The Astrolabe Project

Let me tell you a bit about one of the best weeks of my life.

At Pennsic War this year I premiered a new class, one I’ve been wanting to do for many years: “Designing a Sundial with Period Techniques: An Introduction to Geometric Construction as a Medieval Tool” Most of us were exposed to the concept of Geometric Co…

Work on the Astrolabe Generator is still in progress.

A friend in Australia noticed that there was a problem with rendering the twilight lines when working in the southern hemisphere.

Yesterday I added another project to my Thingiverse projects: The Advanced Astrolabe.

In researching the astrolabe and related tools, geometric construction comes up regularly.

Astrolabes were on display at Maker Faire Nova.

There are at least two articles about making and using astrolabes in the print media this month.

Next Sunday I will be displaying my work at the 6th Annual Maker Faire Nova (https://nova.makerfaire.com/) at George Mason University.

With me getting to the point of making instruments out of more than paper, I’ve started to post the working files and instructions on the Thingiverse site.