[STATUS] - January 2019 (Update Jan 23rd, 8:30pm AEST) (Patreon)
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(Update Jan 23rd, 8:00pm AEST)
Putting some of the India Ink buttons I made in the line visibility vid to good use in this next video (Short Video)
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(Update Jan 19th, 6:00pm AEST)
I have spent the last week testing out a hunch about how a series of very challenging cuts within the mechanism may have been made, and I now have a good working prototype of the tool to demonstrate the idea - A new fragments video all about making and using it is now in progress.
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(Update Jan 3rd, 6:30pm AEST)
Shooting complete for the next video, a deep dive on possible marking out materials in preparation for the main dial work - narration and graphics to come over the next 2 days
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(Update Dec 20th, 9am AEST)
A follow up fragments vid is in progress on potential marking out materials. One of the methods I've tested so far is copper sulphate for marking up ferrous metals - also grows spectacular crystals from solution.
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(Update Nov 23rd, 5:30pm AEST)
A Jewellers Hammer just prior to heat treating. Full drawings and how-to in the next TGT.
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(Update Nov 20th, 8:30am AEST)
(Short Video) No mill? No problem, go old school - cross-slide milling
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(Update Nov 16th, 5:00pm AEST)
Putting together the next TGT as a set of *5 4 fun lathe/mill projects - all super useful tools that you will keep for a lifetime.
*edit - decided to hold one over as better suited to another video
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(Update October 29th, 6:30pm AEST)
The final shots for BSC Ep#9 are complete with editing to come over the next few days - An in depth look at fine detail etching.
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(Update October 14th, 6:30pm AEST)
Testing on some scrap is the key to getting the performance numbers for an etching system - full details in the next BSC Ep.
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(Update October 9th, 8:30am AEST)
Some localized silvering of the "eclipse season" arc on the Solar Node Display Ring.
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(Update October 4th, 6:00am AEST)
Good arguments from all regarding the name ties, and here's my thinking on the choice:
The device is essentially a modern interpretation rather than a reconstruction, so the precedent of the surrounding modern names provides good guidance. I do see the logical inconsistency that Greenwich is a borough of London, but its kinda hard for a clock guy to go past the significance of Greenwich... We'll call that one a makers pick and we can argue about it for years to come :) so Greenwich & Istanbul it is!
Regarding the name order, the original device shows no particular structure other than to place Constantinople first, presumably due to its importance during the period it was made. A modern user would likely expect to see the list alphabetized, so I've done that and also left (center?) justified the text as per the original. The exception is Washington, D.C. due to length, but I think its still works ok given its position: BSC Latitude Dial - Northern Hemisphere.pdf
For those constructing along in real time, I will publish editable versions of the southern, northern and universal dial artwork with the next plan drop, so you can solve the city name and formatting dilemma to your complete satisfaction - Cheers :)
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OK, I'm making a start on etching the dials for the Byzantine Sundial Calendar, and the final city list for the front dial is in -
Tokyo 3.86% (317 votes)
London 3.6% (295 votes)
New York 3.18% (261 votes)
Rome 2.86% (235 votes)
Moscow 2.71% (222 votes)
Athens 2.57% (211 votes)
Paris 2.5% (205 votes)
Greenwich 2.47% (203 votes)
Beijing 2.46% (202 votes)
Alexandria 2.44% (200 votes)
Zürich 2.4% (197 votes)
Constantinople / Istanbul / Byzantium 2.23% (183 votes)
Hong Kong 2.08% (171 votes)
Amsterdam 2.02% (166 votes)
Washington, D.C. 2.01% (165 votes)
Jerusalem 1.96% (161 votes)
1st reserve: San Francisco 1.89% (155 votes)
I will post a copy of the dial artwork shortly, so that you can help me proof check it for typo's etc.
But before I do that a couple of quick questions for you:
- How would you suggest representing Constantinople / Istanbul / Byzantium? Let me know which of the three options strikes you as most logical, and why.
- Same for Greenwich or London - which is more logical to include and why. (Is there a case for both to be included?)
Cheers,
Chris.