Saturday, April 4, 2009

DIY sun position compass


If you find the aforementioned sun compass a bit expensive, you can go ahead to make one by your own.

Just download this pdf file from Bat Systems and get it printed
Here goes some more info. on it.

See also my post on SunCard, a sunrise/sunset direction indicator. 

2 comments:

  1. Michael PrzewrockiJuly 2, 2012 at 8:47 PM

    In the 80ties i have bought from the usa a sundicator called product. contained discs which could provide-together with compass sunposition, time and date and location. I was told the inventor died. this product would be wort to be produced again.

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  2. Thanks Michael for the information. I didn't know about this before. I searched the net and found that it was patented by Thomas Spencer http://www.dickkoolish.com/rmk_page/suncalc.html

    http://www.jackandsuedrafahl.com/magazines/photographic/pdf/1991%207%20Sundicator.pdf

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