Make your own portable sundial.

[KingClinton]

Easy to do at home and should help alleviate some of the lockdown boredom.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... AIPyX8Wb5a

[Altocumulus]

Not for use north of Inverness

[UlteriorModem]

That's kinda cool except you need the sun for it to work.

We havent seen the sun here in weeks.

[Ylem]

Sun...
Hmm, cloudy and cold here in NC

I built one very similar in grade school, cool project.
Wonder how many clouds it could bring?

[UlteriorModem]

Heh that reminds me. In grade school we made a hygrometer out of a cardboard box and a human hair.

The hair would get longer or shorter depending on the relative humidity and would move a pointer it was attached to.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... ygrometer/

[Buckethead 2.0]

Easy to do at home and should help alleviate some of the lockdown boredom.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... AIPyX8Wb5a

But what if it's overcast or raining? Will a flashlight do?

Thanks Clinton. This looks like fun to try out.

[Buckethead 2.0]

Heh that reminds me. In grade school we made a hygrometer out of a cardboard box and a human hair.

The hair would get longer or shorter depending on the relative humidity and would move a pointer it was attached to.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... ygrometer/

I think I remember something like that too, now that you mention it.

[UlteriorModem]

Easy to do at home and should help alleviate some of the lockdown boredom.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... AIPyX8Wb5a

But what if it's overcast or raining? Will a flashlight do?

Thanks Clinton. This looks like fun to try out.

Maybe you could mount it on a tracking equatorial mount!

[Tillibobs]

interesting but it doesn't tell you what adhesive to apply when re-attaching your finger to your hand.

[UlteriorModem]

interesting but it doesn't tell you what adhesive to apply when re-attaching your finger to your hand.

Super glue of course!

https://www.popularmechanics.com/techno ... superglue/

[Altocumulus]

Heh that reminds me. In grade school we made a hygrometer out of a cardboard box and a human hair.

The hair would get longer or shorter depending on the relative humidity and would move a pointer it was attached to.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... ygrometer/

We made wine, using elderberries

[pakarinen]

That's kinda cool except you need the sun for it to work.

We havent seen the sun here in weeks.

LOL! Yeah, there's that. #$%@#%$@ Midwest weather...

[JayTee]

I looked at this with the intention to build it but I have no idea how to adjust it to Hawaii latitude. Then I got to wondering if a wedge couldn't also function as a sundial with the gnomen put somewhere?

Cheers,
JT

[helicon]

Very cool Clinton - thanks. A good project for our times.

[Michael131313]

Thanks. Nice project. Will try it

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