Easy-to-Make Wooden Sundials: Instructions and Plans for 5 Projects

Easy-to-Make Wooden Sundials is a practical digital woodworking guide by Milton Stoneman. It includes plans for five sundial projects and suggestions for designing a pocket sundial.

This digital PDF edition includes the supplied 49-page file in English, with 12.6 MB of content. After purchase, instant download provides access to the file for compatible reading apps and devices.

The instructions introduce sundial construction through accessible woodworking methods, pre-calculated templates, and location-based measurements.

Book Overview

Easy-to-Make Wooden Sundials explains the basic principles of sundials and guides readers through five construction projects. The projects include horizontal, direct south vertical, folding equatorial, diptych, and bowstring equatorial sundials.

Milton Stoneman presents materials, tools, pattern-transfer methods, latitude selection, construction steps, and finishing suggestions. The book also addresses dial correction and the practical effects of longitude, magnetic variation, hour angles, and the equation of time.

It is intended for beginning diallists, woodworkers, craftspeople, and readers interested in the science and craft of sundials.

What You’ll Discover Inside: Easy-to-Make Wooden Sundials

• Instructions and plans for five sundial projects.
• Methods for making horizontal and direct south vertical sundials.
• Plans for folding equatorial, diptych, and bowstring equatorial sundials.
• Suggestions for designing a working pocket sundial.
• Pre-calculated templates for 25°, 32°, 40°, and 45° latitudes.
• Guidance on materials, tools, carbon-paper transfer, cutting, marking, and finishing.
• Information on dial correction, selected cities, sundial mottoes, and additional reading.

Why This Book Matters

Sundial construction connects practical woodworking with gnomonics, geography, trigonometry, magnetism, and the movement of the sun.

By using templates and location-based measurements, the book makes the construction process approachable without requiring extensive calculations. Its projects also leave room for different shapes, materials, decoration, and finishing choices.

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Device Compatibility

This product is a digital download, not a physical book. There is no physical shipping, and access is available after purchase.

The PDF can be opened with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, or compatible reading apps. Device features may vary by application.

FAQ

When will I receive the book?
Access is available after purchase through an instant digital download.

Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This product is a digital PDF download, so no physical copy is shipped.

Which devices can open the file?
The PDF works with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and reading apps.

Download Easy-to-Make Wooden Sundials for a clear introduction to building traditional sundial projects with wood, templates, and practical instructions.

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