. I am sure there are many out there taking photos just to try it out. You are doing a great job and I appreciate the fact that you are willing to share your hard work with the rest of us. I look foreward to seeing your

DeltaCad Sundial Macro - Learning How to Write Them

2008-03-07 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! As many of you are aware, Valentin Hristov wrote an excellent DeltaCad sundial macro for a bifilar sundial that can be designed in any arbitrary position. This macro can actually be used to design 13 different sundials. I have never attempted to write a macro and I thought a good way

RE: DeltaCad Macros and Virtual Dials

2008-02-22 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! Excellent work! I really like what you have done. One real sundial...one virtually real sundial. Thank you for sharing your creations and keep up the good work. I am sure that everyone is looking foreward to your next creation. Happy Dialling! Carl -Original Message- F

Monumental Sundial

2008-02-14 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I have been trying to understand the consequences of shadow tapering on a monumental sundial a little better. To help visualize this I have attached an image I modified from Wikipedia. From previous emails I come up with the following. If the shadow casting object is cylindrical the

RE: Monumental Sundial

2008-02-11 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl & Barbara Sabanski Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 4:43 PM To: Sundial Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: Monumental Sundial Sunny Day! It was a bright sunny day here in the Great White North. Sunny because it was about min

RE: picture size

2008-02-11 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! My photos were purposely sized to be below the maximum limit of which I am well aware. In any case, if the size limit is exceeded the message will not make it through. I am on dialup so I am very aware of how long it takes to download large files. I not only reduced the size and reso

Monumental Sundial

2008-02-10 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! It was a bright sunny day here in the Great White North. Sunny because it was about minus 29 degrees C. I went to the shed and got a couple of sticks, one being the handle from an old broom and the other from a rake. I am sure that most of you have done similar experiments. I stuck

A New Year - More New DeltaCad Sundial Macros

2008-02-06 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! If you are looking for an interesting sundial design to try out, Valentin Hristov has taken care of that. Valentin's latest creation is the cylinder sundial macro. You may immediately think this is a macro to draw a Shepherd's sundial. Nope. This is a macro that will draw a sundial

DeltaCad For Sale

2008-01-26 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! If you have $1.4M burning a hole in your pocket you can buy DeltaCad. http://www.businessesforsale.co.za/southafrican/Retail-Computer-Aided-Design -Software-Business-For-Sale.aspx Happy Dialling! Carl Sabanski www.mysundial.ca --- http

RE: Dialist for PDA

2008-01-22 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Peter! If you are running spreadsheets on your PDA you may also want to try Ricardo Cernic's "Excel-lent" application "SUN". You can find it at: http://www.mysundial.ca/tsp/sun.html Happy Dialling! Carl Sabanski -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

DeltaCad Sundial and Dialling Related Macros

2008-01-20 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! With the permission of Simon Wheaton-Smith I now have a web page providing an overview of his many DeltaCad sundial and dialling related macros. Thank you Simon! The Sundial Primer is now host to a total of 63 DeltaCad sundial and dialling related macros written by a number of diallis

RE: Bifilar Sundial DeltaCad Macro

2008-01-13 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! With Valentin's help I have prepared a page illustrating some of the features of this excellent new macro. Please check it out and if you have not downloaded the macro yet go to Valentin's main page and I have all of them zipped in a single file. Valentin also has them available on hi

RE: Skylight Dial

2007-12-31 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I would not be so hasty. This sundial is located in a 3 storey tower so the photograph may not necessarily depict it accurately. The second paragraph of the following page would indicate that some thought was given to the design of this sundial. http://www.aiachicago.org/special_feat

RE: Skylight Dial

2007-12-31 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I have looked at the photo of this sundial and it could actually be a functional sundial. It is New Years Eve and I could be a little hammered so I guess I could be wrong. Please let me know if I am. I have attached a photo of the sundial with the hour lines extended. They appear to

RE: new program for dial design

2007-12-28 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I have downloaded and used your program and would like to thank you for making it available for free for all to use. In case you haven't yet tried this sundial design software it is available in three languages; Italian, English and Czech. Although the help file is available only in I

