Greetings All,
With no chance at learning DP in the near future and the impending doom of 2012 we might want to resurrect the astrolabe! Check out this TED presentation:
MTSKIER
I absolutely love all of the talks on TED. I’m saving this one for tomorrow morning coffee. Thanks MT!
That settles it, I’m going to build one.
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/projects/MakeyourownAstrolabe.pdf
for those really interested…celestaire still has a couple a versions as well as books on the subject listed in their catalog.
RJB, thanks for the link to the “build your own”.
I am a little worried, however, as the directions distinctly say, “Drills and cutting tools are sharp! Get help from an adult and be careful!”.
So, since MT Skier moved back to Montana, I gotta wait until Capt. Anonymous and I have coffee so I can get him to supervise.
By the way, we might as well rename this thread: Geeks of the world, unite!
[quote=mtskier;21826]Greetings All,
With no chance at learning DP in the near future and the impending doom of 2012 we might want to resurrect the astrolabe! Check out this TED presentation:
MTSKIER[/quote]
[B]That was good one, I don’t have to adjust to much, were still “carving tablets” at work…:D[/B]
[quote=Capt. Fran;21871]RJB, thanks for the link to the “build your own”.
I am a little worried, however, as the directions distinctly say, “Drills and cutting tools are sharp! Get help from an adult and be careful!”.
So, since MT Skier moved back to Montana, I gotta wait until Capt. Anonymous and I have coffee so I can get him to supervise.
By the way, we might as well rename this thread: Geeks of the world, unite![/quote]
[B]Capt. Fran, I would be honored :rolleyes: ,…how do we test in? (promise not to run with tools)[/B]
Once I have the script written that describes the etchings I can load that into the CNC mill and shazam it will be…sh*t, should have used PERL, VB is just another crappy MS product - am I in the club yet! : )
Interesting, good TED presentation, the idea that when you use modern electronic tools something is lost as well as gained is not news to navigators.
I’m not sure I understand the Astrolobe exactly, it seems to be a combination Rude Star Finder and sextant? What a great gadget/artifact.