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Desktop Equatorial Sundial
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The great thing about an equatorial sundial is that it is spaced evenly no matter where you are on the globe, and you only need to adjust the angle at which it sits relative to your latitude, so that the gnomon is parallel to the Earth's rotational axis. I designed this sundial with an adjustable angle and a swappable hours arc, which means it should work almost anywhere. The main body of the sundial prints in place. The arc with the hours on it prints separately, and attaches to the main body. A different hours arc is needed for the Northern Hemisphere vs. the Southern Hemisphere—the numbers read in the opposite direction, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere vs counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere—so in the rare but possible case of this sundial being used in both hemispheres, you would want to print both versions of the hour arc, and not attach them permanently. There is a single point of assembly—the hours arc attaching to the main body—and then you want to adjust the rotation of the main body to match your latitude. For me, using my Ender 3, the times for these prints came out at around 2 hours and 20 minutes for the main body, and 1-1.5 hours for the hours arc. One thing to be aware of is that this sundial measures local solar time, rather than our standardized time. It won't match up exactly with UTC/GMC time, and has no offset for daylight savings, etc. Print Instructions: For both parts: PLA NO supports NO rafts; if you *absolutely* need to, you might use a brim 0.2mm layer height, although finer should work if you’d like 0.4mm line/nozzle width; if your settings are set to anything else, please at least take a careful look at how everything slices before printing, as some details may disappear. A freshly releveled bed with solid bed adhesion (Once I neglected to relevel the bed for a test print after build plate removal and just babystepped Z instead. This was a mistake. Please learn from my hubris.) 3 perimeters ‘Ensure vertical shell thickness’ t
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