RE: More DeltaCad Sundial Macros

2007-12-20 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
sef Pastor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 6:44 PM To: 'Carl & Barbara Sabanski' Cc: 'Sundial Mailing List (E-mail)' Subject: AW: More DeltaCad Sundial Macros Dear Carl and others, I am not very familiar with CAD-Software. Nevertheless my quest

More DeltaCad Sundial Macros

2007-12-19 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I have just posted on The Sundial Primer an exciting new sundial macro written by Valentin Hristov. This macro will draw a bifilar sundial for any location and for any arbitrary orientation. It has many features that you just have to check out. But it does not end there! This macro

Equation of Time Booklet and Calendar - 2008

2007-12-12 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I invite you to come and get a copy of a handy Equation of Time booklet and/or calendar for 2008. It's yours for the taking. http://www.mysundial.ca/tsp/eot_booklet.html Happy Dialling! Carl Sabanski www.mysundial.ca Get "Hooked on Gnomonics!" ---

RE: DeltaCad Sundial Macros

2007-11-13 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
. Carl -Original Message- From: John Carmichael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:03 AM To: 'Carl & Barbara Sabanski' Cc: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: DeltaCad Sundial Macros Hello Carl: Your DC macro pages are great and will help a lot of people.

DeltaCad Sundial Macros

2007-11-12 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I have been working on a new section of The Sundial Primer called DeltaCad Sundial Macros. I do not know how to write macros but I have tried to provide information on the use of some existing ones. Some of you have no doubt encountered these particular macros but perhaps some of you

Computer Aided Dialling - Solid Edge

2007-10-31 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I just downloaded and installed the FREE 2D drafting package from Solid Edge. They also offer one of the premier 3D drawing software packages available. If you are interested in getting this free software visit: http://www.ugs.com/en_us/products/velocity/solidedge/free2d/index.shtml

RE: Web Page Authoring

2007-08-25 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
o focus in. Happy Web Page Authoring! Carl -Original Message- From: Willy Leenders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:12 AM To: Carl & Barbara Sabanski Cc: Sundial Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: Re: Web Page Authoring Hello Carl and all,

Web Page Authoring

2007-08-24 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! Have you thought about creating your own web site but just don't know how to do it. What's HTML? Heck...I don't know but that hasn't stopped me from developing my own site. I was looking through a brochure from a college located in a city not too far from here. They send these out t

Computer Aided Dialling

2007-08-12 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! A couple of weeks ago I was told about a free computer aided design package called ProgeCAD. I visited the site and sure enough they provided free software but the new version, ProgeCAD Smart, has been coming since January 2007. That was a bit of a bummer. If you are interested check

RE: Frying Pan Sundial

2007-07-11 Thread Carl & Barbara Sabanski
e from 6 to 6 (5 to 7 DT) intersects the north south line. The angles are not evenly spaced 15º apart but vary with latitude. This is Build a Simple Sundial lesson 101. Regards, Roger Bailey - Original Message ----- From: "Carl & Barbara Sabanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "

Frying Pan Sundial

2007-07-11 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! A new Canadian magazine called Metalcraft came out about a couple of years ago. It is intended for individuals (artists and craftspeople) who already enjoy working with metal or would like to learn. Their web site is: www.metalcraftmag.com In their 2006 spring issue there was an art

RE: Help Oscar!

2007-07-10 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Andrew! I invite you to visit my web site The Sundial Primer at: www.mysundial.ca/tsp/tsp.html I have a very simple equatorial sundial kit that would probably work well in the classroom. Please check it out. Thank you for the plug Simon. Happy Dialling! Carl Sabanski www.mysundial.

RE: Equation of Time

2007-06-01 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Duane? As you suggest it is possible to incorporate the Equation of Time into a garden variety horizontal sundial. However it must be done to each individual hour line in the form of an analemma, which is in the shape of an "8". If used, it is normally done only on the full hours. I a

RE: Waterproof papers

2007-05-18 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
ECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 6:25 PM To: Carl & Barbara Sabanski Cc: Sundial List Subject: RE: Waterproof papers Hi Carl, You wrote: >If the cylinder azimuth sundial was printed on normal paper and then >laminated that would give a durable dial. Thanks for the suggestion. Alas,

RE: Waterproof papers

2007-05-18 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! This comment is off Mac's original topic but deals with Edley's comment regarding thermal expansion. What I use for a number of my models is GE RTV100 Series Silicon Rubber Adhesive Sealant. It is what I used for gluing the card stock Shepherd's sundial to the paper tube used for the

RE: Reversed Italian Hours or "Hours Til Sunset" Sundial

2007-05-09 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
From: John Carmichael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:16 PM To: 'Carl & Barbara Sabanski'; 'Sundial Mailing List (E-mail)' Subject: RE: Reversed Italian Hours or "Hours Til Sunset" Sundial Hi Carl: Your webpage on using Delta Cad

Reversed Italian Hours or "Hours Til Sunset" Sundial

2007-05-09 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! The last little while there has been quite a discussion regarding Italian hours and sundials that indicate hours left until sunset. Perhaps there is someone out there who is thinking: "Wow! I sure would like to build one of those sundial. How do I do it?" Never fear...The Sundial Pr

Some Great Utilities!

2007-05-01 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! A little while back I posted a message regarding a "Utilities" page I have included at The Sundial Primer. Since then I have thought about the process of "printing" a drawing from DeltaCad that could be easily used by a print shop. It is possible to export a jpg file of your drawing b

Computer Aided Dialling

2007-04-15 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I was cruising the internet and ended up at forum where there was an ongoing discussion about DeltaCad and some other CAD programs. There was mention of a package called CadStd and I found the website at the following address: www.cadstd.com The author of this program has two version

Computer Aided Dialling

2007-04-10 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! A little while back I wrote regarding a series of instruction sets that were available at The Sundial Primer. They included: Getting Started with DeltaCad DeltaCad Shortcut Keys DeltaCad and Your Sundial DeltaCad and Your Vertical Declining Sundial Getting Started with ZW2000 ZW2000 a

"Sun" Version 5.2 and "Convert" and MORE!

2007-04-01 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! For all you new users of Ricardo Cernic's great Excel application "Sun", version 5.2 has just been released. Please note that this will be last major revision of this application for a while. But this version is worth getting. The major item is the addition of a new sheet called "Clo

RE: "SUN": created by Ricardo Cernic

2007-03-25 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
al Message- From: Carl & Barbara Sabanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 8:15 PM To: Sundial Mailing List (E-mail) Cc: 'Ricardo Cernic' Subject:"SUN": created by Ricardo Cernic Sunny Day! I would like to introduce you to the work o

DeltaCad Manual and Other Cool Items

2007-03-24 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I was roaming around the DeltaCad site and found this link where they offer a printed manual. If you are a real DeltaCad fan there are other items to be had. Check it out! http://www.cafepress.com/deltacad Happy Dialling! Carl Sabanski www.mysundial.ca "Get Hooked on Gnomonics!" --

Computer Aided Dialling - CAD

2007-03-23 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! A little while back I wrote to tell you about a series of instructions I had written to help anyone interested get started with ZW2000 and DeltaCad. At that time these instruction sets were offered only on "The Sundial Primer on CD". The reason for this was the very large file sizes t

"SUN": created by Ricardo Cernic

2007-03-17 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I would like to introduce you to the work of diallist Ricardo Cernic. Ricardo has developed an excellent Excel spreadsheet application that I am certain you will find very useful. This application is called "SUN" and consists of a number of pages that include the "Ephemeris of the Sun"

Font Templates for a Human Sundial

2007-02-19 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! Are you planning to build a human sundial or an interactive horizontal shadow plane sundial in the near future? If you are you will need a set of numbers for the hours and letters for the date scale? I have created templates for 31 font styles that include selected numbers and letters

Laser Trigon

2007-02-05 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I would like to thank everyone who provided feedback to my email. It was very useful to hear all your opinions on the subject. Happy Dialling! Carl Sabanski www.mysundial.ca "Get Hooked on Gnomonics!" --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mai

Laser Trigon

2007-02-04 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! Over the last while I have been thinking about a laser trigon. Not one made out of brass with precision engravings and a high cost to go along with it. But one made out of rigid styrofoam board and scales printed on card stock and a low cost to go along with it. I realize that it stil

The Sundial Primer - The "Inclinometer"

2007-01-21 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! Okay, so there's this spot that calls out to you every time you go by: "PLEASE.I want a sundial!". But you keep ignoring it. Why? Because it's a sloped surface and you just don't feel inclined to find its inclination. Well then, come and check out the latest "SDU Cool Tool". It'

RE: DeltaCad Macro for Merchant Card Dial

2007-01-16 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! The Sundial Mail Archive does not normally make attachments available. It is interesting to note that it appears archived messages with DeltaCad Basic file attachments include the file as text after the main body of the message. So the Basic files then get archived too. Happy Diallin

Sundial Furniture - "Maker's Mark"

2007-01-06 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! Most of you are familiar with a piece of sundial furniture called a "maker's mark". And some diallists have developed their own unique mark that they use to "sign" their creations with. These "maker's marks" can be a diallists initials or a symbol that holds some special meaning to th

The Sundial Primer - Universal Ring Sundial Kit

2007-01-04 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! At Sunny Day U you will now find a universal ring sundial kit. It comes in two styles, one with a string gnomon and the other with an aperture gnomon. There are a total of six different models. Please come and check them out at: http://www.mysundial.ca/sdu/sdu_universal_ring_sundial.

RE: Slanted Roman Numerals

2006-12-24 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! Thank you very much for sharing your techniques with us. I do not have Adobe Illustrator but I have a program called CorelDRAW, which I have not used very much. I know that it does not have all the capabilities of AI but with your detailed description Tony I will see if I can perform

Slanted Roman Numerals

2006-12-23 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I have noticed on a number of different sundials that the Roman numerals used for the hour numbers are sloped to match the angle of the hour line. Is a special font, technique or combination of the two used to do this? I, and I am sure others, would be very interested in learning how t

The Pinawa Heritage Sundial - A PowerPoint Presentation

2006-12-22 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! A couple of years ago I put together a PowerPoint presentation illustrating the design and construction of our town's monumental sundial. It summarizes some of what is on the main web site I created. I rediscovered this file and am making it available at The Sundial Primer. Many of y

The Sundial Primer - Globe Sundial Kit

2006-12-03 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I do believe this may be the only paper (and Styrofoam) globe sundial kit in the world. But I've been wrong before. The globe sundial was a little more difficult than I expected but I did get it together in the end. Anyway, if I can do it you can do it. Check it out at: http://www.

The Sundial Primer - Standard Time Equatorial Sundial

2006-11-15 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! After presenting my sundial kit for a standard time equatorial sundial model I received comments dealing with the fact that it only works for half the year. I have attempted to resolve this problem with a modified kit that is now available. A comment was made that the sundial looked a

The Sundial Primer - Standard Time Equatorial Sundial

2006-11-04 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! A little while ago I posted an image of an equatorial sundial that could be adjusted to correct for longitude and the Equation of Time. That was a conceptual drawing. I now have a sundial kit available for this sundial. It incorporates vernier scales to assist in accurately positionin

Heliochronometer Card Dials

2006-10-24 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! This isn't a card dial but it is made of paper and might just get you to lunch on time. It could work for the application that Gerard Hughes spoke about. It can be adjusted for latitude, longitude and the equation of time. Unfortunately it will only work for half the year. It is an equat

The Sundial Primer - Sundial Kits

2006-10-18 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! Over the past little while I have posted a couple more paper sundial kits, which you will find at Sunny Day U. I now have kits available for 12 types of sundials. There are a total of 38 models you can build, 19 for the Northern Hemisphere and 19 for the Southern Hemisphere. These su

"mySUNDIAL Forum"

2006-08-27 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day! I have just completed setting up the "mySUNDIAL Forum" and invite you to come and visit. http://www.mysundial.ca/mysundialforum/phpBB2/index.php The format of the forum is such that visitors can go to separate areas where they can ask questions or find resources. If you have a web si

The Sundial Primer - Paper Sundial Kits

2006-08-07 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, I have just posted a number of new paper sundial kits at Sunny Day U. There is one that may be of particular interest to some of you. It is a combination horizontal and analemmatic sundial. I have laid out the dial plate on an 8-1/2" by 11" sheet of paper and maximized their size. T

RE: "Egyptian" sundial

2006-08-07 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, The site has a lot of pages but here is how to get to the photos. If you go to "The Project" and then for example "The Gnomon" you will end up at this page: http://www.mts.net/~sabanski/sundial/phs_gnomon.htm On the side bar you go to "Gnomon Photos" and there are a series of pages w

RE: "Egyptian" sundial

2006-08-06 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, I don't know how important it is, but I have a site showing the development of a monumental sundial located in my community that I was the project leader for. It was a millennium project. There are many photos that show the construction of all the various parts of the sundial; gnomon,

RE: another decorative sundial

2006-07-06 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day John, Not too long ago I prepared a document that tries to explain what to look for when purchasing a sundial. It covers horizontal, vertical and equatorial ring sundials. It has 25 pages of information and includes many illustrations. It also includes the "Check-A-Dial", a device tha

The Sundial Primer - Vertical Direct East & West Sundials "Dialling Guide"

2006-06-12 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, So, what do you get when you renumber the hour lines of a bunch of Polar Sundial "Dialling Guide"? A bunch of Vertical Direct East & West Sundials "Dialling Guides". I have posted these most recent "Dialling Guides" along with instructions for anyone interested. The Sundial Primer/Su

The Sundial Primer - Equatorial Ring Sundial "Dialling Guides"

2006-06-02 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, I have just posted a number of "Dialling Guides" and instructions for a series of equatorial ring sundials as follows: 1. Sizes: 4 to 10 inches in diameter in 1/4 inch increments; Time Range: as required; Time Increment: 10 minutes 2. Sizes: 4 to 10 inches in diameter in 1/4 inch incre

The Sundial Primer - "Check-A-Dial"

2006-05-28 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, If you have downloaded the "Check-A-Dial" file please note that some additional information has been added to the equatorial sundial section, which now makes up the final page. I had forgotten to include this. Also there is an additional file that has slightly larger versions of the "

The Sundial Primer - "Check-A-Dial"

2006-05-25 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, A little while ago there was some discussion regarding providing sundial buyers with a guide to assist them with the purchase of a sundial. A guide to tell them what to look for if they are serious about getting a functional and accurate sundial. Comments were made that it is difficul

The Sundial Primer - "Correct-A-Dial II"

2006-05-17 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, Recently I sent and email with an attachment of the "Correct-A-Dial II" This is a fill in the blanks graph that displays the combined Equation of Time and longitude correction at a single location. The "Correct-A-Dial II" is now available in a format I'm sure many will like...completed

Solar Time Sundials

2006-05-14 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, One of the problems with having a sundial that reads local apparent or solar time is finding a quick and convenient way of converting the sundial time to clock time at your location. As you know this means applying the corrections for longitude and the Equation of Time. Not always so

RE: Conical Gnomon Advantages

2006-05-09 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day,   I tried this out with a CAD drawing.  I have attached a small file that shows the results.   The circle is 1.5" in diameter with a 0.25" diameter hole and the square is 1.5" with a 0.25" square hole.  Both plates are 1/16" thick.  These objects are parallel to a horizontal su

Re: Buyer's Guide

2006-05-06 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, One effective way to get new information, such as the "Buyer's Guide", out to the general public interested in dialling is using "The Sundial Forum" on the NASS site. If you have something to share this is a great place to make an announcement that will be seen by others than the "Sund

The Sundial Primer - Horizontal Shadow Plane Sundial

2006-04-24 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, If you are looking for an interactive sundial that is a little bit different, then you might want to build a shadow plane sundial. I believe that there are not many of these larger sundials in existence, however, I have found a couple of them on the internet. There are a total of 81 "

The Sundial Primer - Analemmatic Sundial "Dialling Guides"

2006-04-18 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, It is really great to see some new sundials as we have over the last couple of days. If there are more out there please share them. If you are looking for a sundial project for your yard, school, playground or community perhaps you may want to consider a "person-sized" analemmatic sun

RE: Question on calculating arcsin

2006-03-27 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day Andrew,   You mention that you are designing a sundial for a window.  You do not say what type of design you will be using.  Will the dial plate be inside or outside?  Will the gnomon be mounted on the inside or outside?  You probably have taken the following into consideration bu

Re: site examiner

2006-03-23 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, On my web site "The Sundial Primer" I have a page "Sun Charts" that shows the dialling data that can be obtained from these charts. I have also compiled a number of sun charts that are available on "The Sundial Primer on CD". These charts indicate local apparent or solar time and the

Butterfield Sundial

2006-03-03 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, At times I visit eBay to see what sundial items may be available. There's usually a lot of stuff but few unique items However, today I noticed their featured item, which is a Butterfield sundial. It is worth taking a look at and there is only one day of bidding left. There are quite

The Sundial Primer - Polar Sundial "Dialling Guides"

2006-03-01 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, If you are interested in designing a polar sundial with the aid of a template, I have recently added a number of "Dialling Guides" to my web site that can help you to just that. There are 5 "Dialling Guides" from which you can design 102 polar sundials. There is also a set of instruct

"The Sundial Primer on CD" Bonus Items

2006-01-15 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, When I first offered my web site on CD, I included a number of 3-dimensional virtual sundials, which are not available on the web site, as a bonus. I have now added a couple of additional items that some of you may find useful. As there are a large number of files, over 1150, which ta

The Sundial Primer - "Dialliong Guides"

2005-11-19 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, I invite you to come and check out the “Dialling Guide”. The purpose of the "Dialling Guides" is to provide an easy method for laying out the hour lines for a number of horizontal and vertical sundials located at various latitudes in either the Northern or Southern Hemispheres. The "D

Virtual Sundials

2005-09-24 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, Not too long ago there was a message about sharing computer generated sundial designs. This sounds like a great idea! I have started a page on my "Sunny Day U" site called "Fun-ky Sundials". I would like to invite diallists who have virtual sundials to consider posting them on this

RE: Is it possible to determine when the sun is due East & West?

2005-09-16 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Hello David, I believe that I can offer a method that "might" meet the requirements of this group. However, it will depend upon the clarification of a couple of points. What do the terms "exact" and "precisely" mean in this case? What deviation, if any, is allowed? And can "modern technology"

Invitation

2005-09-12 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Sunny Day, I would like to invite you to come and visit my web site listed below. The Sundial Primer has expanded significantly over the last few months and a new section, Sunny Day U, has been added. Information about a number of additional sundials, over two dozen in total, has been added as

Canadian SGS - Eh!

2005-02-25 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Good day, I have just completed work on a stained glass sundial. I think that it has turned out well and I have received some positive comments about it from my friends. It has a tropical flavour and with the temperatures dropping down to -40°C around here we can use some tropical. It is a ver

RE: Gnomen

2005-02-18 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Hello Robert, If you visit my web site you may find some information that may be useful to you. The Sundial Primer: http://www.mts.net/~sabanski/sundial/tsp/tsp.html If you go to the page "The Wide Gnomon" there is an illustration of the type of gnomon that I believe Silas Higgon was speaking o

Ring Sundial, etc.

2004-12-23 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Good day, I have searched the internet in an attempt to find information regarding the design of ring sundials. In particular, I am trying to find free design software that will provide a display of the design, which then can be used for construction. I have not been successful. If anyone has

The Sundial Primer

2004-12-17 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara Sabanski
Good day, I have been working on a sundial site for some time now that attempts to provide novice diallists with the tools necessary to design and build a number of different sundials. It illustrates the use of some of the free design software available on the net. I hope that those individuals

"SUNDIALS" Web Ring

2000-12-11 Thread Carl &amp; Barbara SABANSKI
Hello I'm Carl and I am from a small community called Pinawa in the province of Manitoba in Canada.  I have been enjoying the information that has been passing through this sundial mailing list for almost a year now.  There's always something new to discuss and share. I have visited many,